XXXIV 



INDEX 



Insecticides, 220, 221, 258, v 

 Insects, beneficial, 239 



breathing of, 222 



cages for, 225, 226 



changes of, 223 



chapter on, 220, xxiv 



enemies, 225 



feeding of, 220 



growth of, 222, 223 



moulting of, 222 



mounting of, 226 



skeleton of, 223 



specimens of, 238 



structure of, 220 

 Inventory, an, 366, 367 

 Iodine test for starch, 13 

 Irrigation of the garden, 192 

 Italian bees, 322 



Jersey cattle, 285, 287 

 Journal ruling for records, 365 

 Judging corn, rules for, 134, 139 



cattle, 291, 292 



horses, 275, 277 



sheep, Fig. 184 



swine, 308, Fig. 187 



Kaffir for soiling, 100, 102 



Keeping farm accounts, 364, 365 



Kernels of corn, 134, 137 



Kerosine emulsion, 222, v, vi 



Kinds of forest trees, 182, 183, 189 



190 

 King system of ventilation, 349 



350 



Ladders used in picking fruit, 218 



Lady-beetle, 239, 240 



Lambs, winter or hot-house, 192 



Land drainage, chapter on, 67, xx 



measuring, xi 

 Landscape gardening, 202 

 Lard type of swine, 299, Fig. 185 

 Larva of insects, 221, 223, 224 

 Lattice shade for nurseries, 183 

 Laws of breeding, 259 



protecting birds, 244 

 Layering, tip, mound, vine, 41 

 Leaf curl of peach, 248, 250 



skin of, 11 



structure, 10 



Lean type of swine, 299, Fig. 185 

 Leaves, chlorophyl in. 11 



moisture from, 10, 11 



of plants, 10 



openings in, 11 



stomates in, 11, 12 

 Legal milk. 352 



weights of grain, ix 

 Leghorn hen, Fig. 189 

 Legumes denned, 192, 103 



gather nitrogen, 103 



learning, 103 

 Leicester sheep, 293 

 Lens, use of, in examining seeds, 24 

 Life, duration of. 20 



of insects, 223 

 Light horses. 263, 267, 268 



see Sunlight 

 Lime and sour soil, 78 



Lime and scab, 252 



benefits of, 77 



for pastures, 109 

 Lime in soil, 55, 58, 59 



slacking, 77 



-sulfur, 247, 250, 256, 258 

 forms of, vii, viii 



water, 77 



Liming for alfalfa, 112, 116 

 Lincoln sheep, 294 

 Linseed meal, 336 

 Little-peach diseases 249, 252 

 Loam, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63 

 Loose smut of oats, 254 

 Loss from feeds, 331 



Macadam roads, 372 

 Maggot of fly, 234 

 Malaria mosquitoes, .226, 227 

 Manure and scab, 235 



care of, 80 



composition of, xviii 



composts, 82 



for pastures, 109 



green, 55, 72, 75, 76 



heating of, 79 



leaching of, 79 



loss in, 79 



spreading, 80, 81, 82 



using, 81 



value of, 78, 79 

 Mapping the farm, 362 



school grounds, 363 

 Market, fruit ready for, 218 



garden crops, 97 



milk, form of, 351, 352 

 Marl, 52 

 M |sses of trees and shrubs, 203 



Matted row system, 214, 215 

 Measure, cubic, and land, xi 



of a pound of feed, xv 

 Meat breeds of chickens, 306, 308 

 Men needed in farming, 361 

 Merino sheep, 295, Fig. 182 

 Metamorphosis, see Changes 

 Middlings of wheat, 335 

 Milk as food, 344 



bacteria in, 347 



bad flavor in, 347 



composition of, 345 



fats in, 345 



minerals in, 346 



pails, 349, 350 



pure, 348 



showing difference in, 346 



sugar in, 346 



varies naturally, 346 

 Millets for soiling, 99 

 Mill feeds, 335 

 Mineral matter, 330 

 in milk, 346 

 plants, 16 



Mixed planting, reasons for, 185 

 Modern agricultural teachings, 368 

 Modified milk, 353 

 Moisture increasing in soil, 64 



saving in soil, 64, 65 



used by plants, 62 



