* It is estimated that in the case of horses, cattle, and swine, one-third of the urine drains away. The following is the amount of wheat-straw used daily as bedding for each animal. Horse, 6 lbs.; Cattle, 8 lbs.; Swine, 4 lbs., and sheep, 0.6 lbs.
|
DS Dry Substance. N Nitrogen. A Ash. P Potash. |
L Lime. M Magnesia. PhA Phosphoric Acid. |
| Name of Material. | DS | N | A | P | L | M | PhA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | ||||
| 1.—Brewing. | ||||||||||
1000 lbs. Barley, contain |
855 | 15.2 | 22.23 | 4.48 | 0.58 | 1.92 | 7.71 | |||
15 lbs. Hops contain |
13.2 | .. | 1.00 | 0.345 | 0.167 | 0.056 | 0.168 | |||
Distribution of the Ingredients: |
||||||||||
| Water | .. | .. | 1.23 | 0.852 | 0.039 | 0.045 | 0.234 | |||
Malt-Sprouts |
33 | 1.38 | 2.43 | 0.749 | 0.069 | 0.066 | 0.653 | |||
Brewers’ Grains |
269 | 8.74 | 13.08 | 0.580 | 1.474 | 1.134 | 3.631 | |||
Spent Hops |
9 | .. | 0.54 | 0.032 | 0.160 | 0.055 | 0.062 | |||
| Yeast | 30 | 2.94 | 2.27 | 0.643 | 0.097 | 0.185 | 1.349 | |||
| Beer | .. | 2.14 | 3.65 | 1.998 | .. | 0.484 | 0.939 | |||
| 2.—Distillery. | ||||||||||
a. 1000 lbs. Potatoes, contain |
250 | 3.2 | 9.43 | 5.69 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 1.63 | |||
40 lbs. Kiln-Malt |
37 | 0.56 | 1.06 | 0.184 | 0.040 | 0.088 | 0.388 | |||
20 lbs. Yeast-Malt |
18.5 | 0.28 | 0.53 | 0.092 | 0.020 | 0.044 | 0.194 | |||
The Slump, contains |
125 | 4.04 | 11.02 | 5.966 | 0.300 | 0.572 | 2.212 | |||
(b.) Grain Spirits. |
||||||||||
800 lbs. Rye, contain |
684 | 14.08 | 14.32 | 4.501 | 0.376 | 1.648 | 6.710 | |||
200 lbs. Kiln-Malt, contain |
184 | 2.82 | 5.12 | 0.883 | 0.195 | 0.429 | 1.526 | |||
50 lbs. Yeast-Malt, contain |
46 | 0.71 | 1.28 | 0.221 | 0.049 | 0.107 | 0.382 | |||
The Slump, contains |
443 | 17.61 | 20.72 | 5.605 | 0.620 | 2.184 | 8.618 | |||
| 3.—Yeast Manufacture. | ||||||||||
700 lbs. bruised Rye, contain |
599 | 12.32 | 12.53 | 3.941 | 0.329 | 1.444 | 5.876 | |||
300 lbs. Barley-Malt, contain |
276 | 4.23 | 7.67 | 1.325 | 0.293 | 0.643 | 2.801 | |||
Distribution of the Ingredients: |
||||||||||
| Yeast | 45 | 4.60 | 3.41 | 1.273 | 0.192 | 0.367 | 2.672 | |||
Grains and Slump |
325 | 11.95 | 16.79 | 3.993 | 0.430 | 1.720 | 6.005 | |||
| 4.—Starch Manufacture. | ||||||||||
1000 lbs. Potatoes, contain |
250 | 3.20 | 9.43 | 5.69 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 1.63 | |||
The remains in the Fibre |
75 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.086 | 0.266 | 0.042 | 0.133 | |||
The remains in the Water |
45 | 2.60 | 8.89 | 5.604 | .. | 0.398 | 1.497 | |||
| 5.—Milling. | ||||||||||
1000 lbs. Wheat, contain |
857 | 20.80 | 16.88 | 5.26 | 0.57 | 2.02 | 7.94 | |||
Distribution of the Ingredients: |
||||||||||
Flour (77.5 per cent) |
664 | 14.65 | 5.50 | 1.980 | 0.154 | 0.458 | 2.862 | |||
Mill-feed ( 6.5 per cent) |
58 | 1.64 | 1.80 | 0.648 | 0.050 | 0.148 | 0.936 | |||
Bran(16.0 per cent) |
135 | 4.51 | 9.60 | 2.762 | 0.396 | 1.394 | 4.102 | |||
| 6.—Cheese-Making. | ||||||||||
1000 lbs. Milk, contain |
125 | 4.80 | 6.10 | 1.505 | 1.333 | 0.186 | 1.735 | |||
Distribution of the Ingredients: |
||||||||||
| Cheese | 65 | 4.53 | 2.84 | 0.247 | 0.687 | 0.028 | 1.515 | |||
