INDEX 



345 



management, 246, 247; summer 

 feeding, 245; types of, 236; winter 

 feeding, 245 



Diseases, plant, 161-172; apple, 156; 

 bacterial, 162; bacterial black rot, 

 1 68; bitter rot, 167; black mold, 

 163, illus., 163; blue mold, 168; 

 brown rot, 168; control of, 164-166; 

 apple rust, 165; corn-root 

 rot, 165; wheat rust, 165; corn, 

 84; cotton, 122; dry rot, 168; 

 fruit trees, 144; growth of fungi, 

 162; importance of control, 166; 

 infecting potatoes, 128; interfer- 

 ence with plant growth, 161; man- 

 agement of crops to control, 62; 

 meaning of, 161; oats, 101; pow- 

 dery mildew, 164, illus., 164; pro- 

 tecting crops from, 71; treatment 

 for oat smut, 165; treatment for 

 seed potatoes, 164; wheat, 98 



Dorset, 258 



Draft horse, illus., 271 



Drainage, foundation of soil manage- 

 ment, 46; drained and undrained 

 soil, 22, 23; and soil air, 25; and 

 water control, 19 



Dressing percentage, beef, 224 



Drought, 22 



Dry mash, 291 



Ducks, 279 



Duroc Jersey, 265; illus., 266 



Durum wheat, 149 



Egg production, 280, 284, 287 

 Embryo sac, 151; illus., 151 

 English sparrow, 199 

 Erosion, illus., 10 



Evaporation, loss of water by, 19; 

 control of. 20 



Factory crops, 119, 130 



Farm accounting, 300-308; bills pay- 

 able, 306; bills receivable, 306; 

 cash accounts, 305; cash record, 

 302-304; enterprise accounts, 305; 



feed records, 307; income, 295; 

 inventory, 301, 302; labor records, 

 306; production records, 237, 308; 

 requirements for system of, 301; 

 systems of, 300, 301 



Farm animals, care of, 212, 213; and 

 capital, 218; and crops and crop- 

 ping systems, 214; crop residue 

 used by, 202; feeding of, 206-212; 

 feeding balance for, 206; feeding 

 principles, 207; feed lots and 

 buildings for, 230; grading, 213; 

 how secured, 205; improvement 

 of, 213, 214; importance of well- 

 bred, 205; kind to keep, 216; 

 labor distribution by, 202; main- 

 tenance ration for, 207; marketing, 

 217; preparing rations for, 211, 

 212; production of crops related 

 to, 203; productive ration for, 207; 

 standard ration for, 208; standard- 

 izing ration for, 210; size of farm, 

 216; and soil fertility, 201; sup- 

 ply of, 201 ; and system of farming, 

 2O 3> types and breeds of, 219; 

 value of, 201 



Farm garden, 131-137; care and 

 protection of, 134; preparation of, 

 131; requirements for, 131 



Farm home, 309, 318 



Farm horses, see Horses 



Farm management, 294-308; ac- 

 counting, see Farm accounting; 

 crop farming, 296; definition of, 

 294; diversified farming, 299; or- 

 ganization, 299; special farming, 

 298; stock farming, 298; types of 

 farming, 295; illus., 296 



Farmer, business relations of, 321; 

 church relations of, 323; commu- 

 nity relations of, 319; educational 

 relations of, 322; social relations of, 

 323; and recreation, 324 



Farmbtead, plan of, 316 



Fats, 207 



Feed records, 307 



