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INDEX 



transplanting, 133, 134; varie- 

 ties, 130, 131. 



Tools, care of, 458, 459; equipment, 460; 

 house, 459; loss of, 457, 458. 



Trees, shrubs and plants, planting plan, 

 409; arrangement of, 412-414; 

 functions of, 409, 410; how to 

 plant, 414; planting, 409; spe- 

 cial purposes, 414-416; lake 

 front, 415; street, 414; speci- 

 men, 415; wind breaks, 415. 



— annuals, 421, 422; cut flowers, 421; 



garden, 421, 422; vines, 422. 

 ■ — perennials, 419, 420; general planting, 

 419; German iris, 421; peonies, 

 420; perennials, hardy, 422, 

 423; phlox, 420; planting plan, 

 __ 409. 



— roses, 418; hardy bush, 418; hardy 



climbing, 418; hybrid perpet- 

 uals, 418; landscape, 418. 



— shrubs, special purposes, 416-418; bor- 



der planting, 416; hedges, 416; 

 lake front, 417; sandy soils, 

 417; shady situations, 417; 

 specimens, 417. 



■ — vines, 419; covering walls, 419; climb- 

 ing, 419; flowering, 419. 



Turkeys, 244, 245. 



Vegetables, cold frame, 201; fertilizers, 

 198; garden plans, 205-207; 

 hardening plants, 204; hot -bed, 

 199, 200; soil, preparation, 198; 

 tools, 199. 



— storing, 211; cellar, 212-214; construc- 



tion of, 214; diseases, 218, 219; 

 insects, 215-217; outdoor stor- 

 age, 211, 212; temperature 

 table, 219-222. 

 Water on farm, amount of, 434, 435; 

 equipment, 430; fixtures, 430. 



— operating pumps, 435-443 ; hand wind- 



mill, power, 436, 437 ; hydraulic 

 ram, 437, 438; construction of, 

 438; operation of, 439; selec- 

 tion of, 439, 440. 



— source of supply, 430, 431 ; deep wells, 



431; drilled wells, 433; driven 

 wells, 431; shallow wells, 430, 

 431. 



— selecting system, 435; gravity, 435; 



pneumatic pressure, 435. 



Weeds and their control, introduction, 

 500-510; fifty worst weeds, 511- 

 532; losses, 511. 



Standard weights and measures, weights 

 and measures, 533; apple boxes, 

 539; barbed wire required, 536; 

 dimensions, 544; distances for 

 planting, 547, 548; equipment 

 and material for packing, 541; 

 estimates, 534; estimating hay, 

 535; fruit packages, 538; ges- 

 tation periods, 552; household 

 measures, 546; incubation peri- 

 ods, 552; land measurements, 

 534-536; legal weights, 537; 

 measuring corn, 535; measur- 

 ing in bulk, 534; number of 

 plants per acre, 547; post office 

 regulations, 549-551. 



— packages for, beets, 543; Brussels 



sprouts, 543; cabbage, 542; 

 cauliflower, 542, 543; celery, 

 543 ; cucumbers, 544 ; egg plants, 

 543; green peppers, 544; let- 

 tuce, 544; muskmelons, 543; 

 onions, 543; okra, 544; peas, 

 543; potatoes, 542; radish, 

 544; spinach, 544; strawberries, 

 544; string beans, 543; toma- 

 toes, 543; useful information, 

 548, 549; water cress, 544; 

 weight, seed, 536, 537. 



— wall paper, estimate, 546, 547 ; weights 



for barn, 534; weight of cattle, 

 535; weight, every day things, 

 545. 



Wheat, choice of variety, 66, 67; classi- 

 fication, 64; harvesting, 68; 

 market grades, 68, 69; method 

 of seeding, 68; mineral fertiliz- 

 ers, 68; origin, 63; range of, 

 64; rate of planting, 67; time j 



of seeding, 67, 68; uses of, 69; • 



world's wheat crop ( 1907-1916) , 

 63. 



Wood lot, improvements, 396-398; mar- 

 keting, 400-402 ; protection, 395, 

 396; reforestation, 399, 400; 

 value, 395. 



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