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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Fanning Mill, Harder's, . . 303 

 Fallows, about Summer, . . 143 

 Fastidiousness of Growing 



Wheat, 66 



Fattening the Soil for Wheat, 139 

 Fields, Rough vs. Smooth, . 212 

 Fingers for Cradles, How to 



Make, 351 



Fink's Cultivator, .... 199 

 Flint, Old White, .... 97 

 Force in Vegetation of Wheat, 67 

 Fork, Montgomery's, . . . 405 



Fodder Cutter, 423 



Freezing and Thawing of Soil, 123 



G 



Gavels, How to Rake, . . . 356 

 " How to Bind, . . .358 



" Size of, 354 



Genesee Wheat, 99 



Gilbert's Subsoil Plough, . . 162 

 Gleanings, How to Manage, . 424 

 Great Yield of one Kernel, . 85 

 Grain, Remedy for Lodged, . 163 

 " Sowing Broadcast, . . 299 

 Growing Wheat Then and 



Now, 14 



Guano for Wheat, . . . .180 



H 



Habit of Wheat Plant, . . 49 

 Harvest, When to Cut Wheat, 343 



" Cutting Wheat too 



Green, .... 343 



" Time, 333 



Harrow, Monroe's, .... 290 



" Nishwitz's Disk, . . 324 

 Harrowing Wheat, .... 201 



Hard Wheats, 74 



Heavy Kernels, 238 



Holbrook's Plough, . . 232^234 

 Hybridizing of Wheat, . . 40 



Illustration of Winter Wheat, 126 

 " Wheat Head, . 25 

 Improvement in Wheats, . . 81 

 Introduction, to Wheat Cul- 

 ture 9 



Influence of Climate on 

 Wheat, 12 



Insects, Enemies of Wheat, . 416 



" Midge, 418 



" Wheat Worms, . . 419 

 " The Chinch Bug, . 419 



K 



Kernels in a Bushel, . . . 278 

 " Greatest yield of one, 85 

 " Large or SmaU, . . 242 

 " of Wheat, how 



formed, .... 137 



' ' How they Germinate , 26 



Kentucky Red or Whig Wheat, 1 03 



Kernel Magnified, .... 27 



Knives, Keeping Sharp, . . 331 



" Reynolds', .... 332 



Laboring Disadvantage ously, 361 

 Lodging Grain, Remedy for, . 163 



M 



Manures, 



for 



177 



or 



Nitrogenous 

 Wheat, 

 " Burying Deep 



ShaUow, . . .183 

 " Surface Manuring, 216 

 " Manuring Sandy 



Soils, .... 219 

 Machine, Thrashing, . . . 421 

 Manufactory of Poudrette, . 176 

 Manure, Different Kinds on 



Wheat, 172 



Manuring the Surface for 



Wheat, 



Material, Carbonaceous, 

 May Early Wheat, . . 

 Mediterranean Wheat, 

 Mildew in Wheat, . . 

 Monroe's Harrow, . . 

 Mulching Wheat, . . 

 Mucky Soils for Wheat, 



216 

 168 

 98 

 114 

 406 

 290 

 225 

 218 



N 



Names of Varieties, ... 90 



Nomenclature of Wheat, . . 87 



Nutting's Fanning Mill, . . 301 



