INDEX 



Accounts, farm, 154-158. 

 Acid, carbonic, 24, 25. 



phosphoric, 27, 39. 



sulphuric, 28. 

 Acids, as plant foods, 18. 



uses of, 23, 24. 

 Ammonia, 24. 

 Annuals, 87. 

 Alfalfa field, illustration, 52. 



Babcock tester, 122, 124. 



illustration, 122. 

 Bacteria, use of, 50. 



in milk, 120-122. 

 Barn, plan, 181-185. 



ventilation, 181-185. 

 Beets, advantages of, 138. 



compared with other plants, 



137- 



Biennials, 87. 



Bordeaux Mixture, 80, 83. 

 Butter, 118. 



Carbohydrates, 101-105. 

 Carbonic acid, 24, 25. 

 Cheese, 118. 



Clover, restores nitrogen to 

 soil, 52, 112, 113. 



and alfalfa roots, illustra- 

 tion, 51. 

 Corn, 113. 



Corn field, illustration, 59. 

 Corn judging, 186, 187. 

 Cow, Jersey, illustration, 119. 



Holstein - Friesian, illustra- 

 tion, 1 20. 



Red-Polled, illustration, 121. 

 Cow-barn, model, illustration, 



Cows, corn and clover, 114, 115. 

 in a clover field, illustration, 



113- 



Cotyledons, 10. 

 Cream separator, illustration, 



122. 



Crop rotation, 70-72. 



plan of, 70. 



results of, 70. 



Cropping, effect of unwise, 69. 

 Cultivation, retards evapora- 

 tion, 59. 

 Crops, special, 135. 



Dairy, cleanliness in, 119, 120. 



products of, 118. 

 Dicotyledons, 10. 

 Ditches, open, 66. 

 Drainage, 65, 66. 



tiling, 66. 



open ditches, 66. 



Embryo, of plant, 10. 

 illustration, 10. 



Farm accounts, 154-158. 



buildings, 146-148. 



arrangement, 146-148. 



construction, 149. 



illustration, 147. 



silo, 149, 150. 

 Farming, diversified, 112. 



kind depends on local condi- 

 tions, 115. 



Fat, feeding value, 104. 

 Fats, 100. 



Feeding, economy in, 104, 

 Fertility, how retained, 45. 



