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INDEX 



Bits, frosty, 10 



Blackberries, 198, 199, 283 



Black rot, 198 



Blackwall Mtcli, 13 



"Black weevil," see Weevil 



Blifirht, the, 166 



Bluebirds, 78, 82 



Blue g-rass, 283 



Blue Jays, 83 



Bobolink (Fig. 49), 78, 81 



BobwMte (Fig. 51), 80, 82 



Boll weevil, see Weevil 



Bone meal, 95 



Books, reference, for teachers, 281 



Bordeaux mixture, 165, 177, 178, 



192, 198; formula, 279 

 Bowline, 12 

 Brahmas (Fig. 30), 50 

 Bread, making, 213; white, 126, 



131, 137; rye, 144, 145 

 Bridle, the, 14 

 "Broilers," 49, 56, 57 

 Bronze turkeys (Fig. 35), 58 

 Brown Swiss, 24; twin calves 



(Fig. 15), 25 

 Bnckwheat, 69, 283 

 Bumblebees, 75 

 Burdocks, 101, 168, 170 (Fig. 92), 



171 

 Butter, 251; bacteria in,, 215; 



churning the first, 16, 17; see 



also Ikoaik and butter 

 Butterflies, 61, 62, 64, 65 

 Buttermilk, 32 



Cabbagre, 85. 190, 191, 195, 196; a 

 well cultivated cabbage lot 

 (Fig. 99), 195; distances apart 

 for planting, 283; maggot, 196; 

 worm, 196 



Calves, 19-21; getting ready for 

 market, 19, 20; feeding meal, 

 20; an empty dinner pail (Fig. 

 11), 20; mixed food, 20; wean- 

 ing, 20; "Where are our moth-] 

 ers?" (Fig. 12), 21; saving 

 cream, 21; Brown Swiss twin 

 calves (Fig. 15), 25 



Canada Tliistle, 168, (Fig. 91) 

 169, 171 



Cankerworm, 78, 79, 81, 177 



Cardinal, 79, 80 



Carrick bend, 13 



Carrots, 10, 189, 193, 283 



Caterpillar, 65, 78, 79, 81 



Cattle, 16, 245; more useful than 

 horses, 16; origin, 16; taming 

 wild cattle, 16; churning, 16, 

 17; hitching to loads, 17, 18; 

 two kinds, 18; care and feed, 

 18, 19; beef cattle, 18; dairy 

 cows, 21-27; Babcock milk test, 



24, 247; uses of beef cattle, 28; 

 how to get good stock, 28; cat- 

 tle and sheep, 37; see also 

 Calves, Dairy Cows, and names 

 of breeds 



Cauliflower, 187 



Celery, 187, 283 



CeUars, 216, 217 



Cbeese making*, 32, 33 



Clierries, 173, 283 



Cheshire (Fig. 23), 39 



Chester- Wliite, 39, 41 (Fig. 25) 



Chickadees, 78 



Chickens, see Poultry 



Chum, the, 31, 32 



Chumingr, 16, 17, 30 



Cider, 215 



Clay, soils, 84, 85; crops for, 85; 

 why wet, 88, 89, 106; roads, 208 



Clove hitch, 12 



Clover, 146-150; for horses, 9; for 

 calves, 20; for hogs, 43, 44, 45; 

 honey, 69; in New Zealand, 75; 

 bacteria and, 91, 93-95, 146; 

 kinds of soil for. 147; ready to 

 cut, 147, 148; careful handling, 

 148; curing, 148; uses of, 148, 

 149; for cattle, 149; getting a 

 stand, 149; seed per acre and 

 weight per bushel, 283. 



Clubs, Boys' and Girls', 229, 275 



Clydesdale horses, 5; (Fig. 5), 6 



Coach horses, 3, 4, (Fig. 2), 3 



Cochins, 50 



Cockerels, 57 



Cocoanut seed, 101 



Codllngr moth, 81 



Cold frames, 188 



CoUeg-es of Agriculture, 228 ; Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, Univ. of 

 Wis. (Fig. 110), 227 



Colorado potato beetle, see Potato 

 beetle 



Com, 113-125, 267; for horses, 

 10; for calves, 20; for hogs, 43, 

 44; for chickens, 54; clay soil 

 not good for, 85; grown with 

 and without fertilizer (Fig. 

 53), 93; as rotating crop, 94, 

 95; flowers, 99; pollination of, 

 99, 100; discovery of, 113; 

 saves the pioneers, 113, 114; 

 Indian farming, 114; where 

 grown, 114; corn belt, 114, 115; 

 a corn train, 115; corn land 

 valuable, 115; choosing good 

 seed, 115; prize ear, 115, 116, 

 (Fig. 60), 116; good kernels, 

 116; cobs, 116, 117; cob too 

 large or too small (Fig. 61), 

 116; space between kernels 

 (Fig. 62), 117; when to select 

 seed, 117; curing the seed, 118; 



