The Soil and Health: A Study of Organic Agriculture

Index

INDEX A Acharaya, Dr. C. N•• 236 Afghanistan, 6, 131, 133, 134. 176 Af:~~'131~'.1~6,4h:,9'llt: tis.6Ii6?7i6~?'2~g: ~~~: 223, 224-234, 274ff. Agricultural Research Council, The, 80 Agricultural Research Institute (Pusa). The, 3. 129 Agriculture, tropical, t, 97; Indian, 3-8; primitive , 33-42; on cultivation, 35, 36; Egyptian, 36; Chinese, 38; Greek and Roman) 39, 40,41; of the Middle i\~es, 41, 42, 45, 40, 49; ot the Romans in BritaIn, 43, 44; the two·and-threefield system, 45, 46; Coke of Holkham's development of, 52, 56; extensive, 57ff.i the rna.. chine and, 58ff.; the chemistry of, 69; the Ministry of, 76, 248, 250, 253, 260i on r.search. 77-80 1 ' statistics of, 77-80; the Cambridge Schoo of 248; the Missouri College of, 241 Airy, Rev. W. S., quoted on school gardening, 182 Albrecht, William A., 241 ~1~ltaia!~:, 94-102; tbe reclamation of. 10()"102 America. Soutb, 36, 37, 59, ISS ~~ic:teUin~~r~f'P~~e~~'24~2:t. 65. 87. 88; Ammonia, 74ff., 189, 205 Amos, Alfred, 2 .do. AgriCtfltt,ml Testament, cited, 11, 12, 24, lOS. m: ~~5, li]o,I~~2,1~6j5~9~jtll, 213, 222, 223, Animals. the care of, 4, 5; diseases of. 4. 5, SSt :t~u!~~~Vi~es:h.z~if.tieb::.~~s: 4'i~'ll; lri ~7~egbo~iot'20~2r3.e2~9:~t39: ;:d~;~. ~~~: 292ff. Ants, 28 Argentine, the, 5S Armstrong, H. E., 78, 248 Ashby, T. W. M., 238 Asia, the dying lak.. of. 95. 96, 99; the vine in, 132ff. Assam, 59, 110. 113, 129, 247 Australia, 57, 59, 62, 87 B Bacon, Sir Franei9, 69 Bakewell, Robert, 51 Baldwin, Stanley, 180 Balfour, Lady Eve, The Li,,;"11 Suil, 24, 164, 165. lla\~~hi!?a6.;, \~4132, 133, 134, 142 Banana, the, 141, 142 Barbados, the Imperial Department of Agriculture at, 1; the principal crops in, 1; the sugar industry in, 253 Barley, 34, 51 Barrackpore, 129 Basic slag, 198, 199. 200. 201. 202 llasutoland, 89 Belgic tribes, the, 44 Benares 108 Berry, Sir Walter. 2 Bevendge, Sir William, investigation of wheat yield by, 49 Black Death, the, 49ff. Blackheath 139, 144 Bledisloe, Viscount, 116, 181 Bog (ana morass), 27. 28 Borsodi, Ralpb, 243 I~:'~h: ~ev. G. W., 118 Bread, 55, 173 Britain, historical OU""" of agriculture in, 43-56; ~~do:'P:~~:s:n2~~4~; fbf:nd!;s7:1. a;S~ ~~~ 260 British Mycological Society, TruftSlJCfiofJ 01~ cited, 126 llroadbent, H. R., foted on devastation of the B:.,o~j;e~: L::~i~h~43;~trlk Trials. 75 Bunting, A. H.. 250, 25I. 252 Butler, 126 Ba:y ..o. Acre, Paul Corey, 242 C Cabbage, the, 24 Cacao, 110, 118-121; e.tates, 119, 120 Calcutta, 143, 247 CalifornIa, 102 Cambridge School of Agriculture, tbe, 248 Cambridgeshire, 45 Canteens, 183, 184 Capetown, 231 Carlyle, Sir Robert, 4, 158 g:;~CtXle!l~:m:~6 185 g:~"J!~I~rsGe~~~e, 151 Ceylon, 35, 59, 61. 110. 111. 112, 113, 119, 235, 246, 247 Channel, the EnJllisb, 45 Chapman, Dr. G. B., on produce of bumus·fiIled cbe~lst~~~'l9~5~0~11;1.4~' ~l:, 234 Cheshire, The Local Medical and Panel Committees of, II, 12, 56, 176. 223, 235, 239. 240 Chicory, 101 China, a waste--utnizing practice of, 7: the agricul. ~~~etb!'d~!in!~e2i!bl~: ~a;~~tafiJd~~t:~2°ls g~fIrow:~ (Englisb, 1642), tbe, 51 Civilization, agriculture and, 33; Peruvian. 36; past, 93: failure of, 234ft. Clarke, George 5, lOS, 137 229 Clifton Park System. the, 56, 101 Clubs, 4-H. 243 Coal, 53 Cockle, Park Experiments, tbe, 199 Coffee, 109-111 Coke of Holkham (Norfolk), 52, 56 Cole, Sir Edward Hearle, 101, 102, 125, 223, 237 Coleyana Estate (Punjab) the, 101, 102, 125, 223, 237 Combine, 58ff. Commons, 46 Compost dressings, Chinese, 8: the Indore Process of (see); the Nems~Letter on, 12, 164, 168, 178, 185, 202, 223, 235, 239, 240; for sugar-eane, 108, 109, 224-229; for tea, 111-118; for cacao, 118-120; for cotton, 121-127; for rice, 127-129; for hananas, 141-142; for apples (and otber fruit.), 144; for peaches, 139-141; for grape., 132-138; for wheat, 129-132; for tomatoes, 143144 : for atrawberries, raspberries, 144-146: for tobacco, 147; for leguminous crops, 148ft.; for potatoes, 1SOlI.; a quotation on the making of, 153-155; The Compost Garde,,", cited...