Talks on Manures - A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author - and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the - Whole Subject

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Talks on Manures.
A SERIES OF FAMILIAR AND PRACTICAL TALKS BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND THE DEACON, THE DOCTOR, AND OTHER NEIGHBORS, ON THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS.
BY
JOSEPH HARRIS, M.S.
AUTHOR OF “WALKS AND TALKS ON THE FARM,” “HARRIS ON THE PIG,” ETC.
NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION,
INCLUDING A CHAPTER SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR IT BY SIR JOHN BENNET LAWES, OF ROTHAMSTED, ENGLAND.
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1919
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by the ORANGE JUDD COMPANY In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Printed in U.S.A.
III CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION TO NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. CHAPTER I. Farming as a Business.— High Farming and Good Farming.— Summer-fallowing and Plowing under Clover.— We must raise larger Crops per Acre.— Destruction of Weeds.— Farming is Slow Work.— It requires Personal Attention. CHAPTER II. What is Manure?— The definitions given by the Deacon and the Doctor. CHAPTER III. Something about Plant-food.— All soils on which plants grow contain it.— The Season.— Water, Shade, Light, and Mulch, not Manures.— Several Definitions of Manure. CHAPTER IV. Natural Manure.— Accumulated Plant-food in the Soil.— Exhaustion of the Soil.— Why our Crops are so Poor.— How to get Larger Crops.— We must Drain, Cultivate thoroughly, and 23 Make Richer Manure. CHAPTER V ...