IXDEX. 



853 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 

 on the Amount of Excrements 



Voided by Man 309 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 

 on Sugar beets and Maugel-wur- 



zels 288 



La\ves' and Gilbert's Experiments 



on Wheat 170 



Lawes' aiid Gilbert's Experiments, 



Potash Beneficial for Barley 329 



Lawes' Table, Showing Composi- 

 tion and Value of Foods 45 



Lettuce, Manure for 289 



Superphosphate for. . . 290-293 



Lewis, Hon. Harris, Letter from 103 



Liebig's Special Manures 321 



Lime as Manure 215 



" Beneficial Eftcct of for Thirty 



Years 216 



" Changes the Chemical and 

 Physical Character of the 



Soil 224 



Composting with Old Sods... 224 



for Cabbage 293 



Hastens the Maturity of the 



Crop 222 



Impoverishes the Soil 222 



in Connecticut 224 



in Delaware 2C3 



in New Jersey 223 



in Pennsylvania 224 



Mixed with Barn-yard Ma- 

 nure 2C2 



en Grass Land 2^3 



on Lime-stone Land 217 



Quantity per Acre 216 



Sets Free Ammonia in the 



Soil 221 



" Silicate Absorbs Ammonia 



from Atmosphere 219 



" "When to Apply 223 



" Why Beneficial 220 



Liquid Manure 39(5 



Lowland, Draining 89 



Malt-combs 46 



Maugel-wurzels for Manure 48 



Manure forlG3-286-28S 



" Yield per Acre 11 



Manure Absorbing Liquid 115 



' Amount from Feed and 



Bedding 73* 



" Amount Made by a Horse 



EO-S3S 



" Made by Horses, 

 Cows, Sheep, and Pigs. . . 51 

 ' Amount Made on a 250-acre 



Farm 257 



" Amount of Rain Eequircd 



to Dissolve 207 



" Amount of Straw in Horse.335 

 " and Rotatu n of Crops. . . .24(5 



Applying Artificial 312 



- Applying Near the Surface. 267 

 Applying on the Surface... 173 



" as Top-dressing 2ti9 



" Barn -yard for Barley 240 



" Barn-yard vs. Artificial for 



Indian Corn 2SI 



" Basin for 9.3 



Manure Best for Hay 274 



" Bone-dust 314-310 



Brings in Red Clover 82 



Buying 306 



Buying by Measure or 



Weight 305 



Buying by the Load or Ton. 306 



Cellar 114 



Cheapest a Farmer Can Use. 127 



Clover as 119-122 



Clover-seed as 127 



Comes from the Land 42 



Common Salt as 200 



Composition of Fresh Barn- 

 yard 51 



Composition of from Dif- 

 ferent Animals 3C6 



Composition of Heap at 



Different Periods 57 



Corn-meal for 185 



Cost of Hauling 333 



Cost of Loading and Draw- 

 ing 77 



Cow 87-100 



Dairy-farm, How to Save 



and Apply 114 



Dr. Vceicker's Experiments 



on 51 



Drawing Out to the Field.. 89 

 English Plan of Keeping. . . 69 



Equivalent to Water 296 



Farmyard for Potatoes 261 



Fermenting in Winter.85-92-93 

 Fermenting, Shrinkage in.. 116 



Fire-fang 84-98 



Fish, as, on Long Island. . .337 

 Foods which Make Rich .... 45 

 for Cabbage, Parsnips, 

 Onions, Carrots, Lettuce, 



etc 289 



for Corn 80 



for Grass 82 



for Hops 274 



for Hot-beds 297 



for Indian Corn 275 



for Mangel- wurzels and 



Sugar-beets '. 287 



for Market Gardens 294 



for Oats 252 



for Potatoes 255 



for Seed-growing Farms. . .296 

 for Sorghum or Chinese 



Sugar-cane 283 



for Tobacco 275 



for Turnips '.85-322 



for Wheat 167 



from Cows 302 



from Earth-closet 310 



from Oxen 303 



from Pigs, Mr. Lawes' Ex- 

 periments 301 



from Sheep 303 



Grain Farms, Management 



of 117 



Guano. Price of Fow and 



Thirty Years Ago 328 



Guano, Rectified Peruvian.319 



Gypsum and Clover as 125 



11 cap, Changes in 67 



