INDEX 



[References are to pages.} 



Potato continued 



marketing 248 



scab 217 



selection of seed 245 



soil for 246 



storing 240, 248 



varieties of 244 



Potato beetle 337 



Potato-vine borer 340 



Poultry 425-442 



breeds of 427-430 



diseases of 431 



feed 434 



finishing 439 



housing 430 



marketing 439 



project 443 



raising of 432 



types of 426 



Poultry houses . . . 436, 438, 440 



Poultry show 441 



Preserves 239 



Principles as farm tools . . 5-9 

 Prizes for home work ... 52 

 Profits in relation to capital 452 



Projects 51 



baby beef 379 



bean 227 



colt 406 



corn 263 



flower-growing 333 



fruit tree 311 



pig 423 



poultry 442 



soil management 150 



Propagation, 

 asexual .... 168, 179-187, 204 



sexual 168 



Protein .... 118, 156, 359-363 



Pruning 304, 307 



Pumpkin 225 



Pure-bred animals .... 358 

 Pustules of smut . . . . . 215 



Quack grass 10, 297 



Quartz 96 



Radicle 172 



Radishes 224 



Rag doll test for corn . . . 254 



Ragweed 292 



Raiffeisen 458 



Railroads 23,450 



Rake 137 



Rape, sheep feeding in (pic- 

 ture) . . 415 



Raspberries 235 



Reaper 63 



" Record sheet " for milk . . 384 



Red top 278 



Rennet 392 



Renter, 



cash 452 



share 452 



Reproduction, 



asexual 179-187 



sexual 171-175 



Reversion 202, 203 



Rhubarb 225 



Road horses 399 



Roads 81 



construction of 84 



economy of 84 



effect of broad and narrow 



tires on 86, 87 



history of 81 



maintenance of 86 



Roasters 439 



Roberts, Professor, quoted . 123 



Roller 146 



Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted 61 



Root excretions 148 



Root hairs 112, 178 



Roots, 



function of 99, 112 



structure of 178 



Rootstocks 183 



Rope-splicing (picture) ... 42 

 Rose cuttings .... 181,331 

 Rotation of crops .... 146-149 



Roughages 363 



Roup 431 



Runners 183 



Rural betterment, 



aptitudes for 23 



community spirit a factor . . 49 



leadership for 53 



the facts needed 30 



Rural credits 460 



Rural mail service .... 79 



Rural New Yorker 244 



Russia ..... 268 