| Whey | 60 | 0.27 | 3.26 | 1.258 | 0.646 | 0.158 | 0.584 | |||
| 7.—Beet-Sugar Manufacture. | ||||||||||
1000 lbs. Roots, contain |
184 | 1.60 | 7.10 | 3.914 | 0.379 | 0.536 | 0.780 | |||
Distribution of the Ingredients: |
||||||||||
Tops and Tails (12 per cent of roots) |
19 | 0.24 | 1.15 | 0.336 | 0.108 | 0.132 | 0.144 | |||
Pomace (15 per cent of roots) |
46 | 0.44 | 1.71 | 0.585 | 0.390 | 0.105 | 0.165 | |||
Skimmings (4 per cent of roots) |
24 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 0.380 | 8.640 | 0.240 | 0.384 | |||
Molasses (3 per cent of roots) |
25 | 0.32 | 2.47 | 1.741 | 0.141 | 0.009 | 0.015 | |||
Sugar and loss |
85 | .. | 0.57 | 0.872 | .. | 0.040 | 0.072 | |||
| 8. Flax Dressing. | ||||||||||
1000 lbs. Flax-Stalks, contain |
860 | .. | 30.36 | 9.426 | 6.751 | 1.995 | 3.990 | |||
Distribution of the Ingredients: |
||||||||||
In the Water |
215 | .. | 25.15 | 9.175 | 4.100 | 1.850 | 3.400 | |||
Stems or Husks |
460 | .. | 4.03 | 0.171 | 2.052 | 0.096 | 0.474 | |||
Flax and Tow |
155 | .. | 1.22 | 0.054 | 0.648 | 0.054 | 0.126 | |||
Absorptive Powers of Soils, |
217 |
Ammonia Absorbed by Soil from the Atmosphere, |
219 |
Ammonia and Superphosphate, |
242 |
Ammonia, and Weeds, |
254 |
Ammonia, Converted into Nitric Acid in the Soil, |
313 |
Ammonia, for Oats, |
253-254 |
Ammonia, for Potatoes, |
261 |
Ammonia, for Wheat, |
192-213 |
Ammonia, in Fresh Horse-dung, |
96 |
Ammonia, in Limed and Unlimed Soils, |
220 |
Ammonia, in the Soil Liberated by Lime, |
221 |
Ammonia, Locked Up in the Soil, |
221 |
Ammonia, Loss of by Fermenting Manure, |
98 |
Ammonia, on Grass Land, |
273 |
Ammonia, Potential, |
31 |
Ammonia, Quantity of to Produce One Bushel of Wheat, |
211-212 |
Ammonia, Required to Produce a Bushel of Barley, |
240-242 |
Ammonia, Retained by the Soil, |
218 |
Ammonia, Salts, Composition of, |
312 |
Ammonia Salts, How to Apply, |
286-312 |
Ammonia Salts, for Private Gardens, |
297 |
Anderson, J. M. B., Letter from, |
345 |
Animals, Composition of Manure from Different, |
306 |
Animals, What They Remove from the Food, |
301 |
Apple Trees, Nitrate of Soda for, |
314 |
Artificial Manures, Will They Pay, |
214 |
Ashes, Burnt Earth, |
72 |
Ashes, Coal, |
72 |
Ashes, for Barley, |
241 |
Ashes, for Indian Corn, |
279 |
Ashes, for Oats, |
253 |
Ashes, for Potatoes, |
259 |
Ashes, of Manure for Wheat, |
173 |
Ashes, on Long Island, |
346 |
Ashes, Plaster and Hen-dung for Potatoes, |
255 |
Ashes, Wood, |
104 |
Barley After Ten Crops of Turnips, |
250 |
Barley, a Large Yield of, |
242 |
Barley, and Clover after a heavily-manured Root-crop, |
287 |
Barley, Best Soil for, |
227 |
Barley, Cost of Raising With and Without Manure, |
245 |
Barley, Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on, |
227 |
Barley, Potash Increases the Crop of at Rothamsted, |
329 |
Barley, Profits of Raising in Poor Seasons, |
243 |
Barley, Quality and Price of, |
242 |
Barley, Yield Per Acre, |
11 |
Barn-yard Manure, Difference in Quality of, |
246 |
Bean-straw for Manure, |
48 |
Beets, Sugar, Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on, |
288 |
Beets, Sugar, Manure for, |
286 |
Blood, |
32 |
Bone-dust, |
314 |
