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INDEX 



Calcium, 261; supply, 38; see Lime 



Canker, 172 



Carbohydrates, 207, 209, 211 



Carbon, i, 2; dioxide, 2, 24 



Cash, accounts, 305; crops, 63; 

 record, 302, 304 



Caterpillars, growth of, 183 



Cattle, beef, see Beef cattle; dairy, 

 see Dairy cattle 



Cherry, crown rot, 168 



Chester White, 265; illus., 267 



Cheviot, 258 



Chickens, see Poultry 



Chinch bug, 96, 190, 191 



Chlorine, 26, 35 



Cholera, hog, 269 



Chunk, farm, illus., 274 



Church, rural, 323 



Clay, 9, ii ; how modified, 16, 53, 54; 

 properties, -52; soils, 52; water- 

 lifting power, 1 8 



Climate, adapting crops to, 58; 

 influencing choice of crops, 58; 

 crop production, 86; method of 

 harvesting, 72; influence on leg- 

 umes, no, on oats, 99, 

 on potatoes, 126, on wheat, 

 QO 



Clover, 111-113; alsike, no; crim- 

 son, no; Japan, 113; mammoth, 

 113; red, in; sweet, 113 



Codling moth, 181, 186 



Cold frame, 136; illus., 136 



Comforts, home, 311-313 



Commercial fertilizer, see Fertilizer 



Community, rural, 311-326; and 

 business relations, 321; and church 

 relations, 323; and educational 

 relations, 322; and recreation, 324; 

 and social relations, 323 



Compacting, manure, 30; soil, 21 



Conformation of beef cattle, 225; 

 of dairy cattle, 237 



Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, 157* 



Conveniences, home, 309-311 



Corn, 74-88; cultivation, 82; dent, 

 75; diseases, 84; distribution map, 

 75; ear-to-row test, 155; fertiliz- 

 ers, 78; flint, 76; harvesting, 85- 

 87; improvement, 85, 155-158; 

 injurious insects, 181; kinds, 75; 

 place in cropping system, 77; 

 planting, 81; pod, 76; pop, 76; 

 prices, 76; production and climate, 

 76; production and labor, 88; 

 root-rot, 84, 96, 165; seed bed, 77; 

 seed drying, 79; seed selection, 78; 

 seed testing, 80; smut, 84; illus., 

 83; value, 74 



Corn-root, lice, 181; rot, 84, 96, 165; 

 worm, 181 



Cotton, 119-123; boll- weevil, 123; 

 boll-worm, 123; cultivation, 122; 

 diseases, 122; distribution, 121; 

 harvesting, 123; injurious insects, 

 122; seed bed, 121 



Cowpea, 28, 114 



Crop farming, 296 



Crop production, 57-73; adaptation 

 to climate, 58; cash crops, 63; 

 cultivation, 70; getting plants 

 started, 69; handling crops, 66; 

 influenced by competition, 65; 

 by cropping systems, 60, 63; 

 by labor, 65; by soil, 59; main- 

 taining soil fertility, 60; planting, 

 69; principles of, 57, 66; seed bed, 

 69; selection of crops, 57; of 

 seed, 66-68 



Crop rotation, 188, 206 



Cropping system, 60 



Crops, barley, 102; buckwheat, 106; 

 cash, 63; corn, 77; cotton, 119; 

 factory, 130; forage, 108; legumes, 

 108; oats, 9; potato, 124; rye, 104; 

 tobacco, 129; wheat, 90 



Dairy cattle, 233-247; breeds, 240- 

 242; conformation, 234, 237; farms, 

 234; feeding, 242-246; herd, 236; 

 improvement, 239; illus., 235; 



