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INDEX. 



stalk, 129; the roots, 128; weight 

 and measure oi, 414; weight per 

 bushel, 479; yield of, 135. 



Onion, weight per bushel, 479. 



Orange, 53, 212; white fly oi, 292. 



Orchard, planting and care of, sec- 

 tion on, 204; age to plant trees, 

 205; cover crops, 207; cultivation, 

 206; distance between trees, 205; 

 how to plant a tree, 205; insects 

 that injure, 288; pruning, 206; se- 

 lection of site, 204; spraying, 207. 



Orchard grass, 187; amount to sow 

 per acre, 197. 



Organic matter, 9. 



Orpington chickens, 360, 363. 



Ovary, 43. 



Ovule, 44. 



Oxford sheep, 347. 



Oxidation, 25. 



Oxygen, i, 2. 



Pacer, 330. 



Packages for vegetables, 472. 



Paddy, 124. 



Palatability of feeds, 413. 



Panicle, 130. 



Parasites, 33, 240. 



Paris green, 272, 281, 287, 292, 293, 

 294. 



Pasteurization of milk, 382. 



Pasture defined, 185; mixtures, 188. 



Pea, 30. 



Peach, 210; leaf curl, 250; varieties 

 of, 211. . 



Peach borer, 290. 



Peach yellows, 211. 



Peanut meal, composition and di- 

 gestibility of, 410. 



Peanuts, 182; as a pasture crop, 184, 

 cultivating and harvesting of, 183; 

 how to plant, 182; preparation of 

 land for, 182; rotation crop, 182. 



Pear, 209; varieties of, 210. 



Pear blight, 249. 



PeaSj elements removed by, 3; 

 weight per bushel, 479. 



Pedicel, 130. 



Pekin ducks, 364. 



Pepsin, 395. 



Peptone, 395. 



Percheron horse, 320, 321. 



Perennial, definition of, 187. 



Petal, 44. 



Petiole, 39. 



Phosphate rock, 12, 65; composition 

 of, 481. 



Phosphoric acid, 28; forms of, 66; 

 function of, 73. 



Phosphorus, 2; amount in soils, 11; 

 amount to apply, 12; supplying 

 the soil, 11. 



Pistil, 42. 



Pith, 41. 



Plant diseases, chapter on, 240; 

 causes of, 240; field crop diseases, 

 255; fruit crop diseases, 248; gar- 

 den crop diseases, 252. 



Plant life, chapter on, 24. 



Planters, 443. 



Plants, breeding of, 51 ; changes in 

 appearance of, 228; composition of, 



387; energy requirements of, 25; 

 food manufacturers, 25; food of, 

 387; growth of, 48; length of life 

 of, 49; light requirements of, 27; 

 list of woody plants, 229; number 

 of. 34; power requirements, 27; pro- 

 pagation of, 50, 56; reproduction 

 of, 49; stages of development of, 

 48; substances of, 387. 



Plows, 439, 440. 



Plum, 211. 



Plum curculio, 290. 



Plummule, 49. 



Plymouth Rock chickens. 360. 



Pod, 47. 



Poland China swine, 353. 



Polish chickens, 363. 



Polled Durham cattle, 339. 



Pollen, 44, 45, 48. 



Pollination, 45, 46. 



Pomology, section on, 209; defini- 

 tion of, 209; citrus fruits, 212; 

 pome fruits, 209; small fruits, 215; 

 stone fruits, 210; tree fruits, 209; 

 vine fruits, 213. 



Potash, 28; amount in soil, 12; 

 amount to apply, 12; function of, 

 73- 



Potassium, 2. 



Potatoes, amount of water required 

 by, 4; beetle, 294; cultivation of, 

 179; elements removed by, 3; fer- 

 tilizers, 179; harvesting and stor- 

 ing, 180; importance, 176; planter 

 for, 443; planting, 179; scab of, 

 253; soil for, 177; weight per 

 bushel, 479. 



Poultry, section on, 359; classes, 

 breeds, and varieties, 359; feeds 

 for, 429; importance of, 359. 



Poultry houses and care of poultry, 

 section on, 365; care of setting 

 hen, 373; dusting boxes, 373; ex- 

 ercise, 373; feed trough, 370; floors, 

 366; grit, 373; marking poultry, 

 373; methods of housing, 365; 

 nests, 370; requirements of houses, 

 366; roosts, 370; ventilation, 367; 

 water supply, 371 ; where to build 

 and why, 366; windows, 366; yards, 

 37i- 



Praying mantis, 268. 



Prehension, 393. 



Prepotent, definition of, 319. 



Propagation, 50. 



Protein, 387, 389, 392, 395; amounts 

 for feeding, 420; function of, 391, 

 392. 



Protoplasm, 24; activities of, 24. 



Puddling of soil, 16. 



Puff ball, 36. 



Pullet, definition of, 362. 



Pupa, definition of, 266. 



Pure-breed, 319. 



Quince, 210. 



Rachis, 140. 

 Radicle, 49. 

 Rakes, 449. 

 Rape, 176. 

 Raspberry, 217. 



