INDEX 



611 



Prickly pear, 572. 



Proso, 285. 



Protein, 56. 



Pseudomonas medicaginis, 357. 



radicicola, 16. 

 Pseudopeziza medicaginis, 357. 



trifolii, 398. 



Pueraria thunbergiana, 563. 

 Pulses, 15. 



Purity of seed, 68, 72. 

 Purslane, 571. 

 Pussley, 571. 



Quack grass, 353. 

 Quality of seed, 67. 



Rabbits, injury by, 535. 



Racehorse-grass, 244. 



Rachilla, 14. 



Ragi, 286. 



Ranges, 5. 



Rape, Dwarf Essex, 589. 



Dwarf Victoria, 589. 

 ' importance, 589. 



insects, 592. 



mixtures, 590. 



pasturage, 591. 



rotations, 590. 



seeding, 589. 



utilization, 591. 



yields, 592. 

 Rate of seeding, 85 



(also see Seeding). 

 Red clover, 361-404. 



agricultural history, 361. 



botany, 361. 



breeding, 403. 



climatic relations, 364. 



clover-flower midge, 402. 



clover-hay worm, 403. 



clover-leaf weevil, 402. 



clover-seed chalcis fly, 402. 



color of seed, 393. 



composition at different stages, 

 381. 



cuttings, number of, 381. 



cuttings, value of different, 384. 



disease-resistant strains, 404. 



diseases, 398. 



distribution, 362. 



effects of gypsum, 376. 



effects of lime, 376. 



fecundation, 387. 



feeding value, 383-384. 



fertilizers, 374-376. 



field treatment, 374. 



flowers, 385. 



flowers, proportion of, 397. 



green weight relation to dry 



weight, 382. 

 gypsum, effects of, 376. 

 harvesting seed crop, 389. 

 hay yields, 382. 

 importance, 362. 

 improvement, 403. 

 insects, 401. 

 irrigation, 376. 

 leaves, proportion of, 397. 

 life period, 365. 

 lime, effects of, 376. 

 Mammoth, 366. 

 Medium, 366. 

 mixtures, 377. 



number of seeds on head, 385. 

 Orel, 367. 

 pasturage, 384. 

 pollination, 387. 

 regional strains, 367. 

 root-borer, 401. 

 roots, 394-397. 

 roots, proportion of, 396. 

 rotations, 377-378. 

 Russian, 367. 

 seed color, 393. 

 seed yields, 390. 

 seed-crop, harvesting, 389. 

 seed-crop, statistics, 391. 

 seeding, depth, 373. 

 seeding rate, 370. 

 seeding time, 369. 

 seeding with a nurse-crop, 371. 

 seeding without a nurse-crop, 373. 

 seedlings, 371. 

 seed-production, 387. 

 seeds, 391-394. 

 shade, effect of, 365. 

 shoots, 395-396. 

 shoots, proportion of, 396. 



