INDEX. 479 



Fertilizing materials withdrawn by various crops, 150, 151 

 Fertilizers, 145 



commercial, composition, 154 

 exhaustion of, 156 

 imports and exports, 447 

 industry of the U. S., 447 

 valuation of, 158 

 Field crops, 74 



important data as to, 77 

 Fish N. S., Brown -Swiss cattle, 234 



Flag signals adopted by the U. S. Weather Bureau, explanation of, 368 

 Flaxseed commercial grades of, 406 

 Food economy ; 195 

 fuel value, 194 

 Foods, human, 193 



Food materials, human, composition of, 197, 198 

 nutrients furnished for 25 cents in, 201 

 pecuniary economy of, 200 

 Forcing calendar, a vegetable, 93 

 Foreign coins, value of, 409 

 Forestry, 131 



for farmers, 131 

 schools of, 45 7 

 Forest fire laws in the United States, 140 

 Formaldehyd treatment for the prevention of smut of cereal grains and 



of potato scab, 127, 129 

 Formulas for calculation of total solids in milk, 258 



yield of butter, 311 

 converting degrees Centigrade or Reaumur to Fahrenheit, 



and vice versa, 395 

 diluting cream to a desired fat content, 279 

 finding adulteration of milk, 267 

 fat content of cream, 278 

 quantity of water or ice required for cooling milk 



or cream, 294 

 yield of Cheddar cheese, 331 

 Frederiksen, J, D., Handling and care of cream separators, 279 

 French coach horses, 22 



Frost, killing, dates of average and actual, 413 

 Fruit and vegetable garden, a combined, 92 

 Fruit packages, kinds of, 94 

 Fruit trees, distances apart, 90 

 longevity, 00 



time required to bear fruit, 90 

 Fruits, soft, preservation of, for exhibition purposes, 100 

 calculated value of, compared with hay, grains, etc., 19 

 temperatures for preserving, 100 

 Fuel value of food materials, 194 



of woods, 136 

 Fungous diseases of plants treatments for 121 

 Galloway cattle, 24 



