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INDEX 



Malaria, 205, 206, 207. 



Mallow, 170*. 



Mangel, 292. 



Mangold-wurzel, 292. 



Manure, 139, 264; green, 126, 140, 

 141, 264, 288. 



Manx cat, 401. 



Marjoram, 332. 



Mayweed, 168*. 



Mealy bug, 197*. 



Measuring worm, 190. 



Meat, cooking of, 351. 



Median herb, 285. 



Mediterranean, 308, 320. 



Melon, 326, 329. 



Melon aphis, 212. 



Mendel, 113. 



Merino sheep, 393*, 394*. 



Mesas, 25. 



Mexico, 280. 



Mice, field, 224, 225. 



Mildew, downy, 234; powdery, 235*, 

 236*, 237*. 



Milk, 387-390, 392; formalin in, 261. 



Milk bacteria, 260. 



Milk thistle, 176*. 



Milkweed, 182. 



Milo maize, 279. 



Mineral fertilizers, 143. 



Minnesota, 280. 



Mississippi River, 29. 



Mission olive, 309. 



Missouri, 163. 



Mites, 219. 



Mold, vegetable, 22, 31 ; see Humus. 



Molds, 228*, 229-234. 



Money crop, 126. 



Montana, 30, 40, 64, 163, 275, 331. 



Monterey Tree Growing Club, 343. 



Mosquito, 205*, 206*, 207*, 208. 



Moss, 413. 



Moss rose, 107. 



Moth, California oak, 188*; clothes, 

 194; codling, 188, 189*; sphinx, 

 187*; stages of, 188; tomato 

 sphinx, 188*; tussock, 189*. 



Moths, 185-194. 



Mount Adams, 23. 



Mount Hood, 23. 



Mountain lion, 401. 



Mount Rose, 151*. 



Mount Tacoma, 23. 



Mount Tamalpais, 160*. 



Mucilaginous seed covers, 3. 



Mugginess, 156. 



Mulch, 46, 47*, 50*, 102, 307*. 



Mules, 383*. 



Muriatic acid, 255. 



Muscat grapes, 314. 



Muscle, 372. 



Muscovy duck, 405. 



Muscular movement, 371376. 



Mushrooms, 32. 



Muskmelon, 329. 



Mustard greens, 320. 



Mustard, wild, 175, 176*. 



Mutation, 108. 



Napa thistle, 174. 



Nasturtium, 3, 73, 100. 



Nebraska, 29. 



Needs of the plant, 1. 



Nematodes, 223. 



Nettles, 298. 



Nevada, 131, 146. 



New Mexico, 40, 131, 146, 164, 309. 



Nightshade, 182. 



Nitrifying bacteria, 264. 



Nitrogen, 25, 58, 126, 140, 141, 143, 



144*, 264, 287. 



Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 141, 264. 

 North America, 18. 

 North Dakota, 29. 

 Northers, 149, 161. 

 Northwest coast country, 287. 

 Norway, 277. 

 Nut trees, 314-316; die back of, 249. 



Oak, 11*, 90, 339*, 386 ; poison, 180*. 



Oat rust, 240. 



Oats, 69, 126, 144*, 277. 



Oat smut, 237. 



Observatory, 151*. 



Ohio River, 18. 



Oidium, 236*, 237*. 



Oil of bitter almond, 314. 



Oils, 83, 347, 398 ; test for, 83. 



Oleaster, 308. 



