INDEX. 



355 



Peat, Composition of 31 



Phosphates 27 



" Exhaustion of on Dairy 



Farms 101 



" Soluble in Barn-yard 



Manure 72 



Phosphoric Acid in Soils 106-226 



" per Acre in Soils. 102 

 " Ketained hy the 



Soil 219 



" Removed from the 

 Farm by Hay, and by Milch Covvs.316 



Pig Manure '43-86 



" Composition of 300 



" " for Cabbage 302 



Pigs as Manure-Makers for Market 



Gardeners 205 



Pigs' Bedding 31 



%tl for Enriching Pasture-Land. . .304 

 " How to Save Manure from. . .304 



" Manure from 301-:;04 



Piling Manure J/7 



Plant-food 21-105 



k Amount of in an Acre. 24-3J 

 " " in New and Cultivated 



Land T9 



Plaster for Indian Corn . .277 



Plowing in the Fall 17 



Potash, Amount of in the Soil 25-329 



' as Manure 3.9 



" as Manure for Wheat 215 



lor Cabbages 292 



' ' for Potatoes 255-26 J 



" for Potatoes and Hoot- 

 Crops 3CO 



u LTow to Ascertain when the 



Soil Needs 330 



" in Nitrate of Potash 314 



" Not a Special Manure for 



Turnips "22 



" on Grass Land 273 



our Soils not so likely to be 

 Deficient in, as of Nitro- 

 gen and Phosphoric Acid. 330 



" Retained by the Soil 219 



tl Value of in Artificial Ma- 

 nures 320 



Potatoes, after Root-Crops 287 



* Ammonia for 201 



Cost of Raising 10 



" Experiments on at More- 

 ton Farm 259 



" for Manure 48 



" How to Raise a Large 



Crop 255 



" Manures for 255 



" Mr. Hunter's Experiments 



on in England 260 



" on Rich Land 203 



" Profits of Using Artificial 



Manures on 263 



" Will Manure Injure Qual- 

 ity of 6-1 



Rape-cake 46 



'as Manure for Hops 274 



Roots, Amount of Left in Soil by 



Different Crops 164 



Root-crops 17 



Rotation of Crops and Manures 216 



Unshmore, J. H., Letter from 335 



Routzahn. H. L., Letter from 3 ,9 



Salt as a Manure for Wheat ^70 



" Common as Manure for Wheat. 200 



" for Mangel-wurzels 104 



Saw-dust for Bedding 103 



Season, a Poor. Profitable for Good 



Farmers 213 



and Manure for Oats 253 



" Influence of on the Growth 



of Wheat 210 



" Profit in Raising Oats in a 



Poor 253 



" Profit in Raising Barley in 



a Poor 243 



Seasons. Influence on Crops 21 



Seed Growers, Manures for 296 



Sewage 308 



Sheep-Manure 303 



" " Composition of 306 



" vs. Oxen as Manure Makers. 303 

 Slielton. Prof. E. M., Letter from .. 340 



Soil, Composition of 144-150 



Exhaustion of 23-27 



from Earth-closet 225 



Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid 



in 226 



Plant-food in 105 



W T eight of per Ac:e 221 



Soils Absorb Ammonia from Atmos- 

 phere 219 



" Absorptive Powers of 217 



Sorghum, Manures for 283 



Special Manures 320 



Straw 26 



Amount of Manure from 124 



and Chaff for Manure 200 



for ilanures 48 



on Grain Farms 118 



Selling 123 



Sturtevant, Dr. E. L., Letter from 334 



Superphosphate 116 



for Barley 241 



" for Indian Corn . .279 



" for Potatoes 259 



for Private Gar- 

 dens 296 



for Turnips. .285-322 



" for Wheat 108-169 



" from Bones, Com- 



position of... . 319 

 " from Mineral 



Phosphates... .320 

 " How Applied... 320 



" on Dairy Farms . 315 



" on Grass Lsnd . . .273 



" Value of as Com 



Ered with Bone- 

 tst 319 



" What Crops Best 



for 243 



of Lime Doctor 



is Made 317 



of Lime, When 



Superphospate 

 Tchs How it 

 Superphosphate 



First Made in the United States 324 

 Surface Application of Manure.. 70- 268 



Swamp-muck 29 



" Composition of 31 



Swine, see Pigs 



