INDEX 



377 



Dewberry, the, 164 



Diffusion, 23 



Digestibility, coefficient of, 278 



Disking, purpose of,* 42, 43 



Dissolved bone, 59 



Donkey, 225 



Double standard, 229 



Drainage, 25, 27 



Drains, 24, 25, 29 



Dried blood, 55 



Dry farming, 32 



Ducks, 344, 354 



Fallowing, 48 



Farm animals, explained, 213 



Farm crops, classification of, 164 



Farm manures, "cold," 49; com- 

 posting, 168; factors affecting 

 value of, 49; for gardens, 168; 

 "hot," 49; how to apply, 52, 

 53; how to preserve, 50; kinds 

 of, 49; lasting effect of, 54; 

 losses from exposure, 51; 

 losses from heating, 51; 

 sources of, 49 



Fat, 277 



Feeding, affecting butter-fat, 296; 

 dry feed for, 288; grinding and 

 cooking for, 288; pasturing, 

 286; selecting feeders for, 283 

 -286; soiling, 287; standards, 

 282; terms used in, 274-282 



Feeding stuffs, 274, 279, 280 



Fibre crops, 66, 123 



Fish fertilizers, 57 



Flax, 124 



Flooding, 33 



Flowers for ornament, 186, 187, 

 188 



Fodder, explained, 73, 115 



Foundation stock, explained, 220, 

 267; healthy animals for, 270; 

 mature animals for, 269 ; pedi- 

 greed, 269; well-bred animals 

 for, 267 



Food elements returned in excre- 

 ment, 49 



Forage crops, 66, 105 



Forage, defined, 66 



Fruits, classification of , 138; pome, 

 155; small, 161; stone, 158; 

 tree, 155; vine, 160 



Furrows, kinds of, 39, 40 



Garden, 166, 167 

 Geese, 345, 354 

 German potash mines, 60 

 Gladiolus, 187 

 Gluten, 80, 81 

 Goats, 254, 255 

 Gooseberry, the, 162 

 Gourd family, the, 175 

 Grading up, how done, 268 

 Grafting wax, 145 

 Grape, the, 160 

 Greenhouse, 171 

 Green manuring, 54 

 Grub worms, 196 

 Guanos, 57 

 Guineas, 346 



Harrowing, purpose of, 41 



Harrows, kinds of, 41 



Hay, making clover, 107; making 

 timothy, 106; plants used for, 

 105 



Heading in, 153 



Hellebore, white, 203 



Hemp, 125 



Herd books, 222 



Heredity, 272 



Hessian fly, 85, 192, 202 



Hoed corp, 146 



Home grown seed, 131 



Honey, amount made by a colony, 

 336; extracted, 336; how col- 

 lected, 334; ripening, 334; 

 source of, 334 



Horses, breeds of — 



American Trotter, 221 •, Bel- 



