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INDEX 



Ostreaculture, 3. 



Ox, 212. 



Oxen, standards for, 252. 



Oxygen, 90, 116, 129. 



Oxygen and germination, 133, 134. 



Oxygen in blood, 211, 223, 246. 



Oxygen in breathing, 224. 



Oyster-raising, 3. 



Palatability, 244, 254. 



Palisades, 30. 



Pancreatic juice, 215, 221. 



Paradise, 12. 



Parasitic fungi, 166, 173. 



Paris green, 168, 176. 



Parkinson's book, 13. 



Parsnip seeds, 133. 



Particles of soil, size of, 39, 43, 44. 



Pastures, harrowing, 160, 181. 



Pastures, permanent, 180, 197. 



Pathology, 8. 



Pea family, 79. 



Pea mildew, 167. 



Pea, regermination, 136. 



Peach, budding, 144. 



Peaches, 106. 



Pear-blight, 167. 



Pear, propagating, 144. 



Pears, tilling, 162. 



Peas, 92, 193. 



Peas, to prevent erosion, 51. 



Peat, 20, 83. 



Pedigree, 262, 263, 278. 



Pepsin, 218. 



Peptones, 219, 223. 



Perennials, 146. 



Perfumery, 109. 



Pests, 10, 167. 



Pests and stock, 205. 



Pets, 204. 



Phleum pratense, 195. 



Phosphate, 88, 94, 95, 104. 



Phosphatic rocks, 94. 



Phosphoric acid, 25, 93, 98, 101. 



Phosphorus, 87, 88, 104, 116, 203. 



Physics, 6. [170, 174. 



Physiological troubles, 166, 167, 



Physiology, 8. 



Pigs. See also swine. 



Pigs, standards for, 252. 



Pin-bone, 273, 276, 278. 



Flanker, 71, 75, 76. 



Plant-food denned, 128. 



Plant-food elements, 87. 



Plant, how it lives, 112. 



Plant-knowledge, 7. 



Plant-lice, 166, 168. 



Plants, species and varieties, 14. 



Plaster, 95. 



Plowing, 66, 162, 171. 



Plowing green-crops, 60, 65. 



Plowing to dry the land, 68. 



Plows, 73, 74. 



Plum, budding, 144. 



Plum-rot, 175. 



Poa pratensis, 195. 



Points of animals, 262, 273, 275. 



Poisons for insects, 168. 



Pomace, 84, 256. 



Pomology, 3. 



Ponds and soil, 19. 



Pork. 203. 



Pot, with plant, 46. 



Potash, 95, 98, 101. 



Potash, amount in soil, 25. 



Potassium, 87, 104, 116. 



Potato-bugs, 169. 



Potato mildew, 167. 



Potato, propagation, 146, 155. 



Potato refuse, 78. 



Potato, seed-bed for, 154, 15S. 



Potato tuber, 124. 



