INDEX. 



843 



Grasses and Forage Plants Continued. 



Timothy, or Herds-Grass, . . . 144 

 Tall Fescue Grass, . 152 



Tall Meadow-Grass, Tall Oat-Grass, . 163 

 Tall Panic-Grass, . ... . 189, 192 

 Tall Red-Top, .... 168, 169 



Texas-Millet, 186 



The Florin, Broad-Leaved Creeping 



Bent, 154 



Vanilla-Grass, Seneca-Grass, . 179, 181 

 Vetch, Tare, ... . . .216 



Water Grass, .... 172, 174 



Water Spear-Grass, Reed Meadow- 

 Grass, ...... 150 



White-Clover, 209 



Wild Chess, 175 



Willdenom s Muhlenbergia, . . . 157 

 Wild Fescue, .... 175, 177 

 Wood Meadow-Grass, .... 149 



Yard-Grass, 165 



Yellow Oat-Grass, . . . .163 



Zigzag Clover, 210 



Grouping of, 223 



Ground Limestone and Shells, 

 Guano, American, . 



Bat, .... 



Peruvian, 



. 65 



. 60 



. 60 



. 58 



Rectified, 59 



Gypsum, 88 



Hay Caps, 



Elevator and Carrier, 



Forks, 



Method of Curing, . 



. 242 



244, 247 



. 245 



237 



Press, . ... . . . 247, 248 



Pitching Apparatus, .... 246 



Rakes, . . . . . . . 243 



Scales, . . .. ... 415 



Stacking, . . . . . . . 245 



Storage of, . . ..... . 242 



Tedders, 240, 241 



Time of Cutting Grass for, . . . 237 



Mowers, 236, 238 



Renovating Grass Lands, -.... . 252 



Rolling Mowing Lands and Pastures, . 250 



Selection of Grass-Seed, .;.:. . . 230 



Time to Sow Grass-Seed, ,. . &quot; . . 229 



Harrowing, . . ., ,i,, . ; . . 100 



Height of Buildings, . .. .. ... . . 621 



Hemp, . ;.&amp;gt;-....: . . 470 



Cultivation of, . , . -. t . ,. [ . . 470 



Harvesting of, . ;:. . .... ^ . . 471 



After-Management of, .... . 471 



Hessian Fly, . . . .... . 285 



Hill and Drill Planting, . ..:;_,.._ . 311,315 



&quot;Hillhurst,&quot; .... ,604 



Hilling Cultivator, . . . . , r . 315 



Hog-House, . ... : &quot;-,.: . v &K3 . 663 



Hops, . . . if. &tf . . , . 482 

 Cultivation of, . . . ; . n . . . 483 

 Varieties of . ..... . . 482 



Harvesting of, . . . . . . 485 

 Drying of, . ....... .485 



Horse, The, . . . ... . 677 



Qualities Desirable in, . . . . 677 



Activity, . . . - . . . 680 

 A Good Disposition, .... 679 



Endurance, 679 



Intelligence, 679 



Strength, 679 



The Back, 694 



Balking of, 772 



Black Hawk, 728 



&quot; .&quot; Junior, . . . .696 

 Blinders, Use of, . . . . . 776 



Bits, Frosty, 775 



The Bones, 691 



of the Leg 692 



Boulonnaise Draft, .... 708 



Breeding of, . . . . . . 746 



Breeding, Disqualifications for, . . 747 

 Influence of Sire and Dam, . 747 

 What Horses to Breed, . . 749 

 Care of Breeding-Mares,. . 751 

 Care of Young Colts, . . 752 

 Care of Stallions, . . .751 

 Chest, The . ^ ....... .689 



Canadian, The, . . , . .720 



Carriage-Horse, 681 



Cleveland Bay, The, . . . 708, 714 

 Clipping, . . .,... . 776 

 Clydesdale, . . .;./., . 686, 707 

 Color in, . . ...;;. .698 

 Colts, Age for Working, . . . 771 



Balking of, 772 



Breaking of to Halter, . . . 765 



&quot; &quot; Harness, . . 768 



Bitting Process, . . 767 



&quot; Saddle, . . . .771 



Check Rein, Use of, . . . 774 

 Natural and Unnatural Position of 



a Horse s Head, ..?.. . 775 



Teaching a Colt to Back, . . 770 



Care of, . . . .. . -, 4; j . . 752 



Castration of, . ..*&amp;lt;,,.; . . 756 

 How to Prevent a Colt from being 



Easily Frightened, . ^\r . . 771 

 Old-Time Method of Managing, . . 760 

 Present System of Colt Management, . 760 



Raising by Hand, 756 



Weaning, . . . ; . . . ; , r : i . . 755 

 Colt s Foot at Two Years, . . . 786 

 Conestoga, The, 708 



