INDEX 



429 



Pales, 172. 

 Palmatin, 38. 

 Paper, 36. 

 Parasites, 266. 

 Parsley family, 178. 

 Parsnips, 237. 

 Pasturage, 387. 

 Pea, 241. 



family, 174. 

 Peach, 252. 

 Pear, 252. 



Pea seed, weight of, 413. 

 Pekin, 375. 

 Peppermint, 223. 

 Percherons, 344. 

 Perennials, 145. 

 Perfect flower, 147. 

 Petiole, 138. 

 Phanerogams, 170. 

 Phosphate, calcium, 46. 

 Phosphates, 45. 

 Phosphoric acid, 48. 

 Phosphorus, 44. 

 Physical change, n. 

 Pistil, 145. 

 Pistillate, 147. 

 Pith, 136. 



Plant, parts of, 118. 

 Plant breeding, 165. 

 Plant food, 142. 

 Plant lice, 302. 

 Planting seed, 153. 



table for, 418. 

 Plaster; 55. 

 Plaster of Paris, 55. 

 Plow, 77. 

 Plowing, depth of 81. 



distance traveled in, 413. 

 Plum, 253. 

 Plumbago, 29. 

 Plymouth Rock, 371. 

 Poland China, 360. 

 Polled Angus, 327. 

 Pollen, 145. 

 Pollination, 146. 

 Pomelo, 257. 

 Potash, 50. 

 Potassium, 49. 

 Potassium carbonate, 50. 

 Potassium chloride, 49. 

 Potassium hydroxide, 51. 

 Potassium nitrate, 50. 



Potassium sulphate, 51. 

 Potato blight, 276. 

 Potato bug, 298. 

 Potato scab, 283. 

 Potatoes, 232, 256. 



weight of, 413. 

 Poultry, 363. 



diseases of, 365. 



feeding, 394. 



housing, 364. 



rations of, 414. 

 Powder, baking, 64. 

 Pressure, root, 126. 

 Principles, active, 28. 

 Product ration, 384. 

 Proof spirits, 42. 

 Propagation, artificial, 155. 



plant, 150. 



seed, 150. 

 Protein^ 3-3, 26, 381. 



in rations, 414. 

 Protoplasm, 123. 

 Pruning, 130, 248. 

 Pteridophytes, 171. 

 Pure milk, 340. 

 Pyrites, iron, 56. 



Quack grass, 226. 

 Quartz, 66. 

 Quicklime, 53, 117. 

 Quince, 252. 



Raceme, 173. 

 Radical, 25. 

 Rambouillet, 354. 

 Rape, nutrients in, 416. 

 Raspberries, 259. 

 Ration, balanced, 386. 

 Red clover, 226, 229. 



nutrients in, 416. 

 Red Poll, 328. 

 Redtop, nutrients in, 416. 

 Reniform, 420. 

 Rennet, 27. 

 Reservoirs, 97. 

 Rhode Island Red, 372. 

 Ribs, 138. 

 Rice, 211. 

 Ring budding, 165. 

 Ringing, 158. 

 Root, 119. 

 Root cap, 128. 



