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INDEX 



Plowing, 16. 



Plum black knot, 219. 



Plums, 218; Chickasaws, 218; 



European, 218 ; Japanese, 218 ; 



Wild Goose class, 218. 

 Plumule, 91. 

 Pollen, 96. 



Pollination, cross, 97 ; self, 97. 

 Pomelo, 260. 

 Potash, sources of, 84. 

 Potassium sulphide, 107. 

 Poultry, 290. 

 Primus Americana, 219. 

 Primus angustifolia, 218. 

 Prunus domestica, 218. 

 Primus hortulana, 218. 

 Prunus nigra, 219. 

 Prunus triflora, 218. 

 Pyrtis malus, 219. 



Quince, 229. 



Radicle, 91. 



Ramie, 170. 



Red clover, 63. 



Remedial measures, 100. 



Resin mixture, 106. 



Rice, 152 ; botanical features and 

 varieties, 154 ; chief uses, 152 ; 

 climate and soil, 153 ; diseases 

 and insects, 155 ; manuring, 

 153 ; methods of planting and 

 cultivation, 153. 



Richardsonia scabra, 165. 



Rolling, 27. 



Root hairs, 92. 



Roots, function of, 92. 



Rotation of crops, 87. 



Rubber, 206; Brazihan, 206; 

 Mexican, 206. 



Rye, 156. 



Saccharutn officinarum, 118. 



San Jose scale, 214. 



Secale cereale, 156. 



Setaria Italica Germanica, 157. 



Sheep, 289. 



Sisal, 188. 



Soil, improvement of, 40. 



Soils, biological activities in, 9 ; 

 chemical improvement of, 56 ; 

 composition of, 8 ; formation 

 of, 5 ; inoculation of, 64 ; kinds 

 of, 7 ; management of, 15. 



Sorghum Halepcnse, 161. 



Sorghums, 156. 



Spraying, 104. 



Sprays, formulas for, 105. 



Spring vetch, 68. 



Stable manure, 58. 



Stamens, 96. 



Steam plows, 20. 



Stem, function of, 93. 



Stigma, 96. 



Strawberries, 230. 



Subirrigation, 54. 



Sugar cane, 118; army worm, 

 138 ; bacterial top rot, 139 ; 

 botanical features and varieties, 

 136; chief uses, 119; climatic 

 conditions, 120 ; diseases and 

 insects, 137 ; leaf hopper, 138 ; 

 mealy-bug, 138 ; methods of 

 cultivation : Cuba, 128 ; Ha- 

 waiian Islands, 126 ; Louisiana, 

 122 ; other American countries, 

 135; rind disease, 140; root 

 rot, 139; soils, 121. 



Sugar-cane borer, 137. 



Sweep, 38. 



Sweet clover, 78. 



Sweet potatoes, 278. 



Sulky plow, 18. 



Sulphur, 107. 



Sulphur-lime mixture, 107. 



Terracing, 43. 



Theobroma cacao, 205. 



Tillage, 30 ; implements of, 35. 



Tobacco, 190 ; botanical features, 

 198; curing, 197; damping off, 

 199 ; diseases and insects, 199 ; 

 fermentation of, 197 ; flea- 

 beetle, 199 ; harvesting, 196 ; 

 mosaic disease, 200; planting 

 and cultivation, 192 ; shade 

 grown, 195. 



Tobacco extract, 107. 