Bone-dust, Composition of Compared with Stable Manure, |
316 |
Bone-dust, Fermented with Manure, |
316 |
Bone-dust, Made into Superphosphate, |
319 |
Bone-dust, on Dairy Farms, |
315 |
Bones as Manure, |
102 |
Bran, |
26 |
Bran, for Manure, |
102 |
Bran, Richer in Plant-food than Wheat, |
301 |
Brewer, Prof. W. H., Letter from, |
341 |
Cabbage and Barn-yard Manure, Composition of, |
292 |
Cabbage, Composition of, |
290-292 |
Cabbage, Hog and Cow Manure for, |
302 |
Cabbage, Lime for, |
292 |
Cabbage, Manure for, |
275-290 |
Cabbage, Manure for Early and Late, |
291 |
Cabbage, Needs a Large Supply of Nitrogen in the Soil. Though it Removes but Little, |
293 |
Cabbage, Potash for, |
292 |
Cabbage, Special Manure for, |
323 |
Cabbage, Yield of per Acre, |
291 |
Cattle vs. Sheep as Manure-makers, |
303 |
Cheese, from a Ton of Hay, |
111 |
Cheese, Plant-food in, |
101 |
Cheese, versus Beef, |
110 |
Clay Retains Ammonia, |
219 |
Clover and Indian Corn, |
275 |
Clover, as a Renovating and Exhausting Crop, |
277 |
Clover, as Manure, |
119-122 |
Clover, as Manure for Wheat, |
158 |
Clover, Does it Get Nitrogen from the Atmosphere, |
133-138 |
|
Clover, Dr. Vœlcker’s Experiments on, |
135 |
Clover, for Wheat, |
126 |
Clover, Gathers Up Manure from the Sub-soil, |
287 |
Clover, Hay, Composition of, |
129-137 |
Clover, Hay, English and German, for Manure, |
47 |
Clover, How to Make a Farm Rich by Growing, |
133-163 |
Clover, Letting it Rot on the Surface as Manure, |
134 |
Clover, Nitrogen as a Manure for, |
141 |
Clover, Pasturing by Sheep versus Mowing for Hay, |
137 |
Clover, Plowing Under versus Feeding Out, |
123 |
Clover, Roots, Amount of per Acre, |
143-144-155 |
Clover, Roots, Composition of, |
145-147 |
Clover, Seed, Amount of Roots per Acre, |
162 |
Clover, Water Evaporated by, |
132 |
Clover, Why it Enriches Land, |
131 |
Coal-ashes to Mix with Artificial Manures, |
312 |
Composting Cow-manure with Muck, Leaves, etc, |
302 |
Compost of Stable-manure and Earth, |
342 |
Corn, as a Renovating Crop, |
275 |
Corn, Ashes for, |
279 |
Corn, Barn-yard Manure for, |
284 |
Corn, Cost of Raising, |
9 |
Corn, Crop, Composition of, |
25 |
Corn, Experiments on, |
279 |
Corn, Guano for, |
279-284 |
Corn, Manure for, |
275 |
Corn, Meal for Manure, |
185 |
Corn, Superphosphate for, |
279-284 |
Corn, Fodder, |
275 |
Corn Fodder, vs. Mangel-wurzels, |
288 |
Corn Fodder, Plaster for, |
277 |
Corn Fodder, vs. Wheat, Yield per acre, |
276 |
Cotton-seed Cake, |
46-339 |
Cow-manure, |
86-100 |
Cow-manure, and How to Use it, |
302 |
Cow-manure, Composition of, |
306 |
Cows, Feeding Grain to, |
110-113 |
Cows, Feeding in Winter for Manure, |
256 |
| Crops Best to Apply Manure to, | 265 |
Crops, How to Get Larger, |
28-36 |
Crops, Raised and Sold from the Farm, |
27 |
Crops, Rotation of, |
116-168 |
Crops, We Must Raise Larger per Acre, |
266 |
Crops, Why so Poor, |
28 |
Dairy Farms, Bone-dust on, |
315 |
Drainage from Barn-yard, |
306 |
Dry Earth for Pig Pens, |
304 |
Earth-closet Manure, |
310 |
Earth-closet Manure, on Grass, |
225 |
Fallow, Fall, |
12 |
Fallow, for Wheat, How to—Mr. Lawes’ Experiments, |
35 |
Fallow, Summer, for Wheat, |
15-34 |
Farm Dairy, Receipts and Expenses of, |
