INDEX 



(Italic figures refer to a chapter, or section of a chapter, especially devoted to the topic 

 under which they stand) 



Accounts on the farm, 442-446 



Acid phosphate, 105 



Africa, corn in, 134; rice in, 173; 

 sorghums in, 223, 227 ; forests in, 

 279 



Agee, Alva, 90, 114 



Air drainage, 122, 266-267 



Alabama, alfalfa in, 210 



Alfalfa, 8, 37, 38, 74, 125, 196, 204, 

 2 10 ff., 218, 287, 288, 328, 341, 345, 

 365, 366, 401, 404-405, 427 ; water 

 drawn from soil by, 29 ; food used 

 ky> 73> m rotation, 86, 213-214; 

 history, 210; soil suited to, 211; 

 manure and lime, 211-212; varieties 

 of, 212; seeding of, 213; duration 

 of stand, 213; hay from, 214; seed 

 production, 214; weed pests, 214 



Alfalfa hay, 93, 346, 402, 403 



Allen, J. R., 455 



Alsike, 405 



America, wheat yields in, 5 ; farm 

 incomes in, 6 ; pastures in, 192 



American Jersey Cattle Club, 371 



Ammonia, 95, 108 



Ammonification, 76 



Animals, feeding of. See Feeding 

 animals 



Aphids, 315 



Apple aphids, 315 



Apple blotch, 291-292 



Apple scab, 289 



Apples, 9, 35, 43, 47, 262 ff., 288; 

 blight of, 289; black rot of, 290; 

 scab of, 292 



Apricots, 9, 44 



Argentina, corn in, 135 



Arkansas, orchards in, 264 



Army worms, 310 



Arsenate of lead, 314-315 



Ash, 25, 325, 373, 401 



Ash, the, 280-281 



Asia, apples in, 262 ; forests in, 279 ; 



origin of poultry breeds in, 419 

 Asia Minor, corn in, 134 

 Asparagus, rust-resistant, 296 

 Atlantic coast, wheat on, 161 

 Augeas, quoted, 91 

 Australia, corn in, 135; pastures in, 



192 ; forests in, 279 

 Austria, rye in, 172 

 Austria-Hungary, corn in, 135; sugar 



beets in, 236 

 Ayrshire Breeders' Association, 371 



Babcock test, the, 377, 378, 379 

 Bacon, C. W., 247 

 Bacon, Francis, quoted, i 

 Bacteria, 68, 95, no, 250, 288, 298, 



369. 374, 377 



Bailey, L. H., 48, 176, 203, 277, 329 

 Balanced rations, 328, 340, 392-393 

 Barley, 9, 60, 86, 171 ff., 327, 367, 402 ; 

 types of, 171 ; growth and use of, 

 172; used as a nurse crop, 196, 

 208 ; smut of, 293-294 

 Barley and dry farming, 131 

 Barnyard manure, qiff., 1 12 ; impor- 

 tance of, 91-92 ; value of, 92-93 ; 

 effect of feeding on character of, 93; 

 losses in, 94-95; fermentation of,95; 

 care of, 96 ; reenforced with phos- 

 phates, 97-98 ; application of, 98-99 

 Basic slag, 105 

 Beans, 25, 36, 38 

 Beeches, 63, 280-281 

 Beef cattle, silage for, 259, 381 ff.', 

 Shorthorns, 382 ; Herefords, 383 ; 

 Aberdeen-Angus, 384 ; Galloways, 

 385-386; standpoints from which 

 to judge beef cattle, 386 ; judging 

 beef cattle, 387-390; fattening cattle, 



39 2 -393 

 Beef production, 325, 381 



