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INDEX 



Oats {Continued). 



improvement, by hybridiza- 

 tion, 283. 



improvement, need of, 281. 



improvement of varieties, 281. 



insect enemies, 301. 



introduction of new seed, 

 281. 



manures, 286. 



marketing, ^298. 



origin, 272. 



panicle, 274. 



plant, description of, 273. 



pollination, 275. 



Red Rust-proof, 278. 



rotation for, 288. 



rust, 301. 



seed-bed, preparation of, 289. 



seeding, methods of, 290. 



seeding, open furrow method, 

 291. 



seeding, rate of, 292. 



seeding, time of, 298. 



seed-plot, 282. 



selection, mechanical, 282. 



shocking, 296. 



smut, 302. 



soils, 285. 



spikelets, 274. 



stacking, 297. 



storing, 297. 



straw, 294. 



structure and composition, 

 273. 



thrashing, 297. 



Turf oats, 280. 



uses of, 294. 



value in cotton-belt, 3. 



value in United States, 3. 



varieties in cotton-belt, 277. 

 Ohio Agricultural Experiment 



Station, 87, 221. 

 Oklahoma Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, 328, 329. 



Oklahoma, high ranking cotton 

 varieties for, 49. 



Oklahoma, high yielding vari- 

 eties of wheat for, 320. 



Orange sorghum, 382. 



Oryza sativa, 354. 



Osmosis, 11. 



Ozonium omnivorum, 143. 



Peanut, 430. 



composition, 432. 



cultivation, 440. 



culture, 436. 



distribution, 430. 



fertilizers, 437. 



harvesting, 440. 



improvement, 434. 



lime for, 437. 



nativity, 430. 



picking, 442. 



planting, 439. 



rotations, 436. 



seed-bed, preparation of, 439. 

 soil, 436. 



stable manure for, 438. 



stackiii<^,)t441. 



value • I cotton-belt, 3. 



value i,'i United States, 3. 



varieties, 432. 

 Pennsylvania Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, 87, 

 221. 

 Phac itheca diplospora, 388. 

 Phacelotheca reiliana, 388. 

 Pineapple disease, 429. 

 Piper, C. v., 372. 

 Piricularia oryza, 371. 

 Plodia interpunctella, 269. 

 Plumb, C. S., 263. 

 Pod corn, 178. 

 Polish wheat, 317. 

 Pop com, 178. ,1 



Potatoes, value in Unife^ 

 States, 3. 



