INDEX 



497 



Fertilization of alfalfa, 389 



of corn, 50 



cross- and self-, 25 

 Fertilizers for buckwheat, 200 



cotton, 221 



grass, 338 



oats, 158 



potatoes, 2G7 



sweet potatoes, 292 



timothy, 346 



tobacco, 402 



wheat, 125 

 Fertilizers, applying, 36, 340 



testing effect of, 11 



when applied, 38 

 Fiber of cotton, 212 

 Field peas, 376. 430 

 culture, 431 



pea weevil, 432 

 Flax culture, 242 



description. 239 



diseases, 243 



harvesting, 243 



production, 239 

 Flint corn, 47 



Florida beggar weed, 376, 418 

 Forage crops, acreage, 302 



classification and distribu- 

 tion, 301 



production of hay, 305 

 types, 304 



Formalin treatment for smut, 101 

 Foxtail millet, 369 



German millet, 370 

 Germination of barley, 184 



seeds, 15 



tests, 18 



corn, 63 



grass seeds, 324, 328 

 Grasses, adaptation of types, 311 



bunch and sod, 310 



care of, 338 



characteristics of, 307 



fertilizers for, 338 



important characters, 307 



improvement of, 309 



life period, 314 



manure for, 340 



mixtures, 317 



for meadows, 317 

 for pastures, 318 

 permanent pastures, 320 

 temporary pastures, 319 



Grasses, number cultivated, 307 



palatability of, 312 



permanent, 315 



roots of, 309 



wet or dry land, 313 

 Grass seeds, adulteration of, 325 

 amount to sow, 327 



germination of, 324, 328 



identification of, 330 



sowing, 326 



where produced, 325 



Hard seeds, 323 

 Harvesting, alfalfa, 392 



buckwheat, 201 



corn, 80 



cotton, 231 



flax, 243 



oats, 167 



potatoes, 277 



rye, 193 



s,orghums, 252 



sweet potatoes, 296 



wheat, 132 

 Hay, time to cut timothy, 346 



production and value, 301, 305 

 Hessian fly, 139 

 Horse bean, 437 

 Hot-bed for sweet potatoes, 294 

 Hungarian millet, 370 

 Hybridizing corn, 59 



Inoculation of, alfalfa, 390 



legumes, 381 

 Insects enemies of alfalfa, 396 



corn, 88 



cotton, 234 



cow peas, 424 



oats, 170 



peanuts, 447 



potato, 279 



rye, 194 



tobacco, 476 



wheat, 139 

 Intertillage, function of, 77 



reasons for, 75 

 Italian rye-grass, 363 



Japan clover, 376, 417 

 Japanese barnyard millet, 372 

 Johnson grass, 365 



Kafir corn, 246 



market grades of, 491 

 Kentucky blue-grass, 363 



