INDEX 



379 



Osmosis, 23 

 Oyster-shells for hens, 352 



Paris green, 203 



Parsnips, 98 



Pasteurization, 313 



Pastures, 119, 286 



Peach, the, 159, 210 



Peafowl, the, 347 



Pear, the, 157 



Peas, 173 



Peccary, 257 



Phosphoric acid, sources of, 58, 59 



Plant diseases, 207 



Plant food, 11, 12, 23 



Plant-lice, 190 



Planting board, 151 



Plow, 34, 36 



Plowing, condition of soil for, 37 

 in autumn, 38; in spring, 39 

 for corn, 70; for wheat, 84 

 purpose of, 37; subsoiling, 39 

 terms used in, 36 



Plum, the, 158 



Plum curculio, 193 



Poisons for insects, 203, 205 



Pomology, defined, 138 



Ponies, 224, 225 



Potash, 60 



Potatoes, 99-101, 209 



Potato beetles, 195 



Potato family, the, 174 



Pot-herbs, 178 



Poultry, definition, 339; feeding, 

 351-354; hatching, 348; hous- 

 ing, 351; origin, 339 



Propagation of plants, by bud- 

 ding, 142; by cuttings, 141; 

 by grafting, 142, 144; by in- 

 arching, 145; by layering, 

 140,141 by seeds, 140; in cold- 

 frames, 169; in hot-beds, 169 



Protein, 275 



Pumpkins, 175 



Pyrethrum, 204 



Quince, the, 157 



Rape, 119, 120 



Raspberry, the, 162, 163 



Red top, 106 



Rennet, 319 



Renovated butter, 324 



Retting, 124 



Rhubarb, 180 



Rice, 92, 93 



Rock phosphate, 59 



Rolling, effect of, 43 



Roots, 65, 96, 97, 99 



Rose-chafer, 196 



Rotation, corn-belt, 135; defined, 

 133; maintains fertihty, 133, 

 132; Norfolk, 135; object of, 

 133; qualities of a good, 135, 

 136; Terry, 135 



Rusts, 208 



Rye, 90, 91 



Salad plants, 178 



Salt, 61, 289, 317 



Scab, 211 



Scale insects, 190 



Seed corn selection, 74, 76, 77 



Seed plat, 132 



Seed selection, home-grown seed, 

 131; importance of, 129, 172; 

 for genuineness, 130; for pur- 

 ity, 129; for vitality, 130; 

 testing seed, 131, 132; use of 

 seed plat, 132 



Separators, cream, 306 



Sheep, breeds of — 



American Merino, 251; Black- 

 Faced Highland, 254; Cheviot 

 250; Cotswold, 244; Delaine 

 Merino, 252; Dorset Horn, 

 249; Hampshire, 248; Kent, 

 or Romney Marsh, 253; 

 Leicester, 245; Lincoln, 245; 

 Merino, 250; Oxford, 248; 

 Rambouillet Merino, 252; 



