INDEX. 



Acre, wonders of au, 22. 



Agricultural education, growth, 20-21. 



Agricultural products, leading, 45-53. 



Agricultural society, first American, 20. 



Agricultural Wheel, organization, 22. 



Agriculture, application of science, 15-24 ; effect of invention, 11-lb ; improAC- 



ment, 25-^8. 

 Animal breeding, scientific, 35. 

 Animals, domestic, discussion, 39-49. 

 " Appleseed John," stories of, 57-58. 

 Atwater, W. O., and nutrition of i)lants. 35-36. 

 Babcock, S. M., tests for butter fat in milk, 30. 

 Bacon, Francis, on the planting of gardens, 13. 

 Bacteria, plant, investigation, 32. 

 Bailey, L. H,, and the science of farming, 35. 

 Bakers, rise of, 11. 



Banham, I. W., The little brown seed in the furrow, 23. 

 Bibliography, 70-73. 

 Bread making, history, 9-10, 12. 

 Brooks, Eugene C, History of cotton. 51-52; History of uinize. 48-19; Man and 



nature, 7 ; The mysteries of mother earth. 15. 

 Browning, Robert, quotation from Pippa Passes, 68. 

 Bryant, W. C, quotation from, 69. 



Burbank, Luther, and development of plants, 30-31; on children, 32. 

 Burroughs, John, quotation from. 69. 

 Canning clubs, work, 27. 

 Carlyle, Thomas, The .sower's song, 13. 

 Carthage, wars with Rome, 8. 



Cawein, Madison, Nature's song, 62. , 



Chorley, H. F., The oak, 62. 



Columbia College, early provisions for agricultural education. 20. 

 Connecticut, early provision for agricultural education. iMt. 

 Cooking, ancient knowledge, 9. 

 '• Corn," definition of term, 45. 

 Corn clubs, work, 27. 

 Corn-planter, invention, 19. 

 Cotton, history, 51-53 ; gin, invention, 18-19. 

 Country boy's creed, 6. 

 Cow, value of, 41^2. 

 Craik, D. M., Green things growing, 23. 

 Cultivator, two-horse, use of, 19. 

 Deere, John, invention of steel plow, 19. 

 Department of Agriculture, foundation, 33. 

 Dickson, David, inventor of " Dickson sweep," etc., .36. 



