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INDEX. 



House, Dwelling, on farm 



Size of house lot 380 



Character of house 382 



Cottage, Elevation of. 383 



Convenient farm-house 384 



Plans of farm-house 385 



Hoven 139 



How much to cultivate 24 



How to get a home 397 



Humus, or partially decayed veg- 

 etable matter 98 



Husking-table 408 



Hygiene and Sanitary conditions 



on farm 635 



Air 635 



Ventilation 636 



Location of barns and stables.. 637 



Bank barns '. 638 



Light and pure air 639 



Impure air poisonous 639 



Warm stables 640 



Temperature of stable 1 641 



Size of stable 642 



Ventilators 642 



Sub-ven tilators 643 



Vitiated atmosphere a source of 



disease 643 



Causes of disease 657, 644 



The stable-floor 645 



Care of the feet 647 



Cleaning or grooming 647 



Stalls 649 



Rack, or manger 650 



Disinfectants 651, 656 



Dry earth an absorbent and 



disinfectant 652 



Artificial disinfectants 653 



Fresh lime 653 



Charcoal 654 



Chloride of zinc 654 



Chloride of lime 654 



Chlorine 654 



Carbolic acid, etc 655 



Hygiene and Sanitary conditions 



Labor and fatigue 657 



Feeding 658 



How to feed 659 



What to feed 660 



Economy in feeding 661 



Value of bulky food 662 



Feeding corn-meal 664 



Accumulated experience 665 



Cost of keep 667 



Drink 667 



Pure water 668 



Grooming for health 669 



Condition Powders 670 



Hospital 671 



The horse-blanket 672 



IMPORTANCE of wheat as a crop.. 166 



Improvement of soils 107, 101 



Drainage 101 



Cultivation 102 



Manures 102 



Injurious insects 316 



JERSEY cattle, etc 765 



KICKING, To cure, Method 424 



Killing-post for fowls 410 



Kitchen and house-slops 394 



LADDER, Barrow 419 



Self-supporting 419 



Combined straight and step 420 



Pole 420 



Ladder for loading fodder 408 



Lambs (see Sheep) 1017 



Land measurer 432, 415 



Lawn, House 389 



Laying out drains 67 



Laying the tiles in drains 70 



Less acreage tilled, the tillage 



more thorough 26 



Lettuce... .. 304 



