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INDEX 



244; in pastures, 197; in walks, 247; 

 reference, 270; spraying for, 246; 

 value of, 244. 



Weights per bushel, 406. 



Wheat, discussion of, 178; amount ex- 

 ported, 177; as a nurse crop, 183; 

 averages for ten-year periods in the 

 United States, acreage, production, 

 yield per acre, total value, value per 

 acre, value per bushel, 416; climate 

 for, 180; composition of, 179; cul- 

 ture, 180; digestible food per acre, 

 160; digestible nutrients, in 411; 

 Durum, 179; effect of continuous cul- 

 ture, 110, 121, 170; effect of rotation 

 on, 277; exports and imports, 414; 

 fertility in, 409 ; fertility require- 

 ments, 132, 134 ; fertility removed 

 by, 113; ground, weight per quart, 

 413; original form of, 10; planting 

 depth, 168; production value as feed, 

 412; references, 270; rotations with 

 278, 279; seed vitality, 405; seed- 

 ing, 181; seeding rate, 405; soil for, 

 82, 180; time to grow one bushel, 301; 

 Turkish Red, 179; types and varie- 

 ties, 179; uses of, 178; value of crop, 

 413; value of United States crop, 

 155, 416; weight per bushel. 406; 

 weight per quart, 413; world's crop. 



154, 178; yields with heavy and light 

 seeds, 54. 



Wheat bran, digestibility of, 287; 

 digestible nutrients in, 411; fertility 

 in, 409; laxative properties, reference, 

 300; production value as feed, 412; 

 weight per quart, 413. 



Wheat middlings, digestible nutrients 

 in, 411; fertility in, 409; weight per 

 quart, 413. \ 



Wheat straw, 'digestibility of, 287; 

 digestible nutrients in, 411; fertility 

 in, 409; production value as feed, 412. 



Whey, digestible nutrients in, 410. 



Willow, basket, references, 243; propa- 

 gation of, 41. 



Wood, increasing need of, 218. 



Wood-ashes, 125. 



Wood crop, 216. 



Wood-lots, management of, 222; profits 

 from, 222; what to plant, 226; where 

 to plant, 224. 



Wool, 351, 3. r )3; exports and imports, 

 414.; value of, 413 



Work report. See Accounts. 



Wyandotte chickens, 364. 



Yorkshire hogs, 358, 360. 

 Zoology, relation to agriculture. 1. 



