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Index 



Bronchos, 315. 

 Brown-rot of fruit, 269. 



Swiss cattle, 359. 

 Buckwheat as green-manure, 67. 



characteristics of, 157. 



cultural methods, 157. 



harvesting of, 158. 



uses of, 157. 

 Bud, definition of, 12. 

 Budding, propagation by, 22. 

 Bud-moth, 267. 

 Buds, specialized, 15. 



use of, in propagation, 22. 

 Bulb crops, 279. 



definition of, 15. 

 Bulblet, definition of, 15. 

 Bur clovers as forage, 189. 



as green-manure, 66. 

 Bush-Brown, H. K., quoted, 314. 

 By-product feeds, composition of, 291. 



Calcium supplied by lime, 95. 

 Calves, grain for, 361. 



hay for, 361. 



milk for, 360. 

 Calyx of a flower, 11. 

 Cambium layer, 9. 

 Canada blue-grass as forage, 170. 



field peas as forage, 193. 



as green-manure, 65. 

 Cane-borer, 222. 

 Capillary water, 40. 

 Carbon disulfide for grain-weevil, 124. 

 Carbohydrates in plants, 7. 

 Case for storing bottles of seeds, 



180. 

 Catching, holding and leading sheep, 



403. 

 Cattle, Aberdeen-Angus, 340. 



Ayrshire, 358. 



Brown Swiss, 359. 



Devon, 343. 



Dutch Belted, 359. 



Hereford, 339. 



Holstein-Friesian, 357. 



Jersey, 354. 



Galloway, 341. 



Guernsey, 355. 



Polled Durham, 338. 



Polled Hereford, 340. 



Cattle Continued. 



Red Poll, 343. 



Shorthorn, 337, 342. 



types of, 335. 



Caulicle of the embryo, 13. 

 Cells of plants, 8. 

 Cheat in wheat fields, 142. 

 Chess in wheat fields, 142. 

 Chester White swine, 410. 

 Cheviot sheep, 397. 

 Chickens, breeds of, 430. 

 Chinch-bugs in corn, 124. 



in wheat, 143. 



Chlorophyl, definition of, 10. 

 Classes of compounds in plants, 6. 



of sheep, 392. 

 Clay, size of particles, 35. 

 Clean cultivation of orchards, 259. 

 Cleveland Bay horses, 310. 

 Club wheat, 133. 

 Clydesdale horses, 304. 

 Cockle in wheat fields, 142. 

 Codlin-moth, 246. 

 Cole crops, 279. 

 Collection of grass seed, making a, 



179. 



Colluvial soils, 33. 

 Colorado potato-beetle, 205. 

 Colts, breaking and training, 317. 

 Commercial fertilizers, amount spent 



for, 81. 

 use of, 80. 



Common wheat, 133. 

 Complete flowers, 10. 

 Composition of milk, 375. 

 Compounds, definition of, 6. 

 Concentrates for dairy cows, 365. 

 Conditions necessary for germination, 



27. 



Conformation of dairy cattle, 253. 

 Contact insecticides, 246. 

 Copper sulfate solution as an insecti- 

 cide, 247. 



Corm, definition of, 16. 

 Corn-and-cotton planters, 455. 



-binder, 117. 



characteristics of, 125. 



climate for, 112. 



cultivation of land for, 116. 



dent, 100. 



ear-worm, 123. 



enriching soils for, 112. 



