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INDEX 



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Meat breeds of chickens 230 



Melon, flower of 99 



Merino sheep 219, 220 



Milk 49 



composition of 192 



how to get good 196 



Milk thistle 14?, 148 



Mineral matter in plants 21 



Minorca chickens 229, 230 



Morgan horses 215 



Morning glory 93 



Moth, codling 159 



Mulches 53, 54 



Mustangs 217 



Mustard, wild 138 



Narrow dock 136, 137 



Native cattle 190 



Nitrates .41, 42, 43 



Nitrogen 35, 36, 37, 39, 41-50 



in feeding stuffs 261-263 



Nutrients, table of 257-260 



Nutritive ratio 207 



Oats 48, 49, 50 



Oat smut 57, 58 



Olive 167 



Orange 163, 164 



diseases 166, 167 



enemies 164, 165 



propagated by cuttings 79 



Orchard, the 157-162 



Ovary 94 



Ovule , . . 94 



fertilization of 95 



Ox-eye daisy 131, 132 



Oxford sheep 219, 222, 223 



Parasites 55-59 



fungous 57 



of poultry 233 



Paris green 56 



Parsnip, wild 139 



Pasteurization 199 



Paths 250 



Peach, culture of 161 



Pekin ducks 234 



Percheron horses 215 



Perennials 127 



Perfect flowers 97, 151, 152 



Pests, insect 157 



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Petals t 93 



Phosphate of lime 194 



Phosphoric acid. .35, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50 



in feeding stuffs 261-263 



Pistil, parts of 94 



Pistillate flowers 97 



Plant breeding 100 



Plant food, in soil 31 



in soil water 34 



prepared slowly 47 



Plant lice 56 



Plantago 148, 149 



Plantain, buckhorn 148, 149 



English 148, 149 



long leaved . . 148, 149 



Planting, rule for depth of 73 



Plants, and water 17-19 



dry the soil 19 



evaporation from 17 



growth of 25-28 



how to improve 88-9 1 



in water 34 



mineral matter in 21 



require food 33 



Plowing crops under 39 



Plum, culture of 160 



Plymouth Rock chickens 230 



Poland-China hogs 225, 226 



Polled Durham cattle 189 



Pollen 93 



Pollination 94 



Ponies 217 



Potash 35, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50 



in feeding stuffs 261-263 



Potato beetle 55 



Potato plant 27 



hill selection 90 



reared from cuttings 79 



Poultry 229-233 



Poults 236 



Prickly lettuce 147, 148 



Problem in landscape gardening.. . 245 



Produce 1 1 



Profits in bee-keeping 243 



in poultry 229 



Protein 194, 205, 206 



in fodder 257-260 



Protoplasm 9, n 



Pumpkin, flower of 99 



Pupa 177 



