Virgin soil: a soil which has never been cultivated.
Vitality (of seed): vitality is the ability to grow. Seed are of good vitality if a large per cent of them will sprout.
Weathering: the action of moisture, air, frost, etc. upon rocks.
Weed: a plant out of place. A wheat plant in a rose bed or a rose in the wheat field would be regarded as a weed, as would any plant growing in a place in which it is not wanted.
Wilt (of cotton): a disease of cotton in which the whole plant droops or wilts.
Withers: the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck.
Yeast: a preparation containing the yeast plant used to make bread rise, etc.
INDEX
Acid phosphate, [23], [214], [225]
Alfalfa, [28], [179], [187], [242], [244], [245], [246-248]
Alfalfa root, [28]
Animals, domestic, [261-292]
why we feed, [290]
Annual, [69], [112], [118], [260]
Ant, [144], [150]
Anther, [43]
Apple, [42], [59], [76], [78], [83-85], [123]
fire-blight of, [130]
Apple-tree tent caterpillar, [161], [162]
Arsenate of lead, [156], [157]
Ashes, [207]
Asparagus, [98]
Babcock milk-tester, [304]
Bacteria, [24], [127], [128], [129], [131], [133]
Balanced ration, [294-295]
Barley, [215-217]
Beans, [95], [98]
Bee, [286-290]
Beehive, anti-robbing entrance of, [289]
Beet, [95], [96]
sugar-, [218-221]
Beet sugar, [218]
Beetle, [146], [148]
cucumber, [102]
potato, [170]
Biennials, [70]
Bird homes, [322]
Birds, [318-323]
Black knot, [140]
Blackberry, [59]
Blight, [106]
eggplant, [103]
pear and apple, [130]
potato, [138], [209]
tomato, [106]
Bordeaux mixture, [127], [141], [142], [156], [209]
Borer, peach, [163], [164]
Breeding-cage, insect, [152]
Buckwheat, [229-230]
Bud variation, [58]
Budding, [55], [81-82]
Buds, [51], [59]
Bug, [147]
Bulbs, [109], [110], [111]
Burbank, Luther, [80]
Butter, [297], [300]
Butterfly, [146], [148], [149]
Cabbage, [93], [95], [96], [99]
Cabbage worm, [165], [166]
Caladium, [111]
Cambium, [79], [131]
Cankerworm, [159], [160]
Canna, [116]
Cantaloupes, [101]
Cape jasmine, [110]
Capillarity, [10]
Carbohydrates, [291], [292], [295]
Carbon, [39], [40], [291]
Carbon disulphide, [169]
Carbonic acid gas, [6], [317]
Caterpillar, [147], [149], [161]
Cattle, [270-275]
beef type of, [272]
dairy type of, [273]
improving of, [274]
Cauliflower, [91], [140]
Celery, [100], [101]
Cherries, [59], [81], [164]
Chinch bug, [165], [167]
Churn, the, [297], [299], [300]
Churning, [299]
Cleft grafting, [80]
Clover, [187], [249-251]
Club root, [140]
Cocoon, [147], [148], [150], [151]
Codling moth, [154], [156], [164]
Cold-frame, [93-97], [101]
Colostrum, [297]
Consumption, germ of, [129]
Corms, [111]
Corn, [197-202]
blossom of, [45]
freezing of seed, [75]
roots of, [27], [28]
selection of seed, [66], [67], [68]
Cotton, [180-188]
resistant variety of, [132]
Sea Island, [132], [182]
short-stapled, [182]
Cotton wilt, [142]
Cotton-boll weevil, [173]
Cotton-seed meal, [24], [225], [295]
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]
Life in the country, [330-337]
Lime, [140]
Lime-sulphur wash, [141], [142], [153], [154], [156]
Liming land, [315-318]
Louse, plant, [150], [151], [152], [167]
Machines, farm, [313-315]
Maize, [197]
Manures, [20], [21-24]
Maple sugar, [217]
Market-gardening, [89], [90]
Meadows, [240], [242]
Melons, [101], [106]
Mildew, [124]
how to prevent, [126]
Milk, [297]
sours, how, [302]
Milk-tester, Babcock, [304]
Mineral matter, [291], [292]
Moisture, [9]
Mold, [123], [124], [125]
Moonflower, [115]
Morning-glory, [115]
Moth, [148]
codling, [154], [156], [164]
mosquito, [150]
Mulch, [12]
Narcissus, [114]
Nectar, [46], [47]
Nitrate of soda, [24], [99], [211], [214]
Nitrogen, [15], [23], [24], [31], [32], [34], [35], [36], [37], [188], [246]
Nitrogen-gathering crops, [15], [18], [244-260]
Nodules, [36]
Oats, [209-215]
Oat smut, [134]
Onion, [103], [104]
Orchard insects, [143]
Osmosis, [30]
Ovary, [44]
Ovipositor, [157]
Paris green, [165], [209]
Parsnips, [94]
Pasture grasses, [238-244]
Peach, [42], [59], [81], [84], [85], [87], [141], [142]
Peach curl, [141], [143]
Peach mold, [142]
Peach mummies, [142]
Peach tree, how made, [86-87]
Peach-tree borer, [163], [164]
Peanuts, [202-203]