INDEX 



427 



Grasshoppers life history, 257. 



Green-manure, discussion of, 147, 206; 

 crops for, reference, 152. 



Guano, fertility in, 408. 



Guernsey cattle, 325, 330, 332; fat in 

 milk of, 328. 



Gypsum, 128; reinforcement for ma- 

 nure, 144, 149. 



Hackney horses, 307, 308. 



Hampshiredown sheep, 351, 354. 



Hampshire hogs, 358, 359, 360. 



Harrow, 166. 



Haustoria, defined, 251. 



Hay, averages for ten-year periods in 

 the United States, acreage, produc- 

 tion, yield per acre, total value, value 

 per acre, value per ton, 417; method 

 of measuring, 420; value of the crop, 

 155, 413, 416. 



Heaves, 194, 312. 



Hens, composition of, 285. See Poultry. 



Hereditary power, testing, 22. 



Heredity, defined, 2; problems of, 13. 



Hereford cattle, 325, 327; origin of 

 polled, 8. 



Hides, exports and imports, 414. 



Hogs, chapter on, 357; ash for, 285; 

 averages for ten-year periods in the 

 United States, total number, total 

 value, value per head, 418; breeds of, 

 358; care of, 360; composition of, 285; 

 cots, reference, 362; cottonseed for, 

 212; diseases, 337, 361; distribution 

 of, 357; feeding standards, 409; feed- 

 ing references, 299, 362; manure, 

 amount and value per year, 139; 

 numbers of, 357, 418; references, 

 299, 361; regions adapted to, 177; 

 values of, 357, 418. 



Holstein cattle, 325, 329, 332; fat in 

 milk of, 328. 



Home. See Farm home. 



Hominy feed, digestible nutrients in, 

 410; fertility in, 408; weight per 

 quart, 413. 



Hops, vitality of seed, 405, references, 

 243. 



Horses, chapter on, 301; averages for 

 ten-year periods in the United States, 



total number, total value, value per 

 head, 418; age, how told, 308; 

 amount pulled by, 306; ash for, 286; 

 breeding of, 19, 23, 307; docking, 314; 

 care of, 311; classes of draft, 305; 

 clipping, 313; conformation for draft 

 and speed, 303; corn for, 182; cotton- 

 seed for, 212; draft and speed com- 

 pared, 303; driving, rules of road, 

 316; effect of clover on, 194; effect of 

 low double-tree on power, 306; feed- 

 ing, 311; feeding references, 299; 

 feeding standards, 293, 409; good 

 proportions for, 318; heaves, 312; 

 intelligence of, 315; importance of, 

 301; manure composition, amount, 

 value, 139, 140; numbers of, 357, 418; 

 number of acres per horse, 419; 

 number per man, 301, 419; on farms 

 vs. horse-power in factories, 414; 

 over-check, 313; rate of depreciation, 

 387; references, 299, 321; score card 

 for, 319; silage for, 176; sore should- 

 ers, 313; training, 315; types, of 302; 

 values of, 357, 418; weight for draft 

 and speed, 305. 



Hot-bed, 236. 



House-fly, 256, 258. 



Humus. See Soil humus. 



Hungarian grass, digestible nutrients 

 in, 410 ; production value as feed, 

 411. 



Hybrid, defined, 13. 



Hydrogen, food for plants and animals, 

 60, 61. 



Imports, 414. 



Improvement of plants and animals, 5. 



Indian corn. See Corn. 



Insecticides, 260; references, 270. 



Insects, discussion of, 255; beneficial, 



255; control of, 258; damages caused 



by, 255; defined, 255; stages in life of, 



256. 

 Iron, amount in plants, 63; food for 



plants and animals, 60, 62. 

 Irrigation, area irrigated, 88; areas 



requiring, 88; canals, seepage from, 



90; dangers of, 90; in Egypt, 89; in 



India, 89; reservoirs, 89. 



