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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



Peanuts, 173. 



Pear, 62, 103, 328. 



Pear-tree girdler, 137. 



Peas, 253, 254, 264. 



Perennials, 75. 



Petal, 45. 



Phosphoric acid, 24. 



Phylloxera, 132. 



Pistil, 44, 45, 46. 



Plant, the, 41. 



Plant disease, cause of, 94. 



nature of, 94. 



prevention of, 102, 247, 328. 

 Plant food, 36, 37. 



from air, 41. 



from soil, 31. 



kinds of, 36. 

 Plant louse, 142. 

 Plant propagation, 54. 



by buds, 54. 

 Plant seeding, 62. 

 Planting a tree, 88. 

 Plow, right way to, n. 

 Plum curculio, 131. 

 Plums, 62, 328. 

 Pollen, 46, 47, 48. 

 Pollination, 48-50. 



by hand, 51. 



cross, 50. 



grape, 55. 

 Potash, 24. 

 Potato, 58, 59, 328. 



beetle, 145. 



blight, in. 



scab, 109. 



sweet, 59, 175. 

 Poultry, 204. 



Propagation of plants by buds, 54. 

 Protein, 212, 214, 230. 

 Pruning, 88. 



Pruning, root, 92. 

 Pupa, 122, 124, 125. 

 Purity of seed, 77. 



Quince, 62, 328. 



Radish, 249, 253, 254. 



Raspberry, 58, 62. 



Ration, balanced, 216-218. 



Raupenleim, 135. 



Red raspberry, 62. 



Rice, 177. 



Roads, 240, 241, 245. 



Root hairs, 27, 28, 29, 32, 42. 



Root pruning, 92. 



Root tubercles, 33, 37. 



Roots, 27. 



Rot of fruit, 94. 



Rotation of crops, 9, 21, 22, 3^. 



San Jose scale, 126. 



Sap current, the, 42. 



Scab, 109. 



Scale, San Jose, 126. 



Schoolhouses, 240, 244. 



Scion, 84, 86. 



Seed, 44. 



germination, 78. 

 purity, 77. 

 selection, 51, 59, 65. 



of corn, 69. 



of cotton, 66. 



of potatoes, 59, 



of wheat, 66, 68. 

 vitality, 77. 

 Seeding, 62. 



Selection of seed ; see seed selection. 

 Sepal, 45. 

 Sheep, 197. 

 Smuts, 107. 



