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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Lime effect upon soil .... 96 

 effect upon plants .... 96 

 for neutralizing acids ... 99 



Loam 48, 49, 50 



Meadow-lark 308 



Milk 161 



albumen 169 



ash 170 



bacteria in 164 



care 163 



casein 169 



color 171 



composition 167 



odors 163, 184 



oleiii 168 



Pasteurization 167 



pure and impure .... 165 



quality and quantity . . . 171 



sampling 180 



secretion of 163 



sugar 170 



temperature 166 



testing 17s 



Moisture constitutes plant food 



62, 63 



conveys plant food .... 60 



dissolves plant food .... 60 



regulates temperature ... 62 



Mosquitoes 299 



Moss-rose 265 



Mulching 70 



Nectarine 265 



Nitrate 87, 94 



Nitrification 3i> 78 



Nitrogen 31.48, 109 



available 87 



compounds of 86 



effect of 80 



exhaustion frc m the so!l . . 109 



in plants 79 



how obtained 81 



Nutritive ratio 138 



wide and narrow .... 139 

 Nymphs 290, 297 



Ocean 17 



Oleomargarine 168 



Orange flower 263 



Osmosis 61 



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Owl 310 



Oxygen 9, 79 



Paris Green 300 



Paths 367 



Perpetuating species .... 271 



Phosphate 48, 82 



deposits of 90 



of lime 89 



Phosphorus 82 



compounds of 89 



function of 82 



in plants 82 



Pine tar 276 



Pipette 178, 182 



Planker 71 



Plant-lice 299, 323, 325 



Plants, chemical effects ... 30 



deposits of 33 



food of 78 



amount needed .... 94 



from water 62, 79 



mechanical elTects .... 28 

 protecting the soil . 28, 30, 36, 37 



repotting 224 



Plowing 67, 73 



Potash 48 



Potassium 84, 91 



compounds of 91 



Potting plants 226 



Poultry 431 



Brahmas . 43'2 



Cochins 43-2 



Langshans 43-2 



Leghorns 43' 



Minorcas 431 



Orpingtons 432 



Rocks 43-2 



Wyandottes 432 



Prairie dog 34 



Principles of feeding . . . . 131 



profit in 131 



Propagation of plan'.s . . . 201 



from buds 219 



diagram of ...... 220 



Protein : 16, 132 



Pruning 271, 286 



at transplanting 279 



effect of improper . . 274, 275 

 fall 278 



