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INDEX 



Bone fertilizers, 197. 



meal, 197. 



raw, 197. 



steamed, 197. 

 Bone black, 197. 



dissolved, 198. 

 Bones, 195, 197. 

 Bordeaux mixture, 118. 

 Breaking out the middles, 



97- 



Brick, 30. 



Brush narrow, 102, 105. 

 Buds, 120. 

 Buildings, 5. 



and the farmer, 5. 

 Bureau of soils, United 



States, 28. 



Department of Agricul- 

 ture, 28. 



Buttercup, flower of, 129, 

 130. 



Cabbage, fertilizer for, 211. 



soil, 28, 161. 



transplanting, 87, 88. 



worm, 117. 

 Cabbages, 4. 

 Calcium in plants, 66, 67. 



in soils, 68. 

 Calyx, 129. 



function of, 132. 

 Cambium, 126. 

 Canadian field pea, 189. 

 Canteloupe soil, 28. 

 Capillary force, 49. 



meaning of term, 49. 



tubes, 49. , 



water, 153. 

 Carbon in plants, 66. 

 Carbonic acid in soil, 37. 

 Carrots, 4, 6. 

 Cauliflower soil, 28. 

 Celery, 4. 



Cellulose in plants, 63, 66. 

 Chain harrow, 102, 105. 

 Chemical properties of a 

 fertile soil, 147. 



Cherry flower, 129, 130. 

 Chlorophyl in leaves, 113. 

 Classification of soils, 26. 

 Clay, 27, 38. 



and lime, 42. 



loams, 29. 



power to absorb water, 

 41, 42. 



relation to water, 25, 41, 



43 



soils, 29. 



soils injured by working 

 when wet, 45. 



to improve texture of, 42. 



water-holding power, 44. 

 Clevis, 93. 



Climbing plants, 121. 

 Clover, 68. 



Bokhara, 190. 



crimson, 189. 



mammoth, 189. 



red, 188. 



Clovers, as green manure- 

 crops, 188. 



as nitrogen gatherers, 184. 



nodules on roots of, 184. 

 Commercial fertilizers, 171, 

 192. 



amount to buy, 212. 



home mixing, 211. 



kind to buy, 212. 



raw materials, 192. 



(See also Fertilizers.) 

 Composts, 171, 181. 

 Conditions necessary for 



root growth, 20. 

 Corn, a humus waster, 226. 



depth of root growth of, 



13- 



flower of, 132. 

 germination of, 78, 79. 

 in rotation, 226, 229, 234. 

 plant, 6. 



pollination of, 133. 

 rapid growth of roots of, 



13- 

 roots cut by plow, 14. 



