INDEX 



Acid phosphate, 36 

 Accounts: 



With a cow, 341 



With a garden, 135 



With live stock, 338 

 Agricultural engineering, 259 

 Air: 



Needed in soil, 26 



Plant food in. 13 

 Alfalfa: 



Advantages of, 108 



Curing, 111 



Cutting, 111 



Feeding value of, 109 



Inoculation of, 110 



Pasturing, 109 



Seed, 109 



Soil for, 110 



Sowing, 110 

 Apple blight, 158 

 Apples: 



Adaptability of, 151 



Culture of, 152 



Mulching, 153 



Picking, 154 



Planting of trees, 152 



Pruning of trees, 153 



Soil for, 151 



Spraying, 154 



Storage, 155 



Thinning, 154 

 Apple scab, 159 

 Army worm, 162 

 Arsenate of lead, 159 

 Ash, 174, 212 

 Asparagus, 139 



Babeo«k test, 214 

 Bacteria: 



Care against, 311 



In milk, 213 



On clover roots, 104 

 Balanced ration, 175 

 Barley: 



Culture of, 57 



Harvesting, 57 



Use ©f, 57 

 Barns, 273 

 Beans, 141 

 Bedding, 200 

 Bees, 286 



Birds, 255 

 Blue grass, 115 

 Boll weevil, 163 

 Bookkeeping, 336 

 Bordeaux mixture, 159 

 Boys' and Girls' Club, 284 

 Breeds: 



Of cattle, 192 



Of horses, 177 



Of poultry, 246 



Of sheep, 216 



Of swine, 229 

 Brome grass, 114 

 Brood sow, 233 

 Buildings: 



Convenience of, 111, 274 



Cost of, 171, 272 



Importance of, 272 



Light, 170 



Maintenance of, 274 



Planning of, 273 



Ventilation of, 170, 181, 312 

 Bull thistle, 130 

 Bulletins, 132, 256, 258 

 Burdock, 130 

 Butter: 



Making, 343 



Marketing, 295 

 Butter-fat, 212, 215 

 Cabbage worm, 162 

 Calcium: 



Use of in plants, 34 



Supply of, 37 

 Canada thistle, 132 

 Carbohydrates, 174, 212 

 Carbon dioxide, 13 

 Carrots, 94 

 Cattle: 



Breeds of, 192 



Care and management of, 199 



Classes of, 192 



Disease of, 199 



Feeding of, 201 



Pure-bred, 192 



Shelter for, 199 



Types of, 192 

 Celery, 141 

 Chickens, 244, 311 

 Chinch bugs, 162 

 Chlorophyll, 13 

 Chores, 166 