109 |
Farm, Hon. George Geddes’, |
119 |
Farm, Hon. Joseph Shull’s, |
109 |
Farm, John Johnston’s, |
76-81-120 |
Farm, Mr. Dewey’s, |
39 |
Farm, Mr. Joseph O. Sheldon’s, |
15 |
Farm, to Restore a Worn Out, |
37 |
Farming, a Poor Business, |
9 |
Farming, Difference Between High and Good, |
11 |
Farming, Faith in Good, |
14 |
Farming, Good Does Not Lead to Over Production, |
14 |
Farming, Slow Work, |
17 |
Fermenting Manure to Kill Weed-Seeds, |
97 |
Fish as Manure, |
347 |
Food, Nothing Added to it by the Animal, |
42 |
Gardens, Manure for Private, |
296 |
Geddes, Hon. George, |
17-117 |
Grains, Malt, English and German, |
47 |
Grass a Saving’s Bank, |
41 |
Grass, Importance of Rich, |
113 |
Grass, Manure for, |
120 |
Guano as a Top-dressing for Wheat, |
270 |
Guano, for Barley, |
240 |
Guano, for Oats, |
253 |
Guano, for Peas, |
17 |
Guano, for Potatoes, |
255-258 |
Guano, on Wheat, |
120-180-184 |
Guano, Peruvian, Composition of, |
311 |
Guano Peruvian, for Onions, |
294 |
Guano Peruvian, Price and Composition of Now and 30 Y’rs Ago, |
327 |
Guano Peruvian, Rectified for Turnips, |
286 |
Guano Peruvian, What it is, |
311 |
Gypsum, |
104-116-126 |
Gypsum, for Oats, |
254 |
Gypsum, for Peas, |
17 |
Gypsum, for Potatoes, |
255-259 |
Harison, T. L., Letter from, |
115 |
Hay, Best Manure for, |
274 |
Hay, Plant-food in, |
101 |
Heacock, Joseph, Letter from, |
348 |
Henderson, Peter, Letter from, |
344 |
Hen Manure, |
43-104-301 |
Hen Manure, for Potatoes, |
255 |
High Farming, |
12 |
High Farming, versus Good Farming, |
11 |
Hops, Manure for, |
274 |
Horse-manure, Composition of, |
306 |
Hot-beds, Manure for, |
297 |
Human Excrements, Composition of, |
308 |
| Indian Corn. See Corn. | |
Irrigation on Market Gardens, |
295 |
Jessup, Edward, Letter from, |
342 |
Johnson, Prof. S. W., on the Value of Fertilizers, |
324 |
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on Barley, |
227 |
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on Oats, |
252 |
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on Permanent Meadows, |
271 |
|
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on the Amount of Excrements Voided by Man, |
309 |
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on Sugar beets and Mangel-wurzels, |
288 |
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on Wheat, |
170 |
Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments, Potash Beneficial for Barley, |
329 |
Lawes’ Table, Showing Composition and Value of Foods, |
45 |
Lettuce, Manure for, |
289 |
Lettuce, Superphosphate for, |
290-293 |
Lewis, Hon. Harris, Letter from, |
103 |
Liebig’s Special Manures, |
321 |
Lime as Manure, |
215 |
Lime, Beneficial Effect of for Thirty Years, |
216 |
Lime, Changes the Chemical and Physical Character of the Soil, |
224 |
Lime, Composting with Old Sods, |
224 |
Lime, for Cabbage, |
292 |
Lime, Hastens the Maturity of the Crop, |
222 |
Lime, Impoverishes the Soil, |
222 |
Lime, in Connecticut, |
224 |
Lime, in Delaware, |
223 |
Lime, in New Jersey, |
223 |
Lime, in Pennsylvania, |
224 |
Lime, Mixed with Barn-yard Manure, |
222 |
Lime, on Grass Land, |
223 |
Lime, on Lime-stone Land, |
217 |
Lime, Quantity per Acre, |
