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INDEX 



PACE 



Plow, The 11 



Plowing, Time of 12 



Potato, Importance and Distribu- 

 tion of 200 



Potato, Planting and Culture of. 202 



Potato, Scab 204 



Potato, Harvesting and Market- 

 ing of 207, 209 



Potato, Storing of the 210 



Potato Insects 210 



Potato Diseases 211 



Potatoes, Varieties of 213 



Preparation of the Soil 10 



Pumpkin 225 



Radish 213 



Radish, Enemies of 215 



Radish, Varieties of 216 



Rhubarb as a Field Crop 216 



Rhubarb as a Forcing Crop 217 



Rhubarb, Enemies of 219 



Salsify 219 



Seed Laws 105 



Seed Saving at Home 101 



Seed Selection 103 



Seed, Testing for Purity 99 



Seed, Vitality Test of 100 



Seed, Value of Good 97 



Seedlinss, Methods of Handling. 110 



Slope Desirable for Gardens.... 8 



Succession Cropping 65 



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Spraying Machinery 61 



Storage Pits 74 



Spinach 220 



Squash 222 



Squash, Storage of 224 



Squash, Varieties of 225 



Subsoiling 13 



Sweet Potato 226 



Sweet Potato, Diseases of 229 



Sweet Potato, Varieties of 230 



Tillage, Objects of 10 



Tillage Operations, Order of... 16 



Tobacco as an Insecticide 53 



Tomatoes 230 



Tomatoes, Staking the 234 



Tomatoes, Forcing the 235 



Tomato Insects 236 



Tomato Diseases 236 



Tomatoes, Varieties 237 



Transplanting Overgrown Plant. 113 



Turnips 237 



Turnips, Yellow or Swiss 238 



Turnip, White or Dutch 239 



Tools, Care of 20 



Water, Supply of 9 



Watermelon 239 



Watermelon, Harvesting and Mar- 

 keting 241 



Watermelon, Varieties 241 



Whale Oil Soap 53 



