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INDEX. 



Suffolk sheep, 347. 



Sugar, 156. 



Sugar beet, 169; harvesting, 173; ir- 

 rigation of, 172; time to plant, 172; 

 varieties, 172. 



Sugar cane, section on, 150; bud or 

 eye and seed of, 151; cultivation 

 of, 154; drainage, 154; fertilizers 

 for, 156; harvesting and planting, 

 155; leaves, 151; manufacture of 

 sugar, 156; other cane countries, 

 !57> products from, 156; roots, 150; 

 soil analysis, 154; soil for, 153; 

 stalk, 150; territory in United 

 States, 153; tissues, 152; yield, 157. 



Sujphate of ammonia, 63; composi- 

 tion of, 481. 



Sulphate of potash, 66; composition 

 of, 482. 



Sulphur mixtures used as fungicides, 

 247. 



Sultan chickens, 364. 



Sussex cattle, 337. 



Sweeps, 451. 



Sweet potatoes, 39, 180; harvesting, 

 181; how to plant, 181; preparation 

 of land, 180; storage house, 181 ; 

 storing and preservation, 181 ; va- 

 rieties, 182; weight per bushel, 479. 



Swine, types and breeds of, section 

 on, 352; bacon and lard types, 352, 

 353. 



Syrup, 157. 



Tall meadow oat grass, 186, 187; 

 amount to sow per acre, 197. 



Tamworth swine, 358. 



Tankage, 63, 407, 481. 



Teosinte, 185, 187; amount to sow 

 per acre, 197. 



Texas cattle fever, 283. 



Thin rind swine, 358. 



Thoroughbred or running horse, 328. 



Three-quarters pure defined, 319. 



Thrushes, 312. 



Tillage machinery, 438. 



Tilth, 16. 



Timothy, 187, 190; amount to sow 

 per acre, 197; composition and di- 

 gestibility, 410; weight per bushel, 

 479. 



Toadstool, 36, 240. 



Tobacco, section on, 158; curing, 162; 

 harvesting, 161; importance of, 159; 

 planting and growing, 161 ; plants 

 from diseased and resistant strains, 

 244; seed selection, effect of, 53, 

 54; sorting and grading, 163; types, 

 160. 



Tobacco water, 273, 297. 



Toulouse geese, 364. 



Trees, injury of gas and electricity 

 to, section on, 222; detection of 

 leakage, 224; effect of lightning, 

 225; electrical injuries, 224; gas 

 leakage, 222; injury by attaching 

 wires, 224; symptoms of gas pois- 

 oning, 222. 



Trees and shrubs, ornamental, sec- 

 tion on, 226; adaptability, 226; 

 changes in appearance, 228; individ- 

 uality, 227; list of, 229; selection 



and site to provide shade, 235; 



shrubbery border, 236. 

 Truck crops, advantages of organi- 



zation, 471; associations, 470; 



classes of, 465; climate, 467; crops 



to raise, 469; diversification, 468; 



fertilizers, 467; irrigation, 468; 



kind of soil, 467; kinds of pack- 



ages, 472; rapid transportation, 467; 



shipping and selling, 470; systems 



of irrigation, 468. 

 Truck gardening, section on, 464. 

 Trypsin, 395. 

 Tuber, 40, 50. 

 Tubercles, 10, 30. 

 Turkeys, breeds of, 364. 

 Turnip, 173; composition and diges- 



tibility of, 410; weight per bushel, 



479- 



Underground stems, 49. 

 United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, bureaus of, 476. 



Variation of animals, 318. 



Vegetable garden, 233. 



Velvet bean, 30, 195; amount to sow 



per acre, 197. 

 Vetches, 193; amount to sow per 



acre, 197. 

 Victoria swine, 358. 



Water, absorption of, i ; kinds of, 

 17; uses of to plant and amounts 

 required, 4, 30; in animals, 389j 

 390; in feed stuffs, 388. 



Water-logged, 18, 33. 



Watermelon, cultivation of, 184; 

 how to grow large melons, 184; 

 preparation of land, 184; wilt of, 

 254- 



Weeds, section on, 197; chemicals as 

 weed destroyers, 199; cultivation 

 keeps down weeds, 199; eradica- 

 tion, 199; loss from, 198; preven- 

 tive measures, 199. 



Weight and measure of feeds, 414. 



Whale oil soap, 290, 297. 



Wheat, classification of, 142; com- 

 position of, 141; elements removed 

 by, 3; enemies of, 144; harvesting, 

 144; position of, 141; scab, 145; 

 seeding of, 143; smut, 33, 256; the 

 grain, 141; the head, 139; the 

 leaves, 139; the plant, 136; the 



roots, 138; the stalk. 138; weight 

 per bushel, 479; yield of, 144. 



Wheat products; bran and mid- 

 dlings, 404; composition and di- 

 gestibility of, 410; weight and 

 measure of, 414. 



Whey, 380. 



White fly, 292. 



Whorl, 128. 



Wild white cattle, 13, 33. 



Wood ashes, 61. 



Woodpecker, 308. 



Woody plants, list of, 229. 



Wren, 313. 



Wyandotte chickens, 360. 



Yorkshire swine, 357, 338. 



