474 



General Index. 



Canula and trocar for "bloat" (Fig. 129) 



136, 421 



how to use (Fig. 356), 421 

 Cape Horn, history about, 179 

 Caps, hay (Fig. 63), 75, 260 

 Carbon bisulphide, 161, 162, 364, 395 

 Cars, capacity, minimum, for hay, 459 

 'loading with baled hay (Fig. Ill), 114, 



455, 456, 459 

 Carriers and tracks (Figs. 88, 93, 94, 95, 



267, 268, 269, 270), 98, 321 

 Carts, harrow (Figs. 35, 258), 294 

 Caterpillar, alfalfa (Figs. 333 to 335), 387 

 Cattle, "bloat" (see "Bloat") 

 Cattle, beef, feeding, hay, 140, 149, 410 



cutting preferred, 412 



gains on alfalfa, 411 



maintenance on alfalfa alone, 139, 412 



pasturing (Fig. 125), 132 



rations for, including alfalfa, 140, 414 



sheds for, and for hay, combined 



(Figs. 101, 208, 209), 105, 251, 256 



silage for, made in stack, 265 



soilage for, 137 



'Straw, alfalfa, for, 126 



dairy, feeding, hay (Fig. 131), 143,415 

 cuttings preferred, 416 



maintenance on alfalfa alone, 139, 415 



pasturing (Fig. 126), 132, 417 



rations for, including alfalfa, 143, 416 



silage for, 262, 266 



soilage for, 137, 415, 417 



Chalcis-fly, alfalfa-seed or clover-seed (Figs. 



347, 348), 398 

 Charred hay, 246 

 Chickens (see "Poultry") 

 Chicory, 210, 338 



Chile, history in (Fig. 154), 177, 179 

 Chilean alfalfa (Fig. 158), 185, 191 

 Cleaning and grading machines (Figs. 274, 



275), 327 



Cleaning seed, 47, 271 

 Climate, altitude's effect on (Fig. 7), 23 



clear days, number in year (Fig. 9), 23, 



25 



effect on yields and cuttings, 22 to 28 



frost, killing, last in spring and first in 



fall, dates (Fig. 8), 24 



growing season, length of (Fig. 6), 23 



precipitation, variation in (Fig. 5), 21, 



22 



winterkilling, 162, 186 

 Clipping (see "Cutting") 

 Clover, red, composition, 409 

 Clover-hay worm (Fig. 349), 399 

 Clover huller for threshing seed, 123 

 Clover leaf-weevil (Figs. 339 to 341), 392 

 Clover-root borer (Figs. 310 to 312), 367 

 Clover-root curculio (Figs. 313 to 315), 368 

 Clover sitones (Figs. 316 to 317), 371 

 Cochel, W. A., article, 410 



Cocking, hay (Figs. 62, 63), 73, 76, 248, 

 249 



seed, 120, 270 



Cocks, caps for (Fig. 63), 75, 260 

 Coffee, alfalfa, 438 

 Cold, resistance to, 185 



winterkilling caused by, 162, 187 

 Color in hay, 73, 243, 468 

 Colorado's acreage, 6 



Columella, estimate of alfalfa, 174 

 Combination, grasses with alfalfa, 50 

 Combustion, spontaneous, of hay, 105, 246 

 Composition of alfalfa, 403, 415, 429 



feeding-stuffs, various, 408, 429 



leaves and stems at different stages, 242, 



403, 415, 429 



soils, alfalfa compared with other crops, 



467 



Constituents, feeding, of alfalfa, 403, 415, 

 429 



fertilizing, of alfalfa and other feeds, 



463 



Cookies, alfalfa, 438 

 Corn, composition, 408, 429 



preceding alfalfa, 34, 35, 235 



succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 



Cost and profit, producing hay and seed, 

 detailed (Figs. 145, 147), 168 



drainage, 221, 224 



storage in sheds or mow vs. in stacks, 



77, 245, 251 



Cottonseed meal, composition, 408 

 Covering hay, bales (Figs. 109, 110, 370), 



111, 458 

 cocks (Fig. 63), 75, 260 



stacks (Figs. 79 to 83), 90, 246, 400 



seed, depth, 53 

 Cowpeas, composition, 409 



fertilizer, 36 



preceding alfalfa, 235 



Crabgrass in alfalfa, 55, 56, 156, 211, 243, 



333 



Crabtree, P. E., article, 469 

 Crackers, alfalfa, 438 

 Crew, haying, size, 247 

 Crops, alfalfa, dates of cutting, 25, 26, 27 



left for seed, which ones, 118, 268 



number cut in a season (Fig. 10), 



15, 19, 20 



yields per acre of different ones, 16 



preceding alfalfa, 34, 213, 234 



rotation with alfalfa, 155 



succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 



effect of alfalfa on, 150 



Crossing alfalfa (Fig. 183), 199, 204 

 Crowder, ditch (Fig. 217), 279 

 'Crown wart (Fig. 299), 350 



Crown, splitting by disking- (Fig. 49), 57 



to 62 

 Crushers, limestone (Figs. 18, 19, 200) 34, 



229 



Cubic feet in a ton of hay, 461 

 Cultivating, age at which permissible, 61 



Cost, 168, 169 



diseases controlled by, 339 



insects controlled by, 158, 367 



loosens ground, 57 to 62 



machinery to use, 57 to 62 



splits crowns (Fig. 49), 57 to 62 



time to do it, 61 



weeds destroyed by, 55, 56, 57, 332 



yields effected by, 57 to 62 

 Cultivator, alfalfa (Figs. 50, 52, 238, 239), 



57 to 62, 303 

 Cultures, pure, method of inoculation, 216, 



237 



Cunningham, C. C., article, 267 

 Curculio, clover-root (Figs. 313 to 315) 



368 



Cured, hay is, when, 76, 244 

 Curing hay, 71, 243, 457 



baled, 246 



cocks vs. windrow, day's work, 249 



cost, and storing, 168, 169 



losses from rain during, 68, 71, 244, 



259, 459 



mow-, with blower, 261 



process of moisture elimination, 243 



shed- or mow-, put in green (Fig. 



210), 102, 258, 260 

 slow versus fast, 73, 243 

 time required for, 76, 244 

 seed, 120, 270 



time required for, 122, 270 



utter, alfalfa (Figs. 136, 271), 324 

 Cutting hay, 63, 67, 241, 366 

 closeness of, 55. 56, 67, 241, 242 



