INDEX 
Aberdeen Angus cattle, 354 
Age of machinery, 418-424 
Ageratum, 6 
Agricultural colleges, list of, 440 
Alfalfa, 137 
Amaranth, 169 
American trotter, 340 
Amphibians, 413-417 
Anemone, 88 
Annual flowers, 6 
Annual plants, 50 
Annual weeds, 159-160 
Ants, 208, 222, 232 
Apples, 44 
Ash, tree, 11 
Asparagus, 15 
Asters, China, 6; wild, 103 
Ayrshire cattle, 351 
Bachelor’s button, 7 
Bacteria, 190 
Badger, 388 
Balsam, 7 
Bantam chickens, 241 
Barnyard grass, 170 
Basswood, 112 
Bats, 410 
Bean-pod spot, 188 
Beans, 13 
Beard grass, 133, 134 
Beard-tongue, 95 
Bedstraw, 91 
Beef cattle, 351-354 
Bees, 208 
Beetles, 208 
Beets, 12 
Biennial plants, 50 
Biennial weeds, 159-160 
Bill of a bird, 253 
Bindweed, 166 
Birch, 113 
Bird — bill, wings, legs, feet, tail, voice, 
color, molting, 253-259 
Bird calendar, 447 
Bird chart, 252 
Bird lore from a chicken yard, 248-251 
Birds, their food, 269-274; field key for 
identification, 279-281 
Birds nesting in the northern states, 
450 
Birds of prey, 205 
Birds of the North, 346 
Birds of the northern states, 278 
Bird study, suggestions, 275-277 
Bittern, 287 : 
Blackbird, white-winged, 320 
Blackbirds, 309-313 
Black-eyed Susan, 99 
Black rust, 187 
Blazing star, 103 
Blight, 187 
Bluebell, 91 
Bluebird, 333 
Blue-eyed grass, 90 
Blue grass, 129 
Blue jay, 309 
Blue lettuce, 06 
Blue stem, 133, 134 
Bobolink, 310 
Bob-white, 295 
Botany, some lessons in, 48-71 
Box elder, 111 
Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, 432-438 
Brahma chickens, 239 
Brant, 286 
Breeds of chickens, 237 
Bridal wreath, 119 
Brome grass, 129 
Bronchos, 341 
Brown thrasher or thrush, 329 
Buckthorn, 116 
Budding and grafting, 35 _ 
Buffalo grass, 134 
Bugs, 202 
Bulbs, 9, 14, 18, 19 
Burdock, 165 
Butcherbirds, 324 
Butterflies and moths, 204 
Butterweed, 176 
Buzzard, turkey, 296 
453 
