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INDEX 



Mowing, tall oat grass, 62. 



millet, 72. 



time for brome grass, 52. 



timothy, 25. 



Mowing lands, top-dressing of, 37. 

 Mucuna utilis, 202. 

 Muhlenbergia diffusa. (See Nim- 

 ble-will.) 

 Mulleins, 329. 



Natal grass, 366. 



Nebraska, 389. 



Nelson, Aven, 400. 



Nelson, Martin, 355. 



Ness, H., 402. 



Nettle, 329. 



New Hampshire, 383. 



New York, 385. 



Nimblewill, 130. 



Nitrate of soda, for timothy, 38. 



Nitrifying bacteria, aided by 



humus, 146. 

 Nitrogen, how secured by legumes, 



135. 



in soil, effect of manure, 304. 

 supply of, 144. 

 Nodular disease, 300, 347. 

 North Carolina, 398. 

 North Dakota, 394. 

 Nurse crop, seeding grass with, 



287. 



Ohio, 394. 

 Oklahoma, 382. 

 Onobrychis sativa, 190. 

 Orchard grass, 73, 353. 



desirability and requirements of, 

 107. 



for animals, 107. 

 ' for cattle, 48. 



mixture, 108, 283. 



not mix with brome, 49. 



quantity of seed to sow, 108. 



with bluegrass, 91. 



yield of, 46. 

 Oregon, 395. 



Panicum maximum, 67. 



molle, 67. 



Para grass, 358, 67. 

 Parasites, in sheep manure, 300. 



of 'sheep, 342. 



in pastures, 327. 

 Paspalum, 124. 



Pastures, care of, 252, 293, 323, 

 369. 



early stocking of, 325. 



effect of trees on, 323. 



feeding on, 294. 



for sheep, 341. 



grasses for, 75. 



improvement in England, 309. 



manure for, 297, 310. 



manure on, 21. 



mixed stocking of, 299. 



of orchard grass, 108. 



of alfalfa, 240. 



productivity of, 20. 



retaining moisture, 326. 



rotation of stock in, 32'7. 



sodbound, 21. 



sweetened with lime, 267. 



timothy, 39. 



weeds in, 328. 

 Pasturing, cattle, 350. 



effects of early, 91. 

 Pearl millet, 71. 

 Pennisetum spicatum, 71. 

 Percherons, on limed pastures, 



270. 

 Permanent meadow, of timothy, 



29. 



Permanent pastures, effect of 

 manure on, 296. 



sheep on, 340. 

 Persimmons, 333. 

 Peter, James, 410. 

 Phosphatic rock, with manure, 34. 

 Phosphorus, as fertilizer, 302. 



in soils, 297. 

 Pighead, 299. 

 Pigs, glean field, 206. 

 Pisum sativum, 192. 

 Plantain, 331. 

 Plant food, mineral, 18. 

 Plowing, for new grass land, 281. 

 Poa archnifera, 124. 



compressa. (See Canada blue- 

 grass. ) 



praetensis. (See Kentucky blue- 

 grass. ) 



serontina, 250. 

 Poison ivy, 329. 

 Poor soil, grasses for, 106, 283. 



sheep fescue for, 112. 

 Potassium, in soils, 297. 



Quackgrass, eradication of, 129, 



132. 



establishment of, 126. 

 method of rooting, 16. 

 roots of, 22. 



Ragweed, 328. 



Rank growing spots in pasture, 



o o Q 



Red clover, 152. 



diseases of, 166. 



habit of growth, 154. 



quantity to sow, 157. 



seeding of, 156. 



summary of, 165. 



with timothy, 2G. 

 Redtop, 353. 



adaptability of, 44, 205. 



characteristics of, 104. 



how to displace, 44. 



in mixtures, 106. 



in timothy, 29. 



leaves sweetened soil, 36. 



mixture with, 283. 



seeding to, 106. 



soil for, 42. 



sowing of, 46. 



stem of, 22. 



with orchard grass, 108.. 



