INDEX 



Absorption of water, 31. 



Agriculture, definition of, 12. 



Air, 31, 38. 



Alcohol, 108. 



Alfalfa. 



Composition, 363; curing, 360; de- 



cription, 351; diseases, 365; harvest- 



g, 361; inoculation, 358; insects, 



64; making nay, 359; meal, 364; 



Qurse crop, 358; origin and history, 



351; pasture, 364; preparation of the 



land, 356; production, 353; rotations, 



361; soiling, 364; soils and fertilizers, 



355; sowing, 356; time to seed, 357; 



treatment of meadows, 359; uses, 



363; varieties, 353; yield, 354. 



Alsike clover. 



Adaptation, 348; characters, 348; 

 curing, 348; sowing, 348. 



Annual grasses, 315. 



Annual weeds, 494, 502. 



Army worm. 111, 159. 



Assimilation, 26. 



Bacteria, 330, 358. 



Barberry, 156. 



Barley. 



Acre value, 209; botanical characters, 

 197; by-products, 212; classification, 

 198; cost of production, 210; cutting, 

 207; diseases, 213; exports and im- 

 ports, 209; fertilizers and manures, 

 204; grades, 208; harrowing, 207; 

 harvesting, 207; hay and pastiire, 

 213; importance, 201; improvement, 

 214; judging, 215; malt, 211; market- 

 ing, 208; nurse and smother crop, 

 210; origin and history, 197; prepara- 

 tion of land, 205; preparing the seed, 

 206; production, 201; prices, 209; 

 rotation, 210; score card, 215; shock- 

 ing, 207; soils, 204; storing, 208; 

 threshing, 208; uses, 211; varieties, 

 201. 



Barnyard millet, 325. 



Bean. 



Field, 281; soy, 374; velvet, 387. 



Beet, garden, 389. 



Beet, sugar. 



By-products, 431; characters, 390, 

 426; cultivation, 428; description, 

 426; importance, 427; manufacture 

 of sugar, 430; preparation of soil, 

 390; production of seed, 429; seeding, 

 391; soil, 390; storing, 429. 



Beggar's-ticks, 501. 



Bermuda grass. 



Cultivation, 306; description, 305; 

 eradication, 307; origin, 305; uses, 

 306. 



Billion dollar grass, 325. 



Blue grass. 



Canada, 297; Kentucky, 296. 



Blue vervain, 508. 



Bordeaux mixture, 416. 



Bread, 153, 221. 



Brewer's grains, 212. 



Brome grass. 



Cultivation, 311; description, 310; 

 importance, 310; origin, 310; related 

 plants, 310; seeding, 311; uses, 312. 



Broomcorn. 



Culture, 245; curing, 246; harvesting, 

 246; marketing, 246. 



Buckwheat. 



Botanical description, 248; cultiva- 

 tion, 249; importance, 248; origin and 

 history, 247; uses, 250; varieties, 248. 



Bull thistle, 495, 508, 509. 



Burdock, 495, 501, 508. 



Cabbage, 395. 



Calcium, 35, 38. 



Canada thistle, 495, 497, 500. 



Carbon dioxide, 35, 38. 



Carrots, 393. 



Cerealine, 108. 



Chard, 389. 



Cheat, 310, 494. 



Chinch bugs, 112. 



Chlorine, 35. 



Chlorophyll, 35. 



Classification of crops, 11. 



Clovers. 



Alsike, 348; crimson, 348; mammoth, 

 333; red, 333; white, 346. 



Club wheat, 127. 



Cockle, 495. 



Cocklebur, 501, 509. 



Corn. 



Acreage, yield, value, 52, 53, 54; 

 botanical characters, 46; classifica- 

 tion, 47; cost of production, 81, 91; 

 cultivation, 72; cultivators, 73; dent, 

 48; ear test, 64; exports, 90; flint, 49; 

 fodder, 82; germination, 64; grades, 

 89; grading seed, 63; harvesting, 77; 

 hogging off, 81; importance, 51; im- 

 provement, 114; inbreeding, 117; in- 

 sects, 110; judging, 119; kernels, 104; 



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