380 



INDEX 



Sheep — Cpntinueu 



Shropshire, 246; Southdown, 

 247; Suffolk, 249; Tunis, 249; 

 Wensleydale, 254; coarse- 

 wooled, 243; fine-wooled, 250; 

 history of, 243; medium- 

 wooled, 246 



Silage, 115-117 



Silo, 115, 116 



Semi-arid regions, 30 



Smuts, 207 



Snakes, 201 



SoiHng, 117, 287 



Soils, action of animals on, 4; auc- 

 tion of plants on, 2; aeration 

 of, 16; alkali, 32; alluvial, 6; 

 bacteria in, 13; color of, 15; 

 distribution, of 5; effect of 

 the wind on, 5; for corn, 70; 

 for oats, 88; for potatoes, 99, 

 100; for wheat, 84; humus, 

 10; kinds of, 9; life in, 13; 

 loess, 7; origin of, 1; plant 

 food in, 10, 11, 12; porosity 

 of, 17; power to retain moist- 

 ure, 21; sand dunes, 6; se- 

 dentary, 5; transported, 5; 

 transportation of, 16; wash- 

 ing away of, 7; water in, 

 17; weathering, 1; weight, 

 15; wind formed, 6; work of 

 glaciers, 6; work of water, 3 



Sorghum, 117 



Soy-beans, 95, 111, 112 



Sports, 162 



Squashes, 175, 176 



Stages in life of an insect, 189 



Starters, 312, 313 



Stover, defined, 73, 115 



Strawberry, the, 164 



Stud books, 222 



Subsoiling, 39 



Sugar beets, 98 



Sulphate of ammonia, 58 



Sulphate of potash, 60 



Superphosphate, 59 



Sweet potatoes, 102 



Swine, bacon type, 258 

 breeds of — 



Berkshire, 259; Cheshire, 263; 

 Chester White, 262; Chinese, 

 266; Duroc- Jersey, 261; Essex 

 264; Hampshire, 266; Large 

 Yorkshire, 264; Neapolitan, 

 266; Poland-China, 259; Small 

 Yorkshire, 264; Suffolk, 264; 

 Tamworth,266; Victoria, 263 

 following cattle, 289; lard type, 

 257 



Systems of creaming, 305, 306 



Tankage, 56 



Temperature of soil, 16 



Teosinte, 115 



Terms used in breeding, 267, 268, 



272, 273 

 Testing milk, composite samples 

 for, 329; for adulteration, 325; 



for butter-fat, 326, 327, 328; 



taking samples for, 328 

 Testing seeds, 131, 132 

 Thinning, 157, 160, 161 

 Tillage, defined, 34 

 Tillering, 86 

 Timothy, 105 

 Toads, 201 

 Tobacco, 121, 122 

 Tobacco stems as fertilizers, 60 

 Tomatoes, 175 

 Top-grafting, 154 

 Transplanting, 152, 171 

 Trees for grounds, 185 

 Truck patch, 166 

 Tubers, 65, 186, 187 

 TuHps, 186 

 Turkeys, 346, 354 

 Turnips, 99 



Variation, 273 

 Vegetable, explained, 166 



