Cow Aberdeen Angus, 272 Galloway, 274 Holstein, 275 Jersey, 273 care of, 296 the dairy, 293-296 Cowpeas, 251-254 Cream, 297, 298 Crop-rotation, 33-37 Crops, 178-237 rotation of, 20, 33, 189, 211, 217, 219, 228 value of, per acre, 179 Cross section, 26 Crosses, 49 Cross-pollination, 48 Cucumber, 73, 101 Cucumber beetle, 102 Curculio, plum, 156 Currant, 59 Cuttings, 52, 53, 54, 55, 109 Cyclamen, 115 Dahlia, 111, 112, 116 Dairy rules, 301 Dairying, 297-301 Dendrolene, 160 Diphtheria, germ of, 129 Diseases of plants, 122-143 Domestic animals, 261-292 Drainage, benefits of, 15 Dry farming, 323-326 Ducks, 282 Eggplants, 102, 103 Ensilage, 295 Farm crops, 178-237 Farm garden, 235-237 Farm tools, 313-315 Farming on dry lands, 323-330 Fats, 291, 292, 295 Feed stuffs, 238-260 digestible nutrients in, 290-292 growing, on the farm, 309-313 Feeding animals, 290 reasons for, 290, 292 Fertilization, 45 Fertilizers, 22-24 Field insects, 144-177 Figs, 51, 59 Fire-blight, 130 Flax, 226-229 Flea-beetle, 169, 172, 209 Floriculture, 89, 108 Flower, the, 42, 43 Flower box, 112 Flower gardening, 108-121 Fly, 146, 150 Formalin, 135, 136, 138 Fowls, 282-286 Fruit mold, 126, 142 Fruit rot, 122 Fruit tree, how to raise a, 76-87 Fultz, Abraham, 65 Fungi, 125, 126, 127 Garden, 235-237 Garden insects, 165-177 Gardening, market-, 89-90 Geese, 284 Geranium, 52, 54, 109, 110 Germs, 24, 127, 129, 131, 135; _see also_ Bacteria Girdler, 162 Girdling, 41 Glacier, 3, 4, 5 Gladiolus, 92, 111 Gooseberries, 59 Grafting, 55, 78-81 cleft, 80 root, 79 time for, 79 tongue, 79, 80 Grafting wax, 79 Grape, 51, 53, 58, 59 Grape cutting, 54 Grape phylloxera, 157, 158 Grape pollination, 52, 53 Grasses, 238-244 Grasshopper, 148, 151 Greenhouse, 91-94 Heading back, 83 Hemp, 226-229 Hens, 282-286 Heredity, 67 Hessian fly, 170 Homes, country, 330-337 Honey dew, 167 Horse, 262-270 diagrams by which to judge, 265-269 Percheron, 264 proportions of, 270 roadster, 267 Horticulture, 89-121 Host, 126 Hotbed, 91-97 How to raise a fruit tree, 76-87 Humus, 5, 20, 21, 22, 193, 207 Husker and shredder, 201 Hybrids, 49, 50, 51, 183 Insects, cage for breeding, 152 classes of, 146 eggs of, 150 eyes of, 145 field, 144, 165 garden, 144-177 general, 144 how they feed, 146, 147 orchard, 144 parts of, 145 Irish, or white, potato, 206-209 propagation of, 56, 57 Irrigation, 326-330 method of, 330 Kafir corn, 325, 326 Kainite, 214 Kerosene emulsion, 168 Land, improvement of, 17, 21, 31, 34, 244 Landscape-gardening, 89 Larva, 147, 148 Layering, 55, 57 Legumes, 31, 207, 244-260 Lettuce, 91, 93, 95
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