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INDEX 



Assyria, 59. 

 Atlantic States, 24, 29. 

 Australian lady bird, 216. 

 Ayrshire cow, 385. 



Baby-blue-eyes, 330. 



Babylonia, 59. 



Bacteria, 22, 32, 84, 250-264 ; in air, 

 256 ; in water, 257 ; of root tu- 

 bercles, 142* ; of soil, 141 ; nitro- 

 gen-fixing, 141. 



Bacterial diseases of plants, 243-245, 

 247. 



Bait, poisoned, 203, 224. 



Bakersfield, 162. 



Baneberry, 182. 



Bantam fowl, 400*. 



Barberry, 239. 



Bark, 82. 



Barley, 69, 126, 128, 277. 



Barley grass, 179. 



Barley smut, 237. 



Barometer, 154, 155. 



Bast, 82. 



Batata, 291. 



Bean, 3*, 70, 71, 84, 126, 280; mil- 

 dew of, 235. 



Bean thrips, 218. 



Bee, 200, 202, 408*; as carrier of 

 plant diseases, 244. 



Beef, 385*. 



Beef tea, 352. 



Beehive, 201, 409*. 



Beet, 126, 138, 292; leaf spot of, 

 246. 



Beet blight, 248*. 



Beet rust, 241. 



Beetles, 195-199, 224. 



Begonia leaves, 101. 



Bell peppers, 324. 



Berkshire hog, 398. 



Bermuda grass, 284. 



Biceps muscle, 371*. 



Bilberry, 331. 



Bird grass, 167. 



Birds, 225. 



Bitter almond, 314 ; oil of, 314. 



Bitter Root Mountains, 33, 163. 



Blackberry, 78, 101, 328. 



Blackberry rust, 241. 



Blackcaps, 328. 



Black scale of lemon, 217*. 



Blastophaga, 95. 



Blight, beet, 248*; of loquat, 243; 



of peach, 241, 242* ; of pear, 243* ; 



of potato, 234; of tomato, 234, 



246 ; of walnut, 244*. 

 Blood, 364. 

 Blue grass, 283. 

 Blue gum, 79. 

 Blue mold, 230*, 231*. 

 Blue Mountains, 33, 163. 

 Bluestone, 237, 413. 

 Bogs, 26. 

 Bones, 143, 371. 

 Boracic acid, 255. 

 Bordeaux mixture, 236*, 241, 413. 

 Borer, peach tree, 190, 191*. 

 Borers (beetles), 191. 

 Brahma fowl, 400*, 402. 

 Branches grow toward the light, 80*. 

 Brazil nut, 84. 

 Bread, 273. 

 Breathing, 361-370. 

 Breeding cages, 222. 

 British Columbia, 18, 131, 152, 161. 

 Broncho, 382*. 

 Bronchitis, 368. 

 Bronze turkey, 404. 

 Brooders, 403. 

 Broom corn, 279. 

 Brown rot, of lemon, 232*, 233; 



of stone fruits, 234. 

 Brussels sprouts, 87, 269*, 320. 

 Buckeye, 91. 

 Buckwheat, 126. 

 Budding, shield, 103*. 

 Buds, 87. 

 Bud scales, 88. 

 Bud variation, 107. 

 Bug, mealy, 197*. 

 Bugs, 210-218. 

 Bulbs, 90, 101. 

 Bunch grass, 283. 

 Burbank, 108, 112. 

 Bur clover, 178*, 179, 287. 

 Burro, 383*. 

 Butter, 389, 390. 



