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{References are to pages.] 



Longfellow, quoted .... 330 



Long wool sheep 411 



Mac Adam, John . . . . 82 



Macadam road 85 



Macaroni wheat 268 



Machinery of the farm, 



as to conveniences 77 



as to population .... 10, 63 



cooperative buying of ... 48 



development of 139 



drudgery relieved by ... 28, 71 



improvements in .... 9 



tillage by 139 



Maize 252 



Manure, 



amount recovered in ... 127 



as a by-product 367 



as a complete fertilizer . . . 126 



as a direct fertilizer .... 126 



barnyard 125 



care of . . . 125 



composition of 126 



green 126 



in flower garden 331 



in hotbed 226 



in rotation 14!t 



spreading of 123 



Maps, township 90 



Market (picture of) .... 15 

 Marketing, 



by boat and rail 62, 63 



fruit ... 307 



potatoes 248 



poultry 439 



Maryland 147 



Massachusetts 108, 190 



May Rilma 357 



McCormick, Cyrus H. . . . 20 

 McKeever, William A.' . . 31, 39 



Meadow 1, 278 



Measurements of children 



compared 33 



Meat breeds of poultry . . 427 

 Mediterranean class of poul- 

 try 427 



Medium wool sheep .... 410 



Mendel, Gregor 204 



Merino sheep 411,412 



Microscope, compound . . . 209 



Middlemen 67 



Migration, rural 23 



Mildews 213 



Milk 382-392 



care of 66,389 



composition of 383 



definitions 383 



quality of 385 



quantity of 384 



testing 382 



value of 387 



Milk fat 376, 385-389 



Milk pails 382 



Milk sugar 382 



Milk-testing associations . . 388 



Milkweed 295 



Millet 160, 286 



Mill, John Stuart 69 



Minnesota 272 



Minorca poultry 427 



Models of 



poultry houses 444 



road building 85 



Molds 218, 233 



Montana 272 



Mortgage 455 



Mosquitoes 340 



Moth mullein 294 



Motor power 77 



Mulch, 



function of 104 



how made 104 



Mules 401 



Musk melon . ... 225 



Nature, 



her tools 5 



improvements on 7 



in breeding 198 



in city (picture of) 12 



our trust in 7 



Nile (picture) 8 



Nitrate of soda 117 



Nitrates 116 



Nitrogen . . . 115-117, 119, 282 



Nodes 178 



Nodules 116, 290 



North Dakota 33, 455 



Norway spruce 318 



Nucleus 155 



Nutritive ratio 361 



