INDEX 



XXIX 



Field peas, 403, 405 ; in rotation, 86 



Figs, 9 



Fippin, E. O., 71, 81 



Firs, 280-281 



Flax, sSf-sSS; wilt of, 291 



Fletcher, S. W., 57, 71, 90, 277 



Flies, 96, 302 



Floods, prevention of, by forests, 282 



Florida, tobacco in, 244, 245 ; oranges 

 in, 263 ; orchards in, 264 ; sea-island 

 cotton in, 178 



Food. See Plant food 



Forage crops, 223 ff. ; sorghums, 223- 

 224; sorgo, 224; kafir, 225-226; kao- 

 liang, 226, shallu, 226-227 ; durra, 

 227 ; milo, 227 ; feterita, 227 ; re- 

 gions favorable to sorghums, 227 ; 

 culture, 227-228; rape, 228-229; 

 millet, 229 



Forests. See Wood crops 



Formalin, 311 



Fowls, manure of, 93 



Foxtail, 214 



France, farm incomes in, 6 ; wheat 

 yield in, 6; oats in, 169; alfalfa in, 

 210; development of sheep in, 410 

 411 



Frear, William, 247 



Freeman, E. M., 299 



Froubert, C. L., 247 



Fruit judging, 277 



Fuller, A. S., 48, 277 



Fungi, 68, 288-289, 316 



Fungicides, 313 ff. 



Garner, W. W., 247 



Gas engines, 451-454 



Gasoline engines, 451-454 



Gay, C. W., 352, 394 



Geese, 310. See also Poultry 



Georgia, sea-island cotton in, 178 



Geraniums, 40, 41, 42, 47 



Germany, wheat yield in, 5 ; farm in- 

 comes in, 6 ; oats in, 169 ; barley in, 

 171; rye in, 172; alfalfa in, 210; 

 sugar beets in, 236 



Glucose, 31 



Gluten, 367 



Gooseberries, 46 



Grafting, 41, 42, 43, 47-48 



Grain farming and soil fertility, 118 



Grapes, 9 ; origin of Concord, 9-10 



Grasses, 192 ff. ; most important 

 crop, 192-193; pasturing, 193; 

 how grasses increase, 194-195 ; hay 



and pasture mixtures, 195-196; seed- 

 ing, 196; timothy, 197-198; Ken- 

 tucky blue grass, 198-200; Canada 

 blue grass, 200; keeping pastures 

 clean, 200; Bermuda grass, 201; 

 brome grass, 201 ; meadow fescue, 

 201 ; orchard grass, 201 ; carpet 

 grass, 202 ; Johnson grass, 202 ; 

 Rhodes grass, 202 ; Sudan grass, 

 202 



Grasshoppers, 301, 302, 310 



Graves, Henry S., 286 



Greece, alfalfa in, 210; consumption 

 of sugar in, 236 



Green, S. B., 277, 286 



Green manure, 62, 88-89, IO 5> II2 > 

 118, 220 



Green melon lice, 315 



Grit, 427, 429 



Ground beetles, 308 



Guanos, the, 102 



Guernsey, dairying in, 356 



Guernsey Breeders' Association, 371 



Guineas, 310. See also Poultry 



Gulf states, planting corn in, 150 



Gum trees, 281 



Hall, J. G., 299 



Hanson, Timothy, 197 



Harper, M. II., 394 



Hawaiian Islands, sugar cane in, 



237 



Hay, 3, 25, 192-193, 209, 214, 217, 

 219-220, 326, 340, 342-343, 345, 

 346, 366, 367, 393, 402, 404 



Helpful insects, 308-309 



Hemlocks, 280-281 



Hemp, 9, 188-189 



Henry, W. A., 134, 329, 394 



Herd, John, 197 



Hessian fly, 310 



Hibshman, E. K., 247 



Hickory, 63, 281 



Hirshfeld, C. F., 455 



Hogs, 18-19; manure of, 93. See 

 Swine ; see also Feeding animals 



Holland, dairying in, 353 



Holstein-Friesian Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, 371 



Homer, quoted, 91 



Honey bees, 239-240, 308 



Hopkins, C. G., 57, 71, 75 81, 90, 100, 

 114 



Horace, quoted, 279 



Horse labor, 441 



