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INDEX. 



Filament, 43. 



Fish scraps, 64. 



Flax, elements removed by, 3; seed, 

 composition of, 402; feed, 402; 

 weight per bushel, 479. 



Flour, 406. 



Flower garden, 234; flowers to plant, 

 227; jocation of, 234. 



Flowering plants, kinds of, 48, 230. 



Flowers, 44; parts of, 42. 



Fodder, 186. 



Food economics, 396. 



Forage crops, section on, 185; 

 amounts of seed to sow per acre, 

 197; annual grasses and legumes, 

 187, 188; characteristics of7 187; 

 classes of, 186; hay, 186; husband- 

 ing of, 397; meadows, 186; meadow 

 mixtures, 188; origin of legumes 

 and grasses, 188; pasturage, 185; 

 pasture mixtures, 188; perennial 

 grasses and legumes, 187; soiling 

 crops, 185; some important forage 

 plants, section on, 190. 



Formalin, 247, 253, 256. 



Forestry, section on, 219; destruc- 

 tive section, the South, 220; 

 government control and study of, 

 220; how to manage, 220; how 

 trees are injured, 221 ; pine bar- 

 rens, 220. 



French coach horse, 327. 



Frizzle chickens, 364. 



Fruits, 47, 209; garden for, 232; see 

 POMOLOGY. 



Fungi, 35; definition of, 240; food 

 of, 241: reproduction of, 242; struc- 

 ture of, 240. 



Fungicide, definition of, 246; exam- 

 ples of, 247; preparation of, 247. 



Fungus diseases, 33, 248, 252, 255; 

 of rice, 125; means of control, 243. 



Galloway cattle, 339. 



Game chickens, 364. 



Garden, section, 232; home, 236; 

 how to plan, 233; flower garden, 

 232; fruit garden, 232; meaning of, 

 232: vegetable garden, 233. 



Gas, injury to trees by, 222, 223, 224. 



Geese, breeds of, 364. 



German coach horse, 327. 



Germination, 48, 49. 



Glucose and starch by-products, 404. 



Glume, 130. 



Gluten, 141. 



Gluten feed and meal, 404. 



Goose, weights of, 364. 



Gooseberry, 218. 



Grades and grading of live-stock, 



Grafting, 50. 



Grain plants for feeding, 398; rusts 

 of, 136, 145, 257; smuts of, 255, 256. 



Grape, 213; black rot of, 251. 



Grass, annual and perennial, 187; for 

 feeding, 397; origin of, 188; soils 

 for, 20; water requirements of, 20. 



Grasshopper, 262, 264, 271. 



Gravel, 13. 



Gravitational water, 18. 



Green manuring, 8. 



Ground water table, 20. 

 Guernsey cattle, 343. 

 Gymnosperms, 47. 

 Gypsum, 61. 



Hackney horse, 327. 



Half-blood, definition of, 319. 



Half-sugar mangel wurzels, 167. 



Hamburg chickens, 360, 363. 



Hampshire sheep, 350. 



Hampshire swine, 358. 



Hard pan, 17. 



Harlequin bug, 262, 296. 



Harrows, 440. 



Harvesting machinery, 445. 



Hay, composition and digestibility 

 of, 410; definition of, 186; red 

 clover and meadow, elements re- 

 moved by, 3. 



Haying machinery, 448. 



Hayloaders, 450. 



Headers, 448. 



Hen, definition of, 362. 



Heredity, law of, 318. 



Hereford cattle, 337. 



High-grade, definition of, 319. 



Hog, see SWINE. 



Holstein-Fresian cattle, 344. 



Home, building of house, 460; com- 

 forts for children, 463; conven- 

 iences, 462; dooryard, 463; garden, 

 464; organization, 464; ventilation, 

 462; water supply, 462. 



Home garden, 236. 



Hominy feed, 404. 



Honey, 45; definition of, 304. 



Horses, section on, 320; breeds of 

 coach horses, 327; breeds of draft 

 horses, 321 ; location and names of 



score card for draft horses, 325; 



score card for light horses, 331. 

 Host, definition of, 240. 

 Houdan chickens, 363. 

 House-fly, 262, 297. 

 Humus, 8; sources of, 8. 

 Hybrid, 47, 332. 

 Hybrid turnips, 173. 

 Hybridization, 46; methods of, 55. 

 Hydrogen, 2. 

 Hygroscopic moisture, 18. 



Imported cabbage worm, 294. 



Incubation, 364. 



Indian runner ducks, 364. 



Inoculation of soil, 30. 



Insalivation, 393. 



Insects, chapter on, 261; biting in- 

 sects, 272; cannibals, 267; cross- 

 fertilization by, 267; enemies of 

 farmer, 271; friends of farmer, 267; 

 how insects breathe, 264; how in- 

 sects feel, 263; how insects grow, 

 264: how insects move, 262; how 

 insects see, 262; how to fight bit- 

 ing insects, 272; how to fight suck- 

 ing insects, 273; insects of orchard 

 and garden, 288; parasites, 269; 

 sucking insects, 273; two great 

 groups of insect pests, 272; what 



