INDEX 



381 



Vetches, 112 



Washing, before milking, 302; but- 

 ter, 316; dairy utensils, 300 



Water, capillary, 19; capillary 

 movement of, 20; evapora- 

 tion of, 20; hydrostatic, 19; 

 hygroscopic, 19; legal amount 

 of, in butter, 318; percolation 

 of, 20; surface, 19; transpira- 

 tion of, 20; used by a corn 

 plant, 45; used in irrigation, 31 



Watermelons, 177 



Wheat, bearded and smooth, 83; 

 characteristics of bread 



wheats, 83; districts, 81; 

 early plowing for, 84; effect 

 of climate on, 80; gluten in, 

 81; harvesting, 86, 87; his- 

 tory, 80; kinds of, 82; making 

 a shock, 87; methods of sow- 

 ing, 86; range of latitude, 80; 

 rate of sowing, 86; red and 

 white, 83; rusts, 208; seed- 

 bed for, 84; selection of vari- 

 eties, 84; smut, 208; soils for, 

 84; sowing in corn, 85; sweat- 

 ing of, 87; tillering, 86; time 

 to sow, 85 

 Wilts, 210 



