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INDEX. 



Buckeye chickens, 360. 



Buckwheat, weight per bushel, 479. 



Bud, 40. 



Budding, 46, 50. 



Bug, definition of, 261. 



Bulb, 50. 



Butter, how made and composition 



of, 378, 379- 

 Buttermilk, 380. 

 By-products, alcoholic, 402; animal 



and fish, 407; breakfast food, 403; 



glucose and starch, 404; milling, 



404; sugar, 406; vegetable oil, 401. 



Cabbage, club root of, 253; cultiva- 

 tion and storing of, 175; resetting, 

 175; seeding, 175; soil and ferti- 

 lizer for, 175. 



Call ducks, 364. 



Calyx, 44. 



Cambian, 41. 



Canada pea, 196. 



Canadian geese, 364. 



Capillary moisture, 18. 



Carbohydrates, absorption of, 395; 

 amounts for feeding, 420; defini- 

 tion of, 388; function of, 392. 



Carbon dioxide, 4, 12, 25, 27. 



Carpet grass, 187, 190. 



Carrot, 174; composition and di- 

 gestibility of, 410; weight per 

 bushel, 479. 



Cassava, 39. 



Cattle, section on, 333; breeds of beef 

 cattle, 337; breeds of dairy cattle, 

 341 ; dairy cattle, 339 ; dual purpose 

 cattle, 344; milk breeds, 375; score 

 card for beef cattle, 334; score 

 card for dairy cattle, 342. 



Cattle tick, section on, 283; descrip- 

 tion of, 283; eradication of, 284; 

 remedies, 284; seed ticks, 284; 

 Texas fever, 283. 



Cayuga ducks, 364. 



Cells, 24. 



Cheat, 144. 



Cheese, kinds of and composition of, 

 379, 38o. 



Cherry, 212. 



Cheshire hog, 358. 



Chester white hog, 356. 



Cheviot sheep, 351. 



Chickadees, 308. 



Chickens, classes of, 360, 362, 363, 

 364; how to prevent lice and mite 

 of, 373; types of, 359. 



Chinch bug, 136, 145, 149, 271. 



Chinese geese, 364. 



Chlorophyll, 199, 388. 



Chyle 395. 



Chyhfication, 395. 



Chyme, 394. 



Chymification, 394. 



Cjon, 50. 



Cjrculation, 395. 



Citron, 55. 



Clay, 13. 



Cleveland Bay horse, 328. 



Close fertilization, 45. 



Clover, amount of water required, 

 4; elements removed by hay of, 

 3; alsike, 187; bur, 188; crimson, 



188, 195; amount per acre, 197; 

 composition of, 410; red, 187, 190; 

 amount per acre, 197; composition 

 of, 410; white, 187; weight per 

 bushel, 479. 



Clydesdale horse, 322. 



Coach horse, 326. 



Cochin chicken, 362. 



Cock, definition of, 360. 



Cockerel, definition of, 362. 



Cockle, 144. 



Cocoon, definition of, 266. 



Codling moth, 291. 



Collateral reading, 22, 57, 74, 200, 

 201, 202, 203, 237, 238, 239, 260, 316, 

 3i7, 3&4, 385, 386, 433, 472, 473, 474- 



Colorado potato beetle, 294. 



Combine, 144. 



Combustion, 25. 



Commercial feeds, definition of, 398; 

 sources of, 400; value of by-prod- 

 ucts, 400; where derived, 399. 



Commercial fertilizers, 62. 



Composition of feeds, 388, 410. 



Compost, 61. 



Condensed milk, 380. 



Condimental feeds, 432. 



Contact method for killing insects, 

 273- 



Corn, section on, 83; amount of 

 water required, 4; brace roots, 38; 

 bran, 404; breeding, 102; classifi- 

 cation, 87; composition of, 410; 

 cultivation, 96; description of plant 

 of, 91; digestibility of, 410; ele- 

 ments removed by, 3; germ meal, 

 404; harvesting, 98; judging, 99; 

 methods of culture, 93; prepara- 

 tion of seed bed, 95; planter for, 

 444; planting, 96; present distribu- 

 tion, 83; production in United 

 States, 86; rotation, 103; seed corn 

 testing, 101; selection of seed, 99; 

 silage composition and digestibility 

 of, 410; smut, 256, 257; stover, com- 

 position and digestibility of, 410; 

 varieties, 98; weight and measure 

 of, 414; weight per bushel, 479; 

 yield of leading corn producing 

 states, 85. 



Corn and cob meal, composition and 

 digestibility of, 410; weight and 

 measure of, 414. 



Corn and oat feed, how made, 403; 

 weight and measure of, 414. 



Corolla, 44. 



Corrosive sublimate solution, 247, 

 249, 253. 



Cortex, 40. 



Cotswold sheep, 352. 



Cotton, section on, 104; black rust 

 of, 259; boll weevil injury, 277; 

 botanical characters and habit of 

 growth, 106; burn stalks to pre- 

 vent boll weevil damage, 281; 

 credit system of raising, 117; cul- 

 tivation, 114; culture of, in; cul- 

 tural method, 282; fertilizers for, 

 113; gin invented, 105; ginning, 

 115; harvesting, 115; history of, 

 104; importance of, 104; length of 

 fiber improved by selection, 52; 



