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INDEX. 



Dairy cattle, breeds of, 177. 

 Dairying, elements of success in, 195, 



196, 197. 

 Diffusion, 13. 

 Digestibility of feeds, 154. 

 Digestion coefficients, 155 ; function 



of, 145. 

 Drainage, function of, 42 ; methods of, 



43. 



Dried blood, 74. 

 Dried flsh, 76. 

 Dried meat, 75. 



Earth worms, effect on soils of, 22. 



Egg-plants, 127. 



Ensilage, 149. 



Excretion, functions of, 146. 



Fallow, bare, 116 ; cropping, 116. 



Farming, extensive, 120; intensive, 120. 



Farmyard manure, 53. 



Fat, in animal food, 141; determina- 

 tion of, 143. 



Feed, definition of, 146; digestibility 

 of, 154 ; gluten, 151 ; manurial value 

 of, 166, 168; mill, 150, 166. 



Feeding, economy in, 164, 165 ; fertility 

 in, 166; objects of, 157. 



Feeding standards, 158 ; use of, 159. 



Felt waste, 61. 



Fermentation of manures, 57. 



Ferments, effect of, on milk, 188. 



Fertility of soils, 30; truemeasureof,34. 



Fertilizers, advantages of different, 

 103; analysis of, 108; complete, 

 102; formulas, 108; incomplete, 

 102; methods of buying, 102; 

 special, 110; use of, 110. 



Fertilizing elements, essential, 52. 



Fertilizing materials, classes of, 68; 

 standard, 100. 



Fish, dried, 76. 



Florida phosphate, 86. 



Fodder, definition of, 146; green, 149. 



Food, classes of animal, 140 ; definition 

 of, 146. 



Fruit crops, 135 ; manures for, 136 ; 

 soils adapted to, 136. 



Galloway cattle, 179. 

 Gas lime, 65. 

 Gelatinoids, 139. 



Germination, 15 ; conditions necessary 

 for, 16. 



Gluten feeds, 151. 



Grades, breeding of, 173. 



Grasses, description of, 126, 131. 



Green manuring. See Manures. 



Guanos, phosphatic, 88. 



Guaranteed composition, 104; inter- 

 pretation of, 104. 



Guernsey cattle, 177. 



Gypsum, 66. 



Hair waste, 61. 

 Harrowing, 50. 

 Hay, cutting of, best time for, 147 ; as 



a feed, 147. 



Heredity in breeding, i?fl~ _ ! - 

 Hereford cattle, 179. 

 Holstein-Friesian cattle, 178. 

 Hominy meal, as a feed, 152. 

 Hoof meal, 77. 

 Horn meal, 77. 

 Horned Dorset sheep, 180. 

 Horny matter in animal body, 139. 

 Horse manure, 54. 

 Horses, breeds of; American trotting, 



176; draft, 175; heavy carriage, 



176 ; saddle, 176 ; thorough-bred, 



176. 

 Humus, composition and effect of, 25. 



Iron phosphate, 88. 

 Irrigation, 43. 



Jersey cattle, 177. 



Kainit, composition of, 97 ; use of, as 

 manure, 97. 



Lactation, period of, 186. 



Land plaster, 66. 



Leaf, structure of the, 12. 



Leather meal, 61, 77. 



Legumes, 127. 



Leicester sheep, 180. 



Lime, effect of, 24, 47, 61, 64, 67 ; gas, 



65 ; shell, 65 ; slaked, 65. 

 Limestone, 65. 

 Limestone soils, 27. 

 Lincoln sheep, 180. 

 Lineage in breeding, 172. 

 Linseed meal, as feed, 152. 

 Loamy soils, 27. 



