INDEX 



183 



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Insecticides 135,136 



Insuluble Phosphate of Lime . 43 

 Introduction into Virginia ... 2 



into Europe 3, 7 



Irrigation, Amount of Water 



Used in 48, 49 



Dangers of 49 



Value of .......... 48, 49 



June Bug . 



Kainit 43,48,119 



Kno-bug 135 



Lachnosterna 126 



Late Planting 97 



Laurel Green 135, 138 



Leaf 71,81,8-2, 114, 131, 132 



of Rust-resistant Varieties of 

 Wheat 82 



Spot Disease, or Early Blight 



118, 178 



Value of a Tough, Hard . . 81,82 

 Level Culture 106,107 



Objections to 106 



Light, Influence on Yield ... 8 

 Lime &5, 36, 41, 119, 128 



Uses 41, 128 



Liming 31,32 



London Purple 135 



Loss of Potatoes in Storage 151,152 



Macrosporium solani, or Early 



Blight 118, 178 



Manure 30,36,37,44 



Amounts Applied 36, 37 



Influence of 30 



Value 44-46 



Manuring, Reasons for 80 



Marketing, Cost of 160, 161 



Markets 157, 158 



Distant 157,160 



Local 159, 161 



Maturity, Time of 71,79,80 



Melanoplus sp 126 



Mexican Potato 1 



Moisture, Conservation of Soil, 22, 23 



Influence of 8, 9 



Mulch, Soil 106, 109 



Mulching 110 



Nitrate of Soda . . . 31, 82, 42, 47, 48 



Effect on Buds 69 



Nitrates 42 



Nitrogen 80,31,42 



Effect of Excess 81 



Influence of 81 



Occurrence in Fertilizers . . 42 



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Nitrogen of Barn Manure ... 36 

 Requirement while Young . . 81 

 Sources of 81,42 



Nozzles 141,142 



Organic Nitrogen of Fertilizers 42 

 Oospora scabies (Thax.;, Scab, 



119, 121 



Packages 161 



Paragrene 1&5, 138 



Paris Green . . 124, 125, 127, 135, 336 



Amount to use 125, 127 



for Flea-beetles 124 



for Potato Beetles 125 



Peas in Rotation a7 



Phosphatic Fertilizers . 35, 42, 43, 47 



Effect on Maturity 35 



Phosphoric Acid, Influence of . 35 

 Phytophthora infestans. Blight 



or Rot 112-117,121 



Pits 147-149 



Pimply Potatoes 124 



Pink Arsenoid 135, 137 



Planters 100-104 



Hand 100, 101 



Horse 101-104 



Planting, Date of 96,97 



Depth of 14,93-96 



Distance Apart 91-93 



Early and Late 97 



Hand 59. 97-100 



Influence of Depth on Depth 



at which Tubers Form . . 94-% 

 Influence of Depth of, on 



Quality 96 



Methods of 59, 97-100 



Plow, Potato or Shovel 144 



Plowing 21-28 



Conditions Governing . . . 21,22 



Deep 21,42 



Depth of 21,22 



Fall 21 



Plowing, Spring 22 



Pollen 3, 172 



Pollenizing 172 



Pomace, Potato . . 170 



Potash, Amounts Applied . . 35, 38 



Influence of 31, as 



on Leaves 82 



on Quality 33, 34 



on Roots 32, 33 



on Starch Formation . . 33, 84 



on Tubers 32, 33 



Muriate of. . . .33,84,38,43,119 



Amounts Used 88 



Sources of 38 



Sulphate of .... S3, 34, 43, 119 



Potassic Fertilizers 43 



Potassium Ferro-Cyanide ... 130 



Potato Beetle 12* 125 



Bug, Old Fashioned . . . ]<?, {78 



