432 



INDEX, 



c. 



Calcareous soils .... 13 

 Canada thistle, how extirpated . 228 

 Cane, sugar, see Sugar, 

 f-arbon, described . . . .50 

 Carbonic acid, uses . . . 50, 51 

 Carrots, ash analysed ... 32 

 soil and varieties . . . 152 

 harvesting and uses . . 153 



Castor bean .... 220 

 Charcoal, as manure ... 45 

 Cattle, see Animals. 



neat or horned . . . 274, 316 

 various domestic breeds . 274 

 native cattle . . . 275277 

 Devons .... 277, 295 

 Short-horns . . . 278280 



Herefords 280 



Ayrshire .... 282 

 management of calves . 283,285 

 breeding, see Breeding, 

 breeding cattle . . . 285 

 breaking steers . . . .286 

 management of oxen . 286, 288 ! 

 fattening and stall-feeding . 288 | 

 Diseases .... 289, 295 



hoven 289 



choking 290 



inflammation of stomach . . 291 

 mange or scab . . . 291 



horn-ail 291 



jaundice .... 291 



mad-itch 292 



bloody-murrain 



hoof-ail, loss of cud . 



scours or diarrbce . 



warbles or grubs 



wounds .... 



puerpal or milk fever 



caked bags .... 294 



garget 294 



sore-teats . . . . 295 



warts 295 



See Dairy. 



Cows for dairy .... 296 

 management of , . 296 



milking 297 



Comparative value of oxen and 



horses 409 ' 



spayed-heifers, valuable for 



work 409 i 



Churns, see Dairy. 



Chemical, defined .... 16 



Cherries, cultivation and varieties 170 



<-'hl rme, combined with soda . 42 



<,'i(l -r, to make .... 117 



Cisterns, construction ... 251 



Clay, useful to sandy soils . . 17 



Clay-soils, defined ... 12 



character and treatment . 15, 17 



soils, improved . . . .15 



products of .... 17 



Clover, red and while, ashes of, 



analysed .... 32 

 for green manure . 36, 65, 104 



common red .... 98 

 value and description . 93, 100 

 cultivation . . . 9899 

 growth promoted ... 99 ' 



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Clover, time for cutting and cur- 



ing .... 99-100 

 management of fields . . 100 

 harvesting, the seed . 101102 

 southern clover . . . 102 

 white creeping clover . . 102 

 yellow, hop-trefoil or sham- 

 rock .... 102103 



crimson or scarlet . 



Bockharra or sweet -scented 

 Cock's-foot, or orchard grass 

 Color of soils ... 

 Cotton, its value ... 



climate and soil 



harvesting . 



topping 

 sla 



103 

 104 

 86 



. 24 

 . Ibll 

 189, 190 



191, 192 

 . 192 



192, 195 

 . 195 



. 125 

 . 125 

 126127 

 . 126 



. 127 

 . 127 



128 

 128 



.129 

 . 130 



Sea-Island . . 

 Cotton-seed, for food . 

 Corn, [ndian, .. 



quality raised in U. S. 



varieties of . . 



analysis of . . 



soil and cultivation 



selection of seed 



preparation of seed . 



planting 



harvesting . . 



for soiling .. 



uses of corn .... 130 



broom, see Broom-corn. 

 Cow-pea, as a fertiliser ... 66 



cultivation and value . . 137 

 Cranberry, soil and cultivation 175 17S 



292 Cream, sec Dairy. 



293 Crops, large only profitable . . 37 



294 Cultivator, how used ... 83 

 294 Currants, cultivation . . . 171 

 294 



294 i D. 



294 ! Dairy, the ..... 296, 316 

 selection and management of 



cows 296 



milking 297 



properties of milk . . '297 



variations in ... 2W 



cream, clouted ditto . . 300 



Making butter from sour, sweet 



and clouted cream . . 301 



from the whole milk . . 302 



sourness of cream . . . 302 



quickness in churning . . 303 



over churning .... 303 



temperature of milk and cream 303 

 advantages ofchurning the whole 303 



cleanliness in churning . . 301 



premium butter, how made . 304 



Orange county do do . 30.5 



Making cheese, how affected . 3M5 



creamed and uncreamcd . . :>07 



butter-milk cheese . . 307 



whey do ... 30S 



vegetable substances added . 30F 



preparation of rennet . . 3us 



diflerent qualities of cheesr . 311 



warming the milk . . . 311 



quality of rennet . . . 311 



quantity of rennet . . . 3l'2 



treatment of curd . . . 312 

 separation of whey . . .313 



