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Index 



Records of Performance, 256, 474. 

 Reserve Food, 17, 37, 38, 160. 

 Reserve Food, in Stems, 61, 537. 

 Reserve Food, Movement of, 60. 

 Reserve Food, Storage of, 64. 

 Rice, 459. 

 Roads, 399. 



Roads, When to Build, 402. 

 Root Growth, 23, 68, 441, 467. 

 Root Growth, 77-80; Amount of, 7', 

 Root-Hairs, 21, 22, 76. 

 Roots, 48, 61. 

 Rotation, 142, 449. 

 Rotation, Advantages of, 146. 

 Roughage, 339. 

 Rye, 461. 



Sand, 88. 



Sand Cultures, 109. 



Sanitary Dairy Products, 359. 



Saprophyte, 216. 



School Gardens, 377, 380. 



School Garden, Laying Out, 378. 



Seed Selection, 213, 414, 442. 



Seed-Testing, 31, 443, 475. 



Seedage, 32, 33, 191, 458, 490, 502. 



Seedlings, of Hybrids, 212. 



Seeds, 15. 



Seeds, Germination, 15, 441. 



Seeds, Growth of, 170. 



Seeds of Corn, 18, 469. 



Seeds of Cotton, 19, 505. 



Seeds, Structure of, 16. 



Seeds, Reserve Food, 17. 



Selecting Animals, 263. 



Selecting Seed, 213, 414, 471, 495. 



Self-Fertilization, 172. 



Sheep and Goats, 302. 



Silage, 355, 479. 



Smut of Grain, 222, 451. 



Soil, Change in, 113. 



Soil Classification, 85, 87, 93c. 



Soil, Humus in, 91, 449. 



Soil, Ideal, 69. 



Soil, Improving, 70, 116. 



Soil Management, 71, 84. 



Soil Moisture, 150, 445. 



Soil Mulch, 95. 



Soil Temperatures, 94. 



Soil Tests, 117, 133. 



Soil, Use to Plants, 66. 



Soils, Chemical Analysis of, 117. 



Soils, Exhaustion of, 117. 



Soils Need Fertilizer, 117. 



Soils, Productiveness of, 134. 



Soils, Rise of Water in, 95b. 



Soils, Fertility of, 134. 



Sorghum, 480. 



Split-log Drag, 411. 



Spraying, 231, 543. 



Spore, 216. 



Sprays, How Used, 220. 



Stems, 56. Growth of, 57. 



Stems, Movement of Food in, 60. 



Stems, Movement of Water in, 60. 



Sterile Plants, 162. 



Stock Feeds, Appendix D and E. 



Stawberry, 527. 



Subsoil, 87. 



Temperature of Air, 153. 



Temperature of Soils, 94, 525. 



Terracing, 107. 



Texture of Soils, 74, 132. 



Thinning Fruit, 183. 



Tillage, Depth of, 81, 448, 449. 



Tillage Tools, 392. 



Tilth, 75, 413. 



Tilth, Means of, 73. 



Tilth of Soil, 70. 



Tools, Tillage, 392. 



Transplanting, 201. 



Transportation, 403, 404. 



Tubercles, 125. 



Turkeys, 319. 



Variation in Plants, 203, 214. 

 Variation, Fixation of, 204. 

 Variations, How Fixed, 204. 

 Variations, How Perpetuated, 208 . 

 Variations Not Permanent, 207. 

 Variety Defined, 212. 

 Vegetable, Classes of, 514 to 516. 



Water, Absorption by Plants, 66. 



Water-Cultures, 109. 



Water in Irrigation, 103. 



Water, in Plants, 51-53. 



Water, in Soil, 89, 160. 



Water, Favorable to Growth, 102 . 



Water, Loss of, by Plants, 47, 54 .465. 



Water, Movement in Plants, 57. 



Water, Needed by Crops, 106. 



Water, Needed by Plants, 47, 51, 465, 



457. 



Water, Percolation of, 100. 

 Water Storage, 105. 

 Water Table, 100. 

 Weathering of Soil, 73. 

 Weeds, 62, 306, 427. 

 Wheat, 133a, 438, 449, 452. 

 Windbreaks, 390. 

 Woodlot, 388. 

 Wool, 303. 

 Wounds on Plants, 59. 



