Index 



Abortion, chronic, 77 



Acres in cultivation, national, 

 163, 188 



Adjustment of the dollar, 185 



Agriculture, correspondence 

 courses in, 50 



Animal Industry, Pennsylvania 

 State Bureau of, 54 



Animals as pets, 107 



Apples, 148 



Around the Year in the Gar- 

 den, 72 



Artificial light for chickens, 95, 



98 



Asparagus, 143 

 Autos, number needed, 157 



Bacon, 102; type pig, 105 



Bang's disease, 77 



Beef, 31, 86, 87; production, 



course in, 51 

 Bees, 136 

 Beetles, 37 

 Beets, 119 



Biological balance, 65 

 Birds, 65 



Blackberries, 124, 140 

 Black-headed worm, 137 

 Blood-testing, 77; of chickens, 



96 

 Bookkeeping, 72; farm, course 



in, 51; see also Records 

 Borsodi, Ralph, Flight from the 



Brahmas, 95 



Breeding: of cows, 78, 80; of 

 hens, 94; of pigs, 105, 115 



Brooders, 97, 99 



Brooding of chickens, 96 



Budget, food, 8, 13, 184 



Bulb plants, 127 



Bulls, 79; see also Livestock 



Bureau of Home Economics, 

 54. 67, 136 



Butchering, 41, 106, 108 



Butter, 13, 32, 82; course in 

 making, 51 



By-products of part-time farm- 

 ing, 166; handicrafts, 171; 

 roadside stand, 169; selling 

 surplus, 166 



Cabbage, 119; Chinese, 121 



Calves, feed of, 85; see also 

 Cows 



Candling, 88 



Canning, 41, 143, 150; of vege- 

 tables, 119, 123 



Capital, 24, 52, 175; see also 

 Investment 



Carrots, 119 



Cats, 65 



Cattle, 77, 85; see also Cows 



Celery, 119 



Cereals, 136 



Channel Island cattle, 79 



Chickens, 66, 68, 97, 137; breeds 

 of, 94; feed of, 98; hatching, 



195 



