TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGfl 
Section I. 
Clearing and breaking up, and making compost, 
5 
Names of substances found in plants, 
6 
Chemical substances defined, 
7 
Analysis of plants, . 
10 
Mould, . 
12 
Manures—their action, &c., .... 
13 
Section II. 
Shovelling over the compost heap, 
16 
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III. 
Carting out and spreading, .... 
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IV. 
Of the action of mould in cattle dung, 
20 
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V. 
Of the action of the salts of cattle dung, . 
23 
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YI. 
Of night soil, hog manure, horse and sheep dung, 
27 
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VII. 
Of the circumstances which affect the quality 
and quantity of animal dung, 
28 
The quality of the dung,. .... 
32 
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VIII. 
Manures consisting of salts, .... 
36 
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IX. 
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Of the causes which make urine better or worse 
more or less, and the modes of preserving it, 
39 
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Mineral salts, or manures, . 
45 
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XI. 
Of artificial nitre beds, ... 
47 
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XII. 
Ashes, ...... 
49 
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XIII. 
Manures composted chiefly of mould, 
53 
