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Missouri, the following: 40,000 extra 2 and S-vcar E. 
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AGO-acre farm in Egypt for sale, 1)4 miles from 
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AGRICULTURAL 
Qualitative and Quantitative 
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 
EDITED BY 
G. C. CALDWELL, 
forfevsor of Agricultural Chemistry in the Cornell 
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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I.— The Reagents. 
List of the reagents needed, with directions for prepar- 
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CHAPTER II.— Analytical Manipulation. 
Determination of specific gravity, solution, evaporation, 
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CHAPTER III.— Reactions and Methods of Quanti- ; 
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CHAPTER V.— Analysis or Soils and Rocks. 
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Farm-yard manure, urine, solid excrements, bone-meal, 
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CHAPTER VIII.— Fodder and Food. 
Fodder plants, beets, turnips, potatoes, seeds, meal, 
Hour, milk, butter, cheese, and vinegar. 
CHAPTER LX.— Wool and Bark. 
Examination of wool and tanners' bark. 
CHAPTER X.— Beverages. 
Water and wine. 
CHAPTER XI.— Tables. 
Metric system of weights and measures, atomic wciglits 
of elements, factors for calculating analyses, estima- 
tion of tannin in bark, etc. 
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