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THE BOOK OF WHEAT 



Page 



Field of wheat, Illustration of 112 



Fife wheat 11 



Fire 148 



Fixation of qualities 43 



Flax, Selection of 39 



Flour 21 



Acidity of 21 



Adulteration of 301 



Bleaching of 274-275, 285 



Brands of 285-286 



Bread 286-287 



Commercial grades 285-286 



Comparative values of 285 



Composition of 26, 299 



Durum wheat 284 



Entire wheat 284-285 



' Grades of 275 



Graham 284 



Hard-wheat 283 



Pastry 284 



Patent 270, 275 



Self-raising 285 



Soft-wheat 283-284 



Flour beetles 184 



Flour moth 183-184 



Flours, Different uses of 283 



Flour yield of wheat 277 



Flowering 20-2 1 



Flowers of wheat 14 



Food of plants 126-127 



Food of plants, Fertilizers and. . 143-145 



Food supply, Scarcity of 316 



Food taken from soil by plants. . . 147 



Food, Wheat as 7, 8, 286 



Frosts 149 



Frumity 283 



Fultz 11 



Fungous enemies 155-169 



G. 



Gambling , 255 



Garlic 153 



Germination 16-17,18,22-23, 142 



Germination and Fertilizers 142 



Germ of wheat 15, 25 



Glume-spot 155 



Glumes 14 



Gluten 27, 273, 283 



Gluten content 10, 48-49 



Grades: 



Commercial 223-224 



Composition and 28 



Contract 222-223, 224 



Contract, Gresham's law 225 



Uniformity of 223 



Grades of flour 275 



Grading 221-222 



Grain aphis 180-181 



Grain beetles 184 



Grain dealers 242 



Independent 217-218 



Grain dealers' associations: 



Local 217 



Rules and practices of 218 



Grain moth 182-183 



Grain privileges 243-244 



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Grain railways 189 



Grains in bushel 22 



Grains in spike 15 



Grain trade: 



Development of 214 



Importance of 214-215 



Grain vessels, Nationality of 197 



Graminese 2 



Granary weevil 182 



Grape-Nuts 298, 300 



Grass: 



Classification 2-3 



Family of 2-3 



Origin of , 2-3 



Grasshoppers (See Locust) 176-179 



Green bug 180-181 



Gresham's law 225 



Growers of wheat 29-31, 33 



Growth : 



Heat units and 11-24, 127 



Period of 23-24 



Processes of 127 



Rainfall and 23-24 



Temperature and 23-24 



Guano 137-138 



Gulf exports 189-193 



Gypsum 139-140 



H. 



Hail 148 



Handstones 262 



Hardness of wheat 51 



Hard spring wheat 53 



Hard winter wheat 10 



Harrowing 70-7 1 



Objects of 70 



Harrows : 



Ancient 70-71 



Disc 71 



Modern 71 



Primitive 70 



Tooth 71 



Harvest customs 73-77 



Ancient 74-75 



European 74 



Modern 75-77 



Harvesters, Combined 90-95 



Definition of 90 



Horse power 92 



Illustration of 104 



Steam ... 92-93 



Stripper 91 



Use in United States 92 



Use of 90 



Use of stripper 91 



Harvesters, Self-binding 87-89 



Classes of 87-88 



Definition of 87 



Illustration of 34, 128 



Low-down 87-88 



Modern 87,89 



Patents on 88 



Harvesting : 



Implements of 78-94 



Maturity of wheat for 78 



Outfit complete 93-94 



Primitive methods 78 