216 |
Lime, Sets Free Ammonia in the Soil, |
221 |
Lime, Silicate Absorbs Ammonia from Atmosphere, |
219 |
Lime, When to Apply, |
223 |
Lime, Why Beneficial, |
220 |
Liquid Manure, |
306 |
Lowland, Draining, |
30 |
Malt-combs, |
46 |
Mangel-wurzels for Manure, |
48 |
Mangel-wurzels, Manure for, |
103-286-288 |
Mangel-wurzels, Yield per Acre, |
11 |
Manure Absorbing Liquid, |
115 |
Manure, Amount from Feed and Bedding, |
78 |
Manure, Amount Made by a Horse, |
50-346 |
Manure, Amount, Made by Horses, Cows, Sheep, and Pigs, |
51 |
Manure, Amount Made on a 250-acre Farm, |
257 |
Manure, Amount of Rain Required to Dissolve, |
267 |
Manure, Amount of Straw in Horse, |
346 |
Manure, and Rotation of Crops, |
246 |
Manure, Applying Artificial, |
312 |
Manure, Applying Near the Surface, |
267 |
Manure, Applying on the Surface, |
173 |
Manure, as Top-dressing, |
269 |
Manure, Barn-yard for Barley, |
240 |
Manure, Barn-yard vs. Artificial for Indian Corn, |
284 |
Manure, Basin for, |
92 |
Manure, Best for Hay, |
274 |
Manure, Bone-dust, |
314-316 |
Manure, Brings in Red Clover, |
82 |
Manure, Buying, |
306 |
Manure, Buying by Measure or Weight, |
305 |
Manure, Buying by the Load or Ton, |
306 |
Manure, Cellar, |
114 |
Manure, Cheapest a Farmer Can Use, |
127 |
Manure, Clover as, |
119-122 |
Manure, Clover-seed as, |
127 |
Manure, Comes from the Land, |
42 |
Manure, Common Salt as, |
200 |
Manure, Composition of Fresh Barnyard, |
51 |
Manure, Composition of from Different Animals, |
306 |
Manure, Composition of Heap at Different Periods, |
57 |
Manure, Corn-meal for, |
185 |
Manure, Cost of Hauling, |
342 |
Manure, Cost of Loading and Drawing, |
77 |
Manure, Cow, |
87-100 |
Manure, Dairy-farm, How to Save and Apply, |
114 |
Manure, Dr. Vœlcker’s Experiments on, |
51 |
Manure, Drawing Out to the Field, |
89 |
Manure, English Plan of Keeping, |
69 |
Manure, Equivalent to Water, |
296 |
Manure, Farm-yard for Potatoes, |
261 |
Manure, Fermenting in Winter, |
85-92-93 |
Manure, Fermenting, Shrinkage in, |
116 |
Manure, Fire-fang, |
84-98 |
Manure, Fish, as, on Long Island, |
347 |
Manure, Foods which Make Rich, |
45 |
Manure, for Cabbage, Parsnips, Onions, Carrots, Lettuce, etc, |
289 |
Manure, for Corn, |
80 |
Manure, for Grass, |
82 |
Manure, for Hops, |
274 |
Manure, for Hot-beds, |
297 |
Manure, for Indian Corn, |
275 |
Manure, for Mangel-wurzels and Sugar-beets, |
287 |
Manure, for Market Gardens, |
294 |
Manure, for Oats, |
252 |
Manure, for Potatoes, |
255 |
Manure, for Seed-growing Farms, |
296 |
Manure, for Sorghum or Chinese Sugar-cane, |
283 |
Manure, for Tobacco, |
275 |
Manure, for Turnips, |
285-322 |
Manure, for Wheat, |
167 |
Manure, from Cows, |
302 |
Manure, from Earth-closet, |
310 |
Manure, from Oxen, |
303 |
Manure, from Pigs, Mr. Lawes’ Experiments, |
301 |
Manure, from Sheep, |
303 |
Manure, Grain Farms, Management of, |
117 |
Manure, Guano, Price of Now and Thirty Years Ago, |
328 |
Manure, Guano, Rectified Peruvian, |
319 |
Manure, Gypsum and Clover as, |
125 |
Manure, Heap, Changes in, |
67 |
|
Manure Heap, Fermenting, |
38 |
Manure Heap, in Winter, |
84 |
Manure Heap, Piling in Field, |
88-89-90 |
Manure Heap, Turning, |
88 |
