INDEX. 



489 



an insect is, 261. 



Irish potato, see POTATO. 



Iron sulphate as a weed destroyer, 

 199. 



Irrigation of truck crops, 468; sys- 

 tems of, 468. 



Italian rye grass. 196; amount to 

 sow per acre, 197. 



Jack, 332. 



Japan clover, see LESPEDEZA. 

 Java chickens, 360. 

 Jersey cattle, 342. 



Johnson grass, 193, 198; amount to 

 sow per acre, 197. 



Kaffir corn, composition and diges- 

 tibility of, 410. 



Kainit, 66; composition of, 482. 



Kelps, 35. 



Kentucky blue grass, 192; amount to 

 sow per acre, 197; composition and 

 digestibility of, 410; weight per 

 bushel, 479. 



Kentucky saddle horse, 332. 



Kerosene emulsion, 273, 290, 297. 



Kohlrabi, 174. 



Lacteals, 395. 



Lady-bird, 267. 



La Fleche chickens, 364. 



Langshan chickens, 362. 



Large Yorkshire swine, 357. 



Larva, definition of, 266. 



Lawn, 234; amount of seed for, 235; 



grass for, 235; privacy of, 236. 

 Layering, definition of, 50. 

 Leaching, loss by, 6. 

 Leaf, parts of, 39. 

 Leaflets, 39. 



Leaves, 39; function of, 39. 

 Leghorn chickens, 363. 

 Legumes, annual and perennial, 187, 



188; maintaining fertility with, 9; 



origin of, 188; plants, 10, 30, 79; 



see FORAGE CROPS. 

 Leicester sheep, 352. 

 Lespedeza, 30, 195; amount to sow 



per acre, 197. 



Lightning, effect on trees, 255. 

 Ligule, 130. 

 Ljme, 28. 



Lime sulphur wash, 247, 290. 

 Liming, 9. 



Lincoln sheep, 348, 352. 

 Linseed meal and flax seed, 402; 



composition and digestibility of, 



402, 410. 



Liye-stock, chapter on, 318; statis- 

 tics on, 479. 

 Loaders, 450. 



Magnesium, 2. 



Malt sprouts, definition of, 403. 



Mammoth bronze turkeys, 364. 



Mangels, climate and soil for, 167; 

 composition and digestibility of, 

 410; cultivation of, :68; elements 

 removed by, 3; fertilizers for, 168; 

 harvesting, 169; seeding and plant- 



ing, 168; varieties of, 167; yields 



of, 169. 

 Manures and fertilizing materials, 



chapter on, 58; barnyard, 58, 482; 



conditions affecting value of, 58; 



effects of, 59; farm, lasting quali- 

 ties of, 60; loss by leaching, 6; 



natural, 58; stable, 58, 482. 

 Marl, 60. 

 Mastication, 393. 

 Maturity, 48. 



Meadow, definition of, 186. 

 Meadow fescue, 187; amount to sow 



per acre, 197. 

 Meadow mixtures, 188. 

 Meat and bone meal, 407. 

 Meat scraps, analysis of, 407. 

 Mediterranean chickens, 360. 

 Merino sheep, 347. 

 Milk, care of, 381 ; composition of, 



376; definition of, 376; necessity of 



caring for, 383; sterilization and 



pasteurization, 382. 

 Milk sugar, 380. 

 Millet, 196; amount to sow per acre, 



197; weight per bushel, 479. 

 Milling by-products, 404. 

 Minorca chickens, 363. 

 Molasses, 156; cane and beet, 406; 



composition and digestibility of 



cane and beet, 410; weight and 



measure of, 414. 

 Molt, definition of, 264. 

 Mosquitoes, 298. 

 Mosses, 37. 



Moth, definition of, 266. 

 Mowers, 448. 

 Mule, defined, 332. 

 Mule footed swine, 358. 

 Muriate of potash, 66; composition 



of, 482. 



Muscovy ducks, 364. 

 Mushroom, 36. 

 Mycelium, 240. 



Narragansett turkeys, 364. 



Nectar, 45. 



Nematodes, 30. 



Nitrate of soda, 63. 



Nitrogen, 2, 30; function of, 73. 



Nitrogen free extract, definition of, 

 388. 



Nitrogen gathering plants, see LE- 

 GUMES. 



Nitrogenous fertilizers, 63, 481. 



Nitrogenous ration, 418. 



Nuthatches, 308. 



Nutritive elements, 390; function of, 

 390. 



Nutritive ration, definition of, 409; 

 terms of, 418. 



Nymph, definition of, 264. 



Oat feeds, how made, 403. 



Oats, amount of hull, 131; classifi- 

 cation of, 131; composition and di- 

 gestibility of, 410; elements re- 

 moved by, 3; enemies of, 136; im- 

 provement of, 133; position of as 

 a crop, 131; seeding of, 134; smut 

 of, 33, 255; the head, 130; the 

 leaves, 129; the plant, 127; the 



