INDEX 



Cedar tree, 212. 



Cell, 29. 



Chemical fertilizers, 102. 



Chester White hogs, 305. 



Chickens, breeds and varieties, 310. 



Chinaberry trees, 212. 



Chinch-bug, 257. 



Churning, 328. 



Chrysalis, 250. 



Chrysanthemums, 195, 199. 



Cion, 41. 



Clasps on leaves of grains, 137. 



Clay, size of grains, 59. 



Climate, effect on earliness, 49. 



Clover, crimson, 120, 175, 322; red, 

 38, 63, 114, 120, 170, 177, 322; 

 white, 192. 



Clovers, 10, 87, 90. 



Clydesdale horses, 286. 



Coach horses, 287. 



Cochin, 313. 



Cocoons, 252. 



Codling-moth, 258. 



Coldframe, 187. 



Commercial fertilizers, 98. 



Composition of fertilizers, 106. 



Compost, 95, 115. 



Copper sulphate, iv. 



Corn, 12, 21, 38, 46, 119, 121, 123, 125; 

 composition of, 322; crossing, 123, 

 125; culture of, 126; fertilizers for, 

 127; germination test, 134; har- 

 vesting machinery, 335 ; judging 129 ; 

 races of, 123; score-card, 131 ; selec- 

 tion of, 46; show, 135; silage, 322; 

 stover, 322. 



Corolla, 8. 



Cosmos, 196. 



Cotton, 23, 61, 113, 119, 121, 144, 217; 

 black rust of, 242; bloom, 9; boll 

 rot, 242; boll weevil, 264; boll 

 worm, 261; breeding, 149; cultiva- 

 tion of, 151 ; diseases of, 238; hasten- 

 ing maturity of, 270; fertilizer for, 

 153; leaf worm, 262; long-staple, 

 146; machinery for, 336; pickers, 

 337; plant-food removed in, 84; 

 root rot of, 240; Sea Island, 146; 

 short -staple, 147; varieties of, 147; 

 wilt, 238. 



Cotton seed, 106; composition of, 322; 

 treatment of, 153; hulls, 322; cotton- 

 seed meal, 98, 106, 322. 



Cotton wood trees, 212. 



Cow, parts of, 298. 



Cowpeas, 10, 23, 90, 113, 118, 121, 172, 

 174, 217, 322. 



Crab grass, 182, n, 182; composition 

 of, 322. 



Cream, ripening, 326. 



Cream separator, 326. 



Crops, suiting fertilizer to, 109. 



Crosby's exercises, 6, 31, 45, 69. 



Crossing plants, 50. 



Cross-pollination, 15, 52. 



Cultivation of soils, 70. 



Curculio, 260. 



Cuttings, 40, 198. 



Daffodils, 195. 



Dairy cattle, 295. 



Diseases of plants, 118; causes of, 225. 



Ditches, 79, 80, 81. 



Docks, 182. 



Dogwood, i. 



Dorset sheep, 301. 



Draft horses, 284. 



Drainage, 74, 84. 



Duggar, Dr. B. M., 225. 



Duroc- Jersey hogs, 304. 



Earth roads, 338. 



Elements, chemical, 33. 



Elm, 209, 210. 



Evaporator, for syrup making, 160. 



Families of plants, 10. 



Farm implements, 333. 



Fat, 316. 



Fattening animals, 315. 



Feeding animals, principles of, 315. 



Feeding stuffs, composition of, 322. 



Fertilizer, agricultural value of, 109; 

 amount of, 108; commercial value 

 of, 102; experiments with, no; 

 fillers in, 106; for fruit trees, 216; 

 formulas, to calculate, 102; for 

 strawberries, 219; for sugar cane, 

 158; for sweet potatoes, 163; home 

 mixing of, 105; commercial, 97; 



