AGRIGENTUM 



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AGUE 



Breeding 



Cattle 



Cow 



Duck 



Egg 



Ensilage 



Fowl 



Goat 



Butter 



Buttermilk 



Cheese 



Churn 



Cow 



>CK AND POULTRY RAISING 



Hog 



Horse 



Incubator 



Pigeon 



Poultry 



Sheep 



Turkey 



THE DAIRY INDUSTRY 



Creamery 

 Dairying 

 Milk 



: ator. Cream 



IN 





ANIMAL DISEASES AND 



Animals, Diseases of Glanders 

 Anthrax Lumpy Jaw 



Distemper Mange 



Foot and Mouth Disease Rinderpest 

 Gapes Sheep Tick 



Heaves Spavin 



See also 

 Veterinary Medicine 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION 



Agricultural College 

 Agricultural Education 

 ARricultural Experiment Station 

 Agriculture, Department of 



tig Clubs 

 Farmers' Institute 



GENERAL TOPICS 



Birds, subhead Horticulture 



Relation to Man Hotbed 



Gardening Nursery 



Grafting Pruning 



School Garden 



AGRIGEN'TUM, the modem city of Gin- 

 was founded on the southern coast of 

 Sirily about 582 B. c., by a Greek colony from 

 Gela, and was once one of the most important 

 places on the island. It possessed many fine 

 buildings and was recognized as a seat of cul- 

 ii us of the Temple of Jupiter, the most 

 icent in Sicily, are still to be seen. Agri- 

 gftituiu In- ni-vor possessed its ancient splen- 

 dor (although partially rebuilt in 340 B. c.) 

 ;t* destruction at the hands of the Car- 

 .aiw in 405 B. c. It was conquered by the 

 M durum the first Punic War and was 

 In r.mfrol of the Saracens from 825 to 

 1066 A. D. Once a city of 200,000, Girgenti now 

 has about 22,000 inhabitants. 



AG'RIMONY. Thounh belonging to the rose 

 family, this genus of plants differs widely from 

 the roses, occurring as a wayside weed, with 

 !. downy leaves and small, yel- 

 low flowers at the end of a tall stalk. It tin* 

 an aromatic odor and a bitter tat< An in- 



fusion of the dried leaves is used as a gargle in 

 some forms of throat trouble. 



AGRIPPI'NA (A. D. 16-59), called AGWPPIXA 

 THE YOUNGER, was the mother of Nero, and a 

 woman of whom it is impossible to say a good 

 word. After having poisoned her second bus- 

 she married her uncle, the Emperor 



AGKII'i'TXA THE YOUNGER 



Claudius, whom she induced to disinherit his 

 own son in favor of her son Nero. She then 

 poisoned Claudius, placed Nero on the tl. 

 and prepared to govern through him, but he 

 proved to have a strong will of his own. When 

 she plotted against him he had her put to 

 death. See NERO. 



AGUAS CALIENTES, ah' g was kohl yen'- 

 tazc, capital of the Mexican state of the same 

 name, situated on a plateau 6,000 feet above 

 sea level, 300 miles northwest of Mexico City. 

 re arc many hot springs in the neighbor- 

 hood, hence the nam . which in Spanish meant 

 hot En tunes of peace it is a flourishing 



with important manufactures of cotton, 

 tobacco, Irathrr and pottery. The surrounding 

 country is rich in minerals, particularly *-.'. 

 copper and lead. Population in 1910, 45,198. \ 



A 'CUE, a common name for malarial fever. 

 It is caused by a certain animal parasite, and 

 is communicated to man through the bites of 

 mosquitoes poisoned by this parasite. The at- 

 tacks come at regular intervals; in some forms 

 they occur twice in twenty- four hours, in others 

 once a day or every other day. In some cases 

 is an interval of two days between at- 

 tacks. There are three stages in the progress 

 of ague. First, the patient feels a coldness 

 creep up the back and spread over the body; 



