INDEX. 



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Abnormal growths, maize 157 



Acre, derivation 1 



Advantage, plant breeder's 23 



Aegilops 47 



Aeschynomene virginica 369 



African millet 382 



Agelaiiis phoeniccus 251 



Agriculture, definition I 



Agronomy, distinct from botany 2 



signification 2 



Agrostemtna githago 93 



Aleurone layer, maize 155 



layer, wlieat, the 35 



Alligator head 369 



Alluim vineale 93 



Andropogon halcpcnsis 382 



sorgJium vulgaris 382 



Antiquity, wheat 130 



Aphis maidi-radicis 247 



tnaidis 250 



Application of principle of 



plant breeding delayed.. 15 



Army worm 349 



Arrhenatheriim avenaceum .... 280 



Ash, in wheat 38 



maize 161 



Artificial hybrids, wheat 66 



Avena sativa L 280 



Bacillus cloacae 244 



Bacterial disease of dent maize 



244, 243 



disease of sweet maize. 244, 246 



Barley, Bay Brewing 327 



breeding 328 



by-products 2^7 



center of production 340 



Chevalier 327 



climate and soil 328 



collateral reading 344 



commercial grades 340 



composition 321 



crop of Canada 339 



crop of the U. S 339 



crop of the world 338 



cultural methods 332 



e ibryo 321 



endosperm, character 320 



exports and imports 340 



fungous diseases 336 



germination 323 



grain 319 



grain, practicum 342 



harvesting 334 



history 340 



hull 320 



hull-less 325 



PAGB 



Barley, inflorescence 318 



insect enemies 336 



manuring 330 



plant 318 



plant, practicum 342 



preparation of seed bed... 332 



production and marketing. 338 



qualities for malting 322 



rate of seeding 333 



relationships 318 



rotation 329 



Scotch 326 



seed selection 334 



soil 329 



species 323 



structure and composition. 318 



threshing 333 



time of sowing •.••.-• 333 



two and six-rowed varieties 325 



use 337 



tise for malting 337 



varieties 323 



weight per bushel 321 



winter and spring varieties 326 



yield per acre 340 



yield per acre in bushels, 



average sixteen years... 331 



Barren stalks, maize 151 



Bay Brewing barley 327 



Bere 3^4 



Bidens connata 243 



frondosa 243 



bipinnata 243 



Bigg 3-4 



Bindweed 243 



Bird's eye 369 



Blackbird, American 251 



Blissits leucopterus 98, 247 



Blooming, time and manner of, 



practicum 24 



Bran, wheat 35 



Brassica oleracea 18 



Bread, amount from flour 117 



Breeding, barley .•••._ 328 



fundamental principles ... 15 



in animals 15 



in plants 15 



maize, for composition . . . 191 



maize, for fat 191 



maize, for protein 192 



m.aize, for starch 192 



maize with varying percents 



of fat or protein 13 



maize, methods 194 



study of principles of 



plant* . 15 



