456 



INDEX 



Carrots, 246 



growing, 247 

 Cauliflower, 267 

 Celeriac, 269 

 Celery, 268 

 Cherries, 327 

 Chestnut, 363 

 Chinch bug, 400 

 Cliives, 272 

 Chlorophyll, 4 

 Citron melon, 279 

 Citrus fruits, 328 

 Civic improvement, 452 

 Cleaning up, 418 

 Clovers, 165 



alsike, 168 



bur, 180 



crimson, 169 



Japanese, 179 



mammoth, 167 



red, 165 



sweet, 180 



white, 167 

 Cocoanuts, 364 

 Codling moth, 401 

 Coldframes, 259 

 Coleoptera, 393 

 Collards, 270 

 Commercial fertilizers, 115 



for gardens, 257 

 Compost, 108, 257 

 Conservation of moisture, 88 



of soil, chapter on, 94 

 Cooperative projects, 449 

 Corn, chapter on, 187 



binders, 196 



breeding, 36 



by-products, 187 



classes of, 187 



curing, 197 



dent, 189 



distribution of, 188 



ear-worm, 400 



flint, 189 



harvesting, 194 



judging, 199 



planters, 192 



planting, 191 



pop, 189 



preparation of soil for, 191 



rules for judging, 199 



score card, 203 



seed, 196 



sweet, 189, 276 



tillage of, 192 



Corn, testing seed for, 48 



types of, 190 



varieties, 191 

 Cost of production, 441 

 Cotton, growing, chapter on, 286 



baling, 295 



breeding, 39 



boll-weevil, 297, 400 



boll-worm, 2U8 



culture of, 291 



diseases, 299 



fertilizing, 291 



grades of, 295 



ginning, 294 



insect enemies, 296 



judging. 289 



long staple, 288 



machinery, 299 



pit-king, 292 



planting, 291 



preparation for crop, 290 



root rot, 299 



score card, 289 



seed, 117 



types of, 286 



varieties, 287 



wilt, 299 



yields, 294 

 Cover crops, 90 

 Cowpea, 175 



seeding, 177 



varieties, 176 

 Cress, upland, 271 

 Cropping, companion, 146 



succession, 146 



Crop rotations, chapter on, 137 

 management, 138 

 principles, 138 

 Crossing, 27 

 Cross-pollination, 15, 30 

 Crude oil, 424 

 Cucumbers, 279 



striped beetle, 406 

 Curculio, 402 

 Currants, 339 

 Cuttings, 59 



grape vine, 60 



practice in making, 68 



Diecious, 14 



Digestible components in feeds 



(table), 220 



nutriments, in cotton (table), 

 300 



in grain crops (table), 221 

 in legumes (table), 184 



