364 



ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



Farmstead: Cont'd 



Location of, 315 



Size of, 315 

 Fat, 174 

 Feed: 



Change of, 188 



Comparison of, 176 



Composition of, 174,'209 



Fall, 23, 238 



Kinds of, 174 



Requirements, 173 



Selection of, 173 



Source of, 173 



Succulent, 207 



Summer, 241 



Value of, 340, 342 

 Fencing: 



Building of, 280 



Cost of, 282, 328, 331 



For sheep, 224 



For swine, 236 



Investment in, 279 



Kinds of, 277 



Posts for, 278 

 Fertilizers: 



Animal manure, 37 



Amounts produced, 38 



Complete, 37 



Composition of, 38 



Need of, 31 



Plant food in, 31 



Uses of, 34 

 Fiber crops, 120 

 Field crops, 322 

 Field peas, 117, 238 

 Fields, 327, 329 

 Flax : 



Harvesting, 121 



Planting, 121 



Soil for, 121 

 Flax wilt, 158 

 Flies, 200, 311 

 Formaldehyde, 157 

 Forage crops, 116 

 Garden: 



Account with, 135 



Income from, 134 



Plan and preparation of, 136 



Value of, 134 

 Germination, 44, 66 

 Grain crops, 39. 322, 334 

 Grass crops, 97, 322 

 Grasshoppers, 162 

 Grav«l, 11 



Hay and pasture crops: 

 Advantages of, 97 



Hay and pasture crops: Cot'd 



Cleaning crop, 128 



Cock covers for, 107, 112 



Cost, 97 



Curing, 106 



Cutting, 105, 113 



Importance of, 97 

 Harrowing, 28 

 Harvesting: 



Barley, 57 



Flax, 121 



Oats, 54 



Root crops, 95 



Sugar cane, 119 • 



Wheat, 48 

 Healthfulness of the home, 310 

 Heat in the soil, 27 

 Hemp: 



Culture of, 121 



Soil for, 121 

 Hog cholera, 232 

 Hogging off crops, 237, 239 

 Hogs. (See swine) 

 Home, the, 305 

 Honey, 257 

 Horses: 



Breeds of, 177 



Care and management of, 181 



Cost of labor of, 182 



Feeding of, 184 et seq. 



Shoeing, 182 



Types of, 178 

 Horse-radish, 139 

 Humus, 10 

 Hydrogen, 13 



Income of American farmers, 319 



Insect pests, 162 



Insects: 



Classes of, 162 



Control of, 162 



Destroyed by plowing, 20 



Habits of, 162 



Remedies for, 162 

 Interest, 339 

 Iron sulphate, 132 

 Irrigation, 268 



Johnson grass, 115 



Kernels, 62, et seq. 

 Kinghead, 126 



Labor: 



General, 340 

 In dairying, 342 

 With sheep, 242 

 With swine, 237 



