430 



INDEX. 



Fanning Mill, Harder's, . . 303 

 Fallows, about Summer, . . 143 

 Fastidiousness of Growing 



Wheat, 66 



Fattening the Soil for Wheat, 139 

 Fields, Rough vs. Smooth, . 212 

 Fingers for Cradles, How to 



Make, 351 



Fink's Cultivator, .... 199 

 Flint, Old White, .... 97 

 Force in Vegetation of Wheat, 67 

 Fork, Montgomery's, . . . 405 



Fodder Cutter, 423 



Freezing and Thawing of Soil, 123 



G 



Gavels, How to Rake, . . . 356 

 " How to Bind, . . .358 



" Size of, 354 



Genesee Wheat, 99 



Gilbert's Subsoil Plough, . . 162 

 Gleanings, How to Manage, . 424 

 Great Yield of one Kernel, . 85 

 Grain, Remedy for Lodged, . 163 

 " Sowing Broadcast, . . 299 

 Growing Wheat Then and 



Now 14 



Guano for Wheat, . . . .180 



H 



-Habit of Wheat Plant, . . 49 

 Harvest, When to Cut Wheat, 343 



" Cutting Wheat too 



Green, . . . .343 



" Time, . ... . .333 



Harrow, Monroe's, .... 290 



" Mshwitz's Disk, . .324 

 Harrowing Wheat, .... 201 



Hard Wheats, 74 



Heavy Kernels, 238 



Holbrook's Plough, . .232, 234 

 Hybridizing of Wheat, . . 40 



Illustration of Winter Wheat, 126 

 Wheat Head, . 25 

 Improvement in Wheats, . . 81 

 Introduction to Wheat Cul- 

 ture, 9 



Influence of Climate on 



Wheat, 12 



Insects, Enemies of Wheat, . 416 



" Midge, 418 



" Wheat Worms. . . 419 

 The Chinch Bug, . 419 



K 



Kernels in a Bushel, . . . 278 

 Greatest yield of one, 85 



" Large or Small, . . 242 



" of Wheat, how 



formed, . . . .137 



" How they Germinate, 26 

 Kentucky Red or Whig Wheat, 103 

 Kernel Magnified, .... 27 

 Knives, Keeping Sharp, . . 331 



" Reynolds', . . . .332 



Laboring Disadvantageous^, 361 

 Lodging Grain, Remedy for, . 163 



M 



Manures, Nitrogenous for 



Wheat, . . .177 

 " Burying Deep or 



Shallow, . . .183 

 " Surface Manuring, 216 

 " Manuring Sandy 



Soils, .... 219 

 Machine, Thrashing, . . . 421 

 Manufactory of Poudrette, . 176 

 Manure, Different Kinds on 



Wheat, 172 



Manuring the Surface for 



Wheat, 216 



Material, Carbonaceous, . . 168 

 May Early Wheat, .... 98 

 Mediterranean Wheat, . . 114 

 Mildew in Wheat, .... 406 

 Monroe's Harrow, .... 290 

 Mulching Wheat, . . . .225 

 Mucky Soils for Wheat, . . 218 



N 



Names of Varieties, ... 90 



Nomenclature of Wheat, . . 87 



Nutting's Fanning Mill, . , 301 



