INDEX. 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, 339. 



Absorption, 395. 



Acid phosphate, 65. 



Acidity of soils, 9. 



Adaptability of feeds, 413. 



Aerating roots, 33. 



African geese, 364. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations, 

 47?. 



Agricultural life, means of promot- 

 ing, Section i, Introduction. 



Agricultural school library, 475, 476, 

 477, 478. 



Air, dry, 18. 



Air in soil, 15. 



Alfalfa, 30, 191; amount to sow per 

 acre, 197; composition of, 410. 



Algae, 35. 



American cheese, 379. 



American saddle horse, 330. 



American trotter, 328. 



Amylopsin, 395. 



Ancona fowls, 363. 



Andalusian fowls, 363. 



Animal, artificial selection of, 318; 

 breeding and grading of, 318; by- 

 products of, 407; composition of, 

 390; food of, 387; lean and fat car- 

 casses of, 390; natural selection of, 

 318; substances, 389. 



Annual defined, 187. 



Annual rings, 41. 



Antennae of insects, 263. 



Anther, 44. 



Anthracnose of bean, 252. 



Apple, 209; blight of, 250; scab of, 

 248; weight per bushel, 479. 



Arsenate of lead, 273, 281, 287, 291, 

 292, 204, 296. 



Ash, functions of, 391, 392; of 

 animals. 389; of plants, 387. 



Assimilation, 395. 



Association for truckers, 470. 



Atmospheric nitrogen, 6, 9. 



Auricle, 130. 



Available phosphoric acid, 66. 



Awn, 130, 133. 



Aylesbury ducks, 364. 



Ayrshire cattle, 344. 



Babcock milk tester, 377. 



Bacteria, 10, 30, 34, 382. 



Bacterial wilt, 254. 



Bantam chickens, 364. 



Bark, 42. 



Barley, 147; classification of, 148; 

 description of, 147; enemies of, 

 149; plant food removed by, 3; 



position of, 149; seeding of, 149; 

 weight and measure of, 414; 

 weight per bushel, 479. 



Bean, 30; pod spot of, 252. 



Beard, definition of, 133. 



Beef cattle, 333; parts of, 335. 



Bees, section on, 301 ; aid in fertili- 

 zation, 267; bees and fruits, 301; 

 life of a worker, 302; products of, 

 304; swarming, 303; the colony, 

 301. 



Beeswax, definition of, 304. 



Beggarweed, 30. 



Belgian horse, 321. 



Berkshire hog, 356. 



Bermuda grass, 40, 192; amount to 

 sow per acre, 197. 



Birds, section on, 304; beneficial 

 species, 305; food of, 306; houses 

 for, 316; keep down disease, 314; 

 necessity for, 306; nesting places, 

 312; of field and garden, 311; of 

 orchard and woodland, 308; pro- 

 tection of, 315; regulate plant 

 growth, 308; tree guardians, 310; 

 useful species, 312; utility of birds 

 of prey, 314; value of garden birds, 

 312. 



Black Spanish chickens, 363. 



Blackberry, 217. 



Blackstrap molasses, 406; composi- 

 tion and digestibility of, 410; 

 weight and measure of, 414. 



Blade, 39. 



Blight, 35, 249, 250. 



Blue Swedish ducks, 364. 



Bobolink, 313. 



Boll weevil, 271; section on, 274; de- 

 scription of, 275 ; effect of tem- 

 perature on, 279; economic 

 changes, 280; hibernation, 280; his- 

 tory of, 274; invasion of, 275; life 

 history of, 277; migration, 279; 

 preventing damage by, 281. 



Boll worm, 271. 



Bones, 65, 66; composition of bone 

 meal, 407. 



Books, 23, 57, 74, 203, 239, 260, 317. 

 386, 433, 474; list of publishers and 

 prices of, 477, 478. 



Bordeaux mixture, how made, 247. 



Brackett fungi, 37. 



Brahma chickens, 362. 



Brewers' grains, definition of, 402; 

 composition and digestibility of, 

 410; weight and measure of, 414. 



Brown rot, 33, 250. 



Brown Swiss cattle, 345. 



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