INDEX 



289 



corn tree, 118; testing seed, 

 118, 268, 269; testing seed 

 corn (Fig. 63), 119; improving 

 corn, 118; planting evenly, 118, 

 119; making soil rich, 120; how 

 to plow, 120, 121; how to keep 

 ground moist, 121; planting 

 crop, 121; keeping weeds down, 

 122; plowing, 122; gathering 

 the crop, 123; corn cutter (Fig. 

 67), 123; saving it all, 124; a 

 great discovery, 124; building 

 silos, 124, 125; filling the silo 

 (Fig. 68), 124; corn a treasure, 

 125; with alfalfa as feed, 153; 

 fertilizer, 279; ensilage, seed 

 per acre, 283; shelled, check 

 row, seed per acre, 283. 



Corn, sweet, see Sweet corn 



Corn meal, 21 



Com stover, 124 



Cottag-e cheese, 32 



Cow, diagram of, 245 



Cow testing- assn's, 27, 28 



Cowpeas, 20, 153; bacteria and, 

 91, 94. 146; a rotating crop, 94, 

 95, 155; seed per acre and legal 

 weight per bushel, 283 



Cradle (Fig. 71), 130; cutting 

 wheat with a (Fig. 72), 131; 

 Scythe or, 132 



Cream separator, 30, 31; the old 

 way (Fig. 18), 31; the new way 

 (Fig. 19), 31 



Creepers, 78 



Crops, farm, 84-200 



Crows, 83 



Cucumber beetles, 79, 197 



Cucumbers, 187, 196, 197 



Curculio, depositing egg on 

 young peach (Fig. 40), 64; 

 young grub destroying fruit 

 (Fig. 41), 64 



Currants, 283; dried, 198 



Dairy cows, 18, 21-27; choosing a 

 good cow, 21; Jersey type, 22, 

 23; Guernseys, 23, 24; Hoi stein, 

 24; Babcock test, 24; what a 

 good cow produces, 24; Caring 

 for the dairy cow, 25; their 

 food, 25, 26; testing cows, 26- 

 28; "A row of money makers" 

 (Fig. 16), 26; how to get good 

 stock, 28; see also name of 

 breeds 



Dandelion seed, 101, 168 



Diphtheria, 220 



Draft horses, 3; kinds of, 4, 5 



Dragon flies, 61 



Drainage, importance of, 89; how 

 to drain swampy land. 90; how 

 drainage helps, 90; map of tile 



lines, 90; importance in road 



making, 207, 208 

 Drill, wheat (Fig. 70), 129 

 Dry farming", 107 

 Ducks, 59; Pekin (Fig. 36), 59 

 Duroc-Jersey hog's, 39, 41, 43 

 Dutch belted, 24 



Earthworms, 78 



Egg plants, 187, 189 



Eggs, hen's, 49-51; duck's, 59 



Exercises, 241-275 



Experiment Stations, 227, 284 



Experiments, 241-275 



False reef or granny, 12 



Farm animals, 1-83 



Farm machinery, 103, 266; mak- 

 ing machinery better, 108; cop- 

 per tools, 108-109; first iron 

 tools, 109, 110; farm machinery 

 of today, 110, 111; tractor en- 

 gine drawing four plows (Fig. 

 58), 110; care of machinery, 

 111, 112; gas engine, a labor 

 saver (Fig. 59), 111; see also 

 names of farm machinery. 



Farm sanitation, see Sanitation, 

 farm 



Farmers' bulletins, 47, 48, 226, 

 282 



Farmer's College, 225-228; edu- 

 cating the farmer, 225; learn- 

 ing the best way, 225, 226; ex- 

 periment stations, 227, 284; 

 colleges of agriculture, 228 



Fertilizers for different crops, 

 27 9-281 



Fertilizing-, 91-95; best and 

 cheapest fertilizer (Fig. 54), 

 103, 104; old way of spreading 

 (Fig. 64), 120; manure should 

 be spread evenly (Fig. 65), 

 121; corn, 120; wheat, 130; hay 

 crops, 146-153; sugar beets, 

 156; tobacco, 160; gardens, 184 



Flicker, 82 



FUes, 64, 65, 67, 79, 83, 216, 219; 

 as disease carriers, 219; fight- 

 ing, 219, 220 



Fly catchers, 78 



Food, preserving, see Preservlnjf 

 foods 



Formaline solution, 166 



Fruit, 172-181, 274; canning, 214; 

 preserving, 215 



Fruit trees, distances apart for 

 planting, 283 



FunfficidM, insecticides and, 277- 

 279 



Oalloway, 18; cow (Fig. 10), 19 

 Garden, the farm 182-200; the 



