INDEX 



All figures refer to pages; heavier type is used for the 

 more important references 



Asrricnltnral Bulletins, see Farm- 

 ers' Bulletins 



Agricultural CoUegre, see Colleg'es 

 of Agriculture 



Alfalfa, 20; for pasture, 43, 44; 

 for honey, 69; a rotating crop 

 for fertilizing, 91, 94, 95, 146, 

 150; soil and crops, 151; how 

 to start, 151, 152; good for 

 horses, 152; for other stock, 

 43, 44, 152, 153; a field (Fig. 

 83), 152; plant showing long 

 tap-root (Fig. 84), 153; and 

 corn as feed, 43, 153; quantity 

 of seed per acre and legal 

 weight per bushel, 283 



Anchor bend, 13 



Ants, 82 



Apples, clay soil for, 85, 173, lo- 

 cation of orchards, 172; plant- 

 ing trees, 173, 283; spraying, 

 177, 178; from trees not sprayed 

 (Fig. 38), 62; from trees 

 sprayed (Fig. 39), 63; thinning 

 crop, 179; grading and packing, 

 180; growing and use of, 180, 

 181; seedless, 181 



Apricots, planting trees, 283 



Army worms, 78 



Arsenate of lead, 277 



Ash trees, seeds of, 101 



Asparag^is, 194, 283 



Ayrshire cattle, 24 



Babcock milk test, 24, 27, 228, 247 



Bacteria, in soil, 85, 90, 91; and 

 clover, 91; work of, 91, 92, 146, 

 150; in food, 213, 214. 215; in 

 butter and cider, 215; in sew- 

 age, 218 



Bantams, 50 



Barley, 10, 92, 283, 142, 143; 

 bread, 126; rotation and seed 

 bed, 142; enemies, 143; uses, 

 143 



Barns, horse, 11; cattle, 19, 221; 

 ventilation, 221; a sanitary 

 dairy barn (Fig. 107), 220 



10, 191; string, 191, 192; 



butter, 192; lima, 192; bush 

 and pole, 283 



Becket hitch, 12 



Beef cattle, 18 (Fig. 9), 17; uses 

 made of, 28; side of, 246 



Bees, 61, 62, 64, 68-76; first sugar 

 makers, 68; finding the bee 

 tree, 68; honey train, 68; where 

 honey comes from, 69; a prof- 

 itable apiary (Fig. 44), 69; 

 pollen and wax, 69, 70; mem- 

 bers of the bee family, 70 — 

 the worker, the queen and tlte 

 drone (Fig. 45), 70; work of 

 the queen, 71; why bees swarm, 

 71, 72; stand of bees near 

 swarming time (Fig. 46), 71; 

 getting a new queen, 72; divid- 

 ing the work, 72; drones, 73; 

 Italian bees, 73; helping the 

 bee, 73; honey extractor, 73, 

 75; It's all in knowing how 

 (Fig. 47), 74; keeping bees 

 warm, 75; do not starve bees, 

 75; another service, 75; busy 



Beetles, 61, 64, 67; cucumber, 79, 

 197; flea, 165; flower, 81; po- 

 tato (Fig. 89), 164, 165 



Beets, 85, 189. 190, 192, 283 



Belgian, bay, 5 



Berkshires, 39 (Fig. 24), 40 



Binder, see Self-binder 



Bindweed, 81 



Bird bouses (Fig. 52), 81, 82 



Birds, 77, 260; "Birds of Killing- 

 worth," 77, 78; service to 

 farmers, 78; other friends of 

 the farmer, 78, 79; Grosbeaks 

 are friends, 79; tarring the 

 seeds, 80; protecting grain 

 fields, 80; the Grosbeak and 

 the orchard, 80, 81; policemen 

 of the air, 81; eating weed 

 seeds, 81; big appetites, 81, 82; 

 making friends of the birds 

 (Fig. 52). 81, 82; sharing with 

 the birds, 82; see also names 

 of birds 



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