612 



FIELD CROPS 



fc1Pjl"'ting Ttid returns, 88; origin 

 and description, 45; manufactured 

 procucts, 108; pasturing, 81; planters, 

 71; planting, 67; preparation of soil, 

 69; production of, 51; pop, 50; rota- 

 tions, 93; selection of seed, 97; seed 

 corn plat, 118; score cards, 120; 

 shredding, 80; silage, 86; storing, 79, 

 105; stover, 80; sweet, 49; time to 

 mature, 47; uses, 107; varieties, 50, 

 116. 



Corncrib, 79. 



Corn grader, 64. 



Corn cockle, 494, 498, 506. 



Cornmeal, 108. 



Corn oil, 108. 



Cotton. 



Bale, 452; botanical description, 439; 

 cultivation, 448; diseases, 455; Egyp- 

 tion, 440; exports and imports, 453; 

 ginning, 451; grades, 453; growing, 

 446; harvesting, 450; importance, 

 442; insects, 456; marketing, 452; 

 origin and history, 438; picking, 450; 

 planting, 447; preparation of the 

 land, 446; production, 443; prices, 

 453; Sea Island, 440; soils and 

 fertilizers, 445; uses, 454; varieties, 

 441. 



Cowpea. 



Description, 367; diseases, 373; grow- 

 ing, 370; harvesting, 381; hay, 390; 

 importance, 369; insects, 373; origin, 

 367; rotation, 373; soil improver, 

 372; soils and fertilizers, 369; stock 

 feed, 381; varieties, 368, 



Crabgrass, 494, 500, 505. 



Creeping bent grass, 302. 



Crimson clover. 



Characters, 348; sowing, 349; value, 

 349. 



Crops. 



Choice of, 20; classes, 13; fiber, 17, 

 437; field, 12; food, 19; forage, 16, 

 253; grain, 14, 45; relative importance, 

 13; root, 17, 389; sugar, 18, 426; 

 stimulant, 19, 461; tuber, 17, 399; 

 uses of, 19. 



Crows, 113. 



Cutworms, 111. 



Dandelion, 495, 508 



Dent corn, 48. 



Depth to plant seeds, 25. 



Diversification of crops, 21. 



Dock, 495. 508. 



Durra, 243. 



Durum wheat, 130. 



Elements of plant food, 34. 



Emmer, 127. 



English rye grass, 313. 



Ergot, 223. 



Fanning mill, 139. 



Fertilization, 41. 



Fertilizers. See under different crops. 



Fescues, 313. 



Feterita, 243. 



Fibers, 17. 



Fiber plants. 



Classes, 437; cotton, 438; flax, 457; 

 hemp, 457; jute, 459- manila, 459; 

 sisal, 459. 



Field bean. 



Cultivation, 381; harvesting, 382; 

 planting, 381; production, 381; thresh- 

 ing, 382. 



Field crops. 



Classification, 11; definition, 12; rela- 

 tive importance, 13. 



Field pea. 



Description, 379; growing, 380; hay, 

 380; importance, 379- origin, 379; 

 uses, 381. 



Flax. 



Acre value, 238; botanical characters, 

 225; diseases, 233; grades, 232; grow- 

 ing, 228; harvesting and handling, 

 231; importance, 227; improvement, 

 235; insects, 233; markets, 232; origin 

 and history, 225; preparation of the 

 land, 229; preparing the seed, 229; 

 prices, 233; production, 227; rotation, 

 234; soils, 228; sowing, 230; uses, 

 234; wilt, 233. 



Flax wilt, 233. 



Flint corn, 49. 



Flour, 153. 



Flowers, 40, 41. 



Fodder corn, 83. 



Food, plant, 34. 



Forage crops. 



Classes, 254; definitions, 253; essen- 

 tials, 257; feeding values, 259; im- 

 portance, 254; nutrients, 258; pro- 

 duction, 255; uses, 256; 



Formaldehyde treatment, 158, 417. 



Foxtail, 494, 505. 



Foxtail millet, 321. 



Frenchweed, 506. 



German millet, 325. 



Germination, 24, 64, 103, 263. 



Gophers, 113. 



Grain crops defined, 14. 



Grain sorghums, 241. 



Grasshoppers, 113, 159. 



Grasses. 



Barnyard millet, 325; Bermuda grass, 

 305; brome grass, 310; broomcorn 

 millet, 324; Canada, 297; characters, 

 287; comparative values, 289; defini- 

 tion, 287; differences, 288; English rye, 



