INDEX 



347 



Soil, i. 



bacteria in, 26. 



deepening of, 9. 



definition of, r. 



drainage of, 15. 



how water rises in, 14. 



improving, 18. 



manuring of, 22. 



moisture of, 10. 



origin of, i. 



particles of, magnified, 12. 



retention of water by, 13. 



tillage of, 6. 



virgin, 19, 20. 

 Sowing (seed), 253. 

 Spiders, red, 283. 

 Spores, 95, 97, 98. 

 Spraying, 112, 113, 117, 146, 327- 



331- 



outfit, 143. 

 Squanto, 22. 

 Squash, 253, 259. 

 Squash bug, the, 143. 

 Stamen, 45-48. 

 Stigma, 45-48. 

 Stock, 84. 



Stockbridge quoted, 4. 

 Strawberry, 58. 

 Style, 45. 

 Subsoil, i. 

 Subsoiling, 10. 

 Sugar cane, 314. 

 Sweet pea, 276, 277. 

 Sweet potato, 59, 175. 

 Swine, 200. 



Tent caterpillar, 136, 137. 

 Terraces, 20. 

 Tile drain, 16. 



benefits of, 17. 

 Tillage, 6, 19, 29. 



Tobacco, 159, 331, 333. 

 Tobacco worm, 145. 

 Tomato, 249, 251, 252, 265. 

 Tongue grafting, 83, 84. 

 Tools, 232. 

 Topping, 161. 

 Tree, manuring of, 28. 

 Tubercle, 33, 39. 

 Tull, Jethro, 6. 

 quoted, 7. 

 Turkeys, 204. 

 Turnip, 114, 254. 

 Typhoid fever, germ of, 101. 



Vitality of seed, 77. 



Wasp, 1 20. 

 Water, 10. 

 Water, absorption of, by plants, 10. 



retention of, by soil, 13. 



rise of, in soil, 14. 



saved by plants, 10. 



saved by soils, 12. 

 Watermelons, 266, 267. 

 Weathering, 5, 8. 

 Weeds, 73. 

 Weevil, 144. 



cotton-boll, 298. 



plum, 131. 

 Wheat, 107, 163. 



yield of, 68. 

 Wilt 



cotton, 115. 



watermelon, 267. 

 Window box, 279, 281. 

 Window garden, 280, 281. 

 Window gardening, 281. 

 Worn-out land, reclaiming of, 19. 



Yeast, 100. 



