INDEX 



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313; fescues, 313; forage grasses, 315 

 foxtail millets, 321; importance, 289 

 Italian rye, 313; Johnson grass, 308 

 Kentucky blue grass, 290; miscellane- 

 ous, 312; orchard grass, 303; pearl 

 millet, 325; perennial, 291; quack 

 grass, 312; redtop, 301; rescue, 310; 

 rye grasses, 313; Sudan grass, 320, 

 sorghums, 315; teosinte, 326; timothy, 

 291; wood meadow, 297; wheat 

 grasses, 312. 

 Grass sorghums, 315. 

 Growth of plants, 23. 

 Hairy vetch, 386. 

 Hay. 



Acre yield, 272; baling, 278; curing, 

 275; cutting, 275; machinery, 277; 

 market classes, 279; measuring, 278; 

 plants, 271; production, 271; storing, 

 277; time to cut, 273; value, 272. 

 Heat, 38. 

 Hemp, 457. 

 Hessian fly, 158. 

 Hogging off corn, 81. 

 Hominy, 108. 



Horticulture, definition, 12. 

 Humus, 36. 

 Hungarian millet, 325. 

 Hybrids, 42. 

 Improvement of plants, 42, and under 



separate crops. 

 Inbreeding, 117. 

 Inoculation, 330, 35S. 

 Insects, 110. See under various crops. 

 Iron, 35. 



Italian rye grass, 313. 

 Japan clover, 385. 

 Jimson weed, 509. 

 Johnson grass. 



As weed, 495; description, 308; eradi- 

 cation, 309; importance, 308; origin, 

 308. 

 Judging. See imder vaiious crops. 

 Jute, 459. 

 Kafir corn, 243 

 Kale, 396. 

 Kaoliang, 243. 

 Kentucky blue grass. 



Care of lawns, 300; harvesting, 300; 

 importance, 298; origin and descrip- 

 tion, 296; pasturing, 299; related 

 plants, 297; seeding, 299; soils and 

 fertilizers, 298. 

 Kinghead, 495, 506, 509. 

 Knotweed, 505. 

 Kohl-rabi, 395. 

 Leaching, 59. 

 Leaves, LTse of, 26. 

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Legumes. 



Bur clovers, 384; characters, 327; 

 conditions necessary for bacteria, 330; 

 cowpea, 367; definition, 327; differ- 

 ences, 328; field bean, 381; field pea, 

 379; how they gather nitrogen, 329; 

 importance, 328; inoculation, 330; 

 Japan clover, 385; peanut, 376; soy 

 bean, 374; sweet clover, 382; velvet 

 bean, 387; veteJ-€s, 385. 

 Lespedeza, 385. 

 Lime, 35. 

 Lint, 440. 

 Magnesium, 35. 

 Malt, 210. 

 Malt sprouts, 212. 

 Mammoth clover, 333. 

 Mangels. 



Cultivation, 392; harvesting, 392; 

 seeding, 391; soil and preparation, 

 350; storing, 253; uses, 393. 

 Manila, 459. 



Manures. See under various crops. 

 Marsh elder, 506, 509 

 Mayweed, 494. 

 Meadow. 



Aftermath. 268; alfalfa, 359; care, 

 267; depth to cover seed, 266; essen- 

 tials, 260; formation, 260; germination 

 test, 263; importance of plants, 206; 

 nurse crop, 265; permanent, 209; 

 preparing land, 262; rate of seeding, 

 266; rotation, 269; seeding, 205; 

 selection of seed, 263; sowing, 201. 

 Medical crops, 19. 

 Mildew, 490. 

 Milkweed, 500, 500, 508. 

 Millets. 



Barnyard, 325; broomcorn, 250; com- 

 mon, 322; foxtail, 321; German, 322; 

 Hungarian, 322; pearl, 325; types. 

 250; varieties, 252. 

 Milo maize, 243. 

 Morning-glory, 505, 508. 

 Mullein, 508. 

 Navy bean, 381. 

 Nitrogen, 34, 37, 38. 

 Nurse crops, 153, 188, 210, 265, 339, 



358. 

 Oatmeal, 189. 

 Oats. 



Acre yield, 170; botanical characters, 

 164; by-products, 190; classification, 

 165; cost of production, 185; cutting, 

 178; depth to cover, 177; diseases, 

 191; exports and imports, 183; grades, 

 182; harrowing, 177; harvesting, 178; 

 hay and pasture, 190; importance. 

 168; improvement, 193; insects, 191; 

 irrigation, 178; judging, 194-* naanure 



