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INDEX 



Potato, seed 5 ' 6 ' 1 S 



Stalk Weevil 126 



Worm 125, 126 



Preparation of Land 21-23 



Pressure Required for Spraying. 140 



Prices, Average 153 



Farm 157 



in Eastern and Central States . 159 



Production 153-157 



Propagation 171 



Pumps 140 



Quality, Cooking 70 



Influence of Depth of Tubers 



on 96 



Quick Death 135 



Rainfall, Amount Sufficient . 48, 49 



Rape as a Cover Crop 29 



Respiration 9, 10, 152 



Influence of Temperatore 



on 9, 10 



Rhizoctoniasolani 118, 179 



Roads 158 



Roots 6, 10, 55 



Character of 11,14,15 



Depth of 11,14, 15 



Effects of Tillage on 14 



Rosette Disease 118, 179 



Rot, or Late Blight . 112, 113-117, 121 

 Rotation . 26-29, 116, 118, 119, 121, 127 



Factors in 26, 27, 50 



Five-course 26 



Four-course 26 



Leguminous Crops in a . . 27, 28 



Maine 26 



Ohio 27 



Three-course 26 



Rust-resistant Varieties of 



Wheat 82 



Rye 27-29, 120 



Sack-holder 162 



Sacks, Cost of 161,162 



Scab 119,121 



Scheeles Green 135 



Season, Influence of 66, 111 



Second Growth 12,85 



Seed 5,6,173 



Amount per Acre 63, 64 



Bud, Stem Ends, and Middles. 66 



Cost of 64 



Cutting 60 



Effect of Insufficient Amount. 104 

 Importance of a Good Strain 



of 51,53 



Proper Storage of .... 52, 63 



Selection 52, 74, 175 



Influence of Altitude .'. . . 52 

 Management Previous to 

 Planting 53 



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Seed, Methods of Storing . . 53, 54 

 Northern and Southern ... 51 

 Relation of Number of Stalks 

 to the Eyes on ...... 62, 63 



Relation of Weight to Viabil- 

 ity of ........... 67 



Single Eyes 



Size of 



Source of 



Sprouting 



Time to Cut 



Treatment for Diseases 



Uses of Second Crop for 



Viability of 



Whole and Cut 

 Seed-balls 

 Selection 



62,64 



61-65,67,175 

 51 



53-60 

 61 



. 179 

 52, 53 

 66,69 

 60-63,65 

 1,5,173 

 ,175 



Shape of Tuber ....... 5,71,78 



Shovel, Potato ......... 147 



Size of Tubers, Variation in . . 75 

 Skin .......... 5, 71, 78, 120 



Colorof ............ 76 



Cracked ............ 84 



Desirable ......... ' . . 78 



Soil Moisture, Conservation of 



22,23 

 Soils ........... 17-25, 153 



Changes in .......... 41 



Chemical Composition and 



Crop Producing Power of 

 Composition of New York . 39 

 Diminished Crop Producing 



Power of .......... 18 



Ingredients Removed by Pota- 



toes from ........ 39,40 



Preparation of ....... 21-23 



Relationship of Varieties to 19, 87 



Sandy Loam 

 Solanum commersoni 



17 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1,8 

 1 



. . 48 

 162 



. . 167 

 178 



140, 141 

 139 



132, 134 

 141 



Solanum jamesii 

 maglia 

 tuberosum 

 var. Boreale 



Sol uble Phosphate of Lime 



Sorters, Mechanical 



Specific Gravity of Tubers 



Spray Calendar 



Spraying Attachments . . 

 Cost of 



Effect on Yield . . . . 

 Hose 



Spraying, Machines ...... 140 



No/zles .......... 141, 142 



Pressure Required for .... 140 



Profits from ......... 139 



Pump ............. 140 



Tanks ............. 141 



Time of ............ 134 



Sprayings, Number of ... 134, 135 



Sprays and Spraying . . . 128-142 



Spring-tooth Harrow .... 23, 24 



Starch .31. 72, 73, 78, 132, 167, 170, 177 

 Content and Specific Gravity . 167 



