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Insecticides 135,136 



Insuluble Phosphate of Lime . 43 

 Introduction into Virginia . . . 



into Europe 3, 7 



Irrigation, Amount of Water 



Used in 48, 40 



Dangers of 49 



Value of 48,49 



June Bug 126 



Kainit 43,48,119 



Kno-bug l ; 5"j 



Lachnosterna 126 



Late Planting 97 



Laurel Green I :':. 188 



Leaf 71,81,83,114,151.188 



of Rust-resistant Varieties of 

 Wheat 82 



Spot Disease, or Early Blight 



118, 178 



Value of a Tough, Hard . . 81,82 

 Level Culture 106,107 



Objections to 106 



Light, Influence on Yield ... 8 

 Lime 35, 86, 41, 119, 128 



Uses 41, 128 



Liming 81,32 



London Purple 135 



Loss of Potatoes in Storage 151, 152 



^[a.crnsporium solani, or Early 



Blight 118, 178 



Manure 30, 36, 87, 44 



Amounts Applied 36,37 



Influence of 30 



Value 44-46 



Manuring, Reasons for 30 



Marketing, Cost of 160,161 



Markets 157,158 



Distant 157, 160 



Local 159, 161 



Maturity, Time of 71,79,80 



Mflanoplus sp 126 



Mexican Potato 1 



M. .isture, Conservation of Soil, 22, 23 



Influence of 8, 9 



Mulch, Soil 106, 109 



Mulching 110 



Nitrate of Soda . . . 31, 32, 42, 47, 48 



Effect on Buds 69 



Nitrates 42 



Nitrogen 80, 31, 42 



Effect of Excess 31 



Influence of 31 



Occurrence in Fertilizers . . 42 



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Nitrogen of Barn Manure ... 36 

 Requirement while Young . . 81 

 Sources of 31,42 



Nozzles 141,142 



Organic Nitrogen of Fertilizers 42 

 ()nxi>nra scabies (Thax.;, Scab, 



119, 121 



Packages 161 



Paragrene 135, 138 



Paris Green . . 124, 125, 127, 135, 136 



Amount to use 125, 127 



for Flea-beetles 124 



for Potato Beetles 125 



Peas in Rotation 27 



Phosphatic Fertilizers . 85, 42, 43, 47 



Effect on Maturity 35 



Phosphoric Acid, Influence of . 3"5 

 Phytophthora infestans. Blight 



or Rot 112-117,121 



Pits 147-149 



Pimply Potatoes 124 



Pink Arsenoid 135, 137 



Planters 100-104 



Hand 100, 101 



Horse 101-104 



Planting, Date of 96, 97 



Depth of 14,93-96 



Distance Apart 91-93 



Early and Late 97 



Hand 59. 97-100 



Influence of Depth on Depth 



at which Tubers Form . . 94-96 

 Influence of Depth of, on 



Quality 96 



Methods ef 59, 97-100 



Plow, Potato or Shovel 144 



Plowing 21-23 



Conditions Governing . . . 21,22 



Deep 21,42 



Depth of 21,22 



Fall 21 



Plowing, Spring 22 



Pollen 3, 172 



Pollenizing 172 



Pomace, Potato 170 



Potash, Amounts Applied . . 85, 88 



Influence of 81, 33 



on Leaves 82 



on Quality 33, 34 



on Roots 32, 33 



on Starch Formation . . 33, 34 



on Tubers 32, 83 



Muriate of .... 33, 84, 38, 43, 119 



Amounts Used 38 



Sources of 33 



Sulphate of .... 83, 34, 43, 119 



Potassic Fertilizers 43 



Potassium Ferro-Cyanide ... 130 



Potato Beetle 124 125 



Bug, Old Fashioned . . . J**?, |78 



