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Index 



Sparrows, food of, 224-225*; Eng- 

 lish, 225. 



Spiders, 202. 



Spiracles, 196. 



Spores of fungi, 243. 



Spraying, cabbages, 128; peach trees, 

 247-248.* 



Sprays, contact and "stomach poi- 

 sons," 195. 



Squashes, 131-133. 



Stanchions, 262.* 



Stem, flow of sap in, 7,* 16.* 



Stigma, 10; applying pollen to, 94.* 



Stomata, 8-9; number of, 156-157. 



Strains, meaning of, 256. 



Strawberry, method of propagation, 



74-75-* 



Subsoil, 23,* 29-30. 



Subsurface packer, 158-159.* 



Sudan grass, 116-117.* 



Sulfur, for mildew, 151; as a fer- 

 tilizer, 170. 



Sunflower, number of stomata, 156- 

 157- 



Swarming, of bees, 217-218. 



Sweet corn, 133-134. 



Sweet potatoes, 137-139.* 



Tent caterpillars, 208-210.* 



Tepary bean, 160. 



Texas-fever tick, 204, 206.* 



Thinning, time and method, 134. 



Tobacco extract, for cabbage insects, 

 128; for sucking insects, 196-197. 



Tomatoes, improvement of, 88-89*; 

 culture, 126-127.* 



Tractor, kinds of, 56; illustration, 

 58. *. 



Transpiration, 68*; from sun- 

 flowers, 156-157. 



Transplanting, reason for care in, 

 5; advantages of, 125-126*; in 

 berry boxes, 132; of tree, 147,* 

 148.* 



Trap nest, 303.* 



Trees, flow of sap in, 7*; use of, in 

 ornamental gardening, 147; trans- 

 planting, 148.* 



Tree surgery, 84-86.* 



Tuberculosis, of cattle, 260-261 ; of 

 hogs, 276. 



Turkeys, 304.* 



Underground crops, 134-140. 



Ventilation, of soil, 51; of poultry 



house, 309.* 

 Vine crops, 131-133.* 



Water, absorbed by roots, 3 ; where 

 to apply to trees, 5 ; loss from 

 leaves, 6,* 8,* 157; as a food, 

 15-16; in air, 17, 20; made by 

 burning, 20 ; effect of too much, 

 21 ; as a soil-forming agency, 25; 

 how held in soil, 30-34; amount 

 necessary, 156-157. 



Water garden, how to make and care 

 for, 151-153.* 



Watermelons, 131-132. 



Water table, 58; lowered by drain- 

 age, 60.* 



Weeds, why harmful, 52. 



Weevils, in beans and peas, 200-201* ; 

 cotton-boll, 2 1 1-2 1 2.* 



Weight of soil, 29. 



Wheat, improvement by selection, 

 89; importance, 109; winter and 

 spring, 109-110; introduction of 

 durum, iio-m; insect enemies 

 of, 111-112; bulletins on, 118; 

 smut on, 244, 249*; a dry-land 

 variety, 160. 



Wheel hoe, 122-123. 



Windmills, 161. 



Woodpecker, 228-229.* 



Wren, food of, 226, 229. 



