INDEX 



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Popcorn, 15. 



Poplars, propagation of, 41. 



Poppy, 199.. 



Potash, .33, 57, 101. 

 ; Potato, 47, 187. 



Potato beetle, 260. 

 I Potato, diseases of, 236. 



Poultry, food lor, 307 ; management of, 

 306. 



Preparation of soil, 70. 



Principles of feeding animals, 314. 



Prince's feather, 194. 



Propagation by division, 38. 



Propagation by seed, 38. 



Protein, 315. 

 , Pruning fruit trees, 221. 



Pumpkins, 187, 322. 



Pupa of insects, 250. 



; Ragweed, 182. 

 ' Raspberries, 224. 



! Rations, calculating, 318; standard, 

 321. 



Red Polled breed, 293 . 



Red- top grass, 178. 



Rhode Island Red breed, 313. 

 ; Rice, 322, 335; polish and bran, com- 

 position of, 322. 

 | Road drag, 339. 



Roads, earth, 338; sand-clay, 340. 



Rolling land, 63. , 



Root-hairs, 30, 31, 68. 



Roots, 22, 34. 



Rose, 10, 41, 195, 198, 227. 



Rotation, 116, 240. 



Rusts of grain, 234. 



Rye, 23, 138. 



Salsify, 187. 



San Jose scale, 259. 



Sap, 29, 34. 



Scarlet sage, 195, 201. 



School garden, 191, 196, 202. 



School grounds, 196, 208. 



Score-card for corn, 131. 



Seed, home-grown best, 49; selection 



of, 46. 



Seeds, 21, 25, 46. 

 Self-binder, 333. 



Self-pollination, 15, 52. 



Sepals, 8. 



Sheep, 299. 



Shetland ponies, 288. 



Shorthorn cattle, 293 



Shropshire sheep, 301. 



Shrubs, wild, 196. 



Silt loam, 59. 



Small grains, differences, 136, 137; 

 resemblances, 136. 



Snowball, 194, 195. 



"Snow on the Mountain," 195. 



Soil, cultivation of, 70; granulation of, 

 58; how formed, 54; how impov- 

 erished, 82 ; preparation of, 70 ; 

 suiting fertilizer to, 109. 



Soils, 54, 56, 59, 61, 62, 65, 70, 244; 

 acid, 112; properties of, 58; rules 

 for fertilizing, 109; testing for 

 acidity, 113. 



Soil survey, 64. 



Southdown sheep, 301 . 



Sorghum, 114, 169, 180. 



Soy beans, 180, 322. 



Spiders, 247. 



Spiraea, 195. 



Spores of fungi, 225. 



Spring, 227, 229. 



Squash, 19, 25. 



Stamens, 8, 19. 



Starch, 21, 315. 



Starter in souring milk, 327. 



Stems of plants, 23. 



Stigmas, 7. 



Stock, 41. 



Strawberries, 10, 17, 217, 219. 



Subsoil plowing, 72. 



Sugar, 315. 



Sugar cane, 39, 84, 154; fertilizers for, 

 158; culture, 158; rotation for, 120, j 



158; varieties, 155. 



Sulfur, liver of, 227. 



Sunflowers, 194. 



Sweep rake, 334. 



Sweet clover, 182. 



Sweet gum, 208, 210. 



Sweet pea, 10. 



Sweet potatoes, 62, 187; diseases of, 

 236; storing, 164. 



Sweet william, 194, 199. 



