Milk, table for converting quarts of, into pounds, 209 testing, a chapter on, 197 use of alkaline tablet test with, 239 watering of, 207 Milking trials, English, results of, 189 Milkings, composition of different parts of same, 194 Miner's inch, 133 Money, foreign, value of, 321 order, fees, 308 Monrad rennet test, the, 250 Mutton, diagrams of cuts, 156a New York Board of Health lactometer, comparison with Quevenne lac- tometer, 200 Nitrogen voided by animals, 117 Noer, J., M.D., What to do in case of accidents, 299 Noxious weeds, table of, 82 Number of plants for an acre of ground, 62, 63 trees on an acre, 99 Nutrients, 145 furnished for 25 cents in food materials, 153 Nutritive ratio, 2 Official milk and butter records, 189 Orchard-spraying outfit, 93 Ounces reduced to decimals of a foot, 312 Oxford sheep, 23 Pasteurization of milk and cream, 225 Pastures, permanent, seed mixtures for, 57 Patrons, rules for, 284 Payment of milk at creameries and cheese factories, 268 Percheron horses, 20 Perishable goods, temperatures injuring, 71 Pickrell, J. H., Shorthorns as dairy cows, 173 Pipes, carrying capacity of, 135 cost of, for irrigation, 136 Plant diseases, treatments for, 87 number of, for an acre of ground, 62, 63 Plowing, performance of team in, 142 Poisoning, antidotes in cases of, 301 Poland China pigs, 24 Pork, diagram of cuts of, 156a Postage, domestic, 307 foreign, 307 Potatoes, relation of specific gravity, dry matter, and starch conten of, 68 Poultry, breeds of, 30 feeding and care of, 25 Pounds converted into kilograms, 312 Power required for discharge of water, 132 Power required to raise water from deep wells, 136 Preservation of milk and cream by heat, 225 Pure cultures, use of, in butter and cheese making, 232 Quevenne lactometer, 199 Rainfall, 128 Rations for dairy cows, practical, 13 standard, 10, II Record, highest, for yield of fat, 188 Records, milk and butter, official, 189 Rennet test, 250 Richards, H. B., Dutch belted cattle, 181 Richter, Prof. A. W., Steam boiler and engine management, 221 making, 138 Roads, drainage, 138 different kinds of, force required to draw a load on, 140 good, importance of, 140 gravel for, 139 repairs, 139 stone required for maintenance of, 143 weight required to move vehicles on, 141 Russell, Prof. H. L., Preservation of milk and cream by heat, 225 Seed mixtures for grass and clover, 58 per acre, 56 hay and permanent pastures, 57 testing for the farmer, 72 vegetable, quantity required per acre, 65 Seeds, 72 germination standards, 77 grass, number, weight, cost, and amount to sow per acre, 77 Separator skim-milk, conditions determining fat content of, 221 formula for obtaining fat content of, 221 per cent fat in, 215 Shaw, Prof. Thos., Heredity, 31 Sheep, diseases of, 43 proportions of the various parts of, 158 Shire horses, 20 Shorthorn cattle, 21, 173 Shropshire sheep, 22 Silos, cylindrical, area of feeding surface required to supply different sized herds, 62 capacity of, 61 Sisson, L. P., Devon cattle, 179 Skimming of milk, detection of, 207 Slope, rise per 100 feet, 127 Smith, J. McLain, Red-polled cattle, 176 Soiling crops adapted to Northern New England states, 60 time of planting and feeding, 61 Solids of milk, calculation of 203 tables for obtaining, from specific gravity and per cent of fat, 205 Specific gravity of various substances, 68, 69, 319 Temperature-correction tables for specific gravity of milk, 201 Temperature of the air, normal mean, in Canada, 326 the United States, 324 Temperatures injuring perishable goods, 71 Testing milk and other dairy products by Babcock's method, 197 Tests of dairy breeds at American experiment stations, 186 World's Columbian Exposition, 187 Thermometer scales, comparisons of, 313 Thoroughbred horse, the, 18 Tile-draining land, reasons for, 124 pipe of main drain, size required, 126 Tiles, number required per acre, table showing, 125 size required, 125, 126 Tires, wide, effect of, 143 Tractive force required for carriages, 140 Trade values of fertilizing ingredients, 122 Tree-planting, distance table, 102 Trees, number on an acre, 99 United States, agricultural experiment stations in, 353 wages, 1893-1895, 329 apiarian industry, importance of, 345 United States, area and population, 323 cost per acre of raising wheat and corn, 1893, 335 dairy schools, 352 statistics for 1890, 338 Department of Agriculture, organization, 346 farming population, 327 number and value of farm animals, 1870-1895, 340 of farms in, and their value, 327 pure-bred cattle, 1895, 340 poultry and egg product, 1880 and 1890, 345 precipitation, normal, 325 product and value of principal crops, 1895, 334 production of honey and beeswax, 345 statistics of butter, cheese, and condensed-milk factories, 341, 342 farms, 328 principal crops, 1895, 330 temperature of the air, normal mean, 324 wages, agricultural, 1893-1895, 329 Veal, diagram of cuts, 156a Vegetable seed required per acre, 65 Vegetables, usual distances for planting, 64 remedies and doses, 45 Victoria pigs, 24 Village-improvement societies, constitution of, 292 Wages, agricultural, in the United States, 1893-1895, 329 Wagon tires, wide, effect of, 143 Water, acre-foot of, 133 carrying capacity of pipes, 135 duty of, 132 flow through straight pipes, 135 power required for discharge of, 132 to raise, from deep wells, 136 required for cooling milk or cream, quantity, 229 right, 132 second-foot, 133 Watering of milk, 207 Weather Bureau, the, explanation of flag signals adopted by, 296 services, state, list of headquarters of, 298 Weeds, 82 noxious, table of, 82 Weights and measures, 309 customary system of, 309 Cheese making, distribution of ingredients, 261 fertilizing ingredients, 261 use of pure cultures, 232, 235 score for judging, 259 synopsis of manufacture of principal varieties, 266 varieties and analyses, 260 yield from 100 lbs. of milk, 262, 264 Chester White pigs, 24 Cheviot sheep, 23 Chinch-bugs, fighting the, by means of kerosene emulsion, 92 Clark, W. G., M.D.C., Common diseases of farm animals, 35 Veterinary remedies and doses, 45 Cleveland Bay horses, 19 Clovers, notes on adaptability and uses, 79 Clydesdale horses, 19 Coins, foreign, value of, 321 Colostrum, composition of, 196 Components of cows' milk, calculation of, 195 Composition and weight of ordinary crops per acre, 59 of ash of cows' milk and colostrum, 196 butter, 242, 243 colostrum, 196 commercial fertilizing materials, 118 cows' milk, variations in, 194 cream, 210 dairy products, 210 different parts of same milkings, 194 feeding stuffs, I live animals, 160 milk of different breeds, 190, 191 morning and evening milk, 194 morning, noon, and evening milk, 194 various kinds of milk, 193 Concentrated feeding stuffs, weight of, 15 Condensed-milk, butter, and cheese factories in the United States in 1890, 341, 342 Constitution and by-laws of agricultural clubs, 287 road leagues, 294 village-improvement societies, 292 Contagious diseases, rules for treatment in case of, 52 of U. S. weights and measures to metric, and vice versa, 311 pounds of milk into quarts, 209 quarts of milk into pounds, 209 Cooling milk or cream, water or ice required, 229 |