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ABERDEEN- ANGUS, Galloway or 



Polled Cattle 749 



Adaptation for farm-work, of in- 

 dividuals 19 



Adjustment of foods, Proper 1184 



Age, Feeding as influenced by... 1189 



Albuminoid ratio of foods 1178 



Alderney Cattle 765 



Alfalfa 131 



Alsike Clover 130 



Amount of Food supplied, In- 

 creasing 1183 



Apiary (see Bees) 1133 



Apples in orchard 261 



How far apart 261 



Varieties 262 



Apple-tree Borer 343 



Army-worm 364 



Artichokes 252 



Asparagus and its cultivation 293 



Ass, The 673 



Ayrshire cattle 761 



In the United States 764 



BAG-HOLDER 434, 409 



Barley, Treatment of. 189 



Barn, The, and Barn-yard 1193 



Plans of 1194 



Lumber required 1 1 96 



Approaches to 1197 



Lean-to shed 1198 



Feeding shed and rack 1198 



Rack for stacking straw 1199 



Cow-stalls and manure ditch... 1200 



Slatted floor 1201 



Stanchions 1202 ' 



Barn-closet 434 



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Barn-yard Manure 103 



Barrel chair 426 



Barrel coop 432 



Barrel Sled 436 



Barrel well-curb 416 



Barrow for stable use 436 



Barrow ladder 419 



Bean weevil 329 



Beans in garden 295 



Pole-beans 295 



Beans, their varieties 192 



Where to plant 192 



How much seed to the acre.... 193 



Harvesting and threshing 193 



Bees and bee culture 1133 



Apicultural journals 1 1 33 



Hindrances to the industry 1134 



Requisites to success 1134 



Natural history of Bees 1135 



The Queen 1135 



Ovaries of. 1136 



Mating 1136 



The Drones 1136 



Organs of copulation 1137 



Drone cells 1137 



Worker Bees 1139 



Races of Bees 1140 



Black or German bee 1140 



Italian bee 1 1 40 



Syrians 1141 



Cyprian bee 1141 



Products of bees 1141 



Honey 1141 



Wax and comb 1141 



Pollen or bee-brend 1141 



Propolis or bee-glue 1142 



Practical bee-keeping 1142 



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