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INDEX 



Trotting* horse, American (Fig. 



6), 7; mares and colt (Fig. 7), 



9 

 Tuberculosis, 220, 221 

 TvLil, Jethro, 104 

 Turkeys, 58-59; bronze (Fig, 35), 



58 

 Turnips, 10, 54, 85, 190, 192, 193, 



196 283 

 Typhoid, 217, 218. 220 



TJrus, the, 16 



Veg-etable oyster, see Salsify 

 Vegretahles, distances apart for 



planting, 283; see also names 



of vegetables 

 Ventilation, see Sanitation 

 Vineg-ar, 215 



Warblers, 78 



Wasps, 61, 64 



Water supply, 217; river water, 

 218 



Weavers' knot or sheet bend, 13 



Weeds, 168-173; birds as destroy- 

 ers, 81; rotation for, 93, 170; 

 annuals, biennials, and peren- 

 nials, 168; fighting the weeds, 

 169, 170; for drugs, 171; in the 

 garden, 190; see also names of 

 weeds 



Weevil, bean, 192; "black," 159; 

 cotton boll (Fig. 43), 66; pea. 

 191, 192 



Weig-hts per bushel, legal, 283 



Wheat, 92, 95, 115, 126-137, 270; 

 for calves, 20; for chickens, 

 54; on clay soil, 85; composi- 

 tion of,87; white bread, 126; 

 first wheat farmers, 126; in 

 Asia, 126; in America, 127; 

 world's crop. 127, 128; vari- 

 eties, 128; climate, 128; pre- 

 paring soil, 128; sowing, 128; 

 cultivation, 129; drill (Fig. 

 70), 129; in Japan, 129; cradle 

 (Figs. 71, 72), 130, 131, 132; 

 in rotation, 94. 130; enemies, 

 130, 131; harvest, 131; sickle, 

 132; (Fig. 69), 127; animal 

 power, 132; header, 132, 133; 

 reaper, 133, 134; the first (Fig. 

 73), 134; self-binding, 134, 

 135; modern binder (Fig, 74), 

 135; combined harvesters, 135, 

 136; shocks of golden grain 

 (Fig. 75), 136; steam harvest- 

 ers, 136, 137; how much we 

 eat, 137; other uses, 137; fer- 

 tilizer, 280; seed per acre and 

 legal weight per bushel, 283 



Whey, 32 



Window box, 187 



Woodpecker, see Bed - headed 

 Woodpecker 



Wren, 82 



Wyandottes, 51 



Yeast, 213 



