INDEX 



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Boads, reasons for, 372 

 Robin arithmetic, 242 

 Roof garden, 201 

 Root crops, 97, 333 



for dairy cows, 100 



grafting, 36, 37 



hairs, 8, 9 



system of corn, 146 

 Roots, effects of drainage on, 68 



for chickens, 213 



of plants, 8 

 Rope, halter, 382 



hitches, 378, 379 



how made, 376 



knots, 376, 377, 378 



splices, long, 381 



short, 380 

 Rotation courses, 94 



of crops, benefit of, 90 

 need of, 90 



reasons for, 88 



for dairy farms, 92 

 Rotations, a few, 92 



quick, 93 

 Roughage, 332 

 Rows of kernels on corn, 139 

 Rules for alfalfa growing, 131, 132 



corn judging, 134, 139 



farmers, xi 

 Rust of apple, 205, 251 

 Rye, 158, 159 



Saddle horse, 268, 270 

 Salesman, the farmer a, 365 

 Sampling milk to test, 357 

 Sandy soil, 52, 54, 59, 63 

 San Jose scale 237, 238 

 Scab of apples, 249, 250 



potato, 252, 253 

 Scale, San Jose, 237,238 

 Schedule for placing agriculture, 4 

 School gardening, 198, 202 

 equipment, 199 

 experiments, 200, 201 

 in California, 192 

 place for, 199 

 plots, 198, 202 

 products of, 202 

 suggestions for, 199, 200 

 grounds described, 204 

 mapping of, 363 

 needs of, 204 

 plans for, 198 

 Scions for apples, 35, 37 



peaches and plums, 39 

 Score card for cattle, 291, 292 

 corn, 140 

 horse, 275, 277 

 Scrub, see Native Stock 

 Seed analysis, 25 

 cheap, 27 



collection, 27 

 corn, harvesting, 145 

 storing, 145, 147 

 depth of planting, 193 

 for crops, quantity, 367 

 good, chapter on, 22 

 immature, 27 



impurities, examining for, 28 

 potatoes, cutting, 166 



Seed treating, 253 

 samples of, 30 



selection, 22, 23 



testing, 25 



what to buy, 27 



wheat, 156 

 Seeding alfalfa, 112,116 



oats, 157 



pastures, 109 

 Seeds, forest tree, 182, 183, 184 



mounted, 29 



purpose of, 20 



structure of, 20 



study of, 20 



Selecting corn, rules for, 134, 139 

 Separators, hand, 354 

 Shallow tillage, 75 

 Sheep, care of, 295 



chapter on, 293, xxv 



feed for, 406 



projects, 297 



to kill weeds, 110 



types of, 293 



Shelter belts, 180, 181, 182, 185 

 Shire, English, 265 

 Shorthorns, 279, 280 

 Shorts, 335 



Shropshire, 294, Fig. 179 

 Shrubs, masses of, 203 

 Sifting, grain, 22 

 Silage, see Ensilage 

 Silk worm, 239 

 Silo, capacity of, 149 



filling, 148, 334 



masonary, 149 



metal, 149 



stave, 149 



underground, 149 

 Silt, 52 



Site for orchards, 206 

 Skim milk, 356, 359 

 Slips, see Cuttings 

 Small fruits, to grow, 207 



grains, chapter of, 154, xx 

 Soil, agencies in forming, 45 



and fertilizers of, 154 



builders, 45 



clayey, 52, 53, 54, 59, 63 



defined, 44 



farm, 58 



for barley, 158 



improvement, chapter on, 71, 

 xx 



kinds of, chapter on, 52, xx 



loamy, see Loam 



moisture, chapter on, 60, xx 



names of, 59 



oats, 157 



packing of, 62 



perfect, 58 



plant-food form, 15 



potatoes, 163 



preparation for corn, 143 



rocky, 53 



sampling, 59, 60 



sandy, 52, 54, 59, 63 



texture of, 57 



transported, 50, 51 



warmed by drainage, 69 



wind-blown. 45, 51 



