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Index 



Incomplete flowers, 10. 

 Incubation, artificial, 437. 



natural, 432. 

 Indian corn, see Corn. 



ponies, 315. 



Insecticides for spraying, 246. 

 Insect pests of barley, 155. 



corn, 120. 



cotton, 230. 



fruit, 261. 



oats, 150. 



rye, 152. 



sugar-cane, 222. 



sweet potato, 213. 



wheat, 143. 



white potato, 205. 

 Internode, definition of, 10. 

 Iron sulfate to combat wild mustard, 



142. 

 Irrigation in rice culture, 156. 



of soil, 44. 



Japan clover, 193. 

 Jersey cattle, 354. 

 Judging beef cattle, 349. 



corn, 126. 



cotton, 238. 



dairy cows, 371. 



draft horses, 327. 



light horses, 330. 



poultry, 441. 



sheep, 404. 



swine, 421. 

 June bugs, pest of corn, 122. 



Kafir sorghum, 177. 

 Kainit, 86. 



Kaoliang sorghum, 178. 

 Kentucky blue-grass, 109. 

 Kerosene emulsion as an insecticide, 

 246, 274. 



Labor income on farms, 463. 

 Lacustrine soils, 33. 

 Ladd, C. E., quoted, 465. 

 Lamon, Harry M., quoted, 437. 

 Langworthy, C. F., quoted, 321. 



Lard-type swine, 407. 



Large Yorkshire swine, 412. 



Late blight of white potatoes, 206. 



Lateral buds, 12. 



Layers, use of in propagation, 19. 



Leaching in manure, 71. 



in soil, 40. 



Leaf blister-mite, 267. 

 Leaves, function of, 10. 

 Legumes as green-manure, 62. 



as forage, 184. 



as soil improvers, 50. 



benefited by lime, 94. 



characteristics of, 182. 



roots of, 198. 



uses of, 183. 

 Leicester sheep, 398. 

 Light-harness breeds, 310. 

 horses, 302. 



soils, 36. 



Ligule of grasses, 162. 

 Lime, as an aid for legumes, 94. 



forms of, 95. 



for soil improvement, 93. 



influence of, 53. 



quantity of, to apply, 96. 



sulfur as a fungicide, '247. 



sulfur as an insecticide, 246. 



sulfur, making of, 271. 



sulfur, testing of, 273. 

 Lincoln sheep, 399. 

 Linseed meal, 84. 

 Live-stock, relation of to soil fertility, 



61. 



London purple as an insecticide, 246. 

 Long-staple cotton, 225. 



-wool sheep, 398. 

 Loose smut of wheat, 143. 

 Losses in manure, 73. 



M 



Maize, or Indian corn, 98. 

 Mallet cuttings, 18. 

 Manure, benefits of, 67. 



barnyard, 67. 



farm, 67, 69, 78. 



green, 61, 62. 



kinds of farm, 68. 



losses in, 71, 73, 74. 



pit, construction of, 75. 



methods of applying, 77. 



stable, 67. 



