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INDEX 



557 



Records, accounts, 484; construction of, 

 485-488; continuing the ac- 

 counts, 489; finding profit or 

 loss, 4SS; methods, 4S4, 485; 

 procedure, 485; profits, 488, 

 489. 



Repair shop, equipment, 46S, 469; points 

 of value, 4G5, 466; soldering 

 outfit, 466, 467. 



Roads, dirt roads, 478, 479; drainage, 

 474, 475; grades, 474; gravel, 

 476; macadam, 478; side 

 ditches, 475; stone roads, 476- 

 478; subdrainage, 475, 476; 

 Telford consti-uction, 478; water 

 breaks, 475. 



Rye, classification, 77; cultural methods, 

 78; harvesting, 78; improve- 

 ment, 79, 80; light vs. heavy 

 seed, 80, 81; origin, 77; pests, 

 81-83; rotation, 79; uses, 78,79. 



Sheep, care and mangement, 356-358; 

 diseases, bloating, 363; consti- 

 pation, 363; cold, 363; diar- 

 rhoea, 363; scab, 363; worms, 

 stomach, 363. 



— founding flock, 354-356; marketing, 



362, 363; market classification, 

 354; pasture roughages, 359- 

 362. 



— types and breeds, 349; Cheviot, Tunis, 



Suffolk, Devon, 353; Delaine, 

 Merinos, Rambouillets, 349; fine 

 wool, American Merinos, 349; 

 long wool breeds, Lincoln, Leices- 

 ter, Cotswold, 353; medium wool 

 or mutton breeds, 349; Shrop- 

 shire, Hampshire, Oxford, 

 Southdown, Dorset Horn, 349, 

 350; lesser known breeds. Kara- 

 kul, Arabi, 354; wool, 358, 359; 

 Shiran, Shetland, Big Horn, 

 Barbados, 355. 

 Soil management, adapted to, 2; dis- 

 tinguished by, 1, 2; good, 1; 

 intelligent use, 1; inorganic 

 matter, 1 ; organic matter, 1 ; 

 poor, 1. 



— fertilizer materials, bone phosphate. 



25; carriers, 23; corumon. 21; 

 composition of, 25; nitrogen, 

 23; potash, 24; phosphoric acid, 

 24; sources of, 24. 25. 



— green manuring crops, 20; classes of, 



20, 21; home mixing, 28; in- 

 struments, 14-16. 



— manure, commercial, 16,17; applying, 



19; grain and livestock, 17; 

 hauling, 17; returns, 20; stable 

 manure, 17. 



— mixed fertilizer, 25; composition of, 



25; value, 25, 26. 



— plowing, 12; depth, 12; types of plowa, 



14; use of coulter, 13. 



— pore space and soil moisture, 4; pro- 



portion of, 5; sub-soiling, 14, 15. 



— quantity and kind of fertilizers, 26; 



varies for kinds of crops, 27, 28. 



— soil requirements, nitrogen, 21, 22; 



phosphoric acid, 21, 22; potash, 

 21, 22. 



— soil moisture and crop production, 5 ; 



amount of water required, 7; 

 amount retained, 8; how to re- 

 tain, 8, 9. 



— tilth and tillage, 9; drainage, 9; freez- 



ing and thawing, 11; humus, 

 10; lime, 11. 



— texture and structure, 2; classification, 



2, 3; changes in, 3; methods of 

 treatment, 4; weight, 2, 3. 



— trade values (calculating and comput- 



ing), 26. 



Strawberries, cultivation, 179; diseases, 

 ISO; fertilizers, 176; insects, 

 180; planting, 176, 177; row 

 systems, 178; soils, 175; varie- 

 ties, 178, 179; watering, 179. 



Swine, breeds, 364-367; butchering and 

 curing, 375; cutting, curing, dry 

 curing, brine curing, 377; cas- 

 tration, 368; crates for, 371. 



— diseases, 377; cholera, 378; constipa- 



tion, 377; cold, 377; diarrlitra, 

 377; fits, 377; indigestion, 377; 

 rheumatism, 378; snuflBes, 377; 

 worms, 378. 



— feeds, 368; corn, wheat, barley, 368; 



forage crops, garbage, milk, 

 tankage, 369; stock food. 369. 

 - feeding, 370; brood sows, 370; fatten- 

 ing hogs. 370; farrowing, 370; 

 wintering breeding stock, 370; 

 young pigs, 370. 



— houses, 371; movable, centralized, 375. 



— management of sow and pigs, 367, 368; 



selection of breeding stock, 367; 

 self feeders, 371; types, 364; 

 weight, 371. 

 Tobacco, cultivation, 134; curing. 1.34; 

 fiMtilizcrs, 1.32; harvesting, 1.34; 

 kinds, 130; management, 131, 

 132; seed bed, 133; soils, 131; 



