The Elements of Agriculture / A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools
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- AGRICULTURE
- THE
- ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE:
- A Book for Young Farmers,
- SCHOOLS.
- GEO. E. WARING, Jr.,
- TO THE STUDENT.
- CONTENTS.
- SECTION FIRST.
- THE PLANT. CHAPTER I.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER II.
- ATMOSPHERE.
- CARBONIC ACID.
- CHAPTER III.
- HYDROGEN, OXYGEN AND NITROGEN. HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN.
- NITROGEN.
- AMMONIA.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV.
- INORGANIC MATTER.
- ALKALIES.
- POTASH.
- SODA.
- LIME.
- MAGNESIA.
- ACIDS. PHOSPHORIC ACID.
- SULPHURIC ACID.
- NEUTRALS. SILICA.
- CHLORINE.
- OXIDE OF IRON.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V.
- GROWTH.
- CHAPTER VI.
- PROXIMATE DIVISION OF PLANTS, ETC.
- ANIMALS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII.
- LOCATION OF THE PROXIMATES AND VARIATIONS IN THE ASHES OF PLANTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII.
- RECAPITULATION.
- SECTION SECOND.
- THE SOIL. CHAPTER I.
- FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE SOIL.
- GEOLOGY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II.
- USES OF ORGANIC MATTER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.
- USES OF INORGANIC MATTER.
- SUBSOIL.
- IMPROVEMENT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION THIRD.
- MANURES. CHAPTER I.
- CHARACTER AND VARIETIES OF MANURES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II.
- EXCREMENTS OF ANIMALS.
- DIGESTION AND ITS PRODUCTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.
- WASTE OF MANURE.
- EVAPORATION.
- LEACHING.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV.
- ABSORBENTS.
- CHARCOAL.
- MUCK, AND THE LIME AND SALT MIXTURE.
- LIME AND SALT MIXTURE.
- LIME.
- POTASH.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V.
- COMPOSTING STABLE MANURE.
- SHELTER.
- THE FLOOR.
- TANK.
- LIQUID MANURE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMAL EXCREMENT.
- STABLE MANURE.
- RECAPITULATION.
- NIGHT SOIL.
- HOG MANURE.
- POULTRY HOUSE MANURE.
- SHEEP MANURE.
- GUANO.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII.
- OTHER ORGANIC MANURES.
- DEAD ANIMALS.
- BONES.
- FISH.
- WOOLLEN RAGS, ETC.
- ORGANIC MANURES OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN.
- SPENT TAN BARK.
- SAWDUST.
- GREEN CROPS.
- ABSORPTION OF MOISTURE.
- DISTRIBUTION OF MANURES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII.
- MINERAL MANURES.
- CHAPTER IX.
- DEFICIENCIES OF SOILS, MEANS OF RESTORATION, ETC.
- ALKALIES. POTASH.
- SODA.
- LIME.
- PLASTER OF PARIS.
- CHLORIDE OF LIME.
- MAGNESIA.
- ACIDS. SULPHURIC ACID.
- PHOSPHORIC ACID.
- BONES.
- SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME.
- IMPROVED SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME.
- NEUTRALS. SILICA.
- CHLORINE.
- OXIDE OF IRON.
- OXIDE OF MANGANESE.
- VARIOUS OTHER MINERAL MANURES. LEACHED ASHES.
- OLD MORTAR.
- GAS HOUSE LIME.
- SOAPERS' LEY AND BLEACHERS' LEY.
- IRRIGATION.
- MIXING SOILS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X.
- ATMOSPHERIC FERTILIZERS.
- AMMONIA.
- CARBONIC ACID.
- OXYGEN.
- WATER.
- CHAPTER XI.
- RECAPITULATION.
- SECTION FOURTH.
- MECHANICAL CULTIVATION. CHAPTER I.
- THE MECHANICAL CHARACTER OF SOILS.
- CHAPTER II.
- UNDER-DRAINING.
- TILE DRAINING.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.
- ADVANTAGES OF UNDER-DRAINING.
- CHAPTER IV.
- SUB-SOIL PLOWING.
- CHAPTER V.
- PLOWING AND OTHER MODES OF PULVERIZING THE SOIL.
- PLOWING.
- DIGGING MACHINES.
- THE HARROW AND CULTIVATOR.
- CHAPTER VI.
- ROLLING, MULCHING, WEEDING, ETC. ROLLING.
- MULCHING.
- WEEDING.
- CULTIVATOR.
- IMPROVED HORSE-HOE.
- HARVESTING MACHINES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION FIFTH.
- ANALYSIS. CHAPTER I.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II.
- TABLES OF ANALYSIS. ANALYSES OF THE ASHES OF CROPS.
- No. I.
- No. II.
- No. III.
- No. IV.
- No. V.
- No. VI.
- No. VII.
- No. VIII.
- No. IX.
- No. X.
- No. XI.
- No. XII.
- No. XIII.
- No. XIV. TOBACCO.
- No. XV. Composition of some of the more common Compounds of Acids and Alkalies.
- No. XVI. Proximate Analyses of Crops, showing the amount of the different Organic Compounds contained in Grain, Roots, Hay, etc.—estimated in pounds:
- No. XVII.
- No. XVIII. MANURES. HORSE MANURE.
- No. XIX. NIGHT SOIL.
- No. XX. COW MANURE.
- No. XXI. COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE URINE OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
- No. XXII. GUANO.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE PRACTICAL FARMER.
- EXPLANATION OF TERMS.
- KETCHUM'S
- PATENT MOWING MACHINES
- NEW AND USEFUL WORKS.
- D. APPLETON & COMPANY
- DR. URE'S
- DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINES.
- SIR CHARLES LYELL'S
- PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY;
- SIR CHARLES LYELL'S
- MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY;
- APPLETON'S
- MODERN ATLAS OF THE EARTH.
- Popular Science.
- The Chemistry of Common Life.
- WORKS ON AGRICULTURE, THE HORSE, & DOG.
- THE FARMER'S HAND-BOOK
- RURAL ECONOMY,
- THE FARMER'S MANUAL:
- THE FARMER'S TREASURE:
- STABLE ECONOMY:
- THE HORSE'S FOOT;
- AND HOW TO KEEP IT SOUND.
- DOGS: THEIR ORIGIN AND VARIETIES.
- THE BOOK OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE:
- TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING:
- RUGGLES, NOURSE, MASON & CO.,
- AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES,
- Garden, Field and Flower Seeds,
- WAGENER'S AMERICAN SEED
- HARVESTER.
- THE WORKING FARMER,
- MAPES' IMPROVED SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME 160 lbs.
- FREDK. McCREADY
- THE UNIVERSAL CULTIVATOR,
- IMPROVED HORSE HOE,
- THE SOD AND SUB-SOIL PLOW,
- TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES
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