INDEX 



(References are to pages.) 



Absorption of water, 31. 



Aftermath, 288. 



Agriculture, definition of, 12. 



Air, use of by plants, 32. 



Alfalfa, 374; description, 374; dis- 

 eases, 386; hay making, 383; inoc- 

 ulation, 381; insect pests, 386; 

 meadows, treatment of, 380; meal, 

 389; nurse crops for, 381; origin, 

 374; pasture, 388; preparation of 

 land, 379; production, 376; rota- 

 tions for, 387; seed production, 

 384; soils, 378; sowing, 380; uses, 

 388; varieties, 376; weeds in, 386; 

 yield, 377. 



Alsike clover, 371. 



Annual grasses, 336. 



Annual weeds, 523, 533. 



Army worm, 107. 



Assimilation, 26. 



Barley, 212; acre value, 225; acre 

 yield, 218; by-products, 229; class- 

 ification, 213, 221; cost of produc- 

 tion, 226; description, 212; diseas- 

 es, 226; exports, 225; feeding to 

 stock, 229; fertilizers, 220; food, 

 use as, 229; harvesting, 223; har- 

 rowing, 222; hay, 230; imports, 

 225; improvement, 231; insect ene- 

 mies, 226; irrigation, 223; judging, 

 231; manufacture of malt from, 

 228; market grades, 224; market- 

 Ing, 224; nurse crop, use as, 228; 

 origin, 212; pasture, 230; prepara- 

 tion of land, 220; preparation of 

 seed, 221; prices, 225; production, 

 216; rotations, 227; rust, 226; 

 shocking, 223; smut, 226; soils, 

 219; sowing, 222, 228; storing, 224; 

 straw, 229; thrashing, 224; uses, 

 228; varieties, 216.' 



Barnyard manure, 36. (See also un- 

 der the various crops.) 



Barnyard millet, 345. 



Bean, field, 405; soy, 397; velvet, 

 410. 



Beet, mangel, 412; sugar, 451. 



Bermuda grass, 326; culture of, 327: 

 eradication, 328; planting, 327; 

 uses, 327. 



Biennial weeds, 523, 533. 



Billion dollar grass, 345. 



Blue grass, Canada, 317, 320; Ken- 

 tucky, 316; pasturing, 319; seed- 

 ing, 319. 



Brewers' grains, 230. 



(541) 



Brome grass, 331; culture, 332; 

 332. 



Broom corn, 263; culture, 263; cur- 

 ing, 264; harvesting, 263; market- 

 ing, 264. 



Broomcorn millet, 268, 345; culture. 

 269; varieties, 269. 



Buckwheat, 265; culture, 267; de- 

 scription, 265; importance, 266; 

 origin, 265; uses, 267; varieties, 

 266.' 



Bunch grass, 334. 



Bur clover, 407. 



Cabbage, 419. 



Calcium, 36. 



Canada blue grass, 317. 



Canadian field pea, 403. 



Carbon dioxid, 28. 



Carrots, 417. 



Cheat, 333. 



Chinch bugs, 106, 167. 



Classification of crops, 11. 



Clover, 355; alsike, 371; crimson, 

 372; mammoth, 355; red, 355; 

 white, 370. 



Clover, red, 355; adaptation, 357; 

 description, 355; diseases, 368; 

 dodder, 369; harvesting the seed, 

 367; haymaking, 363; importance, 

 357; insects, 369; nurse crop for, 

 362; pasturing, 366; preparation of 

 the soil, 359; production, 357; ro- 

 tations, 368; seed, 359; soil, 358; 

 sowing, 360; treatment, 363; uses, 

 366. 



Commercial fertilizers, 37, 62. (See 

 also under the various crops.) 

 Common millet, 345. 



Corn, 47; acre value, 98; as food, 

 109; billbug, 105; breeders, need 

 for, 128; breeding, 123; broom, 

 263; by-products, 110; classes, 50; 

 commercial fertilizers, 62; compo- 

 sition, 119; cost of production, 97; 

 cribs, 83; cultivation, 76, 99; de- 

 scription, 48; dent, 50; diseases, 

 102; ear-to-row method of breed- 

 ing, 124; earworm, 108; exports, 

 96; fall plowing, 63; flint, 51; fod- 

 der, 88; germination, 67; germina- 

 tion box, 69; grading seed, 66; 

 green manures, 60; harvesting, 81; 

 harvesting fodder, 90; hogging off, 

 86; importance, 53; improvement, 

 123; inbreeding, 127; judging, 1?9; 

 length of time to mature, 50: 

 manufactured products, 109; ma- 