Manure, Hen, |
43-104-301 |
Manure, Horse, |
32-86 |
Manure, Horse and Farm-yard, |
50 |
Manure, How and When it Should be Applied, |
267 |
Manure, How John Johnston Manages it, |
76 |
Manure, How Made and Used in Maryland, |
349 |
Manure, How the Deacon Makes it, |
74 |
Manure, How to Make, |
41 |
Manure, How to Make More, |
256 |
Manure, How to Make More and Better on Dairy Farms, |
105 |
Manure, How to Make Poor, Rich, |
274-293 |
Manure, How to Make Richer, |
257 |
Manure, How Much it Shrinks by Fermentation, |
342 |
Manure, How Much Nitrogen in a Load of, |
306 |
Manure, in Kansas, |
340 |
Manure, in Philadelphia, Interesting Facts, |
338 |
Manure, Keeping Under Cover, |
59 |
Manure, Lime as, |
215 |
Manure, Liquid, |
306 |
Manure, Management of in Canada, |
335 |
Manure, Mr. Lawes’ Experiments with, |
95 |
Manure, Loss from Leaching, |
99 |
Manure, Management of, |
94 |
Manure, Market Value of, |
104 |
Manure, Mixed with Lime, |
222 |
Manure, Natural, |
23 |
Manure, Night soil as, |
308 |
Manure, Nitrate of Soda as, |
134 |
Manure, Not Available, |
95 |
Manure, on Dairy Farm, |
101 |
Manure, on Permanent Meadows and Pastures, |
271 |
Manure, Preserved by the Soil, |
177 |
Manure, Pigs’, |
86 |
Manure, Piling, |
116 |
Manure, Potash as, |
329 |
Manure, Price of in Boston, |
344 |
Manure, Maryland, |
339 |
Manure, New Haven, |
341 |
Manure, New York, |
334 |
Manure, per Horse in New York, |
336 |
Manure, Quantity Made on a Farm, |
12 |
Manure, Quantity of Used on Long Island. Interesting Statistics, |
336 |
Manure, Reduced by Fermentation, |
297 |
Manure, Richer in Plant-food than the Food from which it is Derived, |
301 |
Manure, Sea-weed as, |
337 |
Manure, Sheep, |
86 |
Manure, Should be Broken Up Fine, |
268 |
Manure, Soluble Phosphates in, |
72 |
Manure, Special, |
140-320 |
Manure, Specific Gravity of from Different Animals, |
305 |
Manure, Spread in Open Yard, |
63 |
Manure, Stable, Management, |
333 |
Manure, Straw and Chaff as, |
200 |
Manure, Superphosphate, How Made, |
317 |
Manure, Swamp-Muck as, |
29 |
Manure, Tank, |
115 |
Manure, the Author’s Plan of Managing, |
83 |
Manure, Tillage as, |
32-121-225 |
Manure, Top-dressing for Wheat in Kansas, |
350 |
Manure Top-dressing, on Growing Crops, |
343 |
Manure, to What Crops Should it be Applied, |
265 |
Manure, Value of, |
78 |
Manure, Value of Depends on the Food, Not on the Animal, |
43 |
Manure, Value of Straw as, |
123 |
Manure, Water in, |
124 |
Manure, Weeds as, |
24 |
Manure, Weight of, |
343-350 |
Manure, Well-rotted, Composition of, |
65 |
Manure, Well-rotted, Loss from Leaching, |
65 |
Manure, What is it?, |
19-22 |
Manure, Why Do We Ferment?, |
94 |
Market Gardens, Irrigation in, |
295 |
Market Gardens, Manure for, |
294 |
Market Gardens, Pig-manure on, |
295 |
Meadows, Manure for, |
271 |
Night soil, |
225-308 |
Nitrate of Potash, |
312 |
Nitrate of Soda, |
134 |
Nitrate of Soda, Acts Quicker than Ammonia, |
313 |
Nitrate of Soda, as a Top-dressing for Wheat, |
270 |
Nitrate of Soda, Composition of, |
312 |
Nitrate of Soda, for Apple Trees, |
314 |
Nitrate of Soda, for Barley, |
243 |
Nitrate of Soda, for Oats, |
252 |
Nitrate of Soda, for Onions, |
294 |
