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I^DEX. 



0. 



Calcareous soils .... 13 

 Canada thistle, how extirpated . 228 

 Cane, sugar, see Sugar. 

 Carbon, described .... 50 

 Carbonic acid, uses . . .50, 51 

 Carrots, ash analysed . . .32 

 soil and varieties . . . 152 

 harvesting and uses . . .153 

 Castor bean .... 220 

 Charcoal, as manure ... 45 

 Cattle, see Animals. 



neat or horned . . . 274, 316 

 various domestic breeds . 274 

 native cattle . . . 275277 

 Devons .... 277, 295 

 Short-horns . . . 278280 



Herefords 280 



. 282 

 283, 285 



. 285 

 . 286 

 286, 288 

 . 288 

 289, 295 

 . 289 

 . 290 

 . 291 

 291 

 . 291 

 291 

 . 292 

 . 292 

 . 293 

 294 

 . 294 

 294 

 . 294 

 294 

 . 294 

 295 

 . 295 



296 



-KM 



Ayrshire ... 



management of calves . 



breeding, see Breeding. 



breeding cattle .. 



breaking steers . . . 



management of oxen . 



fattening and stall-feeding 

 Diseases .... 



hoven 



clicking 



inflammation of stomach . 



mange or scab . . 



horn-ail 



jaundice ... 



mad-itch 



bloody-murrain . . 



hoof-ail, loss of cud . . 



scours or diarrhea . . 



warbles or grubs . . 



wounds 



puerpal or milk fever . 



caked bags ... 



garget 



sore-teats ... 



warts 



Sec Dairy. 

 Cows for dairy ... 



management of . , 



milking ..... 297 

 Comparative value of oxen and 

 horses 



spayed-hcifcrs, valuable for 



work ..... 

 Churns, see Dairy. 

 Chemical, defined . . . 

 Cherries, cultivation and varieties 

 Chlorine, combined with soda . 

 Cider, to make ... 

 Cisterns, construction . . . 

 Clay, useful to sandy soils . 

 Clay-soils, denned ... 



character and treatment . 



soils, improved . . . 



products of .... 

 Clover, red and -white, ashes of, 



analysed . . . .32 



for green manure . 30, 65, 104 



common red .... 93 



value and description . 93, 100 



cultivation 



growth promoted . 



409 | 



109 j 



16 | 

 170 : 



42 | 

 . 117 

 251 

 . 17 



12 



15.17 

 .15 



17 



Page 



Clover, time for cutting and cur- 

 ing .... 99100 

 management of fields . . 100 

 harvesting, the seed . 101102 

 southern clover . . . 102 

 white creeping clover . . 102 

 yellow, hop-trefoil or sham- 

 rock .... 102103 

 crimson or scarlet . . 103 

 Bockharra or sweet -scented 104 

 Cock's-foot, or orchard grass . 86 

 Color of soils .... 24 

 Cotton, its value .... 189 

 climate and soil . . 189, 190 

 harvesting . . . 191, 1.92 

 topping .... 192 



Sea-Island . . . 192, 195 

 Cotton-seed, for food . . . 195 



Corn, Indian 125 



quality raised in U. S. . 125 



varieties of . . . 126127 

 analysis of .... 126 

 soil and cultivation . . 127 

 selection of seed . . 127 

 preparation of seed . . .128 



planting 128 



harvesting .... 129 

 for soiling .... 130 

 uses of corn . . . .130 

 broom, see Broom-corn. 

 Cow-pea, as a fertiliser ... 66 

 cultivation and value . . 137 

 Cranberry, soil and cultivation 175 178 

 Cream, see Dairy. 



Crops, large only profitable < . 37 

 Cultivator, how used ... 83 

 Currants, cultivation . . . 174 



D. 



Dairy, the 296, 310 



selection and management of 



cows -MS 



milking 297 



properties of milk . . .297 

 variations in ... 298 

 cream, clouted ditto . . 300 



Making butter from sour, sweet 



and clouted cream . . 301 

 from the whole milk . . 302 



sourness of cream . . . 302 

 quickness in churning . . 33 

 over churning . . . . 303 

 temperature of milk and cream 303 

 advantages of churning the whole 303 

 cleanliness in churning . . 301 

 premium butter, how made . 304 

 Orange county do do . 305 



Making cheese, how affected , 306 

 creamed and uncreamcd . . 307 

 butter-milk cheese . . 307 

 whey do ... 308 



vegetable substances added . 308 

 preparation of rennet . . 308 

 dillerent qualities of cheese . 311 

 warming the milk . . .311 

 quality of rennet . . . 311 

 quantity of rennet . . . 312 

 treatment of curd . . . 312 

 separation of whey . . .313 



