INDEX 
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Page 
Raspberry, companion crop 485 
Red clover 54 
Retailing 184 
Rhubarb, climatic requirements.. 419 
cultivation 421 
fertilizing 421 
history 419 
importance 419 
marketing 422 
planting 420 
propagation 419 
seed required 495 
soil . 419 
River flood plains 22 
Roads 14' 
Root crops 197 
Rutabaga 422 
Rye 55 
Sage 423 
Salad crops 198, 199 
Salsify 423 
Salsify, companion crop 479 
seed required 495 
Sand, advantages 25 
Sash 107 
Sassafras series 21 
Savory 424 
Seed bed, shading 138 
Seeds 92 
Seeds, breeding 93 
buying 99 
change 99 
cleaning 97 
commercial growing 94 
curing 97 
growing 92 
growing at home 96 
guarantees 99 
harvesting 97 
importance of good seed 92 
longevity 102 
number in an ounce 496 
old versus new 100 
per cent, germinating 101 
preservation 98 
quantity required for acre.... 494 
selection 93 
soaking 134 
sowing with machines 137 
testing 100 
weight 496 
Seed sowing, broadcasting 134 
depth 133 
drilling 134 
firming soil 137 
moisture conditions 130 
quantity to sow 132 
seed selection 130 
soil preparation 130 
soil selection 130 
soil temperature 131 
when 131 
Selling to retailer 185 
Selling to wholesaler 186 
Shading 149 
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Shallot 424 
Shipping facilities 14 
Shutters 154 
Skinner irrigation 114 
Soaps 89 
Sods for transplanting 160 
Soil adaptation 27 
Soil class 17 
Soil series 20 
Soil texture 25 
Soil type 17 
Soils, classification 17 
preparation 32 
Solanaceous crops 198, 199 
Soy Bean 57 
Spinach, companion crop.... 484, 487 
culture 4 26 
history 425 
importance 425 
seed required 495 
varieties 425, 426 
Spotting boards 145 
Spraying 86 
Spray pumps 86 
Squash, companion crop 483 
culture 428 
enemies 429 
history 427 
importance 427 
marketing 429 
seed required 495 
storage 429 
summer varieties 427 
winter varieties 428 
Stablei manures 41 
Sticker 91 
Storage houses 194 
Storage of vegetables 193 
cold storage 192 
does storage pay 193 
temporary storage 192 
Strawberry, companion crop.. 483, 
484, 488 
Subirrigation 78 
Succession cropping 475 
Sulphate of ammonia 59 
Susquehanna series 21 
Sweet corn, companion crop.. 483, 
484, 485, 486, 487 
cultivation 434 
early varieties 430 
fertilizing 432 
importance 430’ 
late varieties 431 
marketing 434 
midseason varieties 431 
planting 433 
returns 434 
seed 431 
seed required 495 
soil preparation 432 
starting early plants 432 
suckering 434 
Sweet herbs 199 
Sweet potatoes, botany 435 
