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INDEX 



Milk production, Haocker's 

 feed standard for, 

 table, 1067 

 Milk strainers, 675 

 Milker must be clean and 



healthy, 674 

 Milking, 674, 677 



difficult, 654 



process, 653 

 Milking machines, 732 

 Millet, 289 



catch crop for hay, 290 

 Mineral matters in food, 1026 

 Modified milk, 672 

 Molasses, sorghum, 327 

 Mold-board plows, 717 

 Money, borrowing, 877 

 Moon, F. F., Farm woodlot, 



521-530 

 Morning glory, wild, 368 

 Mortgages, s7s 



period for which run, 878 

 Mosaic tobacco, 961 

 Mosquitoes, drainage 

 abolishes breeding 

 places, 137 

 Mother's heart, 366 

 Motor truck in marketing, 



915 

 Motors, water, 752 

 Mottle top tobacco, 961 

 Mouth, animals, examination 



of, 936 

 Mowing machines, 725 

 Mulches, 150 



prevent soil erosion, 151 

 Mule, 576, 577 

 Mushroom culture, 417 

 Mushroom houses, 417 

 Mushrooms, casing the beds, 

 421 



enemies, 422 



filling the beds, 419 



marketing, 422 



picking, 421 



preparation of the compost, 

 419 



spawning, 420 



temperature, 421 



ventilation, 421 



watering, 421 



yield and returns, 422 

 Muskmelon, 394 



Nail head rust, citrus fruits, 

 948 



Nasal discharges, animals, 

 936 



National Grange, 1052 



Natural starter, butter mak- 

 ing, 684 



Necrosis, grape, 952 



Neighbors, 793 



advertising value, 794 

 economic value, 793 



New York State College of 

 Forestry, selling ser- 

 vice of, 529 



Nitrate of soda, 74 



Nitrogen, carriers, 74 



Nitrogen, deficiency in col ton 

 soil, 334 

 needed for vegetables, 86 

 retards maturity, 80 

 secured through the grow- 

 ing of legumes, 78 

 surface applications, 53 

 tends to accelerate vegeta- 

 tive growth, 79 

 Noll, C. F., Crop improve- 



///< nt, 157-165 

 Norfolk soils, 40 

 Nursery stock, 431 

 Nut culture, United States, 



499-506 

 Nut trees, 506 

 Nuts, 499-506 



Oat grass, 244 

 Oat straw, 216 

 Oats, 210-217 



climatic adaptation, 210 



composition, 216 



cost of producing, 217 



diseases, 964 



districts of the United 

 States, 211 



early soiling crop, 216 



feeding value, 216 



fertilizers, 213 



harvesting, 214 



improvement, 217 



as nurse crop, 214 



price, when highest, 216 



seed selection, 162 



seed-bed, 213 



method of seeding, 214 



preparation for seeding, 

 212 



rate of seeding, 214 



time of seeding, 213 



shocking, 214 



soil, 44, 46, 210 



stacking, 215 



statistics, 210 



storing, 216 



threshing, 216 



value for hay, 216 



varieties, 211 

 Oats, spring, seeded without 



plowing, 147 

 Office, farm, 1040 

 Oil, as insecticide, 1009 

 Olive, diseases, 949 

 Olive knot, 949 

 Onion, 395 



diseases, 957 



soil, 45, 46, 395 

 Onion culture, 396 

 Onion sets, 396 

 Orange, mandarin, 486 



navel, black rot, 947 



sour, 485 



sweet, 484 

 Orange nursery, 488 

 Orange rust, berry, 950 

 Orange seedlings, 488 

 Orange trees, budding, 488 



care of nursery stock, 489 



pruning, 494 



Orange. .See also Citrus 



fruits. 

 Orchard, fertilizers, 86 



location, 846 



marking out the field, 431 



site, 430 



tillage, 434 



windbreaks, 430 

 Orchard grass, 243 

 Orphan foal, feeding, 582 

 Out-buildings, 703 

 Ownership, farm, 784 

 Oyster plant, 398 

 Oyster shells, sources of lime, 

 119 



Paddocks, 846 



Paint, 693 



Pantry, 1039 



Para grass, 246 



Para-dichlorobenzene, 1012 



Paradise nut, 499 



Parcel post marketing, 915 



Paris green, 1005 



Parking system, 111 



Parsley, 396 



Parsnip, 308, 397 



blight, 958 

 Pasteurized milk, 672 

 Pastures, 270-281 



advantages, 271 



capacity, 280 



care, 277 



climatic requirements, 271, 

 273 



essential qualities, 270 



fertilizers, 278 



formation, 272 



improvement, 278 



maintenance, 242 



seed mixtures, 273 



seeding grasses and clovers, 

 274 



soil, 48, 271-273 



soil preparation, 272 



temporary, 280 



treatment, 275 



utilizing aftermath, 279 

 Patrons of husbandrv, 1052 

 Pea, 397 



diseases, 954 

 Peach, diseases, 944 

 brown rot, 944 

 leaf curl, 945 

 mildew, 945 

 scab, 944 

 yellows, 945 



insects, 995, 998, 999, 1003 



"shot hole" diseases, 945 



varieties, 473 

 Peach rosette, 946 

 Peach tree borer, 998 

 Peach trees, planting, 475 



pruning, 478 



spray table, 946 



willowing, 945 



See also Stone fruits. 

 Peanut, 299, 501 



climatic conditions, 299 



curing, 303 



