INDEX 



425 



Culm, defined, 37. 

 Cultivator, 169. 

 Currants, propagation of, 41. 

 Cuttings, 41. 



Dairying. See Cattle and Milk. 



De Candolle's law, 9. 



De-horning cattle, references, 350. 



Delaine merino sheep, 351, 352. 



Devon cattle, 325. 328. 



Digestibility, effect of time of harvest- 

 ing on, 288. 



Digestible nutrients in feeds, 410; 

 method of finding, 288. 



Diseases. See Plant diseases, Cattle, etc. 



Disinfectants, references, 270. 



Disk-harrow, 166. 



Distillers' grains, weight per quart, 412. 



Dodder, 191, 254. 



Dog, fencing to protect sheep, 355; 

 intelligence of, 315. 



Dominant character, defined, 16. 



Dorset horn sheep, 351, 354. 



Double-tree, effect of height on draft, 

 306. 



Drainage, by the government, 94; effect 

 during drought, 92; effect on temper- 

 ature, 82; for removal of alkali, 90; 

 kinds of, 93; laying tile, 93; necessity 

 for, 91; references, 108. 



Dried blood. See Blood. 



Dry-land farming, 85, 87. 



Dry matter, how determined, 72. 



Ducks, reference, 371. 



Durham. See Shorthorn. 



Duroc-Jersey hogs, 358, 360. 



Dust mulch, 85. 



Dutch belted cattle, 325. 



Earthworms, 97. 



Eggs, as food, reference, 300; compo- 

 sition of, 285; parts of, 368; value of, 

 363. 



Eggplant, seed vitality, 405. 



Embryo, defined, 11, 47. 



Emmer, reference, 300. 



English Shire horse, 307, 308 



Environment, defined, 2, 3. 



Equipment, 400. 



Essex hogs, 358, 360. 



Ether extract. See Fat. 

 Evaporation of soil-water, 85. 

 Experiment stations, addresses of, 403. 

 Exports, 414. 



Fanning-mill, value of, 54. 



Farm, best size of, 373; how to choose, 

 372; score card, 385; topography, 375. 



Farms, averages for ten-year periods 

 in the United States, number of 

 farms, total acreage, average size, 

 average improved area, value of all 

 farm property, value per farm, value 

 of land, value per acre, average size of 

 farms, average improved acreage, 

 value of live-stock, average per farm, 

 average per acre, value of products, 

 value per farm, value per acre, per 

 cent of rented farms, number of 

 acres per male worker, number of 

 acres per horse, average wages of 

 labor, 418, 419, 420. 



Farm accounts. See Accounts. 



Farm buildings. See Buildings. 



Farm community, chapter on, 396. 



Farm home, chapter on, 389; references, 

 395. 



Farm house, modern improvements for, 

 391; type of building, 391. 



Farm income defined, 387. 



Farm labor. See Labor. 



Farm management, chapter on, 372; 

 references, 388. 



Farm products, total value, value per 

 farm and per acre, 419. 



Farm property, compared with that in 

 manufacturing, 414; value of, 414, 

 419; value per farm, 419. 



Farm records. See Accounts. 



Farmyard, 389. 



Fat, defined, 283; cabohydrate equiva- 

 lent of, 286, 293; compared with car- 

 bohydrates, 68; composition of, 68; 

 function of, 286; how determined, 

 283; in feeds, 283. 



Feeding, chapter on, 281; horses, 311; 

 poultry, 365; standards, 293, 409; 

 references, 299, 349. 



Feeds, chapter on, 281; balanced rations 

 292; cautions in using balanced ration. 



