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INDEX 



Jersey cattle, 325, 329, 332; fat in milk 

 of, 328. 



Johnson grass, 188; control of, refer- 

 ence, 270. 



Kafir corn, references, 243. 

 Kainit, 125; fertility in, 408; reinforce- 

 ment for manure, 144, 149. 

 Kentucky blue-grass. See Blue-grass. 

 Kerosene emulsion, preparation of, 265. 



Labor, discussion of, 377; average 

 wages, 420; saving, 82, 144, 160, 167, 

 170, 272, 275, 301, 373, 374, 375, 377, 

 378; supply, 376. 



Labor reports. See Accounts. 



Laboratory equipment, 400. 



Laboratory exercises, 32, 56, 72, 101, 

 151, 238, 267, 280, 318, 342, 368, 

 385, 395. 



Land, method of measuring, 420. 



Land plaster, 128; reinforcement for 

 manure, 144, 149. 



Lambs. See Sheep. 



Larva, defined, 256. 



Ledger, 382. 



Legal weights per bushel, 406. 



Leghorn hens, 364. 



Legumes, as food, reference, 300; fer- 

 tilizer requirements, 132; inoculation 

 of, 118, 192; nitrogen fixation by, 

 116; nodules on the roots of, 117. 



Leicester sheep, 351. 



Lemons, references, 243, 271. 



Lettuce, lime requirement, 126; seed 

 vitality, 405. 



Library, 401. 



Lincoln sheep, 351. 



Linseed meal, digestible nutrients in, 

 410; fertility in, 408; production 

 value as feed, 412; weight per quart, 

 413. 



Lime, application of, 128; forms of, 

 127; for alfalfa, 190; how to tell the 

 need of, 127; references, 152; weight 

 per bushel, 406. 



Lime-sulfur spray, preparation of, 265. 



Limestone, 127. 



Listing corn, 167. 



Live-stock, importance of in maintain- 



ing fertility, 110; total value, value 

 per farm and per acre, 419. 



Machinery, rate of depreciation, 387; 

 value per farm and per acre, 419. 



Magnesium, food for plants and animals, 

 60, 62. 



Maintenance values of feeds, 289, 411. 



Maize. See Corn. 



Malt sprouts, digestible nutrients in, 

 410; fertility in, 408; production 

 value as feed, 412; weight per quart, 

 413. 



Mangels, digestible nutrients in, 410; 

 fertility in, 408; production value as 

 feed, 412; seeding rate, 405. 



Manure, discussion of, 135; amount 

 produced per year, 139; application 

 of, 142, 144, 184; composition of, 140; 

 factors affecting value of, 138; fertility 

 of food recovered in, 138; green crops 

 for, 147; importance of, 135; lasting 

 effects of, 136; liquid composition 

 and value, 140; losses of, 140; pre- 

 servation of, 143; references, 152; 

 reinforcement of, 142, 144, 149, 

 spreader, 144; value in the United 

 States, 135; value per ton, 136, 140; 

 value per year, different animals, 139. 



Maple sugar, references, 243. 



Meadows, discussion of, 182; method of 

 seeding, 182; references, 242; rota- 

 tions with, 278, 279; seeding mixtures, 

 196. 



Meadow-fescue, 186; seeding rate, 196, 

 197. 



Meat on the farm, reference, 349. 



Meat-scrap, digestible nutrients, in 410. 



Melon beetle, 261. 



Mendel, biographical notes, 14. 



Mendel's law, 14; summary of, 15; ap- 

 plications of, 19. 



Merino sheep, 351. 



Meteorology, relation to agriculture, 1. 

 See Climate. 



Milk, discussion of, 334; as food, 62, 

 334; as food, reference, 300; Babcock 

 test of, 336, 345; clean, 334; certified, 

 336; composition of, 285, 334; con- 

 densed, 336; digestible, nutrients in 



