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INDEX 



Limestone, how applied to soil, 259. 



uses of, 258. 

 Linseed meal, 284. 

 Linseed oil, 284. 

 Loam soil defined, 4. 



Manure, effect on air space, 29. 

 Mice, prevention of injury by, 305. 

 Milo maize, 198. 

 Moisture, film or capillary, 19. 



hygroscopic, 19. 



in soil, effect on temperature, 33. 



necessary for germination, 65. 



requirements of com, 152. 



why injurious to stored seeds, 

 133, 173. 

 Monocotyledon, defined, 62. 



seeds of, 63. 



flowers of, 109. 



leaves of, 225. 



roots of, 83. 



stems of, 101. 

 Mulch, dust, 42. 



use of, 23. 

 Muskmelons, how grown, 327. 



Nitrogen, 11. 



amount in barnyard manure, 333. 



amount in corn, 331. 



amount in oats, 331. 



amount in timothy, 331. 



amount in wheat, 331. 



commercial fertilizers contain- 

 ing, 332. 



how added to soil by legumes, 

 240. 



how restored to soil, 332. 



how lost in process of burning, 92. 

 Nodules on roots, 240. 

 Nurse crop, defined, 256. 



influence on clovers, 256. 



crops suitable for clovers, 260. 



Oatmeal, 219. 



Oats, character of crop, 213. 



advantages of stacking, 219. 



how planted, 215. 



how shocked, 218. 



loose smut of, 127. 

 Oats, seed, desirable characters of, 

 216. 



seed bed for, 215. 



seed, selection of, 216. 



spring, 214. 



used for hay, when cut, 218. 



uses of, 219. 



varieties of, 214. 



when harvested, 218. 



winter, 214. 

 Onions, how grown, 318. 

 Orchard, location of, 289. 

 Osmose, defined, 78. 



law of, 78. 

 Ovule defined, 113. 

 Oxygen, 11. 



necessary lor germination, 65. 



Palea defined, 109. 

 Parsnips, how grown, 319. 

 Peach, age of bearing wood, 296. 



development of young tree, 144. 



how pruned, 301. 

 Peas, how grown, 322. 

 Petals defined, 108. 

 Phosphorus, 11. 



amount in barnyard manure, 333. 



amount in corn, 331. 



amount in oats, 331. 



amount in timothy, 331. 



amount in wheat, 331. 



commercial fertilizers contain- 

 ing, 334. 



necessary to clovers, 254. 

 Photosynthesis defined, 89. 

 Pistil defined, 108. 

 Planting corn, methods of, 185. 



time of, 187. 



depth of, 188. 

 Plants, classes according to useful 

 parts, 144. 



how propagated, 124. 



life cycle of, 44. 



two great classes of, 62. 

 Plowing under stubble and clods, 21. 

 Plum, age of bearing wood, 295. 



pruning of, 301. 

 Plumule defined, 62. 

 Pollen, defined, 108. 



how carried from plant to plant, 

 111. 

 Pollination defined. 111. 

 Potassium, 12. 



