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INDEX 



South Dakota, 29. 



Sowing machine, 69. 



Sow thistle, 169*. 



Soy bean, 280. 



Spain, 299, 309, 320. 



Spaniel, 400. 



Sphinx moth, 187*. 



Spiders, 220. 



Spinach, 320. 



Spines, 90. 



Split pit, 247. 



Sponge, 48*. 



Spongy seed covers, 3. 



Spores, 227. 



Sprays, 411-413. 



Sprouts, Brussels, 269*. 



Square pod pea, 142*. 



Squash, 118*, 325; wilt of, 247. 



Squash seed, 8*. 



Stacking hay, 286*. 



Starch, 73, 81, 82, 83, 90, 347, 355; 



manufacture of, 73, 74, 81 ; test 



for, 83. 



Stassfurt salts, 143. 

 St. Bernard dog, 400*. 

 Stem, 82; growth of, 87; work of, 9. 

 Sterilization, 252*. 

 Stigma, 92, 93. 

 Stock, 87, 104. 



Stomach, 355, 356 ; of sheep, 358*. 

 Stomata, opening and closing, 76, 77 ; 



protection of, 77, 78. 

 Stonecrops, 23. 

 Stone fruits, brown rot of, 234; 



root rot of, 248; sour sap, 249. 

 Storms, see Weather. 

 Strawberries, 101, 326, 327*. 

 Stream, 21*. 

 Striped beetle, 198*. 

 Subsoil, 30. 

 Subsoiling, 127. 

 Sucking insects, 210-218, 412. 

 Sugar, 83, 86, 90, 347. 

 Sugar beet, 90, 122, 292, 293*. 

 Sugar cane, 280. 

 Sugar maple, 90. 

 Sulphid of potash, 413. 

 Sulphur, 236*, 413. 

 Sulphured fruit, 304. 



Sun scald, 118, 123. 



Sunshine, 149 ; need of, 1, 73, 74. 



Swamps, 26. 



Swede turnip, 269*, 293, 322. 



Sweet almond, 314. 



Sweet basil, 332. 



Sweetbread, 355. 



Sweet clover, 118. 



Sweet pea, 96. 



Sweet potato, 29, 90 ; wilt of, 247. 



Swine, 394. 



Tabasco peppers, 325. 



Tadpole, 208. 



Talus, 24*. 



Tamalpais, Mount, 160*. 



Tanning, 386. 



Tap root, 126. 



Teeth, 90. 



Tehachapi Mountains, 159. 



Temperature, 89. 



Texas, 277, 309. 



Texas longhorn, 386*. 



Thimbleberries, 328. 



Threshing, 276*. 



Thrips, 218, 221. 



Thyme, 332. 



Tibet, 399. 



Tiger, 401. 



Tiger beetles, 224. 



Tillage, 17, 60-71. 



Timothy, 284. 



Toads, 225. 



Toadstool fungus, 247*. 



Tocalote, 174. 



Tokay grapes, 313*. 



Tomato, 106, 324. 



Tomato blight, 234, 246. 



Tomato sphinx moth, 188. 



Tomato wilt, 246. 



Toxins, 262, 369. 



Transplanting, 101. . 



Tree, 79*. 



Tree mosses, 22. 



Trichina, 398. 



Turkeys, 60, 203, 403. 



Turkey weed, 177*, 178, 295. 



Turkish wheat, 279. 



Turning plow, 127. 