Nitrate of Soda, for Sugar-Beets, |
289 |
Nitrate of Soda, for Wheat, |
159 |
Nitrate of Soda, How to Apply, |
312 |
Nitric Acid, |
341 |
Nitrogen, Amount per Acre in the Soil, |
28-162 |
Nitrogen, as Manure, |
28 |
Nitrogen, in Soils, |
106-226-336-341 |
Nitrogen, Makes Poor Manure Rich, |
246 |
Nurserymen, Manure for, |
297 |
Oats, Experiments on in Virginia, |
253 |
Oats, Experiments on at Moreton Farm, |
254 |
Oats, Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on, |
252 |
Oats, Manures for, |
252 |
Oil-cake for Sheep, |
76 |
Onions, Manure for, |
294 |
Peas for Pigs, |
17 |
Pea-straw for Manure, |
48 |
| Peat, Composition of, | 31 |
Phosphates, |
27 |
Phosphates, Exhaustion of on Dairy Farms, |
101 |
Phosphates, Soluble in Barn-yard Manure, |
72 |
Phosphoric Acid in Soils, |
106-226 |
Phosphoric Acid, per Acre in Soils, |
162 |
Phosphoric Acid, Retained by the Soil, |
219 |
Phosphoric Acid, Removed from the Farm by Hay, and by Milch Cows, |
316 |
Pig Manure, |
43-86 |
Phosphoric Acid, Composition of, |
306 |
Phosphoric Acid, for Cabbage, |
302 |
Pigs as Manure-Makers for Market Gardeners, |
295 |
Pigs’ Bedding, |
31 |
Pigs’ Bedding, for Enriching Pasture-Land, |
304 |
Pigs’ Bedding, How to Save Manure from, |
304 |
Pigs’ Bedding, Manure from, |
301-304 |
Piling Manure, |
97 |
Plant-food, |
21-105 |
Plant-food, Amount of in an Acre, |
24-39 |
Plant-food, in New and Cultivated Land, |
39 |
Plaster for Indian Corn, |
277 |
Plowing in the Fall, |
17 |
Potash, Amount of in the Soil, |
25-329 |
Potash, as Manure, |
329 |
Potash, as Manure for Wheat, |
215 |
Potash, for Cabbages, |
292 |
Potash, for Potatoes, |
255-260 |
Potash, for Potatoes and Root-Crops, |
330 |
Potash, How to Ascertain when the Soil Needs, |
330 |
Potash, in Nitrate of Potash, |
314 |
Potash, Not a Special Manure for Turnips, |
322 |
Potash, on Grass Land, |
273 |
Potash, our Soils not so likely to be Deficient in, as of Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid, |
330 |
Potash, Retained by the Soil, |
219 |
Potash, Value of in Artificial Manures, |
326 |
Potatoes, after Root-Crops, |
287 |
Potatoes, Ammonia for, |
261 |
Potatoes, Cost of Raising, |
10 |
Potatoes, Experiments on at Moreton Farm, |
259 |
Potatoes, for Manure, |
48 |
Potatoes, How to Raise a Large Crop, |
255 |
Potatoes, Manures for, |
255 |
Potatoes, Mr. Hunter’s Experiments on in England, |
260 |
Potatoes, on Rich Land, |
263 |
Potatoes, Profits of Using Artificial Manures on, |
263 |
Potatoes, Will Manure Injure, Quality of, |
264 |
Rape-cake, |
46 |
Rape-cake, as Manure for Hops, |
274 |
Roots, Amount of Left in Soil by Different Crops, |
164 |
Root-crops, |
17 |
Rotation of Crops and Manures, |
246 |
Rushmore, J. H., Letter from, |
345 |
Routzahn, H. L., Letter from, |
349 |
Salt as a Manure for Wheat, |
270 |
Salt, Common as Manure for Wheat, |
200 |
Salt, for Mangel-wurzels, |
104 |
Saw-dust for Bedding, |
103 |
Season, a Poor, Profitable for Good Farmers, |
213 |
Season, and Manure for Oats, |
253 |
Season, Influence of on the Growth of Wheat, |
210 |
Season, Profit in Raising Oats in a Poor, |
253 |
Season, Profit in Raising Barley in a Poor, |
243 |
Seasons, Influence on Crops, |
21 |
