Index 



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by fixation of nitrogen, 176-177; 

 from barnyard, 180-187*; bulletins 

 on, 187. 



Fig, pollination, 191. 



Fixation of nitrogen, 45 ; by electrical 

 method, 176; by Haber method, 

 176-177; by bacteria, 177. 



Fleas, carriers of disease, 205-207.* 



Flowers, parts of, 10*; arrangement 

 in garden, 149-150.* 



Fly, metamorphosis, 191-193*; cause 

 of screw worms, 205 ; carrier of 

 disease, 242. 



Formalin, use of, for potatoes, 137. 



Foundation for bees, 216-218.* 



Frost, protection of orchard from, 

 82, 85*; on low ground, 85.* 



Fruit, varieties perpetuated by graft- 

 ing, 97- 



Fumigation, to kill insects, 199-200.* 



Fungi, character, 242;* life history 

 of, 243. 



Fungicide, definition, 244; prepa- 

 ration of, 246.* 



Fungous diseases, damage done by, 

 244*; of grain, 243,* 244,* 245,* 

 249*; of peach, 248*; of seed- 

 lings, 250. 



Garden, benefits of, 119; fertilizing 

 the, 119-122; preparation of soil, 

 121 ; tools, 122-123.* 



Gases, given off by plants, 9 ; in the 

 air, 16-17; made into a fertilizer, 

 176; escaping from manure, 182. 



Geese, 306-307.* 



Germination, process of, 11-12; ex- 

 periment, 13. 



Germs, of disease, 236; carried by 

 flies, 242. 



Glaciers, 26-27. 



Goats, 277.* 



Goldfish for water garden, 153. 



Gopher, 223-224.* 



Grafting, 74-81.* 



Grafting wax, how to make, 79. 



Grasshopper, metamorphosis, 192; 

 food of hawks, 221-222. 



Grosbeak, food of, 226. 



Guano, 175.* 



Guernseys, origin of, 254-255 ; rec- 

 ord of, 256.* 



Guinea fowls, 307. 



Gypsum, 180. 



Gypsy moth, 210-211. 



Haber process, 176. 



Harrow, its work, 54 ; spike-tooth, 56. 



Harvesting machinery, 112-113.* 



Hawks, benefit done by, 221; va- 

 rieties, 223*; harmful ones, 230.* 



Herefords, 251-252. 



Hessian fly, 111-112.* 



Hoganizing, 303. 



Hogs, breeds of, 272-273*; auto- 

 matic feeder, 274*; pen for, 274*; 

 cholera, 275-276*; feed, 273, 275. 



Holsteins, origin, 253 ; records of, 

 253, 259.* 



Horses, breeds of, 283285*; gaits, 

 285; age, 285-286*; caring for, 

 286; feed needed, 292-293. 



Hotbed? 122, 124*; advantages of, 

 125-126. 



Housing, dairy cows, 262*; goats, 

 276*; sheep, 278; dogs, 281; rab- 

 bits, 288-289*; poultry, 309-310.* 



Humus, a constituent of soil, 27-28; 

 ability to hold moisture, 30, 33; 

 formed in sod, 41 ; changes to 

 soluble food material, 160; made 

 by bacteria, 239-240.* 



Hybridization, by cross pollinating, 

 93-94-* 



Importation, of navel orange, 98; 

 of durum wheat, no; of Dutch 

 bulbs, 154; of Australian lady 

 beetle, 201-202 ; of Shorthorn 

 cattle, 256. 



Improvement, by seed selection, 

 88-93.* 



Incubation, 316-321.* 



Inoculation, of a legume crop, 47 ; 

 a pure culture for, 48* ; by bacteria 

 in manure, 239; for hog cholera, 

 275-276.* 



Insecticides, application of, 195-200*; 

 definition, 244. 



Insects, number of species, 189; 

 their means of protection, 189-190; 

 life histories, 191-195*: sucking 

 and biting, 195-196*; predacious, 

 200-203*; parasitic, 202-204*; 

 killed by birds, 225-230.* 



Invention, of plow, 52-53, 55*; of 

 harvesting machinery, 112-113.* 



Irrigation, contrasted with dry farm- 

 ing, 156; sources of water for, 

 161-163*; methods of, 165-168; 

 measuring water, 167-169*; bul- 

 letin on, 169. 



Jerseys, milk of, 252; origin, 254, 



record of, 255.* 

 Jungle fowl, 311-312.* 



