448 INDEX. 



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Lime effect upon soil .... 96 Owl 310 



effect upon plants .... 96 Oxygen 9, 79 



for neutralizing acids ... 99 



Loam 48, 49, 50 1>aris Green 300 



Paths 367 



Meadow-lark 308 Perpetuating species . ... 271 



Milk 161 Phosphate 48,82 



albumen 169 deposits of 90 



ash 170 of lime 89 



bacteria in 164 Phosphorus 82 



care 163 compounds of 89 



casein 169 function of 82 



color 171 in plants 82 



composition 167 Pine tar 276 



odors 163, 184 Pipette 178, 182 



olein 1 68 Planker 71 



Pasteurization 167 Plant-lice 299, 323, 325 



pure and impure .... 165 Plants, chemical effects ... 30 



quality and quantity . . . 171 deposits of 33 



sampling 180 food of 78 



secretion of 163 amount needed .... 94 



sugar 170 from water 62, 79 



temperature 166 mechanical effects .... 28 



testing 175 protecting the soil . 28, 30, 36, 37 



Moisture constitutes plant food repotting 224 



62, 63 Plowing 67, 73 



conveys plant food .... 60 Potash 48 



dissolves plant food .... 60 Potassium 84, 91 



regulates temperature ... 62 compounds of 91 



Mosquitoes 299 Potting plants 226 



Moss-rose 265 Poultry 431 



Mulching 70 Brahmas 432 



- T . Cochins 432 



Nectarine 265 



J^ancshans 432 



Nitrate 87, 94 



.... .. . Leghorns 431 



Nitrification 31, 78 



,... Minorcas 431 



Nitrogen 31, 48, 109 



.. , . Orpingtons 432 



available 87 



, , , Kocks 432 



compounds of 86 



a . t Wyandottes 43-' 



effect of 80 . . 



, .. , i -i Prairie dog '34 



exhaustion from the soil . . 109 



, Principles of feeding . . . . 131 



in plants 79 



... profit in 131 



how obtained 81 . ... 



. . .. o Propagation of plants . . . 201 



Nutritive ratio 138 



trom buds 219 



wide and narrow .... 139 . 



diagram of 220 



Nymphs 290, 297 . 



Protein i 16, 132 



Ocean 17 Pruning .71,286 



Oleomargarine 168 at transplanting 279 



Orange flower 263 effect of improper . . 274, 275 



Osmosis 61 fall 278 



