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INDEX 



Profit-aiul-loss in dairying, 300. 

 PropaKation of crops. 130. 131, 13l>. 

 Protcoptcryx tleiudana. 327. 

 Prunes, wi-ight. 540. 

 Prussiatr of potiush, 254. 

 Psi'udoroccus calceolariaj, 333 ; citri, 



323 ; sp., 303. 

 Psoudoporonospora cubensis, 270. 

 Pseudopt'ziza niodicaginis, 262. 

 Psila rosaj, 302. 

 Psoroptos comniunis, 440. 

 Psylla, 327. 

 Pteris, 189. 

 Puccinia asparagi, 265 ; chrysanthemi, 



268 ; coronata, 274 ; malvacearum, 



273 ; maydis, 269 ; pruni-spinosae, 



279. 

 Pulleys, 498. 

 Pulse of animals, 344. 

 Pumping by windmills, 494. 

 Pumpkin, diseases, 280 ; fertilizer for, 



74. 

 Pumps, capacity of, 499, 500. 

 Purity of seed, 100. 

 Putty for glazing, 201. 

 Pyrethrum powder, 297. 

 Pythium deBaryanum, 260. 



Quack-grass, 225, 231. 



Quantity of seed per acre, 92. 



Quevenne readings, 447, 449. 



Quicklime, 28. 



Quin, on preserving flowers, 547. 



Quince, diseases, 280 ; fertilizer for, 



74; insects, 330; storing, 147; 



weight, 540. 

 Quincunx planting, 123. 

 Quincy, on soiling, 134. 



Rabbit, milk of, 236, 238, 444. 



Racing horses. 357. 



Radiation for glass, 196. 



Radish, diseases, 280 ; fertilizer for, 



75 ; insects, 330 ; packages, 171 ; 



under glass, 190. 

 Radium, 24. 

 Railroad worm, 306. 

 Raisins, 529. 

 Rams, hydraulic, 503. 

 Rape seed, weight, 540. 

 Raspberries, dried, 529 ; to preserve 



for exhibition, 555 ; weight, 540 ; 



diseases, 281; fertilizer for, 75, 



insects, 330. 

 Rat, 234; gestation, 342, 343. 

 Rations for animals, 409, 410, 413; 



for poultry. 372. 

 Rawl and ( 'onover, silos, 473. 

 Raw materials of fertilizers, 46. 

 Rawson, quoted, 106. 

 Rayner, on windmills, 494. 

 Reaumur scale, 527. 

 Reddick on fungicides, 252 ; on plant 



diseases, 259. 

 Red-spider, 304, 323, 328, 336. 

 Red-top, weight, 538. 

 Registry, advanced, 345. 

 Regolith, 29. 

 Reindeer, milk of, 443. 

 Renovated butter, 455. 

 Resin and fish-oil, 298. 

 Resin-sol-soda-sticker, 258. 

 Resin waxes, 512. 

 Rhagolctis pomonella, 306. 

 Rhizoctonia. sp., 200. 267, 274. 

 Rhodites radicum, 331. 

 Rhodium, 24. 

 Rhubarb, insects, 331 ; under glass, 



190 ; weight, 540. 

 Rice, diseases, 281 ; weight, 538. 

 Rice, on poultry farms, 381. 

 Richmond, on milk, 443, 447. 

 Rideal, on sewage, 90. 

 Road-drags, 485, 487. 

 Roberts, on horse's teeth, 339 ; on 



manures, 85, 86, 87 ; on soil, 34. 

 Roofs for greenhouses, 199. 

 Root-crops, 140. 

 Root-gall, 303. See Crown-gall. 

 Roots, composition, 28 ; storing, 147. 

 Root-worm of grape, 320. 

 Ropes, str(>ngth of, 481, 

 Rose, 198 ; diseases, 281 ; insects, 



331 ; scoring, 179. 

 Rose blooms, to keep fresh, 550. 

 Rose-chafer on bug, 308, 322. 

 Rose, on motor power of stream, 



502. 

 Rosette of peach, 276. 

 Ross, on dairying, 453, 455, 456, 471. 

 Rotation for plant diseases, 253 ; for 



ticks, 435. 

 Rothamsted, quoted, 30. 

 Rot of potatoes, 279. 



