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INDEX 



Root cuttings, 158. 

 Root hairs, 123. 

 Root pressure, 126. 

 Rootage, systems of, 127. 

 Roots, 236. 



adventitious, 121. 



branching of, 1 2g. 



fibrous, 122. 



parasitic, 122. 



primary, 121. 

 Rootstalk, 132, 154. 

 Rosaceae, 174. 

 Rose family, 174. 

 Rouen, 375. 

 Runciate, 420. 

 Russian brome grass, 226. 

 Rusting prevented, 60. 

 Rusts, 283. 

 Rutabagas, 237. 

 Rye, 209. 



weight of, 413. 

 Rye fodder, nutrients in, 416. 



Sagittate, 420. 

 Sal soda, 64. 

 Salt, common, 63. 



weight of, 413. 

 Saltpeter, 50. 



Chile, 63. 

 Salts, 25. 



Epsom, 56. 

 San Jose scale, 303. 

 Sap, cell, 124. 

 Saponification, 39. 

 Saprophytes, 267. 

 Scales, 303. 

 Scientific feeding, 385. 

 Scion, 159. 

 Scotch cattle, 326. 

 Scrubs, 325. 

 Sedentary soil, 69. 

 Seed, amount of, 418. 



impurities in, 152. 

 Seed planting, 153. 



date of, 418. 

 Seed plants, 170. 

 Seed vegetables, 241. 

 Seeds, weights of, 413. 

 Sepals, 145. 

 Serrate, 420. 

 Sheep, 351. 



diagram of, 421. 



feeding, 392. 



rations of, 414. 

 Shetland ponies, 349. 

 Shire, 345. 

 Shorthorn, 325. 

 Shropshire, 355. 

 Silage, 198. 



nutrients in, 416. 

 Silica, 66. 

 Silicic, 173. 

 Silicon, 66. 

 Silique, 173. 

 Silo, 198. 

 Silt, 68. 



Simmenthal, 329. 

 Sinuate, 420. 

 Smut, 269, 272. 

 Soap, soft, 39. 

 Soap making, 39. 

 Soda, 64. 



baking, 64. 

 Sodium, 63. 

 Sodium carbonate, 64. 



acid, 64. 



Sodium chloride, 63. 

 Sodium hydroxide, 64. 

 Sodium nitrate, 63. 

 Soil, 68. 



acidity of, 116. 



alluvial, 70. 



clay, 68. 



drift, 70. 



fertility, 98. 



kinds of, 418. 



limy, 69. 



management, 407. 



sedentary, 69. 

 t transported, 69. 

 Soiling, 387. 

 Soja bean, 232. 

 Solanaceae, 178. 

 Soluble ferments, 41. 

 Sorghum, 199, 213, 215, 226. 

 Southdowns, 353. 

 Soy beans, 232. 



nutrients in, 416. 

 Spanish onions, 240. 

 Spatulate, 420. 

 Spearmint, 223. 

 Speltz, 1 86. 

 Spermatophytes, 171. 

 Spiders, 319. 



