490 INDEX. 



"Weights and measures, 387 



conversion table, 389, 391 

 customary system of, 387 

 metric system of, 388 

 Weights, legal, of grain, seeds, etc., 114, 400 



seedsmen's customary, per bu. of seeds, 114 

 Weir table, the California, 182 

 Wheat, cost per acre, of raising, 426 



commercial grades of, 401 

 Wheeler, Prof. Wm. P., Feeding and general care of poultry, 4: 

 Whey, composition of, 273 



standard of purity, government, 266 



to be allowed patrons, 337 

 Whitewash, recipe for, 191 

 Wind, force and velocity of, 173 

 Windmills, capacity, 173, 174. i8r 



economy, 175 



square feet and acres irrigated by, 173 

 Winslow, C. M., Ayrshires, 222 

 Winter-killed clover, replacing, 82 

 Wire ropes, strength of, 399 

 Wisconsin curd test, 322 

 Woods, fuel value and specific gravity, 136 

 Wool product of the United States, 1905, 435 

 World's Columbian Exposition, results of breed tests at, 238 

 World's Fair, St. Louis, results of breed tests at, 239 

 Yield of butter, formula for calculating, 311 



from ICO lbs. cream of different richness, 31? 



Cheddar cheese, formula for calculating, 331 



cheese from 100 lbs. of milk, 332, 334 



fat, highest record, 239 



milk and fat from dairy cows, 237 



of dairy breeds, 237-242 

 Yields, average, per acre of various crops, 87, 91 

 Yorkshire swine, 27 



