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INDEX 



Bean, blight of, 250; fertility in, 408; 

 inoculation, 192; references, 243; 

 seed vitality, 405; seeding rate, 405; 

 weight per bushel, 406. 



Bean straw, digestible nutrients in, 410; 

 fertility in, 408. 



Bedding, effect on manure, 138. 



Beef, production, 333; exports and im- 

 ports, 414; references, 349. 



Bee-keeping, reference, 271. 



Beet, lime requirement, 126; seed 

 vitality, 405. See Sugar beet and 

 Mangel. 



Begonia, propagation of, 42. 



Belgian horses, 307, 308. 



Berkshire hogs, 358, 360. 



Bermuda grass, 187. 



Birds, reference, 271. 



Bits, 312. 



Black-leg, 341. 



Black-knot, 251. 



Blight, fire, 249; potato, 254. 



Blinders, 313. 



Blood, dried, as a fertilizer, 123; diges- 

 tible nutrients in, 410; fertility in, 408. 



Blossom, parts of, 11. 



Blue-grass, 185; reproduction of, 38; 

 seed, cause of poor, 54; seeding, rate, 

 186, 196, 197, 405; weight per bushel, 

 406. 



Boll- weevil. See Cotton boll-weevil. 



Book-keeping. See Accounts. 



Bone meal, as a fertilizer, 123, 124; 

 fertility in, 408; for hogs, 286. 



Bordeaux mixture, 261; preparation of, 

 263, 269. 



Botany, relation to agriculture, 1. 



Bran, weight per bushel, 406. 



Bread mold, 261. 



Breathing pores, 67. 



Breeding, chapter on, 5; cattle, 19, 21, 

 22, 23; farms, 31; horses, 19, 23; plant 

 vs. animal, 23; references, 34, 35; 

 steps in, 21. See Corn, Cotton, etc. 



Brewers' grains, digestible nutrients in, 

 410; fertility in, 408; production value 

 as feed, 412; weight per quart, 412. 



Brome grass, 186; seeding rate, 405. 



Broom-corn, references, 243. 



Brown-rot, 252. 



Brown-Swiss cattle, 325, 328. 



Brown-tail moth, references, 271. 



Buckwheat, averages for ten-year 

 periods in the United States, acreage, 

 production, yield per acre, total 

 value, value per acre, value per 

 bushel, 417; digestible nutrients in, 

 410; effect of time of plowing on, 165; 

 fertility in, 408; for green-manure, 

 147; references, 243; seed vitality, 

 405; seeding rate, 405; weight per 

 bushel, 406. 



Buckwheat bran, digestible nutrients 

 in, 410. 



Buckwheat middlings, digestible nu- 

 trients in, 410; fertility in, 408. 



Budding, 43. 



Buffalo grass, 37. 



Buildings, farm houses, 391; poultry, 

 366; references, 349, 362, 371, 388, 

 395. 



Bur-clover, 206. 



Butter, references, 350; value of, 413; 

 world's-record cow, 332. 



Buttermilk, digestible nutrients in, 410. 



Cabbage, black-rot, 250; digestible nu- 

 trients in, 410; fertility in, 408; seed 

 vitality, 405; seeding rate, 405; worm, 

 259. 



Calcium carbonate, 127. 



Calcium, food for plants and animals, 

 60, 62. 



Calves. See Cattle. 



Cambium layer, 43, 231. 



Canada blue-grass, 186. 



Canada field peas. See Peas. 



Cantaloupe, lime requirement, 126. 



Capillary movement of water in soils, 

 85. 



Capital, importance of, 377; invest- 

 ments in agriculture and manufac- 

 turing compared, 414. 



Carbohydrates, fat equivalent of, 284; 

 function of in feeds, 286; in feeds, 284; 

 manufacture of, by plants, 68. 



Carbon, amount in plants, 63; food for 

 plants and animals, 60, 61, 67. 



Carbonate of lime, 127. 



Carbonic acid gas. See Carbon. 



