478 INDEX. 



Farm animals, food requirements of, i8 



gestation period, average, 39 



heat in, duration and trequency, 38 



in Canada in 1901, 427 



in the United States in 1870-1900, 427 



hve, composition of, 208 



market classes of, 28 

 Farm buildings, interior dimensions of, 191 

 crops, enemies of, 121 

 products, fertilizing constituents of, 147 



cost of hauling, 188 



yield of, per acre, 81 

 Farmyard manure, amount required to replace ingredients abstracted 

 by various crops, 152 

 composition, amount, and value, 153, 155 

 Farmers, forestry for, 131 



Farmers' institutes, officials in charge of, 459 

 Farming population of the United States, 417 



approximate losses of fertilizing materials in different systems, 145 

 Farms in the United States, statistics concerning, 419 

 Farrington, Prof. E. H., The alkaline tablet test for acidity in milk or 



cream, 304 

 Fat content of milk from pure-bred cows, 242 

 Fat, rel:ition of, to casein and other solids of milk, 250 

 Fattening animals, comparative results obtained with, 207 

 Feeding and general care of poultry, 41 

 standards for farm animals, 12 

 stuffs, chart showing manurial value of, 147 



composition of, i, 3, 6 



comparative value of, 19 



concentrated, classification, 11 

 weights of, 18 



fertilizing constituents, 147, 148 



manurial value, 147 



ready reference table of composition, 6 



valuation of, 20 

 Feed rations, calculation of components of, 14 

 Feed unit system, 19a 

 Fermentation tests, 322, 324 

 Fernow, Prof. B. E., Forestry for farmers, 131 

 Fertilizer industry of the United States, 447 



laws, states having, 158 

 Fertilizing constituents of feeding-stuffs and farm products, 147, 148 

 materials, commercial, composition, 154 



conversion table for calculation, 160 



equivalent quantities of, 157 



in dairy products, 251; in different crops, 151 



in raw materials and chemicals, trade value of, 159 



losses of, in different systems of farming, 14s 



voided by animals, 153 



