INDEX 



431 



dards, 409; houses, 366; importance 

 of, 363; manure, amount and value 

 per year, 139; products, value of, 

 363, 413; rate of depreciation, 387; 

 references, 299, 371; yearly egg-pro- 

 duction, 6, 7. 



Preserving food, methods of, 172. 



Production value of feeds, 289, 411. 



Propagation of plants, chapter on, 36. 

 See, also, Cuttings, Seeds, Grafting. 



Protein, composition of, 69; defined. 

 283; function of, in feeds, 286; ho-v 

 determined, 283; in feeds, 283; test 

 for, 73. 



Pruning, 227, 230. 



Pupa, defined, 256. 



Pumpkin, digestible nutrients in, 410; 

 fertility in, 408; seed vitality, 406; 

 seeding rate, 405. 



Quince roots for dwarf pears, 47. 

 Questions, 3, 31, 55, 71, 100, 148, 237, 



266, 280, 298, 317, 342, 361, 368, 348, 



398. 



Radish, vitality of seeds, 405. 

 Rambouillet sheep, 351, 352. 

 Rape, fertilizer requirements, 133; 



rate of seeding, 405; references, 243; 



vitality of seeds, 405. 

 Raspberries, references, 243. 

 Rations, balanced, 292. 

 Rats, methods of destroying, reference, 



271. 



Recessive character, defined, 16. 

 Records. See Accounts. 

 Red-Polled, 325, 328. 

 Red clover. See Clover. 

 Red-top, 186; low lime requirements, 



126; seeding rate, 186, 197, 405. 

 References, list of, 401. See Collateral 



reading. 



Registry, 330; advanced, 332. 

 Rice, fertility in, 408; references, 243; 



seeding rate, 405; weight per bushel, 



406; world's crop of, 154. 

 Rice bran, fertility in, 409. 

 Rice polish, fertility in, 409. 

 Road, rules of, 316. 

 Root-borer, clover, 193, 194. 



Root-crops, why not more grown, 160. 



Root-grafting, 45. 



Root-hairs, 64. 



Roots, acidity of, 66; references, 242. 



Root-stocks, 36, 38. 



Rotation of crops, chapter on, 272; and 

 manure supply, 140; advantages of, 

 274; defined, 273; examples of, 278; 

 for control of insects, 258; references, 

 280; vs. crop diversification, 273. 



Roughage compared with concentrates, 

 189, 292, 411. 



Rubber, exports and imports, 415. 



Rusts, 254. 



Rye, as a nurse crop, 183; averages for 

 ten-year periods in United States, 

 acreage, production, yield per acre, 

 total value, value per bushel, 416; 

 digestible nutrients in, 410; fertility in, 

 409 ; green - manure, 147 ; planting 

 depth, 168; production value as feed, 

 412; seed vitality, 405; seeding rate, 

 405; weight per bushel, 406; weight 

 per quart, 413; worlds' crop of, 154. 



Rye-bran, digestible nutrients in, 410; 

 fertility in, 409; production value as 

 feed, 412; weight per quart, 413. 



Rye-meal, weight per quart, 413. 



Rye straw, digestible nutrients in, 410; 

 fertility in, 409; production value as 

 feed, 412. 



Saddler, 307, 308. 



Salsify, seed vitality, 405. 



Salt as a fertilizer, 115. 



Saw-dust as bedding, 138. 



San Jos scale, control of, 259, 264. 



Score card for cattle, 242, 243; corn, 238; 

 farms, 385; horses, 319. 



Seed, adaptation to climate, 9; change 

 of, 9; analysis, 51; effect of size and 

 weight on crop, 53; germination tests, 

 49, 51; importation of low grade, 55; 

 low vs. high grade, 52; nature of, 

 47; purity tests, 52; storage of, 54; 

 vitality, table of, 405. 



Seeding, rates per acre, 405. 



Selection, artificial, 10; characters to 

 consider, 21; importance of, 21; nat- 

 ural, 7. 



