INDEX 



425 



Rye rust, 240. 

 Rye smut, 237. 



Sacramento Valley, 161. 



Saddlegraft, 105*. 



Sage, 332. 



Sage country, 36*. 



Salal, 331. 



Saliva, 355. 



Salmon berry, 329, 331. 



Salsify, 323. 



Salsoda, 58, 133, 137, 413. 



Salt, 57, 122, 133. 



Salt bush, 122. 



Salt grass, 136*, 284. 



Saltpeter, 58. 



Sand, 26, 28, 57. 



Sandy soil, 28. 



San Joaquin Valley, 16, 132,* 162, 280. 



San Jos6 scale, 215. 



Sap, 81. 



Sapwood, 82. 



Saskatchewan, 163. 



Sauerkraut, 318. 



Scab of apple and pear, 246*, 247*. 



Scabbing of fruit, 241. 



Scale insects, 215-217, 221, 413. 



Scion, 87, 104. 



Scrub stock, 378. 



Seaweeds, 145. 



Seed crops, 273-280. 



Seed leaves, 16*. 



Seed, ripening of, 97. 



Seeds, 1-9, 85*; covers of, 3, 15*; 

 force of swelling, 6, 8*; planting 

 of, 4, 5*, 6 ; testing of, 99. 



Seed-sowing, 69-71. 



Selection, 107. 



Semi-arid belt, 29, 131. 



Separator, 389*. 



Sequoia, 342*. 



Shalot, 323. 



Shasta daisy, 111*, 112*. 



Sheep, 392-394; digestion of, 357; 

 stomach of, 358*. 



Sheep range, 395*. 



Sheep sorrel, 78, 321. 



Shetland pony, 382*. 



Shire horse, 380. 



Shorthorn cow, 384. 



Shot-hole fungi, 241-243. 



Shoyu, 280. 



Siberia, 277. 



Sierra Nevada, 18, 23, 33, 146. 



Silica, 57. 



Silk, 298. 



Silt, 26, 28. 



Sir Joseph Hooker Oak, 339*. 



Siskiyou County, 331. 



Sleep, 375. 



Slugs, 223. 



Smuts, 236, 237*, 238. 



Smyrna figs, 95. 



Snails, 223. 



Snakes, 347. 



Snapping beetle, 195. 



Sneezeweed, 182. 



Snow, 32, 121, 149, 335*. 



Soap making, 398. 



Soft brome grass, 284. 



Soil, 18-30, 31*. 



Soil bacteria, 141, 263. 



Soil, California, 31*; crust of, 17; 

 dark, 31 ; Eastern, 31* ; formed by 

 grinding, 18; formed by weather- 

 ing, 19; gray, 32; need of loosen- 

 ing, 16. 



Soil crumb, 63*. 



Soil crumbs, 62. 



Soil food, 81. 



Soils, alluvial, 21 ; alkali, 131, 132*, 

 133, 134*, 135*, 136*, 138; arid, 

 30, 59; arid, lime in, 59; arid, 

 potash in, 59; separation of, for 

 study, 26 ; valley, 21 ; wick ac- 

 tion, 45*, 46-49. 



Solubility, continuous, 56. 



Sonoma Valley, 23. 



Sonora storms, 159. 



Sore throat, 368. 



Sorghum, 279. 



Sorrel, 175*. 



Sourcrout, 318. 



Sour dock, 321. 



Sour sap of stone fruits, 249. 



South Africa, 279. 



South America, 290. 



South Carolina, 277. 



