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ELEMENTS OF FARM PRA CTICE 



Planting: 



Depth to plant, 29 



Time to plant, 28 



Plant structure, 39 

 Plant lice, 162 

 Plowing: 



Condition of soil for, 21 



Deep, 24 



Fall, 22 



Objects of, 19 



Time for, 21 

 Plum curculio, 162 

 Pork production, 231 

 Posts, 278 

 Potassium: 



Need of in plants, 34 



Sources of, 36 

 Potatoes: 



Cultivating, 93 



Cutting seed, 91 



Diseases of, 90, 160 



Importance of, 88 



Planting, 92 



Seed, 89 



Soil for, 91 



Spraying, 93 



Sprouting, 89 

 Potato blight, 161 

 Potato bugs, 162 

 Potato scab, 160 

 Potato wilt, 160 

 Poultry: 



Breeds of, 246 



Care of, 248 



Feeding, 253 



Houses, 250 



Importance oi, 244 

 Price of land, 318 

 Prizes, 286 

 Protein, 174, 212 

 Pruning: 



Apple trees, 153 



Raspberry bushes, 150 



Quack grass, 129 



Radishes, 140 



Rag doll tester, 68 



Ragweed, 126, 132 



r.ape, 116, 242 



Raspberries: 



Adaptability of, 148 

 CultdvatJon of, 160 

 Planting, 149 

 Propagation of, 148 

 Pruning of, 150 

 Soil for. 148 



Raspberries: Cont'd 



Varieties of, 148 



Winter protection of, 150 

 Ration: 



A good, 206 



A poor, 205 



Feeding a, 205 



To compound a, 203 

 Rations. (See feeds, etc.) 

 Redtop, 115 

 Rent, 337 

 Rhizoctonia, 160 

 Rhubarb, 139 

 Rice, 118 

 Roads: 



Construction of, 261 



Cost of, 259 



Earth, 262 



Gravel, 263 



Maintenance of, 264 



Sandy, 266 



Use of, 259 

 Roosts, 251 

 Root crops: 



Culture of, 94 



Harvesting, 95 



Importance of, 94 

 Roots, 13, 17, 18, 74, 209 

 Rotation of crops, 99, 163, 



320, 324, 329, 332, 335 

 Roughage, 174, 185, 203 

 Rust, 50, 56, 156 

 Rutabagas, 94 

 Rye: 



Culture of, 58 



Importance of, 58 

 Rye grass, 115 



Salt, 199 

 Sand. 11 

 Sanitation: 



In the care of milk, 213 



In the home, 310 

 Scale insects, 162 

 School gardens, 301 

 Schools, 284 

 Seed: 



Grading, 44 



Importance of good, 40 



Parts of a, 41 



Pure, 43 • 



Selection of, 41 



Test of good, 41 



To remove weed, 43 

 Seed bed, 26 

 Seed corn: 



Selection of, 76 



