Index 



487 



Root-disease of sugar-cane, 222. 



-hairs, function of, 9. 



-louse, corn, 120 



-rot of cotton, 233. 



stocks in propagation, 17. 



-worms, 120. 



fleshy, in propagation, 16. 

 Roots for dairy cows, 304. 



functions of, 9. 

 Rotation, crop, benefits of, 59. 



exercise on, 78. 

 Rotations with cotton, 227. 

 Roughages for dairy cows, 365. 

 Run-off, reducing loss due to, 41. 

 Rust, grain, 146. 

 Rye, as green-manure, 67. 



characteristics of, 151. 



-grasses as forage, 171. 



pests, 152. 



planting of, 152. 



uses of, 151. 



Saccharine sorghums, 175. 

 Saddle horses, 302. 



-horse breeds, 311. 

 Salad crops, 279. 

 Salt for cows, 368. 

 Sand, size of particles, 35. 

 Sanitary milk, 383. 

 Sanitation in calf pens, 361. 



hog lots, 414. 

 San Jose scale, 261. 

 Sawdust box seed corn tester, 107. 

 Scab of white potatoes, 207. 

 Schedules, spray, 247. 

 Schutt, M. A., Table by, 73. 

 Science, agriculture as a, 2. 

 Score-card for beef cattle, 349. 



corn, 128. 



cotton plant, 238. 



dairy cattle, 372. 



dairy farm, 389. 



draft horses, 327. 



fat hogs, 421. 



light horses, 331. 



mutton sheep, 404. 



utility poultry, 441. 

 Scoring beef cattle, 349. 



corn, 126. 



cotton, 238. 



dairy cows, 371. 



Scoring Continued, 

 dairy farms, 389. 

 draft horses, 327. 

 poultry, 441. 

 sheep, 404. 

 swine, 421. 



Sea-island cotton, 225. 

 Sedentary soils, 32. 

 Seed corn exercises, 126. 

 selection and care, 104. 

 testers, 107, 110. 

 testing for germination, 107. 

 Seed potatoes, size of, 202. 

 Seed-tester, how to make a, 27. 

 Seeds, quality to purchase, 15. 



storing of, 14. 

 Semi-arid soils, 36. 

 -humid soils, 36. 

 Sepals of a flower, 11. 

 Separate-grained soil structure, 36. 

 Separation of cream from milk, 382, 



386. 



Sheath of grass, 162. 

 Sheep, American Merino, 400. 

 Cheviot, 397. 

 classes of, 392. 

 Cotswold, 399. 

 Delaine Merino, 401. 

 feeds for, 401. 

 fine- wool, 399. 

 Hampshire, 395. 

 -killing dogs, 402. 

 Leicester, 398. 

 Lincoln, 399. 

 long-wool, 398. 

 manure, 69. 

 middle- wool, 392. 

 Oxford, 396. 

 Rambouillet, 401. 

 Scoring and judging, 404. 

 Southdown, 392. 

 Shropshire, 393. 

 Shepherd dogs, 402. 

 Shetland ponies, 314. 

 Shire horses, 305. 

 Shorthorn cattle, 337, 342. 

 Short-staple cotton, 224. 

 Shropshire sheep, 393. 

 Silage, corn for, 103. 

 for dairy cows, 363. 

 stage to cut corn for, 120. 

 Silt, size of particles of, 35. 