Seed Growers, Manures for, |
296 |
Sewage, |
308 |
Sheep-Manure, |
303-333-339 |
Sheep-Manure, Composition of, |
306 |
Sheep, vs. Oxen as Manure Makers, |
303 |
Shelton, Prof. E. M., Letter from, |
350 |
Soil, Composition of, |
144-150 |
Soil, Exhaustion of, |
23-27-332 |
Soil, from Earth-closet, |
225 |
Soil, Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid in, |
226 |
Soil, Plant-food in, |
105 |
Soil, Weight of per Acre, |
221 |
Soils Absorb Ammonia from Atmosphere, |
219 |
Soils, Absorptive Powers of, |
217 |
Sorghum, Manures for, |
283 |
Special Manures, |
320 |
Straw, |
26 |
Straw, Amount of Manure from, |
124 |
Straw, and Chaff for Manure, |
200 |
Straw, for Manures, |
48 |
Straw, on Grain Farms, |
118 |
Straw, Selling, |
123 |
Sturtevant, Dr. E. L., Letter from, |
344 |
Superphosphate, |
116 |
Superphosphate, for Barley, |
241 |
Superphosphate, for Indian Corn, |
279 |
Superphosphate, for Potatoes, |
259 |
Superphosphate, for Private Gardens, |
296 |
Superphosphate, for Turnips, |
285-322 |
Superphosphate, for Wheat, |
168-169 |
Superphosphate, from Bones, Composition of, |
319 |
Superphosphate, from Mineral Phosphates, |
320 |
Superphosphate, How Applied, |
320 |
Superphosphate, on Dairy Farms, |
315 |
Superphosphate, on Grass Land, |
273 |
Superphosphate, Value of as Compared with Bone-Dust, |
319 |
Superphosphate, What Crops Best for, |
243 |
Superphospate of Lime, Doctor Tells How it is Made, |
317 |
Superphosphate of Lime, When First Made in the United States, |
324 |
Surface Application of Manure, |
70-268 |
Swamp-muck, |
29 |
Swamp-muck, Composition of, |
31 |
| Swine, see Pigs. |
| Thomas, J. J., Remarks on the Application of Manures, | 269 |
Tillage is Manure, |
32-121-163-225 |
Tobacco, Manure for, |
275 |
Top dressing with Manure, |
269 |
Turnips, Do They Absorb Nitrogen from the Atmosphere, |
250 |
Turnips, Impoverish the Soil More than Grain, |
250 |
Turnips, Manure for, |
285 |
Turnips, and Wheat, Special Manures for, |
321 |
Urine from Farm Animals Richer than Human, |
309 |
Urine, vs. Solid Manure, |
294 |
Valuation of Fertilizers, |
324 |
Water, Amount Given Off by Plants During Their Growth, |
131 |
Water Equivalent to Manure, |
296 |
Weeds, |
15-41-189 |
Weed-seeds in Manure, |
97 |
Weld, Col. M. C., Letter from, |
344 |
Wheat, Ammonia for, |
192 |
Wheat, Artificial Manures for Should be Drilled in with Seed, |
168-169 |
Wheat, Common Salt as Manure for, |
200 |
Wheat, Crop, Composition of, |
26-129-138-340 |
Wheat, Effect of Manure on, in Poor Season, |
213 |
Wheat, Influence of Season on, |
210 |
Wheat, is it Deteriorating? |
189 |
Wheat, Larger Crops per Acre, |
122 |
Wheat, Lawes’ and Gilbert’s Experiments on, |
140-170-333 |
Wheat, Manures for, |
167 |
Wheat, Mr. Lawes’ Experiments on, |
122 |
Wheat, Nitrogen as Manure for, |
141 |
Wheat, Plant-food in, |
101 |
Wheat, Potash as Manure for, |
215 |
Wheat, Straw and Chaff as a Manure for, |
200 |
Wheat, Summer Fallowing for, |
35-168 |
Wheat, the 20th Crop on Same Land, |
213 |
Wheat, Top-dressing for, |
270 |
Wheat, vs. Corn, Comparative Yield of, |
276 |
Wheat, Well-rotted Manure for, |
267 |
Wheat, Why Our Crops are so Poor, |
214 |
Wheat, Yield per Acre, |
11 |