INDEX. 



303 



Lawcs' and fiilbert's Exporiments 

 oil the Amount of Excremeuls 



Void.d by Man :«)9 



Lawi's' and Gilbert's Exi»erinifUts 

 on Sugar bcfts and Mangel-wur- 



zds 288 



Lawes' and Uilben's Kxpcriincnts 



on Wheat 170 



Lawes" and Gilbert's Experiments, 



Potash Beneficial for Barley 329 



Lawes' Table, Showing Composi- 

 tion and Value of Foods 45 



Lettuce. Manure for 2H9 



Superphosphate for. . . 21K)-293 



Lewis, lion. Harris, Letter from 10:3 



Liebig's Special Manures 321 



Lime as Manure 213 



•' Beneficial Effect of for Thirty 



Years 210 



" Changes the Chemical and 

 Physical Character of the 



Soil 224 



" Composting with Old Soda... 224 



" for Cabbage 292 



" Hastens the Maturity of the 



Crop 22*2 



" Impoverishes the Soil 222 



" in Connecticut 224 



" in Delaware 223 



" in New Jer-ey ..223 



" in Pennsylvania 224 



" Mixed with Barn-yard Ma- 

 nure 222 



" on Grass Land "223 



" on Limestone Land 217 



" C^uantity pet Acre 21G 



" Sets Free Ammonia in the 



Soil 221 



" Silicate Absorbs Ammonia 



from Atmosphere 219 



" When to App! v 22:i 



" Why Beneficia'l -220 



Liquid Manure 3Ui) 



Lowland. Draining 30 



Malt-combs 46 



Maugel-wurzels for Manure 48 



Manure forl0:j-28tt-283 



" " Yield per Acre 11 



Manure Absorbing Liquid 115 



'• Amount from Feed and 



Bedding 73 



♦' Amount Made by a Horse 



50-346 

 " " Made by Horses, 



Cows, Sheep, aiid Pigs. . . .'il 

 " Amount Made on a 25(Vacre 



Farm •^',^ 



" Amount of Rain Required 



to Dissolve 267 



" Amount of Straw in Horse. 346 



" and Rotati' n of Crops 246 



*' Applying Artificial 312 



" Applying Near the Surface. 267 

 " Applying on the Surface... 173 



" as Top-dressing 2(19 



" Barn-yard for Barley 2^10 



" Barn-yard vs. Artificial for 



Indian Corn 284 



" Basinfor 92 



Manure Best for llav 27^ 



Bone-dust.: al4-31t; 



" Brings in Red Clover S'^i 



Buying 306 



Buying by Measure or 



\Veight 305 



" Baying by the Load or Ton. 306 



Cellar. 114 



'• Cheapest a Farmer Can U9e.l27 



Clover as 11!»-I22 



" Clover-seed as 127 



" Comes from the Land 42 



" Common Saltas ...2<X) 



" Composition of Fresh Barn- 

 yard 51 



" Composition of from Dif- 

 ferent Animals 306 



" Conipositiim of Heap at 



Ditft rent Periods 57 



" Corn-meal for 185 



Cost of Hauling 342 



" Cost of Loading and Draw- 

 ing ''■7 



Cow 87-100 



" Dairy-farm, How to Save 



and Apply 114 



" Dr. Valcker's Experiments 



on 51 



Drawing Out to the Field.. 89 

 " English Plan of Keeping. .. 69 



" Equivalent to Water 2!)6 



" Farm yard for Potatoes . . .261 



'• Fermenting' in \\inti'r.H,>-92-93 



Fernieniiiiir, Shrinkage in. .116 



Fire-fang. '. 84-98 



'• Fish. as,"on Long Island. . 347 



■' Foods which Make Rich 45 



'■ for Cabbage, Parsnips, 

 Onions, Carrots, Lettuce, 



etc 289 



" for Corn 80 



f..r 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 285-322 



" lor Wheat 167 



fromCows 302 



'■ from Earth-closet 310 



" from Oxen 303 



" from Pigs. Mr. La\¥e8' Ex- 

 periments... . 301 



" from Sheep 303 



" Grain Farms, Management 



of 117 



" Guano, Price of Kow and 



Thirty Years Ago 328 



" Guano. Rectified Peruvian. 319 



I " Gypsum and Clover as 125 



' " Heap, Changes iu 67 



