454 
Cabbage, 12 
Cabbage worms, 212, 231 
Calliopsis, 7 
Calyx, 62 
Canada thistle, 167 
Candytuft, 7 
Canker worms, 216, 271 
Canvas-back duck, 285 
Caragana, 116 
Care and feeding of sheep, 363-365 
Care and training of horses, 342-344 
Carrot, wild, 174 
Carrot or parsley family, 78-79 
Carrots, 12 
Catbird, 328 
Caterpillar, 205 
Catkin, 68 
Cats and dogs, 372-380 
Cattle, 347-357 
Cauliflower, 12 
Cecropia moth, 222 
Celery, 12 
Chat, yellow-breasted, 328 
Chebec, 307 
Cherry-plum, 44 
Cherries, 114 
Chickadee, 271, 331 
Chickens, domestic, 234-241; prairie, 294 
Chimney swift, 304 
Chinch bugs, 219 
Chipmunk, 392 
Chrysalis, 205 
Clematis, 121 
Clover, 136-137 
Cockle, 174 
Cockroaches, 201 
Cockspur grass, 171 
Cocoon, 205, 225 
Codling moth, 217 
Color of birds, 259 
Columbine, 9 
Compass cherry, 44 
Composite family of plants, 76-78 
Composition, oral and written, 15, 22, 23, 
47, 104, 127, 140, 146, 156, 180, 192, 
233, 247, 346, 357, 366, 371, 378 
Coneflower, 92, 98 
Coot, 289 
Cord grass, 135 
Cormorant, 284 
Corn judging, 146 
Cotswold sheep, 361 
INDEX 
Cottontail, 405 
Cottonwood, 110 
C otvledon, 28, 32 
Couch grass, 171 
Cawbird, 310 
Cowherb, 174 
Coyote, 383 
Cranberry, high-bush, 117 
Cranes, 288 
Creeper, brown, 330 
Crickets, 201 
Crop rotation, 426, 431 
Crossbill, 319 
Cross-fertilization, 65 
Crow, 309 
Cuckoos, 300-301 
Cucumber beetles, 213 
Cultivation, 144, 150 
Curlew, 292 
Currant, flowering, 116 
Currant worms, 216 
Currants, 42 
Cutworms, 212 
Dahlia, 15 
Dairy cattle, 347 
Damage done by insects, 193 
Dandelion, 176 
Deciduous trees, 58 
Dickcissel, 319 
Diversified farming, 425 
Diving birds, 282 
Dog family, 381-385 
Dogs, 375-380 
Dogwood, 117 
Domestic animals, 334 
Dove, mourning or turtle, 295 
Dowitcher, 292 
Ducks, tame, 242; wild, 285-287 
Eagles, 298 
Effect of moisture, drought, cold, sunlight, 
etc., on germination and plant growth, 
26, 27, 31 
Eggs of birds, 266 
Egrets, 288 
Elder, 117 
Elm, 112 
Embryo, 24, 29 
Evening Primrose, 92 
Evergreens, 58, 115 
Experiments: seeds, 
seedlings, 23-29 
germination, and 
