INDEX 



Abbreviations, Preface, 395 

 Aberdeen Angus, 281, 282 

 Accounts, keeping, 364 



to keep, 365 



Adults of insects, 221, 223, 224 

 yEolian soil, 51 



Agricultural experiment station, 394 

 Agriculture, teaching of, 1 

 Air for germination, 17 



forming soil, 45, 46 

 in soil, 17 

 Airing milk, 350 

 Alfalfa as green feed, 111 

 a soil improver, 111 

 a chapter on, 111 

 curing of, 114 

 cutting, 113, 116 

 for soiling, 99 

 inoculation for, 112, 116 

 in rotation, 94 

 loading, 114 

 raking, 115 



roots with nodules, 113 

 rules for, 115 

 seeding, 112, 116 

 stacking. 115 

 Alluvial soil, 47, 50 

 American Merinos, 297 

 saddle horse, 268, 270 

 trotter, 268, 269 

 Ammonia, sulfate of, 84 

 Analysis of feeds, 330 

 Animal production, section on, 259 



products, section on, 344 

 Animals as soil formers, 45, 50 

 composition of, 327 

 improvement of, 259 

 Antennas of insects, 220 

 Annual denned, 20 



weeds, 28 



Appendages of insects, 220 

 Appendix tables, 391 

 Apple borer, flat head, 235 



round head, 237 

 budding, 37 

 root grafts, 36 

 rust, 250, 251, 253 

 scab, 249, 250 



and rust, 233 

 spraying for, 256, 257, 258 

 scions, 35, 37 

 stocks, 35 

 varieties, 213 

 worm. 232. 233 



Apples picked from ladders, 218 

 propagation of, 35 

 studying. 214 

 Aquarium, 13, 14 

 Arbor Day planting, 188 

 Arithmetical problems, see Problems 

 Arsenate of lead, 258 



Ashes and sour soil, 78 



plant food in, 78 

 Ayrshire cattle, 288, 289 



Babcock test, 355 



principles of, 356, 357 

 outfit, 357 



Bacon type of swine, 301, 302, 303 

 Bacteria in milk, 347 

 Bailey, Dr. L. H., quoted, 204 

 Balance in Nature, 13 

 Balanced rations, 340 

 Barley, 158 

 Barn, a clean, 348, 3~49 



bad construction of, 348 

 good construction of, 348 

 manures, value of, 408 

 Barns, ventilation of, 349, 350 

 Barnyard manure, see Manure 

 Bean weevil, 221 

 Bee colony, 323 



hives, 323. 325 

 -keeping, chapter on, 321 

 studies, 326 

 structure, 324 

 Beef breeds, 279 



cattle, fattening, 337 

 cuts of, 344, 345 

 Bees and insects carry pollen, 18, 



19 



life of, 323 

 winter care of, 326 

 Beet pulp, 336 

 Belgian horse, 266 

 Beneficial insects, 239 

 Berkshire swine, 301, 302 

 Berries, fertilizer for, 404 

 Biennial defined, 20 



weeds, 29 



Birds as insect eaters, 240 

 beneficial hawks, 242 

 chapter on, 240 

 encouraging, 243 

 enemies of, 244 

 food habits of, 241 

 food of, 243 

 harmful, 241 

 houses, 244 

 laws protecting, 244 

 seeds eaten by. 243 

 Bi-sulfide of carbon, 231 

 Biting insects, 220 



sprays for, 395 

 Black Minorca pair, 307 



spot of peach, 247 

 Blackberries, 216, 217 

 Blake's, Prof. M. A., list of peaches, 



212 



Blossoms, see Flower 

 Bone, ground, 84 

 Books, reference, 60, 391 



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