INDEX. 



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Acid in soil 96 



test for 97 



Acid measure 179 



Albumen if)9 



Alfalfa 1 15, 1 JO 



as a food uj 



conditions for growing . . 120 



curing 122 



Alkaline soil 98 



Alkali wash 335 



Ammonia 87, 99 



Ammonia, Sulphate of ... 88 

 Ammoniacal copiier carbonate . 338 



340, 342 

 Analysis of feeding stuffs . . 136 



Animals 33 



accumulations of 35 



disintegration by 34 



characteristics of .... 403 



domestic 394 



early history 393 



improvement in ... . 394, 400 



use of 393 



Ants 34 



Apple scab 340 



Arabians 406 



Argilaceous soils. Sec Clay. 



Arsenate of lead 301 



Ash in milk 170 



Ashes as fertilizers . . . 91, 98 



Atavism 396 



Atmosphere 5- > 1 



chemical action 7 



composition 11 



movements 6 



work of 1 1, 25 



Babcock test 175 



Bacteria 11 J 



conditions necessary for growth 1 14 

 cultures of 113 



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Bacteria in milk 164 



in soil 31, 78, 98, 102 



nitrogen fi.xing . . 110, 117, 120 



tubercle forming 112 



Baltimore oriole 327 



Barnyards, Covered . 102, 103, 147 



Beavers 3'> 



Beech 373 



Bitter rot 339 



Blackbird 310 



Black rot 338 



Bone-black 90 



Bordeau.x mi.xture . . . 338, 340 



nozzle 3"5 



test 34- 



Borers 322, 332 



round-headed apple-tree . . 332 



Boulder clay 44 



Breeding-jar 293 



Brown rot 336 



Budding 229 



spring 230 



Buds, Removal of 276 



Butter 190, 198 



churning 192 



coloring 190 



composition 195 



estimating yield 196 



grain of 194. i95 



keeping quality 194 



marketing 196 



molding and wrajjping . . . 197 



mottling 195 



overrun 196 



])acking 196 



salting 194 



washing 194 



worker 195 



working 195 



Butter fat 167. 181, 183 



I'.utterfly 297 



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