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INDEX 



Rotten stones, 23. 

 Roughage, 191. 

 Ruminants, 216, 253. 

 Rump, 273, 274, 278. 

 Rusts, 174. 



Rye and pastures, 181. 

 Rye for forage, 192. 

 Rye to plow under, G7, 79. 

 Rye, to prevent erosion, 51. 



Saliva, 215, 232. 



Saltpetre, 90. 



Salts, 115, 123, 214. 



Sand-bars, 35. 



Sand, moisture in, 51. 



Sand-storms, 25. 



Sands held by plants, 111. 



Sap, 114, 115, 124, 126, 131. 



Saprophyte, 173. 



Sawdust, 83. 



Scab, 107. 



Scale insects, 166, 168. 



Scales, experiment with, 59. 



Sciences, 5. 



Sea crabs, 200. 



Sea margins, 19. 



Seaweed, 31. 



Sea-wrack, 19. 



Season to prune, 164. 



Secretion, 210. 



Sedges, 19, 193. 



Seed, 155. 



Seedage, 133, 135. 



Seed-bed, 70, 71, 134, 145, 155. 



Seedlings, raising of, 135. 



Seeds, germination, 133, 142, 145. 



Semi-staples, 108. 



Shade, 108. 



Shaler, referred to, 36. 



Sheep, 3, 108, 201, 212. 



Sheep stomach, 233. 



Sheltering manure, 82. 

 Ships dusty at sea, 36. 

 Shower, 35. 

 Silage, 254, 258. 

 Silicon, 87. 

 Silo, 258, 265. 

 Single-celled animals, 208. 

 Slips, 138. 

 Smuts, 170, 178. 

 Snowballs, layering, 140. 

 Soaking seeds, 134. 

 Soap washes, 108. 

 Sod, influence on soil, 21, 68. 

 Sod in orchards, 101. 

 Sodium, 110. 

 Soil and stock, 202. 

 Soil, contents of, 16, 42. 

 Soil, moisture in, 50. 

 Soil-mulch, 57, 05, 09, 71, 149. 

 Soil particles, size of, 39, 43, 44. 

 Soil, texture of, 37. 

 Soiling crops, 191. 

 Sorauer, referred to, 124, 120, 127. 

 --Specialized, 232. 



Specialty-farming, 11, 279. [14. 

 Species, number of in cultivation, 

 Speculation, 12. [by, 37. 



Spencer, J. W., quoted 35; chapter 

 Sphagnum, 20, 33. 

 Spices, 109. 

 Spittle, 232. 

 Spores, 109, 218, 234. 

 Sport, 262. 

 Spraying, 165, 169. 

 Springs, 48, 50. 

 Squash-bug, 167. 

 Squash, seedling of, 131. 

 Squashes and moisture, 57. 

 Stable-manure, 21, 41. 

 Stable-manures, 65, 81, 82, 89, 93, 

 201, 265, 268. 



