INDEX 



293 



well-ventilated country school 

 (Fig. 108), 222; school light- 

 ing, 223; the first top-lighted 

 school (Fig. 109), 224 



Scab, the, 165. 166 



Scale insects, 79, 178; black olive 

 scales, 81; San Jose, 279 



School lifirlxtinfiT, 223; first top- 

 lighted school (Fig. 109), 224 



School ventilation, 222, 223; a 

 well-ventilated country school 

 (Fig. 108), 222 



Seed, 98; how some plants scat- 

 ter, 101; quantity of, per acre, 

 283 



Self-binder, 134, 135; modern 

 binder (Fig. 74), 135 



Sewasre, 217, 218 



Shade, 217; every farm needs its 

 shade and water easily acces- 

 sible (Fig. 1), frontispiece. 



Sheep, 34, 253; wild, 34; taming, 

 34; where sheep live, 35; use 

 of, 35, 36; for wool or mutton, 

 36; Merinos, 36-38; Merino ram 

 (Fig. 21), 36; cattle and sheep, 

 37; for mutton, 38; Shrop- 

 shires, 38; Southdowns, 38; 

 dogs and sheep, 37, 38; see also 

 names of sheep 



Shepherd dog-, 37, 38 



Shire, the, 5 



Shoeing- the horse. 11 



Shorthorns, 18 (Figs. 9 and 17), 

 17, 27 



Shropghires, 38; ram (Fig. 22), 

 37 



Sickle, see Reap hook 



Silkworms, 61, 65 



Silos, 124; building, 125; filling 

 the .silo (Fig. 68), 124 



Slip knot, running noose or hal- 

 ter knot, 12 



Smart weed, 81 



Smut, 131 



Sou, 84, 262; what they do, 84; 

 light, 84; heavy, 84, 85; crops 

 for clay, 85; loam, 85; what the 

 soil contains, 85; plant food, 

 86, 87; humus, 87-88; soil and 

 surface water, 88; why clay 

 soils are wet, 88, 89; holding 

 water for plants, 89; impor- 

 tance of drainage, 89; good 

 soil contains air, 89, 90; how 

 to drain swampy land, 90; 

 farmer's bacteria friends, 91; 

 bacteria and clover, 91; grow- 

 ing several crops, 92; not too 

 many crops. 92; rotation of 

 crops, 92, 94; phosphorus a 



f)lant food, 95; keeping up the 

 and, 95 



Sonthdowns, 38 



Soy beans, 91, 146 



Sparrows, 82, 83; tree. 81 



Spinach, 190 



Spraying-, 176, 177; apples (Figs. 

 38, 39), 62, 63; outfit for the 

 orchard (Fig. 95), 179 ; the 

 successful orchardist always 

 sprays (Fig. 96), 181 



Squashes, 113, 187, 190, 196, 283 



Stable, see Bams 



Stains, how to remove, 276 



Stamen, the, 98, 99 



Starch, 125, 137 



Sterilizing-, 214 



Stick tights, 101 



"Stink bug," 197 



Strawberries, 172, 199, 200; noth- 

 ing so fine as home-grown 

 strawberries (Fig. 100), 199; 

 283 



Sug-ar beets, 155-157; how dis- 

 covered, 155; a field (Fig. 85), 

 156; preparation and soil, 156, 

 157; harvesting, 157 



Sng-ar cane, 154-155; planting, 

 102, 154, 155; harvesting 155 



SwaUows, 78, 83 



Sweet corn, 190, 194, 195, 283 



Swine, 39-48, 255; improving 

 hogs, 39; best breeds, 39; 

 Cheshire, 39, pig (Fig. 23), 

 39; bacon type, 40; lard type, 

 40; Berkshires, 40; Berkshires 

 on clover (Fig. 24), 40; Ches- 

 ter-whites, 41; sows and pigs 

 (Fig. 25), 41; Duroc-Jerseys, 

 41; Poland-Chinas, 42; a prize 

 (P^ig. 26), 42; feeding, 43-44; 

 rooting, 44; yards, 45; fencing, 

 45; sheds and shelter, 45; 

 houses, 46; diseases, 47, 48 



Swiss chard, 194 



Tillag-e, 103-111; sowing and 

 reaping in olden times, 103; 

 wearing out the soil, 104; 

 Jethro Tull, 104; fields in poor 

 and good tilth (Figs. 55a, 55b). 

 105; feeding plants, 105, 106; 

 keeping moisture in the soil, 

 106; dust mulch, 106, 107; dry 

 farming, 107 



Timber hitch, 13 



Timothy, 9, 87. 94, 124, (Fig. 77) 

 114, (Fig. 78) 147, 281, 283 



Tobacco, 113, 159, 160; a heavy 

 crop and drying barn (Fig. 86), 

 158; drying and curing (Fig. 

 87), 159; fertilizer, 160; cur- 

 ing, 160 



Tomatoes, 187, 189. 190, 191, 197, 

 280. 283 



