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INDEX 



Saccharine sorghums (Cont'd). 



soils, 385. 



smut, 388. 



yield, 388. 

 Saccharum officinarum, 384,' 



401. 



Sanderson, E. D., 131. 

 Secale cereale, 341. 

 Secale montanum, 341. 

 Shallu, 374, 393. 

 Sherman, Franklin, 265. 

 Simpkins, W. A., 51. 

 Sitotroga cerealella, 269. 

 Smoothing harrow, 235. 

 Sodium nitrate, 24. 

 Soft corn, 181. 

 Soighums, 372. 



branches, 375. 



breeding, 377. 



classification, botanical, 373. 



crossing, 377. 



drought resistance, 376. 



effects on soil, 376. 



fertilization, 377. 



grain. (See Grain Sorghums, 

 389.) 



origin, biological, 372. 



origin, geographical, 373. 



poisoning, 380. 



root-system, 374. 



saccharine. (See Saccharine 

 Sorghums, 381.) 



tillers, 375. 



value in cotton-belt, 3. 



value in United States, 3. 

 Sorgo, 373, 374. 



South Carolina Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, 9, 

 355. 



South Carolina, high ranking 



cotton varieties for, 50. 



South Carolina, high yielding 



varieties of wheat for, 



321. 



South Carolina, leading varie- 

 ties bf corn for, 184. 

 Southern grass worm, 427. 

 Special harrows, 235. 

 Spelt, 315. 



Spring-tooth harrow, 235. 

 Stalks and litter, disposal of, 



L02. 



Sturtevant, E. L., 177, 182. 

 Subsurface packers, 236. 

 Sugar-beets, value in United 



States, 3. 

 Sugar-cane, 401. 



climate, 412. 



composition in sugar-belt and 

 pine-belt, 408. 



cultivation, 420. 



cutting, 424. 



diseases, 427. 



fertilizers, 414. 



fertilizers in Louisiana, 415. 



fertilizers in pine-belt, 415. 



handling, 424. 



harvesting, time of, 423. 



improvement, 410. 



inflorescence, 403. 



insect pests, 426. 



juice, amount and distribu- 

 tion, 405. 



juice, composition of, 406. 



juice, conditions affecting com- 

 position, 406. 



land, preparation of, 417. 



leaves, 403. 



nativity, 401. 



plant, description of, 401. 



planting, method of, 418. 



planting, time of, 418. 



roots, 403. 



rotations, 413. 



seed-cane, method of keeping, 

 419. 



soils, 412. 



stem, 404. 



