INDEX 



367 



Cotswolds, 271, 272 

 Cotton, chapter on, 115 



cultivation, 122 



diseases, 126 



fertilizers, 121 



fibers, 116, 118 



gin, 124, 125 



harvesting, 122 



improvement of, 119 



importance of, 115 



insects, 126-130 



market grades of, 124 



planting, 121 



problem, 123 



range of, 119 



relatives of, 117 



Sea Island, 117 



selecting, 119 



soil, 120 



types, 117 



upland, 117 



uses, 115 

 Cottonseed meal, 314 

 Cover crop for orchards, 193 

 Cow peas, 90, 97, 102 

 mixtures, 103 

 Creaming, methods of, 331 

 Cream, ripening, 331 



separators, 332 



testing, 337 

 Crop, the fruit, 200 

 Cropping, companion, 94, 178 



double, 94, 177 



succession, 93, 178 



systems of, 86, 87 

 Crops, catch, 88, 89 



classification of, 95 



cover, in orchard, 90 



planting, 340 



rotation of, 86, 87, 176 



soiling, 97 

 Cross-bred animals, 239 

 Crossing, bad effects of, 239 

 Cultivating, effects of, 62, 63 



peach trees, 71 

 Cultivation of potatoes, 156, 157 

 sweet potatoes, 158, 159 

 Cultivators illustrated, 63 

 Culture of corn, 140 



orchards, 193, 195 

 Curculio of plums and peaches, 215, 216 



injuries of, 217 

 Currant worms, 206 

 Currants, 198, 199 

 Cutting seed potatoes, 155 

 Cuttings, kinds of, 40, 41 

 Cyprian bees, 300 



Dairy breeds, 263, 267 



calves, 263 



farm rotations, 90 



products, 322 



records, 333, 334 

 Delaine Merinos, 275 

 Dent corn, 131, 132 

 Depth of planting seed, 175 

 Devon cattle, 261 

 Digestibility, influence on, 316 



of feeds, 360 

 Diseases of man, 211 



plants, chapter on, 224 

 Distances for planting fruits, 362 



Distances for planting vegetables, 363 



trees, 166, 168 

 Division of plants, 40 

 Dorset sheep, 272, 273, 274 

 Draft horses, 241, 244 

 Drainage, chapter on, 65 



defects of, 62, 66, 67 



for alfalfa. 111, 114 



methods of, 65 



warms the soil, 67 



where needed, 67 

 Drain tiles, 66, 68, 69 

 Drains, reasons for, 65 



ventilate the soil, 67 

 Drift soil, 48, 49 

 Drill, grain, 150 



Drinking fountains, 291, 293, 297 

 Dry mashes for chickens, 293 



matter shown, 305 

 in feeds, 360 

 Dual-purpose cattle, 260, 261, 262 



horses, 241 

 Durham, see Shorthorn 

 Duroc-Jersey swine, 279, 280 

 Dust boxes for hens, 291 



mulch, 63, 64 



Ear-row method, 23 

 Egg breeds, 284, 285 



packing, 296, 297 



problems, 298 



records. 285 



testing, 297 

 Eggs, preserving, 298 



weight of, 296 



yolk of, 295 

 English shire horses, 243 

 Ensilage, 144, 145, 311 

 Essentials in feeds, 306 

 Evergreens, how to use, 186, 187 

 Exercise, frequent in all chapters, see 

 special topics 

 referred to, 5 

 Experiment stations, list of. 348 

 Experiments for school gardens, 182, 183, 



184 

 Eyes of insects, 202 



Fallow, bare, 88 

 Fanning grain, 22 

 Farm accounts, 342, 343 



crops, chapter on, 95 



forest planting, 163, 164 



management, section on, 338 



mapping the, 340 



-school, plan of, 176 



the value of, 345 

 Farmer a salesman, 343 

 Farmers' bulletins, see Bulletins 

 Farming, best men needed in, 339 



causes for changes in, 338 



changes in, 338 



contrasts, 339 



results of changes in, 339 



special and general, 86 



system in, 340 

 Fat in feeds, 308 

 Fats in milk, 323 

 Feed, equivalents in quarts, 360 



for pigs, 281, 282 



related to purpose, 316 



succulent, 294, 205 



