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INDEX 



completing test, 345, 346; 

 cream test bottles, 344; imper- 

 fect tests, 343, 344; measuring, 

 340, 341; milk pipette, 339; 

 mixing acid, 341; preparing 

 cream, 344, 345; reading the 

 percentage, 342, 343; skim milk 

 test for fat, 346-348; speed of 

 centrifuge, 341, 342; testing for 

 cream, 344; test bottles, 339; 

 testing strength of acid, 340; 

 weighing the charge, 345. 



— bacterial count, 314; boiling water, 



sterilization, 324; bottling, 315. 



— butter-making, 332 ; churn, 333 ; cool- 



ing, 333, 334; packages, 335; 

 ripening, 332; washing, salting, 

 working, 334, 335; cans, wash- 

 ing, 322; care of cans, 323; 

 cooler, types of, 318, 319; cool- 

 ing, 315. 



— cream separator, 330; cleaning, 332; 



care of, 330; foundation, 330, 

 331; principle of centrifugal 

 operation, 330; size, 329; types, 

 328, 329. 



— cheese, 335; American, 335, 336; cut- 



ting, 336; curing, 337; mold- 

 ing, 336; pressing, 336, 337. 



cottage, 337; cutting, heating, 



stirring, 337, 338; drawing, 

 338; pasteurization, 338. 



— ice, .320; use, 320; ice supply, 322. 



— milk house, 316, 317. 



— milking machine, 324; cleaning, ster- 



ilizing, 327, 328; diseases, con- 

 tagious, 326; economic value, 

 324; labor, 324, 325; stripping, 

 325, 326; speed, 326. 



— separator, gravity, 316; separating 



cream, 316; shipping, 321, 322; 

 spring water cooling, 320; 

 steam, sterilization, 322, 323; 

 straining, 315; tanks, cooling, 

 319, 320; tanks, size of, 320; 

 construction of, 320; utensils, 

 316; sterilization of, 322. 



Oats, cultural methods, 71, 72; classifi- 

 cation, 71 ; desirable qualities, 

 71; distribution, 71; harvest- 

 ing, 73; market grades, 73,74; 

 origin, 70; range of, 70, 71; 

 rate of seeding, 72; treatment 

 for smut, 72, 73; time of seed- 

 ing, 72. 



Peaches, cultivation, 156; disease, 157; 

 planting, 156; pruning, 156; 



soils, 155; site, 155, 156; thin- 

 ning, 157. 



Pear, cultivation, 151; fertilizers, 152; 

 harvesting, 152; insects, 152, 

 153; planting, 151; pruning, 

 152; soil, 152; thinning, 152. 



Pests and their control, ants, house, 495- 

 498; Criddle mixture, 499; 

 dogs, prairie, 494; effective so- 

 lutions, 499; fly, stable, 498, 

 499; grasshoppers, 499; go- 

 phers, pocket, 492 ; Kansas bait, 

 499; mice, meadow, 490-492; 

 moles, 495; mosquitoes, 495; 

 rabbits, 495; rats, common, 

 490-492; rat, cotton, 499; 

 sprays, 499; squirrels, Califor- 

 nia, 494; squirrels, Richardson, 

 ground, 493, 494; squirrel, 

 ground, 492, 493; woodchuck, 

 494. 



Pigeons, 248. 



Plums, cover crops, 154; disease, 154; 

 general culture, 153; soils, 153; 

 thinning, 15^. 



Potatoes, commercial fertilizer, 121-123; 

 cultivation, 126; disease, 128, 

 129; harvesting, 126, 127; in- 

 sects, 128, 129; propagation, 

 124; rotation, 120; setting, 

 125; soil, 119; storage, 127, 

 128; transplanting, 125; varie- 

 ties, 123. 



— sweet potatoes, commercial fertilizer, 



121-123; cultivation, 126; dis- 

 ease, 128, 129; harvesting, 

 128, 129; insects, 128, 129;. pre- 

 paration of soil, 121; propaga- 

 tion, 124; rotation, 120; set- 

 ting, 125; soil, 119; storage, 

 127, 128; transplanting, 125; 

 varieties, 123. 



— white potatoes, climate, 110; commer- 



cial fertilizer, 113; cultivation, 

 115; grading, 116; harvesting, 

 116; seed, 114; soil. 111; stor- 

 ing, 116; treating, 114; varie- 

 ties, 114; yield, 110. 



Quince, 157; general culture, 157. 



Raspberries (black), disease, 171; gen- 

 eral culture, 170, 171; insects, 

 171. 



Raspberries (red), cultivation, 169; dis- 

 ease, 171; fertilizers, 169; in- 

 sects, 171; location, 169; plant- 

 ing, 169; pruning, 169; floil, 

 169; training, 170. 



