INDEX 
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Sweet potatoes, climatic require- 
ments 439 
cultivation 447 
diseases 449 
fertilizing 444 
harvesting 448 
history 435 
importance 435 
insects 449 
marketing 448 
planting 446 
propagation 441 
returns 449 
seed . 440 
soil preparation 444 
soils 439 
storage 448 
varieties 436, 437, 438, 439 
Swiss chard, companion crop.... 479 
Temporary storage 195 
Tenant houses 8 
Thinning 133 
Thyme 450 
Tillage 28 
Tillage, implements, value 29 
level 37 
objects 28 
tools 28 
Time to plant 495 
Tobacco 89 
Tomato, classification 451 
climate 452 
companion crop 483, 484, 486 
composition 459 
cultivation 461 
diseases . '. 465 
early varieties 454 
fertilizing 458 
harvesting 463 
history 450 
importance 451 
insects 465 
irrigation 75 
late varieties 455 
marketing 463 
planting 460 
returns 464 
seed 456 
seed required 495 
soil preparation 458 
soils 452 
starting early plants 456 
starting late plants 458 
training 461 
varieties 454, 455 
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Tomato, yields 464 
Tools, care 40 
Transplanting 139 
depth 144 
field 148 
hand 144 
machine 149 
reasons 139 
soil preparation 140 
soil selection 140 
time 141 
Transportation by rail 182 
Transportation by water 182 
Trucking 2 
Tuber crops 197, 199 
Turnip 465, 466 
Turnip, companion crop 479, 481 
seed required 495 
Vegetable forcing 2 
Vegetable gardening 1 
Vegetable planting table 494, 495 
Vegetable plants, under glass.... 151 
Vegetables, most important 1 
Vegetables, preparing for market. 167 
Virginia Produce Exchange 192 
Wabash series 22 
Wagon, retail 184 
Water content 26 
functions 73 
large bodies 13 
supply 13 
Watering 148 
Watering after sowing 138 
Watermelon, climate 468 
companion crop 483 
cultivation 469 
early plants, starting 469 
enemies 471 
fertilizing 469 
harvesting 469 
history 467 
importance 467 
marketing 469 
planting 469 
seed 468 
seed required 495 
soil 468 
soil preparation 469 
varieties 467 
Webb series 22 
Weeding .X .Ly 39 
Wheel hrtes . . ... 34 
Wheeling series ... 22 
Windbreaks 14 
