INDEX 



571 



Boilers, to prevent rust, 200. 



Bolivia, money, 522. 



Boll worm, 316. 



Bone, analysis, 57. 



Bone-black, analysis, 57. 



Bone charcoal, analysis, 57. 



Book measure, 519. 



Boracic acid to preserve fruits, 553. 



Borax in milk, 449. 



Bordeaux mixture, formula, 253. 



Borders, cement, 505. 



Borers, 307, 308, 325, 328. 



Boric acid test, 449. 



Boron, 24. 



Boston, dates in, 106. 



Bosworth, on casein test, 456. 



Bot-fly, 437, 439, 440. 



Bottles, to cut in two, 558. 



Bouguer, reflection of light, 198. 



Boxes for fruits, 163. 



Box packing of apples, 166. 



Bran, weight, 534. 



Brazil, money, 522, 523. 



Bremia lactucse, 273. 



Brimstone as fungicide, 258. 



British India, money, 523. 



Bromin, 24. 



Bromus inermis, weight, 533. 



Brooks, on manures, 81, 82, 85. 



Broom-corn seed, weight, 534. 



Brown, Edgar, on seeds, 97. 



Brown-tail moth, 302. 



Bruchophagus funebris, 314. 



Bruchus obtectus, 311 ; pisi, 324. 



Brussels sprouts, diseases, 266 ; pack- 

 ages, 169. 



Bucculatrix pomifoliella, 305. 



Buckwheat, fertilizer for, 66 ; weight, 

 534, 541. 



Bud-moth, 306. 



Buffalo bur, 229. 



Buffalo, gestation, 342, 343 ; milk of, 

 443. 



Buffalo-gnat, 438. 



Buhach, 297. 



Bulbs, 198. 



Burning insects, 286. 



Bushel, legal weight, 533, 534, 540. 



Bushels, capacities, 528, 530. 



Butter classifications, 465 ; making, 

 458 ; scores, 463 ; tests, 451^55. 



Butyrin, 443. 



Cabbage, diseases, 266; fertilizer for, 67; 



insects, 311; storing, 142; weight, 533. 

 Cabbages, packages, 169, 171. 

 Cabinets or museums, 543. 

 Cable, measure, 528. 

 Cadmium, 24. 

 Caesium, 24. 

 Calcium, 24, 25. 



California fruit packages, 161, 164. 

 Calla, 189, 198. 

 Calocampa nupera, 318. 

 Calories in milk, 443. 

 Caltha, 191. 

 Camel, milk of, 443. 

 Camphor for mice, 236. 

 Canada, packages in, 167 ; weights in, 



540. 



Canada thistle, 225, 230. 

 Canadian weather signals, 8. 

 Canary, incubation, 342, 343. 

 Canary seed, weight, 533. 

 Canker of apple, 263, 264. 

 Canker-worm, 306. 

 Canteloupe, weight, 533. 

 Capacity measures, 517, 520. 

 Carbolic acid as insecticide, 293 ; for 



weeds, 222, 223. 

 Carbon, 24, 25. 

 Carbonate of copper, 255. 

 Carbon bisulfid, 293; also 241, 243, 



544, 546. 



Carbon dioxid, 29. 

 Carbonic oxid, 29. 

 Carlyle, on soiling, 136. 

 Carnation, 198 ; diseases, 267. 

 Carnations, scoring, 179. 

 Carpenter, greenhouse heating, 191, 



195. 



Carpocapsa pomonella, 306. 

 Carrot, as field crop, 140; fertilizer 



for, 67 ; insects, 312. 

 Carrots, weight, 534, 541. 

 Case-bearers, 306, 328. 

 Casein in milk, 442. 

 Casein-test, 456. 

 Cast-iron pipe, 198. 

 Castor-beans, weight, 534, 541. 

 Cat, controlling, 234; gestation, 342,343. 

 Catch-crops, 139. 

 Cattle, determining age, 337 ; manure, 



81, 83, 87, 88; parasites, 437 ; scor- 

 ing, 395 ; ticks, 429. 



