428 INDEX. 



Flag signals adopted by the U. S. Weather Bureau, explanation of, 



330 

 Food, economy, 167 



fuel value, 166 

 Foods, human, 165 



Food materials, human, composition of, 169, 170 

 nutrients furnished for 25 cents in, 173 

 pecuniary economy of, 172 

 Foreign coins, value of, 365 

 Forestry, 109 



fire laws in the United States, 118 

 for farmers, 109 

 Formalin treatment for the prevention of smut of cereal grains and 



of potato scab, 105, 107 

 Formulas for calculation of total solids in milk, 230 

 yield of butter, 275 

 converting degrees Centigrade or Reaumur to Fahren- 

 heit, and vice versa, 357 

 finding adulteration of milk, 236 

 fat content of cream, 244 



separator skim-milk, 252 

 quantity of water or ice required for cooling 



milk or cream, 260 

 yield of Cheddar cheese, 293 

 Frederiksen, J. D., Handling and care of cream separators, 245 

 French coach horses, 20 



Frost, killing, dates of average and actual, 369 

 Fruit trees, distances apart, 74 

 longevity, 74 



tirne required to bear fruit, 74 

 Fruits, soft, preservation of, for exhibition purposes, 81 

 Fuel value of food materials, 166 



woods, 114 

 Fungous diseases of plants, treatments for, 99 

 Galloway cattle, 22 

 Gerber fermentation test, the, 286 

 Germination standards of seeds, 89 

 Gestation calendar, 29 

 Goff, Prof. E. S., Treatments for injurious insects and fungou. 



diseases of plants, 99 

 Government land measures, 358 

 Grass seeds, amounts to sow per acre, 89 



number, weight, and cost of, 89 

 Grasses, notes on adaptability and uses of, 91 

 Guernsey cattle, 186 

 Gurler, H. B., Butter-making, 261 

 Hackney horses, 20 

 Hampshire sheep, 23 



