INDEX 



Accounts, 8S4-908 

 abbreviated, 888 

 aids, 890 



best time to start, 886 

 classification of troublesome 



items, 888 

 closing, 889 

 how to keep, 885 

 interpretation of results, 



908 

 inventory, 880 

 object of keeping, 884 

 samples, 890-908 

 time required to keep, 

 886 

 Acetylene gas, 758 

 Acres of each crop, 818 

 Advanced registry records, 



647, 670 

 Advertising, 912 

 Advertising value of neigh- 

 bors, 794 

 Aeration of the soil, 37 

 Agee, Alva, The potato, 311- 



317 

 Agricultural colleges, 1049 

 list of, 1085 

 support. 1050 

 train farmer, 788 

 Agricultural credit, 875 

 Agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions, 1050 

 Agricultural fairs, 1051 

 Agricultural publications, 



1053 

 Agricultural societies, 1051 

 Agricultural training, 1048 

 Agriculture, extension work, 

 1052 

 importance, 1047 

 sources of information, 



1087 

 teachers, 1048 

 Agriculture department,!'. S., 



Yearbook, 1055 

 Agriculture in secondary 

 schools, 1C47 

 to obtain information 

 about, 1049 

 Agriculture. See also Farm- 



• ing. 

 Air of stables must be pure, 



932 

 Alfalfa, 259-269 



after-treatment, 265 

 climatic adaptation, 260 

 cultural range, 260 

 drills are advised, 263 

 essentials for success, 260 

 feeding value, 267 

 fertilizers and lime, 262 

 irrigation, 268 



Alfalfa, number of cuttings, 

 266 



seed, 261 



seed examined for dodder 

 before sown, 361 



seed production, 268 



seed production, east of 

 Missouri river, 269 



seed-bed, 262 



seeding, 263 



soil, 44, 46, 48, 260, 202 



soil inoculation for, 263 



uses, 267 



varieties, 260 



yield, 267 

 Alfalfa hay, 265 

 Alfalfa leaf weevil, 969 

 Alkali, caused by over-irriga- 

 tion, 776 



under-drainage to remove, 

 777 

 Alligator-pear (Avocado), 511 



diseases, 949 

 Almond, 505 

 Alsike clover, 255 

 American Farmer, 1054 

 American hazel nut, 506 

 Analysis, soil, 38, 39 

 Animal breeding, 553-558 

 Animals, breath, 936 



comfort, 931 



disease, 929, 930, 933-937 



exercise, 932 



essentials for health, 929 



gestation periods, 556 



management, 932 



pulse rate, 935 



rules for maintaining 

 health, 930 



temperature, 934 

 Animals, breeding, care, 557, 



558 

 Animals, sick, 933 



examination, 934 

 Animals, work, care, 557 

 Anise, 425 



Anthonv, E. L., Dairy butter- 

 making, 679-689 

 Anthracnose, bean, 954 



berry, 950 



citrus fruits, 948 



cotton, 965 



cranberry, 951 



currant, 951 



grape, 952 



melons, 956 



tomato, 960 

 Apiary, size and location, 633 



stocking, 635 



See also Bees. 

 Apple, 456-467 



cultural range, 456 



(1091) 



Apple, diseases, 464, 939 

 crown gall, 941 

 hairy root, 941 

 mildew, 941 

 rot, 939 

 rust, 040 

 scab, 940 

 insects, 991, 993, 995, 998, 



1003 

 origin, 456 

 propagation, 457 

 soil, 44, 46, 458 

 varieties, 458 

 Apple maggot, 991 

 Apple orchard, laying out, 

 460 

 location, 458 

 soil, 44, 46, 458 

 soil management, 462 

 Apple tree tent caterpillar, 



991 

 Apple trees, dwarf, 458 

 fertilizers, 463 

 planting, 461 

 protecting, 464 

 pruning, 461 



purchase and handling, 459 

 spraying, 465; table, 943 

 thinning, 467 

 Apple worm, 995 

 Apples, cost of growing com- 

 pared with cost of 

 selling, 910 

 picking and storing, 467 

 Armsby feeding standards, 



570; table, 1066 

 Army worm, 969 

 Army worm, beet, 980 

 Army worm, Fall, 974 

 Aromatic plants, 424 

 Arsenate of lead, 1005 

 Arsenite of zinc, 1006 

 Artichokes, as forage, 309 

 Asparagus, 383 

 cultivation, 385 

 diseases, 953 

 green shoots, 384 

 Asparagus beetle, 980 

 Automobile on the farm, 735 

 Avocado, 511 

 culture, 512 

 diseases, 949 

 food value, 514 

 ways of serving, 512 

 Ayrshire cattle, character- 

 istics, 660 

 origin and development, 

 659 



"Back to the farm," 789 

 Bacteria, aerobic, 60 

 Bacteria, anaerobic, 60 



