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The Swimming Instructor: 



A TREATISE ON THE ARTS OF SWIMMING AND 

 DIVING. 



By WILLIAM WILSON. 



Author of " Swimming, Diving, and How to Save Life," " The Bather's Manual," 

 " Hints on Swimming." 



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MANURES: 



THEIE RESPECTIVE MERITS PROM AN ECONOMICAL 

 POINT OP VIEW. 



Author of " Guano : its Origin, History, and Virtues," " The Potato and ita Cultivation," &o. 



CONTENTS- 



PAET. I. — Definition of the Word "Manure" — Nature's Modes of Applying 

 Fertilisers — History— Olassiflcation, 



PART II. — The Value of Ploughing Down Green Crops — "Weeds— Sea-weed — 

 Straw — Sawdust— Tannera' Bark — Wood Ashes — Peat — Bape Cake — Hemp — 

 Poppy? Cotton, and Cocoa-nut Cakes— Bran— Malt Dust— Brewers' Grains- Coal — 

 Soot—Charcoal. 



PAET III. — Dead Animals — Fish — Blood — Animalised Charcoal — Bones — Horn 

 ^Woollen Bags, Hairs, Feathers, &c. — Night-soil — Farmyard Manure — Guano. 



PABT IT.— Salts of Ammonia— Salts of Magnesia — Salts of Potash- Salts of 

 Soda — Common Salt — Lime and its Compounds— "Ooze." 



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THE POTATO AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



Author of " Guano : its Origin, History, and Virtues," " Manures : their Respective 

 Merits, ' &o. 



CONTENTS. 



Derivation — History — Constituents — Varieties — Sprouting — Soils — Planting — 

 Manures- Earthing up— Disease— Scab— Storing— Forcing — Producing New 

 Varieties — Substitutes for the "Potato" — Miscellaneous Information. 



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