INDEX 
Old witch grass, 170 
Onions, 12 
Oriental Poppy, 9 
‘Orioles, 312, 313 
Ornamental planting, r05 
Osprey, 298 
Owls, 298-300; their food! 272 
Ox-eye, or 
Panicle, 67 
Pansy, 6 
Parsley, white-flowered and hairy, 87° 
Parsnips, 12; wild,‘ org: : 
Pasque flower, 85 
Pasture plants, 128-140 
Peabody bird, 317 
Peas, 12 ay ; oe 
Pelicaf@285- = 2 Bas 
Penny cress, 172 i ie dae 
Pentstemon, 95 
Peony, 14 
Peppergrass, 171 
Percheron horse, 339 3 
Perching birds, 305 a, 
Perennial flax, 9 ; 
Perennial plants, 50 ! eee | 
Perennials, 7, 13 eas 
Pérénnial weeds, ‘x60 
Permanent residents, birds, 446 
Petunia, 6 
Pewee, 307 
Phalarope, 290 
Phlox, 7 
Phoebe, 306 
Pigeon family, 205 
Pigeon grass, 169, 170 
Pigeons, domestic, 243 : 
Pigweed, 164, 168 ; i 
Pipit, 328 : : ; 
Plant, parts of a, 49 
Plantain, 68 ae 
Plant diseases, apis : 
Plant families, 72-84 
Planting, 143 
Plant lice, 202, 214, 230 
Plants — importance and ihipravemént, x tm 
edible parts of,''2 ;“4nhnital,’biennial, and 
perennial, 50 
Plover, upland, 291 | 
Plover family, 2n7 203 ; : 
Plums, 43 
Plymouth Rock sie 240 
“457 
Pocket gophers, 402 
Poisons aid sprays, 210 
Pollen, 64 
Polyphemus moth, 224 
Ponies, 340 - °° 
Poppy, 7, 9 
Porcupine grass, 132 
Potato, 61 e 
Potato beetles, 211 
Potato blight, 187 ; 
Potato scab’ 188 | pee 
Poultry, 234-247 ; 
Prairie chicken, 294 
Prairie clover, 95-96 
Prairie June grass, 135 || 
Prairie mallow, 93 
Prairie rocket, 95 
Prickly lettuce, 175 
Projects, corn, canning, “bec 433-436 ; 
Projects and Quéstions; 14, ‘20, 455 69, 81, 
103, 122, 130, 144, 154,'177, 189; 228, 
246, 248, 344, *356; 365, 360, 378, “305, 
416, 430” \ se 
Psoralea, 96 ae 
Puccoon, go. 
Pupa' 197 | 
Purple cone-flower, 98 
Purslane, 165 
Pusley, 165 
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Quack grass, 171 
Questions and Projects, seé «pfosbets and 
Questions” 
Rabbits, 404-407 
Raceme, 67 
Radishes, 12 
Ragweed, 163 
Ragwort, 90 4 
Rails, 288-289 ve ia 
Rambouillet sheep, 359 : 
Raspberries, 43 
Rats, 399-401 
Rattlesnakes, 413 ‘ 
Reaping machines, history | of, Ar9"422 
Redpoll, 320 
Red-polled cattle, 354 
Red River weed, 164 
Red root; 168 ‘ 
Redstart, 327 7 
Red top, 130 
References, 439-445 
