INDEX 



Abbreviations, Preface, v 

 Aberdeen Angus, 281, 282 

 Accounts, keeping, 364 



to keep, 365 



Adults of insects, 221, 223, 224 

 ^Eoliansoil, 51 



Agricultural experiment station, iv 

 Agriculture, teaching of, 1 

 Air for germination, 17 



forming soil, 45, 46 



in soil, 17 

 Airing milk, 350 

 Alfalfa as green feed, 111 



a soil improver, 111 



a chapter on, 111 



curing of, 114 



cutting, 113, 116 



for soiling, 99 



inoculation for, 112, 116 



in rotation, 94 



loading, 114 



raking, 115 



rotts with nodules, 113 



rules for, 115 



seeding, 112, 116 



stacking, 115 

 Alluvial soil, 47, 50 

 American Merinos, 295, Fig. 182 



saddle horse, 268, 270 



trotter, 268, 269 

 Ammonia, sulfate of, 84 

 Analysis of feeds, 330 

 Animal production, section on, 259 



products, section on, 344 

 Animals as soil formers, 45, 50 



composition of, 327 



improvement of, 259 

 Antennae of insects, 220 

 Annual denned, 20 



weeds, 28 



Appendages of insects, 220 

 Appendix tables, i 

 Apple borer, flat head, 235 

 round head, 237 



budding, 37 



root grafts, 36 



rust, 250, 251, 253 



scab, 249, 250 



and rust, 233 



spraying for, 256, 257, 258 



scions, 35, 37 



stocks, 35 



varieties 213 



worm, 232, 233 

 Apples picked from ladders, 218 



propagation of, 35 



studying, 214 

 Aquarium, 13, 14 

 Arbor Day planting, 188 

 Arithmetical problems, see Problems 

 Arsenate of lead, 258, 394 



Ashes and sour soil, 78 



plant food in, 78 

 Ayrshire cattle, 288, 289 



Babcock test, 355 



principles of, 356, 357 

 outfit, 357 



Bacon type of swine, 299, 300 

 Bacteria in milk, 347 

 Bailey, Dr. L. H., quoted, 204 

 Balance in Nature, 13 

 Balanced rations, 340 

 Barley, 158 

 Barn, a clean, 348, 349 



bad construction of, 348 



good construction of, 348 



manures, value of, xviii 

 Barns, ventilation of, 349, 350 

 Barnyard manure, see Manure 

 Bean weevil, 221 

 Bee colony, 323 



hives, 323, 325 



-keeping, chapter on, 321 



studies, 326 



structure, 324 

 Beef breeds, 279 



cattle, fattening, 337 



cuts of, 344, 345 

 Bees and insects carry pollen, 18, 



life of, 323 



winter care of, 326 

 Beet pulp, 336 

 Belgian horse, 266 

 Beneficial insects, 239 

 Berkshire swine, 299, 300 

 Berries, fertilizer for, xiv 

 Biennial defined, 20 



weeds, 29 

 Birds as insect eaters, 240 



beneficial hawks, 242 



chapter on, 240 



encouraging, 243 



enemies of, 244 



food habits of, 241 



food of, 243 



harmful, 241 



houses, 244 



laws protecting, 244 



seeds eaten by, 243 

 Bi-sulfide of carbon, 231, 395 

 Biting insects, 220 



sprays for, 394 

 Black Minorca pair, 307 



spot of peach, 247 

 Blackberries, 216, 217 



Blake's, Prof. M. A., list of peaches, 



212 



Blossoms, see Flower 

 Bone, ground, 84 

 Books, reference, 60, i 



