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INDEX. 



Corn as a green manure 92 



Corn-cribs 164 



Corn-crop of the U. States (see 



also Cereals) 140 



Average yield per acre 140 



Reports of corn-growers 141 



Corn-fodder and fodder-corn 158 



Cost of drainage 71 



Cost of fences 34 



Cost of tillage to be considered 



in farming 28 



Cottage, Farm 383 



Cotton 203 



Cultivation 204 



Picking season 204 



Sorting 205 



Ginning 205 



Baling 206 



Enemies of 206 



Cotton moth 206 



Army- worm 207 



Boll-worm 207 



Diseases 208 



Cotton Production in the U. S., 



table of. 1204 



Cotton-seed and its Uses 208 



Meal of. 209 



Cotton-worm 364 



Boll-worm 364 



Crab for shocking corn 409 



Cream (see Dairy) 862 



Crops, Rotation of 24 



Cucumbers 302 



Cucumber Beetles, striped 340 



Culture of corn, hill and drill.... 156 



Curculio, Plum 351 



Curing clover-hay 134 



Currants 278 



Currant Borer 358 



Cutting grass for hay 127 



Cut-worms 321 



Cut-worms, climbing 361 



Cut-worms, to keep from corn 152 



DAIRY, The : (Cattle) 



Farm dairying 833 



Selecting the cows 834 



Testing the milk 835 



Breeds of cattle 836 



' ' Gilt-edged " Butter 837 



Pastures and food 838 



Full feeding profitable 840 



Milking 841 



Milking tubes 842 



How to manage the milk 843 



Deep can for milk 844 



Milk-house 845 



Ice-house 846 



Ice-chest for milk-pans 848 



Bad flavor in butter, causes... 849 



Skimming 849 



Skimmer for deep cans 850 



Churns and churning 850 



Washing and working 852 



Butter-worker 852 



Keeping butter 853 



Brining butter 854 



Family cheese-making 854 



Cheese-basket 855 



Cheese-ladder 85.5 



Rennet 855 



Setting the milk temperature. 856 



Applying the rennet 856 



Handling the curd 856 



Pressing the cheese 857 



Curing 858 



The factory system, etc 858 



Milk for cheese 859 



A good cow 859 



Maintenance 861 



Handling of milk 861 



Modern invention 861 



Lowering temperature 862 



Deep or shallow setting 862 



The centrifugal cream-separator 863 



Its superiority 864 



Noticeable results 865 



