CONTENTS. ix 



Manures from domestic animals, „ p. 101 



Liquid manures, and tanks, 102 



Why nitrogen in manures is valuable, 104 



Horse manures, 104 



Manures from birds ; guano, , 105 



Fish manures, 107 



Shellfish, 108 



Saline and mineral manures ; lime, 109 



Various states in which lime is applied, 110 



Marl, , 112 



Gypsum, or plaster of paris, 114 



Common salt, nitrates, and sulphates, 116 



Their effects, 118 



Modes of application of powerful manures, 120 



Wood ashes, 120 



Coal ashes, 122 



Peat ashes, 123 



Soot, 124 



Composition of different crops. 



Wheat and wheaten bread, 127 



Barley, 129 



Oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, 130 



Indian corn, sweet corn, 131 



Peas and beans, 132 



Potatoes, 133 



Turnips, carrots, beets, #c 134 



Comparative yield of various crops, 134 



Grasses, 135 



Application of the crops in feeding. 

 Protein or nitrogenous bodies similar in plants and in ani- 

 mals, 140 



Respiration, theory of, 141 



Uses of starch in, 142 



Of fatty and oily food, 143 



Of feeding young animals, 144 



Of feeding full grown animals, 146 



Oi feeding fattening animals, 147 . 



Of cut food, 149 



Of soiling, or feeding with green cut food, 151 



Necessity of shelter during winter, 152 



Influence of exercise, darkness and warmth, 153 



Of cooked food, 156 



Of soured food, 158 



Influence of food upon manures, 159 



Effect of feeding upon pastures, 1G/ 



