372 
Capillarity, height of water raised by, 
7, 194, 
Capillary action in soil, 6, 103; experi- 
ments, 7, 194. 
flow of solutions, 7, 196; rate, 6, 
106. 
in soils, rate, 6, 105. 
rise of solutions, 6, 104. 
Caponizing, loss of birds by, 11, 238, 
16, 569. 
poultry, 9, 140. 
size of birds at time of operation, 
11, 2387, 245, 259. 
Capons, breeds. used for, 11, 237, 243. 
compared with cockerels, 11, 244, 
259, 260. 
competition in production of, 11, 
248. 
feeding experiments with, 11, 236, 
16, 22, 561. 
cost at different ages on whole or 
ground grain, 16, 573. 
cost of foods for feeding, 11, 242. 
foods used in experiments with, 11, 
240, 241, 242. 
gain on ground grain, 16, 571, 576. 
whole grain, 16, 572, 577. 
loss in weight by operation, 11, 
237, 245, 259: 
in dressing, 11, 243. 
market price, 16, 578. 
rations fed, 11, 240, 241, 264, 265, 
270. 
reason for experiments with, 11, 
236. 
relation of age and size to gain, 16, 
573. 
relative food consumption and gain 
on whole or ground grains, 16, 
575. 
size of feeding pens, 11, 242. 
skim-milk for, 11, 237, 244, 245, 
259, 264, 270. 
stock used in feeding experiments 
with, 11, 239. 
vs. cockerels, fattening, 8, 62. 
whole vs. ground grain for, 16, 561. 
Carabidae, natural enemy of cottonwood 
leaf beetle, 17, 332. 
Carbohydrate relations of feeding stuffs, 
18, 62. 
Carbohydrates as source of milk fat, 16, 
518. 
in food of milch cows, 10, 43, 73, 
90;.105,:.106, 11, 105, 122, 12, 
91, 108. 
of mixed feeds, 18, 60. 
Carbolic acid for carnation rust, 15, 
469; for potato scab, 6, 313. 
Carbon, action in plants, 14, 52. 
bisulphide, 14, 386. 
INDEX TO First TWENTY-FIVE REPORTS. 
Carbon, bisulphide as an insecticide, 22, 
342, 
dioxide and proteolysis in cheese 
ripening, 22, 165; effect on ac- 
tion of rennet in cheese ripening, 
22, 208; in cheese, sources, 22, 
180; in milk, 22, 180; from de- 
composition of milk sugar, 22, 
180 ; production in normal cheese, 
22, 169; from respiration from 
living cells in cheese, 22, 181; 
sources in cheese ripening, 22, 
28, 180. 
importance, 14, 41. 
occurrence, 14, 41. 
relation to fertilizers, 14, 49. 
Care and preservation of farm manures, 
14, 80. 
Carnallite, potash in, 14, 72, 74. 
Carnation cuttings, soaking in fungi- 
cides, 15, 475. 
Rhizoctonia on, 19, 116, 
rust, bordeaux mixture for, 15, 
467; combating, 15, 461; con- 
trolling without fungicides, 15, 
487; description, 19, 57; effect 
of salt on, 16, 18, 423; fungi- 
cides recommended for, 15, 467; 
history and distribution, 15, 463; 
parasite upon, 19, 55; popular 
errors regarding, 15, 464; pre- 
vention by spraying, 15, 29, 482; 
sulphur fumigation for preven- 
tion of, 15, 491; treatment of, 
15, 480; treatment  recom- 
mended, 15, 494, 
Carnations, effect of salt on growth, 16, 
423. 
Fusarium leaf-spot of, 18, 181. 
rust-resistant varieties of, 15, 492. 
Carneades messoria, life history and 
habits, 15, 634; notes on, 15, 628. 
Carpocapsa pomonella. (See Codling 
moth.) 
Caribbean guano, phosphoric acid in, 
Carrot, classification of varieties, 6, 133. 
description of varieties, 6, 133. 
index to varieties, 6, 143. 
notes on varieties, 1, 122, 6, 318, 
8, 326. F 
Rhizoctonia on, 19, 107. 
root system, 3, 312. 
Carrots, 12, 557. 
fertilizers for, 14, 101. 
from seeds of different 
gravity, 23, 366. 
plant food constituents in, 24, 374. 
variety tests, 2, 179, 3, 193, 4, 138, 
5, 236, .8, .275. 
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