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Reversion of plant food, 31, 51 



Rhubarb, 103, 168 



Rice, 95, 120, 121, 208 



Ricin, 152 



Richards, 58 



Richmond, 202 



Rideal, 58, 110 



Ripening, 10, 17, 27, 175 



Road sweepings, 67 



Roberts, 134 



Robertson, 36 



Roller, use of, 62, 69, 80 



Root crops, 114, 116, 122, 151, 169 



Roots, 5, 26, 40, 62 



Ropes, 127, 143 



Roscoe, 92, 224 



Rosin, 145 



Rotation of crops, 119, 212 



Rotation of Jight, 108, 148 



Rothamsted, 1, 17, 69, 76, 83, 195 



Rotting, 50, 126 



Rouelle, 147 



Rowley, 134 



Rubber, 108, 136, 163, 209 



Rufisque, 142 



Ruminants, 187, 193 



Rural industries, 215 



Rural schools, 221 



Rushes, 128 



Russell, 24, 58, 81, 84, 92 133, 224 



Russian linseed, 135, 136 



Ruston, 168 



Rye grass, 12 



SACKING, 18, 126 



Safflower, 143 



Saffron, 143, 144 



Sago, 123 



Salad oil, 142 



Sal ammoniac, 17 



Salt, common, 37, 116, 172, 180 



Sand, 39, 64, 71, 78, 94, 161 



Saponification, 108, 140 



Saponin, 24, 145 



Sardines, 142 



Sarson, 143 



Sawdust, 45, 103, 127, 129 



Scavenger, 54 



Scents, 145 



Schorlemmer, 92, 224 



Schreiner, 85 



Schryver, 134 



Scientific training, 209 



Scotland, soil, 93 



Scott, 24 



Scutching, 126 



Sea-bird guano, 35 



Sea Island cotton, 125 



Sea water, 37, 94, 140 



Seaweed, 57, 132 



Seeds, 38, 96, 108, 175 



Seeds, hay, 173 



Senegal, 142 



Septic tank, 56 



Sesame, 144 



Sewage, 54 



Sewage farm, 55 



Shallow tillage, 69, 94 



Sheep, 48, 178, 196, 197, 204 



Shell lime, 86 



Shoddy, 23 



Short, 190 



Shortage of wheat, 20, 206 



Shorthorn cows, 201 



Shrinkage of soils, 70 



Shrivell, 133 



Shutt, 157 



Sieve, 6, 25, 118 



Silk waste, 23 



Silt, 100 



Silver, acetate, 152 



Silvering mirrors, 104 



Silver skin, 161 



Simpson, 222 



Singling turnips, 116 



Sirocco, 159 



Size of soil particles, 61, 67, 78 



Skatole, 181 



Slag, 6, 8, 16, 20, 27, 63, 67, 97, 171, 



174, 179, 203, 208, 218 

 Slaughter house waste, 23 

 Slopes, terraced, 120, 158, 161 

 Sludge, 55 

 Smetham, 222 

 Smith, 134 

 Snyder, 224 

 Soap, 108, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 



145 



Soap nut, 24, 145 

 Sodium, 19, 74, 96 

 Sodium carbonate, 96 

 Sodium chloride, 37, 116, 172, 180 

 Sodium sulphate, 96 

 Soil, 7, 60, 161 

 Soil improvement, 86 

 Soil nitrogen, 81 

 Soil pests, 90 

 Soil water, 68 

 Solanin, 122, 185 

 Solar energy, 2, 65, 90, 101 

 Solubility of fertilizers, 4, 10, 27, 34, 



41, 169 



Soluble albuminoids, 7, 22, 147 

 Soluble nitrogen, 10, 34, 41 

 Soluble phosphate, 25, 34, 41 

 Somerville, 98, 134, 179, 223 

 Soot, 17, 66, 92 

 Sorrel, 103 



