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INDEX 



Self-preservation, 6. 



Sickness, I. 



Sieves, 37, 45, 139- 



Sledge, 63. 



Sod borders, 126. 



Soil, preparation of, 59; top 

 soil to be saved, 65 ; washing, 

 see Forestry; what it is, 156; 

 management of, 159; constitu- 

 ents and experiments, 156- 

 164; rock of, 157; humus of, 

 157; air of, 158; water of, 

 158; how worn out, 158; how 

 made fertile, 160. 



Sorting of rubbish, 140. 



Spade, pedagogy of, 14; right 

 size, 25; tool list, 37; spad- 

 ing, 46; cost of, 199; spading 

 and planting, 203. 



Special gardens, 184. 



Speed limit, cost of human and 

 engine, 19. 



Spreading board, 53. 



Sprouting plants, 109. 



Stakes, plot, 37 ; for laying out, 

 68; cultivating stick, 37, 40. 



Stone boat, 63. 



Success, 12. 



Suckers, 150. 



Sunlight, and courage, 7 ; 

 source of life, 141 ; too much, 

 M3. 



Tags, for children, 88. 



Tape measure, 68; not to 

 stretch, 69. 



Thinking, 14. 



Thinning, beets, 123; carrots, 

 123; purpose of, 125. 



Tools, list of, 37; racks, 55, 

 57; care of, 55, 57; set of, 

 56; dry cleaning, 56; to lay 

 out garden, 68; for planting, 

 86. 



Transplanting, lettuce, 119. 

 Transportation, 10; vehicles, 



63- 



Trash, care of, 67. 

 Travois, 63. 

 Tuberculosis, 184, 214. 

 Tubs, at hydrants, 48. 



Vegetables, children's plots, 81 ; 

 reasons for kinds, 136; ob- 

 servation plots, 104; relations 

 of, 136. 



Ventilation, 149. 



Viewpoint, 5. 



Visitors, 218; old farmers, 212. 



W 



Wages, 20. 



Wagon, 63. 



Wash, place to, 58. 



Water, 152; how much, 96; 



water vs. juice, 155; to save 



water in soil, 163. 

 Water pot, carrying, 24, 37; 



size, 48; racks for, 57; cost 



of, 199. 



Watering plants, 124. 

 Wealth, source of, 2; how pro- 

 duced, 5, 12. 



Weather conditions, 205. 

 Weeds, for humus, 67; for 



study, no. 

 What to teach, see Weeds and 



Insects. 



Wheelbarrow, 10, 23, 37, 49, 63. 

 Windbreaks, 80. 

 Winter Garden, 186. 

 Work after planting, 107. 



Yields, 215. 



