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INDEX 



Curing meats, corned beef, 383, 384 ; cur- 

 ing pork, hams, 380; bacon, 

 tongues, 382; dry cured pork, 

 382, 383; keeping fresh meats, 

 379 ; salt pork brine, 382 ; smok- 

 ing meats, 384-386. 



Currants, diseases, 175; fertilizers, 173; 

 insects, 174; location, 172; 

 planting, 172, 173; pruning, 

 173; soil, 172. 



— currants (black), 173; pi-uning, 173. 

 Dairy Cattle, breeds of, 288; Ayrshire 



breed and characteristics, 291- 

 295; BrowTi Swiss, 301, 302; 

 dual purpose breeds, 299-301; 

 Devon breed, 304; Dutch belted, 

 297; French Canadian, 297, 298; 

 Guernsey breed, 291; Holstein- 

 Fresian, 295-297; Jersey breed 

 and origin, 288-291; Kerry, 298, 

 299; Red Polled, 302-304. 



— diseases of, 311; blackleg, 312; bleed- 



ing, 312; bloating, 311 ; chapped 

 teats, 312; choking, 312; consti- 

 pation, 312; garget, 312; indi- 

 gestion, 312; inflammation of 

 udder, 312; losing cud, 312; 

 scours, 312. 



— judging, 304, 305; bulls, 306; descrip- 



tion, good dairy cow, 305, 306; 

 faults, 306. 



— management, 307; calf stables. 311; 



dairy cow, 308, 309; dairy ra- 

 tions, 310; feeding dairy cow, 

 309, 310; herd bull, 307*; rais- 

 ing calves, 311. 



Ducks, Indian Runners, 243, 244; Pekins, 

 243; young ducklings, 244. 



Engines (kerosene and gasoline), inter- 

 nal combustion troubles, 454, 

 455; tractor, 452-454; trouble 

 chart, 455, 456. 



Explosives, attaching blasting cap, 446- 

 448; blasting, 446; bore holes, 

 449; cutting dynamite cart- 

 ridge, 449; detonation, 446; fir- 

 ing, 450, 451; hauling and stor- 

 ing, 445, 446; loading, 449; 

 opening cases, 446 ; practical in- 

 structions, 451 ; priming with 

 cap and fuse, 446; priming 

 cartridge, 448, 449 ; saving man 

 power, 444; saving time, 445; 

 tamping, 449, 450. 



Federal Farm Loan System, benefits, 482, 

 483 ; borrowing money, 481, 482 ; 

 mortgage, 480, 481. 



Fence Posts, prolonging, 470-473. 

 Forage and Soiling Crops, definition of, 



84; distribution, 84; varieties, 



84, 85. 



— alfalfa, 103; lime and fertilizers, 105; 



regions adapted to, 103; seed- 

 ing, 103; soil adapted to, 103; 

 varieties, 105. 



— bent grasses, 92. 



— brown grass, 95, 96; seed and seed- 



ing, 96; value, 96, 97. 



— Canada blue grass, 95. 



— clover, 100; alsike seed and seedage, 



101; crimson, amount per acre, 

 101; Japan, annual, 102; sweet, 

 seed and seedage, varieties, 102, 

 103; white, amount per acre, 

 101. 



— cow peas, 107; adapted to, 107; soils, 



107. 



— field peas, 107; adapted to, 107; 



amount per acre, 107. 

 • — hay-making, 108; proper curing, 108; 

 storing, 109; weather condi- 

 tions, 108. 



— Kentucky blue grass, 93; seeds and 



seedage, 94, 95 ; value and adap- 

 tation, 93. 



— medium red clover, 100; characteris- 



tics, 100; seeds and seedage, 

 100; time to cut, 100; value, 

 100. 



— orchard grasses, 92; advantages and 



disadvantages, 93; seed and 

 seedage, 93; soil and climate, 

 92. 



— red-top, 91; seed and seedage, 91, 92; 



soil and climate, 91 ; value and 

 uses, 92. 



— secondary grasses, 97; inoculation, 99; 



legumes, 98, 99; millets, 97; 

 sorghums, 97; Soudan, 97. 



— soy beans, 105; for hay, 106; food 



value, 107; securing seed, 106; 

 time for maturity, 106. 



— timothy, 90; fertilizer and lime, 89, 



90; life history, 91; methods of 

 seeding, 87, 88; mixture with 

 clover, 90, 91; pasturing, 90; 

 rate of seeding, 89; rotation, 

 86, 87; seeds, 87; seed bed, 88, 

 89; time to cut, 90; yields, 90. 



— vetches, 107; amount per acre, 107; 



time for cutting, 107; varieties, 

 107. 



