INDEX 



421 



Corn culture, 143 



distances for planting, 144 



-drying rack, 147 



ensilage most aconomical, 149 



fertilizer for, 402 



festival, 153 



finest in the world, 139 



for forage, 96 



for soiling, 100, 101 



germs, weak and healthy, 142 



grain, 135 



harvesting, 146, 147, 148, 149 



importance of, 133 



in rotation, 92, 93 



in United States, 133 



keeping notes, 152 



kernels, 134, 137 



methods of planting, 144 



new standard for, 150, 151 



origin of, 133 



planting, 144 



dates for, 145 



pollinati9n of, 19 



preparation of soil for, 143 



proportion of, to cob, 139 



report hlanks, 152 



root system, 146 



rules for selecting and judg- 

 ing, 135 



score card, 140 



silks, 19 



silos, 149 



size of ears, 137, 138 



soil and fertilizers, 143 



stalks as feed, 332 



storing, 146, 150 



testing, 140, 141 



tillage, 145 



tips, 136 



types of, 133, 134, 135. 



vitality of, 136 

 Cornbelt States, 133 

 Correlation of subjects, 4 

 Cotswolds, 293, 294 

 Cotton, chapter on, 117 



cultivation, 124 



diseases, 128 



fertilizers. 123 



fibers, 118, 120 



gin. 126, 127 



harvesting, 124 



importance of, 117 



improvement of, 121 



insects, 128-132 



market grades of, 126 



planting, 123 



problem, 125 



range of, 121 



relatives of, 119 



Sea Island. 119 



selecting, 121 



soil, 122 



types, 119 



upland, 119 



uses, 117 



Cottonseed meal, 336 

 Cover crop for orchards, 211 

 Cow peas, 92, 99, 104 

 mixtures, 105 

 Creaming, methods of, 353 



Cream, ripening, 353 



separators, 354 



testing, 359 

 Cropping, companion, 96, 196 



double, 9, 195 



succession, 95, 196 



systems of, 88, 89 

 Crop, the fruit, 218 

 Crops, catch, 90, 91 



classification of, 97 



cover, in orchard, 92 



planting, 362 



rotation of, 88, 89, 194 



soiling, 99 



Cross-bred animals, 261 

 Crossing, bad effects of, 261 

 Cultivating, effects of, 64, 65 



peach trees, 73 

 Cultivation of potatoes, 168 



sweet potatoes, 173 

 Cultivators illustrated, 65 

 Culture of corn, 143 



orchards, 211, 213 

 Curculio of plums and peaches, 233. 

 234 



injuries of, 235 

 Currant worms, 224 

 Currants, 216, 217 

 Cutting seed potatoes, 166 

 Cuttings, kinds of, 42, 43 

 Cyprian bees, 322 



Dairy breeds, 285, 289 



calves. 285 



farm rotations, 92 



products, 344 



records, 355, 356 

 Delaine Merinos, 297 

 Dent corn, 133, 134 

 Depth of planting seed, 193 

 Devon cattle, 283 

 Digestibility, influence on, 338 



of feed, 405 

 Diseases of man, 229 



plants, chapter on, 246 

 trees, 184, 185 

 vegetables, 408 

 Division of plants, 42 

 Dorset sheep, 294, 295, 296 

 Draft horses, 263, 266 

 Drainage, chapter on. 67 



defects of, 64, 68, 69 



for alfa^a, 113, 116 



methods of, 67 



warms the soil, 69 



where needed, 69 

 Drains, reasons for, 67 



ventilate the soil, 69 

 Drain tiles, 68, 70, 71 

 Drift soil, 50, 51 

 Drill, grain, 156 



Drinking fountains, 313, 315, 319 

 Dry mashes for chickens, 315 



matter shown, 327 

 in feeds, 405 

 Dual-purpose cattle. 282, 283, 284 



horses, 263 

 Durham, see Shorthorn 



