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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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PREFACE. — History and Description of the Bussey Institution . . 1 
1. Report of Results of Examination of Commercial Fertilizers. 
IEE ten ye oe ek ee 8 ee ee ue 
2. Record of Results obtained on analyzing American ‘ Shorts ”’ 
and ‘* Middlings,’? with Remarks on the Composition of 
REEL TORER! 6h 16-10) 6) jit len ey Lee lee (BD 
3. The Humane Destruction of Animals. D. D. Stapr .. . 40 
4, Agricultural Value of the Ashes of Anthracite. F. H. Storer 50 
5. Record of Trials of Fertilizers upon the Plain-field of the Bussey 
Institution. First Report. Results obtained in 1871. F. H. 
I gceyy os ww eh we wt ee eee ae 
6. Record of Trials of Fertilizers upon the Plain-field. Second 
Report. Results obtained in 1872. F. H. Srorrr . . . 103 
7.’Record of Trials of Fertilizers upon the Plain-field. Third 
Report. Results obtained in 1873. With a Review of the 
Three Years’ Course of Experiments. F. H. Storer. . . 116 
8. Analyses of several Foreign Superphosphates of Lime, with 
Remarks on the Cost of importing eee, te from : 
Europe. F. H. Storer .. . ieclaty Oe caf). ae EEO 
9. On the Valuation of the Soluble Phosphoric Acid in Superphos- 
ume-tame. FF. H. STORER . . « . s ‘« 0 « « 2 188 
10. Average Amounts of Potash and Phosphoric Acid in Wood-ashes 
mumeeriouse Fires. F.H. SroReR . . . « « «+ « « - 191 
11. On the Importance as Plant-food of the Nitrogen in Vegetable- 
ERs FEVER IIE a chols) oc) ak) an Se cul le eh mt oe 208 
