INDEX 



Acid phosphate, 59 

 Agriculture, defined, 137 

 Air-drainage, 138 

 Alfalfa, 109, 110 

 A.nthracnose, 208 

 Apple, the, 155 



twig blight of, 209 

 Apricot, the, 160 

 Arid regions, 30 

 Artichokes, 102 

 Ashes, as fertilizers, 60 

 Asparagus, 179 

 Atavism, 272 



Babcock test, 326 



Bacteria, denitrifying, 14; in 

 cream, 311; in milk, 299; in 

 soil, 13 



Bagasse, 120 



Balanced ration, 281 



Barley, culture, 91, 92; harvesting, 

 92; history, 91; varieties, 92 



Beans, 173 



Bee-glue, 335 



Bees, drone, 333; hives for, 336; 

 life history of, 331, 332, 333; 

 locations for, 330; number in 

 swarm of, 31; queen, 331, 332, 

 333; races of, 331; swarming, 

 338; winter protection for, 

 337; worker, 332 



Beet pulp, 120 



Beetles, 195 



Birds, 200, 201 



Blackberry, the, 164 



Blights, 208, 209, 21Q 



Bloody milk, 298 



Bordeaux mixture, 208, 211 



Borers, 195 



Breeding animals, care of, 270 



Broom corn, 122, 123 



Buckwheat, 94 



Bulbs, examples of, 66; explained, 

 65; ornamental, 186 



Burro, 226 



Butter, 310; composition of, 318; 

 preparing for market, 318; 

 renovated or process, 324; 

 salting, 317; sour-cream, 311; 

 sweet-cream, 311; use of but- 

 ter color in, 315; washing, 

 316; water allowed by law in, 

 318; working, 317 



Butter-fat, definition, 235; testing 

 for, 326; things affecting, 296 



Butter-milk, 315 



Cabbage-like plants, 174 



Canadian field peas, 118 



Carbohydrates, 277 



Carrots, 96 



Catalo, 232 



Catch crop defined, 113 



Caterpillars, 196, 197 



Cattle, beef type, 227; blue-gray, 

 232 

 breeds of — 



Aberdeen Angus, 230; Ayr- 

 shire, 238; Brown Swiss, 242; 

 Devon, 240; Dutch Belted, 

 239; French Canadian, 240; 

 Galloway, 231 ; Guernsey, 236; 



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