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Index 



Simple cuttings, 18. 

 Smut, corn, 124. 



grain, 143, 159. 

 Sod culture of orchards, 259. 

 Soft corn, 102. 

 Soil, acidity, 93, 97. 



classification of, 32. 



condition improved by lime, 94. 



constituents, 31, 52. 



drainage, 46. 



fertility, 55. 



formation of, 32. 



irrigation of, 44. 



mulches, 43, 53. 



structure, 37. 



texture, 34. 



types of, 52. 



water in, 38. 



washing, 59. 

 Soiling crops, 363. 

 Soils, alluvial, 33. 



arid, 36. 



for barley, 154. 



for corn, 112. 



for cotton, 226. 



for fruit, 242. 



for grasses, 163. 



for oats, 149. 



for rice, 156. 



for rye, 152. 



for sugar-cane, 219. 



for sweet potatoes, 208. 



for vegetables, 278. 



for wheat, 135. 



for white potatoes, 201. 



heavy, 36. 



humid, 36. 



light, 36. 



sedentary, 32. 



semi-arid, 36. 



semi-humid, 36. 



structure of, 36. 



transported, 32. 

 Solanaceous crops, 279. 

 Sorghum, amber, 176. 



description of, 174. 



gooseneck, 176. 



non-saccharine, 177. 



orange, 176. 



saccharine, 175. 



sumac, 176. 

 Soundness in horses, 323. 



Southdown sheep, 392. 

 Soybeans, as forage, 192. 



as green-manure, 64. 

 Spacing of tobacco plants, 234. 

 Spelt, 133. 



Spike-tooth harrows, 451. 

 Spores, propagation by, 12. 

 Spraying, equipment for, 247. 



of fruit trees, 246. 

 Spray schedules, 247. 

 Spring-tooth harrows, 451. 

 Stable manure, 67. 

 Stables for dairy cows, 369. 

 Stall manure, 67. 

 Staminate flowers, 11. 

 Standard-bred horses, 310. 

 Stems, function of, 10. 

 Stigma of flower, 11. 

 Stinking smut of wheat, 143. 

 Stomata, 9. 

 Storing, of seeds, 14. 



sweet potatoes, 212. 



white potatoes, 205. 

 Straddle-row cultivators, 452. 

 Straws, composition of, 293. 

 Structure, of soils, 36. 

 Style of flower, 11. 

 Sub-irrigation, 45. 

 Subsoil, definition of, 31. 



plows, 449. 

 Suffolk horses, 307. 

 Sugar-cane, characteristics of, 217. 



cultivation of, 221. 



fertilizers for, 219. 



harvesting of, 221. 



pests of, 222. 



planting of, 220. 



soils for, 219. 



uses of, 219. 

 Sulfate of ammonia, 82. 



potash, 86. 



Sulfur dust as an insecticide, 247. 

 Sulky plows, 448. 

 Sumac sorghums, 176. 

 Surface soil, definition of, 31. 

 Sweep-rake, 167. 

 Sweet corn, 102. 



potato slips, 209. 



potatoes, cultural methods for, 212. 

 soils for, 208. 

 description of, 207. 

 Swine, bacon-type, 412. 



