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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 



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Balance 206 



Balance of nature 198 



Balaninus (acorn weevil) .... 27 



Balm 247 



Balsams 54. 9 » 



Balsam-api)le 288 



Barbi(lj,'e 247 



Barberry 20, 167 



Bark beetles 30 



Bark-strings 155 



Barnyard 117 



Basil 247 



Basket 14 



Basket industry 143 



Basses 47 



Basswood 74, 129, 155, 253 



Bathing places 313 



Bats 99, 102 



Beard, Dan 84 



Beard-tongue 266 



Bears 9,98, 182 



Beasts of prey 97 



Beauties of nature 32 



Beaver 9, 96, 97, 150 



Beech 72, 74. 129, 170,224 



Beechnut 28 



Beech nuts 25 



Beech woods 129 



Bee-fly 215 



Beetle 2j, 181, 216, 305 



Beetle lar\^aj 182 



Beets 60 



Bedstraws 293 



Benacus 39 



Bennett, William C 307 



Bergamot 247 



Berries 296 



Berrj'-bearing shrubs . 17, 189, 201 



Beverage 18 



Binding-twine 156 



Bindweeds 288 



Bison 97, 98, 274, 312 



Birch. .72, 77,, 74, 83, 129, 165, 317 



Birch bark 178 



Birch curl 83 



Birds 19,22,24, 



67. 157. 188, 197, 201, 220, 296 



Bird's bath 313 



Bird migration 67 



Biting insects 269 



Pagb 



Bittersweet 71, 2M7, 288, 289 



Black bass 46 



Blacklicrried older 18, I46 



Blackberry 18, 244, 297, 298 



Black-flies 



36, 37, 39. 4<^ 274, 275, 276 



Black Maple 170 



Black walnut 187 



Blanket algie 36 



Blanks f < )r record 13 



Blcpharoccra 38 



Blepharoccri<kc 40 



Bloodroots . . . .206, 208, 209, 210 



Bloodsucking flies 279 



Blueberries 17, 18, 144 



Bluebird 220 



Blue flag (iris) 293 



Blue grass 55,258 



Blue-green alga- 35 



Blue myrtle 92 



Bob-white 116, 117 



Bone awl 157 



Boneset 293,310 



Borders 144 



Borers 182,303 



Bot-flies 275, 277, 278 279 



Bounty of nature 10, 16 



Box-elders 1 70 



Bracken fern 163 292 299 



Braiding 1 56 



Brambles 145 186, 189, 296 



Brasenia 35 



Brer Rabbit 299 



Bridge 318,329 



Briers 188 



Brier patch 299 



Broad-leaved evergreens .... 92 



Brook 307,310 



Brook trout 192 



Browsing 53, 54 



Brown-tail moth 271 



Brush 124, 143, 146 



Brush fence 186 



Brushwood 77 



Br>'ant 143, 180, 193, 274 



Brvozoans 3^ 



Buckeye 26, 28 



Buckthorn 145 



Buckwheat 68, 259,261 



Buckwheat, climbing 289 



