INDEX. 



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P«^at, Composition of 31 



Phu8pliutu» 27 



" £xl)nu:<ti(>u of on Dairy 



Farms 101 



" Soluble in Barn-yard 



Manure 72 



PhoPiilioric Acid in Soils 10«-2ae 



per Acre in Soils. Iti2 

 " " liitaiued by the 



Soil 219 



" " Renii ved from the 



Farmbv Ilay, and by Milch Co\vs.316 



Pig Maniiru 4»-86 



Composition of 30<i 



" " for Cabbage 302 



Pigs as Manure-Makers for Market 



Gardeners 2!I5 



Pigs' Bedding 31 



•^ for Euriehing Pasture- Land . . ..Wl 

 " How to Save Manure from. . ..'i>4 



" Manure from '-iOl-'-'JOi 



Piling Manure _ !i7 



I'lunt-food 21-105 



Amount of in an Acre. 24-^ 

 " " in New and Cultivated 



Land 39 



Plaster for Indian Corn 277 



Plowii'g in the Fall 17 



Potash, Amount of in the Soil 2>-329 



■' as Manure 3-J9 



•* as Manure for Wheat 215 



" for Cabbages 292 



" forPotatoes 255-260 



" for Putalous and Root- 



C,>->ps 330 



" How to Ascertain when the 



Soil Needs *M 



" in Nitrate of Potash 314 



" Not a Special Manure for 



Turnips :fi2 



" 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 



" Value of in Artificial Ma- 

 nures 326 



Potatoes, after Root-Crops 287 



'• Ammonia for 261 



Cost of Reusing 10 



" Experiments on at More- 

 ton Farm 259 



" for Manure 48 



" How to Raise a Large 



Crop 255 



" Manures for 255 



" Mr. Hunter's Erperiments 



on in England 260 



*' on Ricl) Land 263 



" Pi-oflts of Using Artificial 



Manures on 263 



" Will Manure Injure Qual 



ityof 264 



Bape-cake 46 



" '■ as Manure for Hops 274 



Roots. Amount of Left in Soil by 



Diffi-rent Crops 164 



Root-crops 17 



Rotation of Crops and Manures 246 



Ruslimore, J. II., Letter from 345 



Ri.utzahn. H. L.. Letter from 349 



Salt as a Manure for Wheat 270 



■' Common as Manure for Wheat. 200 



" for Mangel-wurzels 104 



Saw-dust for Bedding 103 



Season, a Poor. Proil table for Good 



Farmers 213 



" and Manure for Oats 253 



Inlluence of on the Growth 



of Wheat 210 



" Profit in Raising Oats in a 



Poor 253 



" Profit in liaising Barley in 



a Poor 243 



Seasons. Inlluence on Crops •... 21 



Seed Growers, Manures for 290 



Sewage 308 



Sheep-Manure 303-33.J-;i39 



Composition of ;MG 



" vs. Oxen as Manure Makers. 303 

 S!ielton. Prof. E. M.. Letter from.. 350 



Soil, Composition of 144-150 



•• Exhau.-tion of 2.3-27-:W2 



from Earth-closet 225 



■ Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid 



in 226 



" Plant-food in 105 



" Weight of per Acie 221 



Soils Ab.-orb Ammonia from Atmos- 

 phere 219 



" Absorptive Powers of .. 217 



Sorghum, Manures for 28;J 



Special Manures 320 



Straw 26 



Amount of Manure from 124 



" and Ohafl' for Manure 200 



' for Manures 48 



" on Ciraiu Farms 118 



" Selling 123 



Sturtevant. Dr. E. L., Letter from 344 



Superphosphate 116 



for Barley 241 



" for Indian Corn. .279 



" for Potatoes 259 



" for Private Gar 



dens 296 



for Turnips. .2a5-;i22 



" forWlieat 168-169 



" from Bones, Com- 



position of.. . . 319 

 " from Mineral 



Phosphates... 320 



How Applied... 320 



" on Dairy Farms . 315 



'• on Grass Land ..273 



" Value of as Com 



pared with Bone- 



Dust 319 



" What Crops Best 



for 243 



Superphospatc of Lime Doctor 



Telle How it is Made 317 



Superphosphate of Lime, When 



First Made in the United States 324 

 Surface Application of Manure. .Tfr 268 



Swamp-muck 29 



" Composition of 31 



Swine, see Pigs 



