INDEX 



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Corn, 2, 8, 9, 11-13, 24, 25, 26, 36, 

 38, 46, 75, 93, 109, no, 116, 118, 

 119, wff., y 7 , 328, 341, 345> 346, 

 3 6 5' 39 2 ' 393' 42, 404. 427. 4 2 9 5 

 water drawn from soil by, 29 ; dia- 

 gram of grains of, 32 ; food used 

 by, 73 ; in rotation, 86 ; history of, 



134 ; production and distribution of, 



135 ; uses of, 135 ; adaptation of, to 

 climate and soil, 135-136; dent, 

 136; types of, 136; flint, 136-137; 

 pod, 137; pop, 137; soft, 137; 

 sweet, 137; plant of, 138 ; seed bed 

 of, 138-139; importance of good 

 seed, 139; regional varieties, 140- 

 142; selecting seed ears, 142-144; 

 maturity and soundness, 144; size 

 and shape of ears, 144; character 

 of kernel and germs, 145 ; uniform- 

 ity of type, 146; storing seed, 146- 



147 ; testing and germination, 147- 



148 ; grading seed, 148 ; methods of 

 planting, 148-149 ; rate of planting, 

 149; depth of planting, 150; time 

 of planting, 1 50 ; cultivation, 1 50- 

 152 ; harvesting, 152 ; smuts of, 294 



Corn chop, 366, 367 



Corn stover, 345, 366; digestibility 

 of, 324 



Corn-and-cob meal, 366, 393 



Corn-ear worm, the, 303, 310 



Corn-root worm, the, 310 



Cornell Experiment Station, 437 



Correns, Carl, 14 



Cotton, 15-16, y/7 ff.; uses of, 177- 

 178; history of, 178; kinds of, 

 178; plant of, 178-180; long-staple 

 and short-staple, 180181 ; separa- 

 tion of fiber from seed, 181-182; 

 cottonseed products, 182-183; cot- 

 ton soils, 183 ; climatic conditions, 

 183; fertilizers for, 183-184; plant- 

 ing and cultivating, 184; harvest- 

 ing, 185 ; increasing yield by seed 

 selection, 185-186; insect enemies, 

 186; diseases of, 186-187; wilt- 

 resistant, 296 



Cotton seed, 37, 102 



Cotton wilt, 186, 290-291 



Cotton-boll weevil, the, 306-308 



Cottonseed meal, 93, 328, 341, 342, 

 345' 366, 367, 393 



Cotyledons, 36, 45 



Cowpea hay, 93 ; food removed from 

 soil by, 73 



Cowpeas, 74, 88, 192, 204, 206, 218- 

 220, 274, 328, 341, 367, 427 ; in ro- 

 tation, 86 ; wilt-resistant, 296 



Crab grass, 214 



Cradle, the, 2-3 



Craig, John A., 352, 371, 417 



Cranberries, 63 



Crimson clover in orchards, 274 



Cross-fertilization, 138 



Crossing, 14-20 



Cross-pollination, 42 



Crown gall, 288 



Cuba, sugar cane in, 237 



Cucumbers, 28, 38 ; wilt of, 288 



Currants, 46 



Cuttings, 46-47 



Cutworms, 310 



Dairy cattle, 353 ff. ; silage for, 259; 

 the dairy, 353 ; advantages of dairy- 

 ing' 353-3545 the dairy herd, 354- 

 355; Jerseys, 355-356; Guernseys, 

 356-357 ; Ayrshires, 357-358; Hoi- 

 steins, 358-359 ; Brown Swiss, 359- 

 360; Dutch Belted, 360; Milking 

 Shorthorns, 360 ; selecting a dairy 

 herd, 360-361 ; keeping records of 

 cows, 361 ; selecting a dairy cow, 

 361-364; selection of the herd 

 bull, 364 ; feeding the dairy herd, 

 364 ; when pastures fail, 365 ; feed- 

 ing, 365-367 ; raising the calves on 

 skim milk, 367-368 ; the dairy barn, 

 368-369 



Dairy products, 372 ff. ; recent prog- 

 ress, 372 ; what milk contains, 372- 

 373 ; butter fat, 373 ; other com- 

 ponents, 373-374 ; bacteria in milk, 

 374 ; separating cream from milk, 

 375-3775 making butter, 377-378; 

 Babcock test, 378 



Dates, 9, 263 



Davidson, J. B., 132, 455 



Dawson, H. C., 408 



Day, George E., 408 



Denitrification, 76 



Denmark, oats in, 169; farming in, 442 



Department of Agriculture, United 

 States, 90, 91, 100, 114, 121, 126, 

 128, 132-133, 150, 155, 176, 190- 



191, 201, 203, 222, 226, 230, 241, 

 242, 245, 250, 26o-26l, 278, 286, 



296, 299, 329, 352, 380, 394, 408, 



4i7' 435 455 

 De Vries, Hugo, 14 



