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INDEX 



296; composition of, 282; computing 

 rations, 293; condimental, 298; di- 

 gestibility of, 287; effect of time of 

 harvesting on, 71, 183; fertility of, 

 recovered in manure, 138; functions 

 of, 285; maintenance values of, 289; 

 nutritive ratio, 293; production 

 values of, 289, 411; references, 299; 

 relative values of concentrates and 

 roughage, 189, 291, 411; weed seeds 

 in, reference, 270. 



Fences, for sheep, 355; trees for posts 

 in, 225. 



Fertility of the land, chapter on, 109. 

 .See Soil fertility. 



Fertilization of blossoms, 12. 



Fertilizers, amount spent for, 116, 419; 

 analyses, 129; cost, 129; effect of too 

 strong, 66; estimating value, 130; 

 for alfalfa, 190; for corn, 132, 163; 

 for cotton, 208; grass, 132, 183; 

 legumes, 132; oats, 132, 181; wheat, 

 132, 180; home-mixing, 131; materials 

 used as, 114; references, 152, 153; 

 valuation, 129; when and what to 

 use. Ill, 114, 132, 163, 181, 183, 

 184, 208. See Nitrogen, Phosphorus, 

 Potassium, Lime, Manure, Green- 

 manure. 



Fertilizing constituents in various 

 substances, 408, 



Fiber, crude, 284. 



Fields, arrangement of, 223, 276; shape 

 and location, 374. 



Filament, defined, 11. 



Fire-blight, 249. 



Fish as food, reference, 300. 



Flax, seeding rate, 405; seed vitality, 

 405. 



Flax-seed, exports and imports, 414; 

 value of crop, 413; weights per bushel, 

 406. 



Flea-beetle, control of, 261. 



Floats, 124; as reinforcement for 

 manure, 144, 149. 



Flocculation, 83. 



Flowers, 389. 



Fly. life history of, 256. 



Fodder, See Corn. 



Food, stored in seeds, 47. 



Forest, discussion of, 216; area in 

 United States, 216; conservative 

 management of, 221; destruction of, 

 217; effect on climate, 220; impor- 

 tance of to irrigation, 89, 220; profits 

 from wood lots, 222; references, 243; 

 relation of the government to, 218; 

 reserves, 219; trees to plant, 226; 

 wood-lot management, 222. 



Forest products, exports and imports, 

 415; value of, 155. 413. 



Fowls. .See Poultry. 



French coach horses, 307. 



Fumigation of nursery stock, references, 

 270. 



Fungi, attacking tree trunks, 231; 

 description and control of, 250, 261. 



Fungicides, 260; references, 270. 



Fur, exports and imports of, 414. 



Galloway cattle, 325, 327. 



Gallon's law, 5. 



Gametes, defined, 12; Kee Mendel's 



law, 14. 

 Garden, management of, 235; profits 



from, 234; school, references, 371. 

 Geese, references, 371. 

 Geology, relation to agriculture, 1. 

 Geranium, propagation of, 41. 

 German coach horses, 307. 

 Germination, importance of vigorous, 



48; method of testing, 48, 51. 

 Germ oil meal, weight per quart, 413. 

 Gipsy moth, references, 271. 

 Gluten meal, digestible nutrients in, 



410; fertility in, 408; from corn, 177; 



production value as feed, 412; weight 



per quart, 413. 

 Grafting, discussion of, 42; root, 45; 



top, 46. 



Grafting-wax, rule for making, 56. 

 Grain, method of measuring in bins, 



420. 

 Grapes, propagation of, 41; references, 



271. 



Grasses, discussion of, 182. 

 Grass, and clover mixtures, 195; effect 



on soil fertility, 120; fertilizers for, 



132, 183; reproduction of, 37; soils 



for, 82 See Meadows, Timothy, etc. 



