INDEX 



273 



Page 

 Mules, weight and conformation 



desirable 208 



characteristics inherited 208 



care and management of 209 



feeding of 210 211 



breaking to work 211-213 



Nitrogen, supply increased by 



legumes 37 



amount removed by crop 59 



amount contained in manure 59, 60 

 Oil meal, place in feeding rations 



for horses 202 



during finishing period 25 1 



Pastures, acreage devoted to in 



United States 237 



importance of 237 



commercial fertilizing mixtures 



for 240 



returns from permanent 238 



value of blue grass 238 



fertilization of 238, 239 



Brome grass 239 



preparing land for permanent 



SELStures 239 

 le seed mixtures for 240 



Bermuda grass for 240 



maintenance of 241 



timothy and clover for 242 



relative value of different grasses 



for 181 



value of rye for 181 



value of rape for 181, 182 



alfalfa, for sheep 172 



crop desirable for swine 178 



fall crops for sheep 172 



feed value of 13, 14 



Phosphorus, amount removed by 



crop 59 



amount contained in manure 59, 60 

 Potash, amount removed by crop 59 

 amount contained in manure 59, 60 

 Protein, proportion required for 



milk production 129 



Quality lost is never regained 253 



Ranches, large, causes for passing 



of 261-277 



Rape feed, value of 181, 182 



Rotations, suitable for stock farm- 

 ing 38, 39 



Importance of crop 22, 23 



Russia, agricultural poverty of 25 



Rye. value of for pasture 181 



Selling crops in bulk bad practice 60 

 Sheep, history of in America. . 145, 148 

 number of in early Spanish terri- 

 tories 146 



original source of American 



stock 146-148 



dual purpose type of 148 



distribution and number In 



United States 147, 148 



modem type desired 148, 149 



breeding for dual purpose type 



of 149, ISO 



management of breeding 



stock..., 150, 151 



feeds suitable for 151 



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 Sheep, feeds suitable for breeding 



animals 151-153 



value of roots for feeding 



sheep 152, 153 



winter management of 153, 154 



on valuable land 62, 1 69 



management of at lambing period 156 

 feeding rations for ewes and 



lambs 157 



pasture essential for 158 



fall feeding of 159 



docking and shearing 159, 160 



shearing, hand and machine 



methods 160, 161 



treatment of for parasites . . . 162, 163 



scabies in 163 



dipping, types of plant suitable 



for 163 



treatment for internal parasites 164 



tobacco for 164 



fattening for market 167 



feeding old ewes 167 



economic utility of 168 



number maintained per acre. . . . 169 



future of in United States 1 70 



as soil improvers 169 



land suitable for 171 



management of ewes for winter 



lambs 231 



mutton type of 84 



conformation of mutton type. .84, 85 

 Sheep husbandry, importance of . . 63 

 Shipment, preparing Kve stock 



for 251, 252 



Silage, essential to cheap milk 



production 127 



value of in dairying 139 



Single crop system bad 28 



Soil, maintenance and management 21 



depletion in south 48 



depletion hastened by old 



methods 32 



depletion cause of famine 18 



fertility, determination of 22 



nitrogen and phosphorus 23 



maintenance, importance of live 



stock to 24, 25 



measure of producing capacity of 35 

 increasing water holding capacity 



of 35 



injured by working when wet. . . 36 



improved by alfalfa 37 



inoculation of for alfalfa or clover 38 

 enriching by means of live stock 38 



mechanical condition of 39 



supplying humus in 39 



maintenance, demands more live 



stock 27 



Soils, amount of fertility removed 



by crops 59 



South should grow its own work 



stock 51 



wonderful land for legumes 52 



dairy products imported into 52, 53 

 Southern cities, milk supply of 



inadequate 53 



