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INDEX 



Peanuts (continued) 



fertilizers, 467. 



harvesting, 482. 



in rotation, 473. 



laboratory exercises, 482. 



land-plaster for, 467. 



leaf-spot, 482. 



liming soil for, 467. 



literature, 384. 



method of planting, 469. 



North Carolina, 476. 



oil from, 464, 478. 



plant, description of, 464. 



preparation of land for, 468. 



preparation of seed, 470. 



soils, 464. 



Spanish, 476. 



time of planting, 471. 



uses of, 476. 



varieties, 476. 



Virginia Bunch, 476. 



Virginia Runner, 476. 



yields, 481. 

 Pepper-grass, 60. 



Phosphate, effect on maturity of 

 cotton, 337. 



need of cotton soils for, 332. 



raw or ground rock, 330. 

 Phosphates, effects of different 



forms of, 33. 

 Phosphoric acid, cost of, 332. 



sources of, 330, 331. 

 Plant breeding a specialty, 312. 

 Plant Industry, U. S. Bureau of, 60, 



266, 299, 547. 

 Planter, hand, 169. 



check-row, 166. 

 Plowing, depth of, 343. 



time of, 159, 342. 

 Plumb, C. S., 188. 

 Poe, C. H., 360, 376, 387. 

 Polish wheat, 40. 

 Pollen-tube, course of, 89. 

 Potash, effect on maturity of cot- 

 ton, 338. 

 Potash fertilizers, 332. 



Potash (continued) 



for checking cotton rust, 333. 



need for, 332. 



sources of, 337. 

 Poulard wheat, 40. 

 Price, R. H., 455. 

 Protoparce Carolina, 544. 

 Prussic acid in cassava roots, 458. 



Raw phosphate in composts, 337. 



Red cane, 520. 



Redding, R. J., 145, 155, 205, 340, 



360. 



Red May wheat, 43. 

 Red rice, 228. 

 Rhode Island Experiment Station, 



444. 

 Rice, 217. 



amount of seed, 221. 



birds, 229. 



bran, composition of, 219. 



composition of, 219. 



distribution, 217. 



fertilizers for, 221, 227. 



fungous diseases, 229. 



harvesting, 227. 



Honduras, 220. 



hulls, composition of, 219. 



implements and labor, 221. 



insect enemies of, 229. 



irrigation, 223. 



Japan, 220. 



laboratory exercises, 229. 



literature, 230. 



polish, composition of, 219. 



preparation of land for, 221. 



production of, 217. 



rust, 229. 



smut, 229. 



soils, 221. 



sowing, 221. 



straw, composition of, 219. 



upland, 225. 



varieties, 220. 



water weevil, 229. 



weeds in, 228. 



