INDEX 



Abbreviations, Preface, v 

 Aberdeen Angus, 259, 260 

 Accounts, keeping, 342 



to keep, 343 

 Adults of insects, 203, 205, 206 

 iEolian soil, 49 



Agricultural experiment stations, 349 

 Agriculture, teaching of, 1 

 Air for germination, 17 



forming soil, 43, 44 



in soil, 17 

 Airing milk, 328 

 Alfalfa as green feed, 109 



a soil improver, 109 



a chapter on, 109 



curing of, 112 



cutting, 111, 114 



for soiling, 97 



inoculation for, 110, 114 



in rotation, 92 



loading, 112 



raking, 113 



roots with nodules. 111 



rules for, 113 



seeding, 110, 114 



stacking, 113 

 Alluvial soil, 45, 48 

 American Merinos, 275 



saddle horse, 246, 248 



trotter, 246, 247 

 Ammonia, sulfate of, 82 

 Analysis of feeds, 308 

 Animal production, section on, 237 



products, section on, 322 

 Animals as soil formers, 43, 48 



composition of, 305 



improvement of, 237 

 Antennae of insects, 202 

 Annual defined, 20 



weeds, 29 

 Appendages of insects, 202 

 Appendix tables, 346 

 Apple borer, flat head, 217 

 round head, 219 



budding, 35 

 Apple root grafts, 34 



rust, 228, 229, 231 



scab, 227, 228 



scab and rust, 215 



spraying for, 234, 235, 236 



scions, 33, 35 



stocks, 33 



varieties, 195 



worm, 214, 215 

 Apples picked from ladders, 200 



propagation of, 33 



studying, 196 

 Aquarium, 13, 14 

 Arbor Day planting, 170 

 Arithmetical problems, see Problems 



Arsenate of lead, 236, 350 

 Ashes and sour soil, 76 



plant food in, 76 

 Ayrshire cattle, 266, 267 



Babcock test, 333 



principles of, 334, 335 

 outfit, 335 

 Bacon type of swine, 279, 280, 281 

 Bacteria in milk, 325 

 Bailey, Dr. L. H., quoted, 186 

 Balance in Nature, 13 

 Balanced rations, 318 

 Barley, 152 

 Barn, a clean, 326, 327 



bad construction of, 326 

 good construction of, 326 

 manures, value of, 363 

 Barns, ventilation of, 327, 328 

 Barnyard manure, see Manure 

 Bean weevil, 203 

 Bee colony, 301 

 hives, 301, 303 

 -keeping, chapter on, 299 

 studies, 304 

 structure, 302 

 Bees and insects carry pollen, 18, 19 

 life of. 301 

 winter care of, 304 

 Beef breeds, 257 



cattle, fattening, 315 

 cuts of, 322, 323 

 Beet pulp, 314 

 Belgian horse, 244 

 Beneficial insects, 221 

 Berkshire swine, 279, 280 

 Berries, fertilizer for, 359 

 Biennial defined, 20 



weeds, 29 

 Birds as insect eaters, 222 

 Bi-sulfide of carbon, 213, 351 

 Biting insects, 202 



sprays for, 350 

 Black Minorca pair, 285 

 Black spot of peach, 225 

 Blackberries, 198, 199 

 Blake's, Prof. M. A., list of peaches, 194 

 Blossoms, see Flower 

 Bone, ground, 82 

 Books, reference, 58, 346 

 Bordeaux mixture, 215, 236, 350, 351 

 Bottling milk and cream, 329 

 Boys' and girls' clubs, 6 

 Brahma hen, 286 

 Bran, 313 

 Breed, defined, 237 

 Breeding, laws of, 237 

 Breeds, beef, 257 



keeping pure, 237 

 of bees, 300 



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