INDEX. 



Absorption, by roots, 18. 



Acid phosphate, with manure, 34. 



Aftermath, not pastured, 29. 



too heavy, 39. 



Agropyrum repens. (See Quack- 

 grass. ) 



Agrostis alba. (See redtop.) 

 Alabama, 353. 

 Alfalfa, 212. 



brome grass with, 110. 



care of, 229. 



cuttings, 242. 



feeding excess, 24. 



fertilizer for, 229. 



hay, 235. 



history of, 214. 



irrigation for, 246. 



life of, 244. 



mowing, 234. 



on Johnson grass land, 66. 



pasture for sheep, 349. 



seedbed for, 232. 



seed drill, 229. 



seeding of, 230. 



spring sowing, 228. 



spring and summer seeding, 224. 



varieties of, 245. 



with bluegrass, 88. 



with orchard grass, 108. 



with timothy, 30. 

 Alopecurus pratensis, 248. 

 Alsike clover, compared with red, 

 155. 



effect on cattle, 167. 



likeness to redtop, 106. 

 Amropyron divergens, 75. 

 Annual grasses, for hay, 68. 

 Arabian millet, 62. 

 Arkansas, 355. 

 Arrhenatherum clatius, 60. 

 Artemesia, 328. 

 Azotobacter, 20, 147. 



Bacteria, conditions favoring, 141. 



in old sod, 20. 



on legumes, 135. 

 Basic slag, experiments with, 310. 



on pastures, 273, 301. 

 Barley, nurse crop for alfalfa, 228. 

 Beardless spring barley, as hay, 



70. 



Beggarweed, 364. 

 Bermuda grass, 353, 360. 



choice of land for, 118. 



climate for, 114. 



eradication of, 117. 



history of, 118. 



in the south, 116. 



method of planting, 122. 



on poor soils, 115. 



preparation of soil for, 121. 



propagation of, 112. 



stem of, 22. 



with bur clover, 20. 

 Black locust, in pasture, 323. 

 Bloating, 351. 

 Bluegrass, advantages of, 84. 



and cowpeas, 276. 



disadvantages of, 85. 



for lawns, 84. 



how came to Ohio, 92. 



how to distinguish from Canada, 

 104. 



how to seed, 88, 89. 



in limestone regions, 80. 



in timothy, 29. 



mixture with, 283. 



securing maximum yield, 91. 



seeding of, 85. 



stem of, 22. 



summary, 99. 



with alfalfa, 88. 



with brome grass, 86. 



with orchard grass, 91. 

 Bluejoint, 248, 16. 

 Bluestem, 75. 

 Bonemeal, for stock, 271. 



with salt, 351. 

 Boss, Andrew, 377. 

 Boutelona oligostachya, 403. 

 Bridging pasture, timothy, 41. 

 Brome grass, 73. 



care o.f pasture, 111. 



compared with orchard grass, 

 107. 



drouth-resisting power of, 109. 



for animals, 109. 



how to sow, 52. 



mixture with, 283. 



north of Ohio River, 17. 



not mix with orchard, 49. 



seeding of, 110. 



stem of, 22. 



value of, 50. 



when to cut, 52. 



with bluegrass, 86. 

 Bromus inermrs. (See brome 



grass. ) 



Bromus unoiloides, 70. 

 Brooks, William P., 388. 

 Broom corn millets, 71. 

 Bulbs, of timothy, 29. 

 Bull thistle, 330. 

 Bunch grass, 16. 

 Bur clover, 354, 364, 174. 



with Bermuda grass, 20. 

 Burnett, E. A., 389. 



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