INDEX. 



487 



long staple, no; nature of fiber, 

 109; planters for, 443; planting, 112; 

 region of cultivation, 105; seed of, 

 116; selecting and breeding, 107; 

 shedding of bolls and squares, 259; 

 short staple, in; thinning, 113; 

 wilt of, 33, 257; worm of, 286. 



Cotton seed, 116; composition of, 

 401, 410; digestibility of, 410; ele- 

 ments removed by, 113; products 

 from, 116; weight per bushel, 479. 



Cotton-seed hulls, 401 ; analysis of, 

 401; composition and digestibility 

 of, 410; weight and measure of, 414. 



Cotton-seed meal, 63, 401 ; analysis 

 of, 401, 402; composition and di- 

 gestibility of, 410; weight and 

 measure of, 414. 



Cotton-seed meats, 401. 



Cotton-seed oil, 388, 401. 



Cotton worm or cotton caterpillar, 

 section on, 285. 



Country home, section on, 460. 



Cowpea, 6, 30, 193; amount to sow 

 per acre, 197; seed and hay, com- 

 position and digestibility of, 410. 



Crab grass, 196; composition and di- 

 gestibility of, 410. 



Cradle, 446. 



Cream, definition of, 377. 



Crevecoeur chickens, 363. 



Crops, rotation of, 75, 77; water re- 

 quirements of, 17; statistics on, 479. 



Cross-breed, 319. 



Cross-pollination, 53. 



Culm, 129. 



Cultjvation, 20. 



Cultivators, 21, 441. 



Currant, 218. 



Cutting, 50. 



Cutworm, 293. 



Dairy cattle, 339. 



Dairying, section on, 374, 384. 



Deciduous, 39, 229. 



Defecation, 396. 



Deglutition, 393. 



Devil's horse, 268. 



Devon cattle, 337. 



Dewberry, 217. 



Digestibility of feeds, 410; necessity 



oi, 409. 



Digestion, physiology of, 393. 

 Distillers' grains, definition of, 403. 

 Diversification, 75, 281. 

 Dodder, 33, 199. 

 Dominique chickens, 360. 

 Dorking chickens, 360, 363. 

 Dorset sheep, 350. 

 Drainage, 18. 

 Dried beet pulp, 406. 

 Dried blood, 407. 



Drills. 443. 



Dry farming, 22. 



Dry ground fish, analysis of, 407. 

 Dry matter, 388, 389. 

 Ducks, breeds of, 364. 

 Duroc-Jersey hog, 354. 

 Dutch belted cattle, 344. 



Earth roads, section on, 455. 

 East India ducks, 364. 



Eggs, how to preserve, 374. 

 Egyptian geese, 364. 

 Electrical injuries to trees, 224. 

 Elements removed by crops, 3. 

 Embden geese, 364. 

 Embryo, 48. 

 Endosperm, 48. 

 Erosion, loss by, 6. 

 Essential elements, 2, 62. 

 Essex swine, 358. 

 Evaporation, 18. 

 Evergreen, 39. 



Farm, adaption of, 435; choice of, 

 434; records and accounts for, 437; 

 should run at full capacity, 436; 

 team labor for, 437. 



Farm animals, composition of, 390. 



Farm crops, chapter on, 75. 



Farm management, section on, 434. 



Farm manures, 58; composition of, 

 482. 



Farm machinery, section on, 438; 

 care of, 451; for cotton and corn, 

 1 17- 



Farm papers, list of, 476, 477. 



Farm products, legal weights per 

 bushel, 479. 



Farming, types of, 435. 



Fats, function of, 392; of animals, 

 389; of milk, 377; of plants, 388. 



Faverolle chickens, 364. 



Feeds and feeding, chapter on, 387; 

 adulteration of feeds, 431; by-prod- 

 ucts of feeds, 400; classification of 

 feeds, 388; composition of feeds, 

 387, 388, 410; digestibility of feeds, 

 410; digestible nutrients in one 

 ton of feeds, 483; feeds for cattle, 

 426; feeds for fattening cattle, 427; 

 feeds for fattening sheep and 

 swine, 428; feeds for horses, 425; 

 feeds for young animals and poul- 

 try, 429; fertilizer constituents in 

 feeds, 480; food of animal and 

 plant, 387; grains and seeds, 398; 

 how to buy feeds, 431; market 

 prices of feeds, 413; natural and 

 commercial stock feeds, 396; nutri- 

 tive elements, 390; raise feed at 

 home, 432; Table of composition 

 and digestibility of feeds, 410; 

 weights and measures of feeds, 414. 



Feed laws, importance of, 430. 



Feed meal, 404. 



Feed selection, 413. 



Feeding standards, 411; use of, 412. 



Ferments, 395. 



Ferns, 37. 



Fertilization of plants, 45. 



Fertilizers, amounts per acre, 72; 

 application of, 72; composition of. 

 481, 482; constituents in feed 

 stuffs, 480; cost of, 71; effect of. 

 73; fillers, 71; for the crop and 

 soil, 73; for truck crops, 72, 467; 

 guarantee, 67; home mixing, 69; 

 kinds for the crop, 72; mixing of, 

 69; nitrogenous, 63; phosphoric 

 acid, 64; potash, 66; valuation of, 

 67. 

 Fiber, definition of, 388. 



