INDEX 



555 



Fruit, age of bearing, 157, 158; apray 

 machinery, 196, 197; varieties 

 for diflferent districts, 158-166. 



Fungicides, ammoniacal copper carbon- 

 ate, 187; Bordeaux mixture, 



188, 189; corrosive sublimate, 



189, 190; copper sulphate wash, 

 189; formalin, 190; hellebore, 

 190; iron sulphide mixture, 

 190; lime sulphur, 191-193; 

 potassium sulphide, 193; resin- 

 lime mixture, 194; sulphur, 

 194. 



Geese, 244. 



Gooseberry, cultivation of, 173; diseases, 

 175; general culture, 173, 174; 

 insects, 175. 



Grapes, cultivation, 182; diseases, 186; 

 fertilizers, 182; insects, 185; 

 location, 181; planting, 181; 

 pruning, 182, 183; soil, 181; 

 training, 185; winter protec- 

 tion, 185. 



Harness, cleaning with saddle soap, 461, 

 462; oiling leather, 462, 463; 

 repair outfit, 463; stitching, 

 463, 464. 



Horse, adjustment of harness, 276, 277; 

 care of harness, 277; fitting col- 

 lar, 277; sore shoulder, 277; 

 bedding, 274, 275; blanketing, 

 273, 274; breeding, brood mare, 

 258; care of, 260-262; season of 

 year, 259, 260; selecting stal- 

 lion, 258, 259 ; care of feet, 275, 

 276; care of teeth, 275; clip- 

 ping, 273; cost of rations, 271; 

 diseases, 284; hots, 285; bron- 

 chitis. 286; chills, 285; cold in 

 head, 286; constipation, 285; 

 cough, 286; cramp colic, 284; 

 diarrhoea, 285; fever, 285; 

 heaves, 286, 287; nail in foot, 

 287; overloading stomach, 284; 

 pin worms. 285; pneumonia, 

 286; stomach worms, 285; 

 stocking of legs, 287. 



— feeding and care of, 266; alfalfa, 270; 

 amount of feed, 266; barley, 

 rye and wheat, 269; bitting, 

 280, 281; bran, 270; clover, 

 268; corn, 268; corn and oats, 

 268, 269; cornstalks, 270, 271; 

 feeding idle horse, 271, 272; 

 grains. 26S; grooming, 272, 

 273; hay and forage, 270; har- 

 nessing,' 281, 282; hitching 



single, 282, 283; linseed meal, 

 269; molasses, 269; patent 

 food, 269, 270; roots and tubers, 

 271; salting horse, 272; silage, 

 271; teaching to lead, 279,280; 

 timothy, 270; training and 

 breaking, 283, 284; training and 

 breaking colts, 277-279; train- 

 ing to use of bit, 280; watering, 

 order of, 266, 267. 



— tvpes and breeds, American saddler, 



249; Arabian, 248, 249; Bel- 

 gian, 253, 254; Clydesdale, 254, 

 255; coach, 250;' draft, 252; 

 French coach, 251; French 

 draft, 253; German coach, 2.52; 

 hackney, 250, 251; light type, 

 247; mule, 256, 257; Percheron, 

 253; ponies, 256; Shire, 255; 

 SuiTolk, 256; thoroughbred, 

 247; standard bred, 249, 2.50; 

 young foal, 262; diseases, 263, 

 264; feeding, 262, 263; wean- 

 ing, 265. 



Insecticides, arsenate of lead, 187; arse- 

 nate of lime, 187, 188; carbon 

 bisulphide, 189; crude petrole- 

 um, 190; dry lime sulphur, 195, 

 196; hydrocyanic acid gas, 190; 

 kerosene, 190, 191 ; kerosene 

 emulsion, 191; lime sulphur, 

 191, 193; miscible oil, 193; 

 Paris green, 193; pyrethrum, 

 193; resin-lime mixture, 194; 

 soap, 194; tangle-foot, 194; to- 

 bacco, 194; whale oil soap, 194, 

 195. 



Land drainage, evidences of need of, 32; 

 causes of wet lands. 32, 33; 

 overflow of streams, 33; struc- 

 ture of .soil, 32; contract sys- 

 tem of, 44. 



— liming, application of, 30, 31; kinds, 



29, 30; value of, 30; when 

 needed, 29. 



■ — drains, arrangement and depth, 39, 

 40; beneficial efTects of, 34; busi- 

 ness proposition, 44, 45; open, 

 36; outlet, 42; silt wells, 43; 

 slopes, 40; suitable grades, 36; 

 tools, 43; types of, 34; wet 

 lands, extent of, 33. 



Milk, Babcock test, 3.39; acid, 340; acid 

 measure, 339; adding acid, 341; 

 adding water, 342; balance, 

 344; centrifuging bottles, 341; 

 centrifugal machine, 339, 340; 



