SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE, 32; SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE, chap. xxxix, 231; author disclaims being a scientific farmer, 231; men have raised good crops, who knew nothing of science, 231; science is the true base of efficient cultivation, 231; the elements of every plant, 231; necessity for scientific knowledge, 232; author's personal experience, 232; the assertion of a Maine essayist, as an illustration of the need of scientific information, 233; the diversity of opinion as to the value of swamp muck as a further illustration, 233-4; analysis of soils considered, 234; the necessity for some standard to go by in manuring land, 234; illustration thereof, 234-5; science explains the impoverishment of soils, 235; author's testimony on the value of science, from personal experience, 236; a competence is reserved for young men fully conversant with agriculture, 236. SCOTCH-IRISH, the, 171. SCOTLAND, 178, 269. SCRUB OAK, 314. SCYTHES, 239. SEASONS, Dry. _See_ DROUTH. SEWAGE--SEWAGE, chap. xlv, 266; causes which doomed ancient empires to decay, 266; illustrations thereof, 266-7; the soil must receive back the elements taken from it, 267; obstacles thereto, 267; location of ancient and modern cities, 267; imperative necessity for cleansing treat cities, 267-8; meaning given to sewage in England, 268; conditions necessary for its equable diffusion over the soil, 268; application of sewage, 268; difficulties of utilizing it, 268-9; the progress made, 269; the measures taken to utilize sewage at Romford, England, 269; farm whereon it was used, and the results attained, 269-70-1-2-3; conclusion therefrom, 273-4. SHEEP--SHEEP AND WOOL GROWING, chap. xxxiv, 200; production of wool in the United States insufficient, 200; they might profitably grow as much as they consume, 201; reasons therefore, 201; the increased price of mutton will make up for the reduction on wool, 201; sheep-growing in England as an illustration, 201; sheep soon make a return for the outlay on them, 202; they successfully contend with bushes and briars, 203; more mutton should be consumed, 202-3; all farmers are not counseled to grow sheep, 203; depredations of dogs, 203-4; precautions against them, 204; the change in the relative values of mutton and wool, 204; the relative prices and product the farmer must expect in the future, 205; growing sheep for mutton near New York, 205; profit thereof, 205; sheep-growing is no experiment, 205; encouragement thereto, 205-6; sheep growing in Colorado and other Territories, and its future, 206. SICILY, 267. SICKLE, 239. SILICA, 235. SMITH, WILLIAM (Woolston, Eng.), 283. SOCIETY, Agricultural, an, 228. _See_ FARMERS' CLUBS. SODA, 235.