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INDEX 



Feeders, beef cattle, 231; hogs, 263; 

 sheep, 253 



Feeding, beef cattle, 230; crops for 

 animals, 64; dairy cattle, 242; 

 hogs, 266, 267; horses, 273-275; 

 poultry, 283-287; principles of, 

 207-212; sheep, 253, 258 



Fertility, see Soil fertility 



Fertilization, 151, 152 



Fertilizers, commercial, 39-45; anal- 

 ysis, 40, 41; estimating value of, 

 41; home mixing, 42; for corn, 78; 

 for tobacco, 130; for wheat, 98 



Fields, arrangement of, illus., 299 



Food for plants, see Plant food 



Forage crops, 108-118; definition of, 

 108; grasses, 115-117; legumes, 

 108-114; millets, 117; sorghums, 

 118 



Free "water, illus.. 13 



Fruit raising, 138-146; care of trees, 

 143; establishing an orchard, 140; 

 grafting and budding, 145; in- 

 sects and diseases, 143; soil, 143; 

 a special crop, 138; variety and 

 succession, 139 



Fultz, Abraham, 150 



Fungi, manner of growth, 162; para- 

 sitic, 167 



Galloway, 228 



Galls, 171 



Gapes, 292 



Garden, 131-137; care and protec- 

 tion of, 134; cold frame, 135, 136; 

 essentials, 131; farm gardening, 

 131; hot bed, 135; job for boys 

 and girls, 135; plan, 134; pre- 

 serving products of, 135; rotation, 

 133; sources of information on, 

 134; three- field system, 132; truck 

 or market, 137 



Geese, 279 



Germination, capillary water for, 21; 

 testing seeds for, 68, 80 



Grading, improvement by, 235 



Grafting, 145; illus., 144 



Grain moth, 182 



Granulation, heavy soils, 19, 44 



Grasses, 115-117; meadow, 116; 



pasture, 115 

 Growth, plant, 6 

 Guernsey, 242; illus.} 241 

 Guinea fowl, 279 



Hampshire, hog, 265; illus., 268; 

 sheep, 257 



Hansen, N. E., 152 



Hay, 103, 107, 112, 114, 116-118 



Hereford, 227, 228; illus., 227 



Holstein, 240; illus., 238 



Home, farm, 309-318; comforts of, 

 311; conveniences in, 309; fur- 

 nace in, illus., 312; furnishings, 

 317, 318; kitchen, 310; lighting, 

 311, 312; living conditions in, 309; 

 making attractive, 315; sanitation 

 f> 3 J 3> sewage disposal of, 312; 

 illus., 314; water supply of, 309, 

 310 



Horses, farm, 270-277; care of, 275; 

 conformation, 272; draft, 271, 272; 

 illus., 271, 274; driving, 276; 

 feeding, 273-275; grooming, 276; 

 housing, 272; importance of, 270; 

 stalls for, 273 



House, see Home 



House fly, 192 



Humus, 9, 61, 92 



Hydrogen, i, 2 



Income, farm, 295 



Incubation, 288, 289 



Inoculation, soil, 30-32 



Insects 180-193; ability to meet 

 adverse conditions, 183; birds, 

 destroyers of, 193; biting, 186; 

 climatic conditions related to, 190; 

 control of, 62, 180, 185, 186, 188- 

 191; diseases of, 192; enemies of, 

 192, 193; food of, 186; growth of, 

 183; harmful, 180; injuries by, 



