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INDEX 



Horses — Continued 



gian, 217; Cleveland Bay, 

 219; Clydesdale, 216; French 

 Coach, 218; German Coach, 

 218; Hackney, 218; Perche- 

 ron, 215; Shire, 216; Suffolk 

 217; Thoroughbred, 220 

 gaits of, 223; history of, 213; 

 pacer, the, 221; roadster, 

 the, 222; types of, 214 



Horticulture, explained, 137 



Hot-bed, construction of, 169 



Humid regions, 30 



Humus, 10 



Ice-cream, 323 



Incubation, period of, 348 



Incubator, 348 



Indirect fertilizers, 61 



Insects, controlling, 200; damage 

 by, 189; hfe history of, 189; 

 parasitic, 198, 200 



Irrigation, amount of water used 

 in, 31; definition, 30; for rice, 

 93; from streams, 33; from 

 wells, 33; reasons for, 31; 

 where needed, 30 



June-bug, 196 



Kafir corn, 118 



Kainit, 60 



Kerosene emulsion, 204 



Lactometer, 325 



Land plaster as a fertilizer, 61 



Landscape gardening, 181, 182, 



185 

 Lawn, Making the, 181, 182 

 Legumes, 13, 64 

 Lettuce, 178 

 Lily, 186 



Lime as a fertilizer, 61 

 Limestone as a fertilizer, 61 

 London purple, 203 



Mangel-wurtzels, 97 



Manures (see Farm manures) 



Manure spreader, 52 



Milk, abnormal, 298; aeration of 

 308; bacteria in, 299; bot- 

 tling, 309; colostrum, 297 

 composition of, 295, 296 

 condensed, 323; cooling, 308 

 creaming, 303; definition of 

 294; disease germs in, 299 

 for city delivery, 307; milk 

 serum, 296; pasteurization of, 

 313; products, 319; secretion 

 of, 294; skim-milk, 304; test- 

 ing for butter-fat, 326; test- 

 ing for water, 325; whole 

 milk, 304 



Milk-powder, 323 



Millets, 93, 113, 114 



Mineral matter, 9 



Mohair, 254 



Mule, 225, 226 



Muriate of potash, 60 



Muskmelons, 176 



Nectarine, the, 160 



Nitrate of potash, 58 



Nitrate of soda, 58 



Nitrogen fertilizers, sources of, 55^ 



58 

 Nodules, 13 

 Nutritive ratio, 281 



Oats, 88-90, 207 



Olericulture, explained, 166 



Onions, 103, 104 



Orchard, crops for, 146, 147; effect 

 of slope of, 138, 139; location, 

 138, 139; pruning the, 153, 

 154; renovating, 154; select- 

 ing trees for, 149; setting trees 

 in, 150, 151, 152; tillage for, 

 146, 147; top-grafting, 154 



Orchard grass, 106 



Organic matter, 9 



