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INDEX 



Experiments, wilh fertilisers, 359; 

 pot. 375 



F/ECES, nature of, 179, 243 



Farmyard manure, changes during 

 making, 1 89 ; composition of, 202, 

 205 ; cost of making, 224 ; liefini- 

 tion, 178 ; fire-fanged, 191 ; last- 

 ing action of, 212; loss of niirogcn 

 in making, 192 ; manai^ement of, 

 207; physical effects of, 216; 

 slow availahiiity of, 215 ; utiii>a- 

 lion of, 222, 315, 31S, 321 ; value 

 of, 209, 216 



Feathers, 11,71 



F'elspar. 163 



Fermentation, of cellulose, 187; of 

 urea, 184 



Fertilisers, compensation for resi<lues 

 ^J^i 354 ; experiments with, 359 ; 

 macliiiics for sowing, 372 ; uuxed, 

 352 ; required in or^lmary farm- 

 ing. . 305: sampling of, 350 ; 

 significance of term, 2, 23 ; valua- 

 tion of, 340 



Fertilisers and Feeding Staffs Act, 



235. 349 

 I-erlility, of soil, 305 ; unexhauste<l, 



354 



Finger-and-toe, 151, 216, 259,315 



Fire-fanged manure, 191 



F"ish guano, 236, 24S, 345 



Fish waste, 12, 75, 236 



Five fmgers, 75 



Fixation of nitrogen, by bacteria, 

 32 ; by calcium carbide, 38 ; by 

 electricity, 42 



Flocculaiion of soils by lime, 255 



Flock dust, 71 



Florida phosphates, 1 16 



Fielding of sheep, 274 



Foods, fate of niirogen in, iSo; 

 manure value of, 225, 356 



Foxglove, 254 



Frank and Caro, cyanamide, 38 



Franklin, Henjamin, 267 



Fray Bentos guano, 2 38 



Fruit, manures for, 334 



Function of, iron salts, 270 ; nitro- 

 genous manures, 77 ; phosphatic 

 manures, 136; potassic manures, 

 165 ; silica in plant nutrition, 271 



Fungi in dung, 191 



Fungoid diseases, and lime, 259 ; 

 aiifl nitrogenous manures, 86 ; 

 and potaNh manures, 174; carried 

 by faruiyaid manure, 216 



Gardrn manures, 338 



(iases contained in dunghill, 187 



(las lime, 254, 262, 265 



(Jill>ert, Koihamsled experiments, 9 



(irasses, appearance of potash- 

 starved, 173; developed by nitro- 

 genous manures, 65 



Crass land, effect of lime on, 259 ; 

 clfect of potash on, 173; manures 

 for, 326 ; value o( dung on, 221 



Greaves, 74, 239, 248 



Green manuiing, 272 



Grinding of bones, 107; of fertiliser-^, 

 value of fine, 150, 154 



( iround lime, 253 



Guano, 12, 145, 346; bat, 236 

 Damnralaiid, 235 ; fish, 236 

 Ichaboe, 235 ; meat, 236, 238 

 native, 246; phosphatic, 115, 

 145. 152, 229 



Gunpowder salt, 269 



Gypsum, 106, 1 13, 124, 160, 262, 

 ,266 ; as an ammonia fixer, 201 ; 

 phosphatic, 1 34 



Hair, 11,71 



Hay, manures for, 329 



Hellriegel, experiments upon barley, 



166 ; growth and nitrogen supply, 



28; nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 11 

 Hcnslow, discovery of coprolites, 13, 



121 

 High farming, 301 

 Highland and Agricultural Society's 



exjieriments, 153, 313 

 History of manuring, 2, 1 1, 103, 158, 



249 

 Holdings Act, Agricultural, 354 

 Hoofs, 11,71 



Hoji bine, composition of, l8l 

 Hops, manures for, 333; spent, 74 

 Horn, 1 1 



Horse, composition of excreta of, 181 

 Hughes, F., analysis of Egyptian 



nitrate of soda, 47 

 Hughes, J., basic superphosphate, 



133 

 Humboldt, A. von, 231 



