INDEX 



Agriculture: animals adapted to southern, 35; crops suitable 

 for southern, 33; crops and animals for western, 41: dem- 

 onstrations, in southern, 40; poultry, for southern, 37; in 

 the South, 27; soil management in southern, 37; soil man- 

 agement in western, 42; ten commandents of, 460; in the 

 West, 41. 



Alfalfa: chapter on, 177; enemies of, 187; growing of, 178; 

 harvesting, 185; raising the crop, 182; as a soil renewer, 

 180; as stock forage, 179, 180. 



Animals: farm and agriculture, 344; food supplying, 346; sec- 

 tion on, 344; for southern farms, 35. 



Aphis, corn root, 19. 



Arid regions: causes of, 56; in United States. 45. 



Arsenate of lead spray, 252. 



Babcock, the milk test, 356. 



Bacteria, nitrifying, 159. 



Beef: breeds of cattle, 367; club projects, 374; feeding of cat- 

 tle, 368. 



Birds: chapter on, 510; and their food, 510; harmful, 514; use- 

 ful, farm, 512. 



Blotter seed tester, picture of, 10. 



Boll weevil: in cotton, 116; life history of, 114. 



Bordeaux mixture, 249. 



Bread, wheat, 74. 



Canning fruits and vegetables: chapter on, 258; classification of 

 fruits for, 272; containers for, 267; equipments for, 263; 

 importance for table, 258; making brines and sirups for, 

 268; methods and devices, 259; the mechanics of, 296; spe- 

 cial recipes for, 279; tables, 270; windfall and cull apples, 

 293. 



Cattle: beef breeds of, 367; chapter on, 351; club projects, 374; 

 dairy, 351; demonstrations, 373; diseases of, 369; feeding 

 of beef, 368; foot and mouth disease, 372; play contests, 

 373; tick fever in, 370. 



Chinch bugs: in oats, 100; in wheat, 86. 



Cholera, hog, 412. 



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