INDEX 



349 



Rusts, 95, 165, 172, 195 



Rye, 89, 104, 105 ; as green manure, 28 



Salt, 44, 213 



Sand, 9; surface exposed, illus., 15 



Sandy soil, see Soil 



Sanitation, 313, 314 



San Jose scale, illus., 187 



Scab, 165; wheat, 95 



Seed, drying corn, illus., 79; germi- 

 nation test, illus., 80; planting, 

 see Planting; preparation of, 77, 

 84, 85; selection, 66, 93, 100 



Seed bed, 69, 82, 95, 100, in, 113, 

 121, 128 



Septic tank, 313, 314 



Sewage disposal, 313, 314; illus., 



3i3, 3H 



Sheep, 252-260; care and manage- 

 ment, 258; feeders, 259; feeding, 

 258; kind to raise, 254; lambs, 259; 

 long wooled breeds, 256; market, 

 252, 259; medium wooled breeds, 

 256; mutton breeds, 256; parasites, 

 260; production, 252; raising, 258; 

 stocking farm with, 253; types of, 

 254; wooled type, 254 



Shorthorn, 226; illus., 226 



Shropshire, 257 



Silage, 86, 87, 246 



Silkworm, 180 



Silo, 86 



Skunk, 193 



Smut, 84, 94, 101, 172 



Social relations, 323 



Soil, 5-56; acid, 44; air, 23-25; 

 amendments, 43, 44; and choice of 

 crops, 59; clay, 52; compacting, 

 21 ; composition of, 8; definition, 

 8; drainage, illus., 22, 23, see also 

 Drainage; fertility, see Soil fer- 

 tility; inoculation, 31; kinds, n; 

 liming, 44; loam, 54; mulch, 3, 20, 

 83, 177; organic matter in, 27, 28, 

 48, 51, 53; origin of, 9; relation to 

 plant growth, 8; illus., 3; sandy, 



50; sub-soil, illus., 9; variation 



. in, 49; water, see Water 



Soil fertility, acid phosphate, 34, 35; 

 amendments, 43, 45; bacteria, 27, 

 28; calcium, 37; clay, 52, 54; 

 commercial fertilizers, see Ferti- 

 lizers; drainage, see Drainage; 

 farm animals, 203, 204; green 

 manure, 30, 48; legumes, 30, 32, 

 no, in; lime, 44, 45, 49; loam, 

 54, 55; manure, 28-30, 48; nitro- 

 gen, 26-33; organic matter, 26-32; 

 phosphoric acid, 36; phosphorus, 

 33-3 6 ; plant food, 26; potassium, 

 36-38; rock phosphate, 34-46; 

 sandy soils, 50-51; system of 

 farming, 55, 56; tillage, 47, 48 



Soil management, 23, 46-56; clay 

 soils, 52-54; definition of, 46; 

 drainage, 46, 47; lime, 49; loam, 

 54; manure, 48, 49; rotation of 

 crops, 48; sandy soils, 49-51; 

 tillage, 47; tilth, 46 



Sorghums, 118 



Southdown, 257 



Soy bean, 114 



Spores, 169, 170 



Spot diseases, 171 



Spray, 186, 187 



Stables, dairy, 249; horse, 272, 273 



Standard rations, 208, 244, 284 



Starch, i 



Straw, 28 



Sub-soil, illus., 9 



Sulfur, 26 



Syrphus fly, 180 



Systems of accounting 300, 301 



Tamworth, 264 

 Tillage, 19, 47 

 Timothy, 116; illus., 116 

 Tilth, 46 



Tobacco, 129, 130 

 Tomato, 130; worm, 192 

 Turkey, 279 



Utensils, milk, 250 



