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INDEX 



Plowing, depth of, 64, 75 



fall, 74 



for potatoes, 164 



objects of, 72, 73 



with tractors, 391 

 Plows, form of, 73, 74 



gang, 74 



Plum curculio, 233, 234 

 Plymouth Rock hen, 312/Fig. 193 

 Poison for insects, 394 - 

 Poland China swine, 300, Fig. 185 

 Polled Angus, 281 



cattle, origin of, 260 



Durhams, 280 

 Pollen, how carried, 18- 

 Pollination, cross, 19 



of corn, 19 



self, 19 



Pony breeds, 263 

 Pore spaces in soil, 62 

 Potash, xii, xiii 



fertilizers, 85 



in feeds, xiv 



manures, xvi 



muriate of, 85 



sulfate of, 85 

 Potat 9 beetle, 231, 232 



diggers, 171 



harvesting, 170, 171 



scab, 252, 253 

 Potatoes, chapter on, 162, xxii 



blight, 169, 170 



cultivation of, 168 



diseases, 169, 170 



fertilizer for, 164 



crops, 167 



importance, 160 



insects, 168, 169 



Irish, 162 



origin and types, 162, 163 



planting, 167, 168 



plowing, 164 



score card, 166 



second crop, 167 



seed, 164, 165, 166 



soil, 163 



spraying, 169 



treatment for scab, 255 



varieties, 165, 166, 168 



weights and yields, 171 

 Poultry, care of, 317 



chapter on, 311, xxv 



projects, 320 



rations, 315, 316 

 Powdered milk, 352 

 Power animal, 401 



electric, 400 



on the farm, 391 



water, 400 



wind, 401 

 Principles of planting, 203 



of spraying, 257, 258 

 Problems, 7, 16, 307, 319 



arithmetical, 4 



feeds, 342 



fertilizers, 87 



on eggs, 320 



Products of cattle, listed, 344 

 Projects, xix, 297, 308, 320 



the dairy, 344 



Propagation of forest trees, 182, 



183, 184 

 plants, 35, xx 

 Property, value of, 366 

 Protein, 328 



in feeds, xvi 

 Pruning a budded tree, 38 



annual, 208 

 Pruning, care in, 210 



choice in, 209 



currants and gosseberries, 217 



grapes, 217 



high and low, 208 



illustrated, 208-211 



instruments, 210, 212 



methods of, 209, 210 



practice in, 210 



principles of, 207 



raspberries and blackberries, 



217 

 Pruning small fruits, 216 



time for, 210 



young trees, 208 

 Pupa stage, 223 

 Pure-bred animals, 260 



milk, difficulty in obtaining, 347 



how to get, 348 

 Purity of corn, 136 



Quantity of seeds for crops, ix 

 Questions, review, see end of each 

 chapter 



Rag doll corn tester, 142 

 Rainfall^ absorbing, 63 



and frost, 197 

 Rambouillet sheep, 297 

 Raspberries, 216, 217 

 Rations balanced, 340 

 Records for dairy cows, 355, 356 



of fields, 365 



Red polled cattle, 283, 284 

 Reference books, i 



tables, appendix, i 



to books, 60 



References to bulletins, see Bulle- 

 tins 

 Remedies for codling-moth, 233 



curculio, 234 



flies, 229 



grain moth, 231 



mosquitoes, 227 



potato scab, 252, 253 



scale, 238 



Reversion defined, 260 

 Review questions, see end of each 



chapter 



Rings of wood, 187 

 Ripened milk and cream, 353 

 Roads, concrete, 372 



construction of, 373, xxvii 



drainage of, 374 



drag for, 373 



earth, 373 



grade of, 373 



gravel, 372 



importance of, 371 



kinds of, 372 



maintenance, 373 



mechanics, 371 



