Acid phosphate,23,214,225Alfalfa,28,179,187,242,244,245,246-248Alfalfa root,28Animals, domestic,261-292why we feed,290Annual,69,112,118,260Ant,144,150Anther,43Apple,42,59,76,78,83-85,123fire-blight of,130Apple-tree tent caterpillar,161,162Arsenate of lead,156,157Ashes,207Asparagus,98Babcock milk-tester,304Bacteria,24,127,128,129,131,133Balanced ration,294-295Barley,215-217Beans,95,98Bee,286-290Beehive, anti-robbing entrance of,289Beet,95,96sugar-,218-221Beet sugar,218Beetle,146,148cucumber,102potato,170Biennials,70Bird homes,322Birds,318-323Black knot,140Blackberry,59Blight,106eggplant,103pear and apple,130potato,138,209tomato,106Bordeaux mixture,127,141,142,156,209Borer, peach,163,164Breeding-cage, insect,152Buckwheat,229-230Bud variation,58Budding,55,81-82Buds,51,59Bug,147Bulbs,109,110,111Burbank, Luther,80Butter,297,300Butterfly,146,148,149Cabbage,93,95,96,99Cabbage worm,165,166Caladium,111Cambium,79,131Cankerworm,159,160Canna,116Cantaloupes,101Cape jasmine,110Capillarity,10Carbohydrates,291,292,295Carbon,39,40,291Carbon disulphide,169Carbonic acid gas,6,317Caterpillar,147,149,161Cattle,270-275beef type of,272dairy type of,273improving of,274Cauliflower,91,140Celery,100,101Cherries,59,81,164Chinch bug,165,167Churn, the,297,299,300Churning,299Cleft grafting,80Clover,187,249-251Club root,140Cocoon,147,148,150,151Codling moth,154,156,164Cold-frame,93-97,101Colostrum,297Consumption, germ of,129Corms,111Corn,197-202blossom of,45freezing of seed,75roots of,27,28selection of seed,66,67,68Cotton,180-188resistant variety of,132Sea Island,132,182short-stapled,182Cotton wilt,142Cotton-boll weevil,173Cotton-seed meal,24,225,295CowAberdeen Angus,272Galloway,274Holstein,275Jersey,273care of,296the dairy,293-296Cowpeas,251-254Cream,297,298Crop-rotation,33-37Crops,178-237rotation of,20,33,189,211,217,219,228value of, per acre,179Cross section,26Crosses,49Cross-pollination,48Cucumber,73,101Cucumber beetle,102Curculio, plum,156Currant,59Cuttings,52,53,54,55,109Cyclamen,115Dahlia,111,112,116Dairy rules,301Dairying,297-301Dendrolene,160Diphtheria, germ of,129Diseases of plants,122-143Domestic animals,261-292Drainage, benefits of,15Dry farming,323-326Ducks,282Eggplants,102,103Ensilage,295Farm crops,178-237Farm garden,235-237Farm tools,313-315Farming on dry lands,323-330Fats,291,292,295Feed stuffs,238-260digestible nutrients in,290-292growing, on the farm,309-313Feeding animals,290reasons for,290,292Fertilization,45Fertilizers,22-24Field insects,144-177Figs,51,59Fire-blight,130Flax,226-229Flea-beetle,169,172,209Floriculture,89,108Flower, the,42,43Flower box,112Flower gardening,108-121Fly,146,150Formalin,135,136,138Fowls,282-286Fruit mold,126,142Fruit rot,122Fruit tree, how to raise a,76-87Fultz, Abraham,65Fungi,125,126,127Garden,235-237Garden insects,165-177Gardening, market-,89-90Geese,284Geranium,52,54,109,110Germs,24,127,129,131,135;see alsoBacteriaGirdler,162Girdling,41Glacier,3,4,5Gladiolus,92,111Gooseberries,59Grafting,55,78-81cleft,80root,79time for,79tongue,79,80Grafting wax,79Grape,51,53,58,59Grape cutting,54Grape phylloxera,157,158Grape pollination,52,53Grasses,238-244Grasshopper,148,151Greenhouse,91-94Heading back,83Hemp,226-229Hens,282-286Heredity,67Hessian fly,170Homes, country,330-337Honey dew,167Horse,262-270diagrams by which to judge,265-269Percheron,264proportions of,270roadster,267Horticulture,89-121Host,126Hotbed,91-97How to raise a fruit tree,76-87Humus,5,20,21,22,193,207Husker and shredder,201Hybrids,49,50,51,183Insects, cage for breeding,152classes of,146eggs of,150eyes of,145field,144,165garden,144-177general,144how they feed,146,147orchard,144parts of,145Irish, or white, potato,206-209propagation of,56,57Irrigation,326-330method of,330Kafir corn,325,326Kainite,214Kerosene emulsion,168Land, improvement of,17,21,31,34,244Landscape-gardening,89Larva,147,148Layering,55,57Legumes,31,207,244-260Lettuce,91,93,95Life in the country,330-337Lime,140Lime-sulphur wash,141,142,153,154,156Liming land,315-318Louse, plant,150,151,152,167Machines, farm,313-315Maize,197Manures,20,21-24Maple sugar,217Market-gardening,89,90Meadows,240,242Melons,101,106Mildew,124how to prevent,126Milk,297sours, how,302Milk-tester, Babcock,304Mineral matter,291,292Moisture,9Mold,123,124,125Moonflower,115Morning-glory,115Moth,148codling,154,156,164mosquito,150Mulch,12Narcissus,114Nectar,46,47Nitrate of soda,24,99,211,214Nitrogen,15,23,24,31,32,34,35,36,37,188,246Nitrogen-gathering crops,15,18,244-260Nodules,36Oats,209-215Oat smut,134Onion,103,104Orchard insects,143Osmosis,30Ovary,44Ovipositor,157Paris green,165,209Parsnips,94Pasture grasses,238-244Peach,42,59,81,84,85,87,141,142Peach curl,141,143Peach mold,142Peach mummies,142Peach tree, how made,86-87Peach-tree borer,163,164Peanuts,202-203