INDEX. 



491 



Rations, sections on, 415; balancing, 

 416; for dairy cows, 417, 426; for 

 fattening animals, 427; for work- 

 ing animals, 425 ; for young ani- 

 mals, 429; how to improve, 420; 

 how to reduce cost of, 422; nar- 

 row, wide and medium, 418, 419, 

 420; trial, 415. 



Recurring stem, 50. 



Red cap chickens, 363. 



Red polled cattle, 345. 



Red top, 186, 187; amount to sow 

 per acre, 197. 



Rescue grass, 196; amount to sow 

 per acre, 197. 



Reversion of animals, 318. 



Revolving fund of soil fertility, 5. 



Rhode Island red chickens, 360. 



Rice, section on, 118; canals, 121; 

 diseases of, 125; fertilizers for, 124; 

 flooding, 120; gravity and syphon- 

 ing of water for, 121 ; harvesting, 

 122; importance of, 118; insect ene- 

 mies, 125; kinds of water used, 

 121 ; planting, 120; rotation of 

 crops, 124; threshing and yields, 

 123; types of, 118; weeds, 124; 

 wells, 122. 



Rice products; bran, grits, hulls, 

 meal, polish, 406; composition and 

 digestibility of, 410; weight and 

 measure of, 414. 



Road drag, 459. 



Roads, section on, 455; construction 

 of, 456; maintenance of, 457. 



Rockweed, 35. 



Rogueing, 52. 



Root crops, section on, 164; for feed- 

 ing. 398; roots versus cereals, 167; 

 weight per bushel, 479; yields of, 

 1 66. 



Root hair, 31. 



Root knot, 30. 



Root stalk, 49. 



Roots, composition of, 388, 410; coro- 

 nal and seminal, 128; function of. 



T, 38 " 



Rotation, section on, 75. 



Rouen duck, 364. 



Rough rice, 124. 



Roughage, definition of, 413. 



Runners, 40. 



Rutabagas, 173. 



Rye, 145; enemies of, 146; position 

 of, 146; the culm, 145; the head, 

 146; the roots, 145; varieties, 146; 

 weight and measure of, 414; weight 

 per bushel, 479; yield of, 146. 



Salad vegetables, 233. 



Salts of the soil, 2, 17. 



San Jose scale, 288. 



Sand, 13. 



Sandy loam, 20. 



Saprophytes, 33, 34, 36. 



Scion, see ClON. 



Score card for cattle, 334, 342; for 



horses, 325, 331. 

 Scrub, 319. 

 Sea Island cotton, 106; length of 



fiber, no. 

 Seed, 37; parts of, 48. 



Seed leaves, 49. 



Seed plants, 38; kinds of, 47; parts 

 of, 38. 



Seed selection, methods of, 51. 



Seeders, 442. 



Seeding machinery, 442. 



Seeds for feeding, 398. 



Self-binder, 446. 



Self-pollination, 46. 



Sepal, 44. 



Separator, 377, 378. 



Seven-eights pure, definition of, 319. 



Sewage disposal, section on, 452; 

 cesspool, 452; disposal require- 

 ments, 452; filter bed system, 453; 

 septic tank, 453. 



Sheep, types and breeds of, section 

 n . 345; average weights of fleeces, 

 352; English breeds, 348; history 

 of, 345; long wools, 352; value of, 

 352. 



Shetland pony, 332. 



Shire horse, 322, 323. 



Shorthorn cattle, 337. 



Shropshire sheep, 346. 



Shrubs, section on, 226; see TREES. 



Sickle, 446. 



Side delivery rake, 449. 



Silage, 397; composition and diges- 

 tibility of, 410. 



Silkies chickens, 364. 



Silo, 397. 



Silt, 13. 



Silt loam, 20. 



Skim milk, 377, 407; composition and 

 digestibility of, 410. 



Small Yorkshire swine, 358. 



Smut, 33, 145, 255; how to avoid, 

 256; how to control, 256. 



Soil, chapter on, i; air in, 15; 

 causes of shrinkage of, 15; chemi- 

 cal reaction of, 8; classes of soil 

 particles, 13; cracks, 15; limiting 

 factors of soil fertility, 7; mechani- 

 cal composition, 14; mulch, 20; 

 puddling, 16; relation of soil to 

 plant growth, i; silt, 13; silt loam, 

 20; soil fertility, 4; soil physics, 

 12; texture, 14; water holding ca- 

 pacity, 19. 



Soiling crops, 185. 



Sorghum, 187; cuite of, 406. 



Southdown sheep, 350. 



Soy bean, 30, 194; composition and 

 digestibility of hay of, 410. 



Spores, 37; kinds of, 242. 



Spraying, 207, 246. 



Stackers, 451. 



Stamen, 42; parts of, 44. 



Steapsin, 395. 



Stems, kinds of, 40; parts of, 42; 

 structure of, 40. 



Sterilization of milk, 382. 



Stigma, 44. 



Stipule, 39. 



Stock, 50. 



Stolon, 40. 



Storing roots, 39. 



Straw, elements removed by, 3. 



Strawberry, 47, 215. 



Style, 44. 



Sucker, 49. 



