INDEX. 



241 



Meal, gluten, 179. 



hominy, 180. 

 Measuring corn in the crib, 229. 

 Method of selecting seed, 48, 50. 



of preserving seed, 48, 50. 

 Methqds of cutting, 102. 

 Mill products, composition of, 155. 

 Mississippi, varieties for, 44. 

 Missouri, varieties for, 44. 

 Moth, Angoumis grain, 143. 



Nebraska, varieties for, 44. 

 New York, varieties for, 44. 

 Night soil for manure, 67. 

 Nbctuidw, 130. 



Ohio, varieties for, 45. 

 Oregon, varieties for, 45.- 

 Originai home, 8, 11. 

 OviSe, 17. 



Palaces, corn, 230. 



Panicle, 15. 



Pasture, soiling on, 191. 



Pennsylvania station, soiling at, 188. 



varieties for, 45. 

 Phorbia fusiceps, Zetty, 126. 

 Pistillate flower, 16. 

 Plant louse, corn, 127. 

 Planting, S3. 



depth of, 92. 



insects injuring seed after, 126. 



rate or distance apart of, 86. 



time of, S3. 

 Plowing, 71. 

 Pod com, 19. 



Points, judging com ; a scale ot,48, 56. 

 PoUen, 17. 

 Pop corn, 18. 



varieties, 39. 

 Preserving seed, method of, 48, 50. 

 Primary rootj 12. 

 Protein, 161. 



Pruning of corn, root, 80. 

 Pulled fodder, 111. 



Rate or distance apart of planting, 



86. 

 Races', 17. 



Ratio, nutritive, 162. 

 Ration for dairy cow, 165. 

 Rations for horses, 168. 



for sheep, 172. 



for swine, 176. 



illustrated, 166. 

 Rhode Island, varieties for, 45. 

 Roof of sUo, 196. 

 Root, 12. 



development, 12, 13. 



pruning of corn, 80. 



worm, corn, 128. 

 Roots, insects affecting the, 127, 

 Rotation, importance of, 123. 



of crops, 121. 



systems of, 124. 



Round silo, plans for, 196. 

 Rust, 153. 



Scale of points ; judging corn, a, 48, 



56. 

 Scrap for manure, flsh, 67. 

 Sea weeds for manure, 67. 

 Secondary root, 12, 13. 

 Seed, 17, 48. 



after planting, insects injuring, 

 126. 



corn fly, 126. 



method of preserving, 48, 50. 



method of selecting, 48, 50. 



size of, 48, 53. 

 Selecting a variety, 20. 



seed, method of, 48, 50. 

 Sheep, rations for, l72. 

 Sheath, 14. 

 Shocking^ 106. 

 Shocks, tying, 109. 

 Shredded fodder, testimony concern- 

 ing, 116. 

 Shredding, 115. 

 Silage, corn for, 200. 



cost of, 203. 



covering, 203. 



cutting for, 101. 



feeding, 204. 



method of growing for, 201. 



silos and, 192. 



varieties for, 200. 



wetting, 203. 

 Silk, 16. 



Sills for silo, 195. 

 Silo, capacity, 196. 



constructing a, 192. 



cost of, 199. 



filling, 202. 



forms for, 193. 



lining and floor for, 194, 



plans for round, 196. 



roof, 196. 



siQs, 195. 



square, 199, 



walls, 194. 

 SUos and silage, 192. 

 Sitotroga cerealella, Oliv., 143. 

 Size of seed, 48, 53. 

 Smut, 147. 



preventing, 151. 



said to be injurious, 150. 

 Soft corn, 19. 



Soil for manure, night, 67. 

 Soiling, 184. 



at Iowa station, 188. 



at Pennsylvania station, 188, 



at Wisconsin station, 187. 



crops for, 185. 



early cutting in, 190. 



on pasture, 191. 



Stewart on corn for, 189. 



variety of corn for, 187. 

 South Dakota, varieties for, 45. 

 Sphenophorus. 138. 



