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AGRICULTURE

What kind of corn is best for growing animals? 31.

What kind is best for fattening cattle? 32.

What has been done to wheat, corn and flax in Minnesota? 32.

How much has the production of corn increased since 1875? 29.

When did this country take first rank among all nations as a wheat

producer? 29.

How do our farmers support our manufactories? 29. What is the leading export farm product? 29. How does the cotton crop of Texas compare with the entire crop of the

world? 30.

How many farms are there in the U. S.? 30. How does the corn crop compare with other crops? 30. What is the mainstay of the meat-making industry? 30. What has raised the price of-corn in late years? 30. What six states raise 60% of the corn crop? 30. What has been the yield of wheat yearly in the U. S.? 30. Is alfalfa better than red clover as a feed? 30. What has alfalfa done for the dairy industry? 30. When was alfalfa introduced into the U. S.? 46. What is the richest forage plant known? 46. What two soil conditions are against alfalfa? 46. How does it compare in protein with timothy and clover? 47. How does alfalfa improve the soil? 47. What causes failures in growing alfalfa? 47.

What is the most important agricultural event of the century? 47. What is the Babcock test? 30. What does the separator do? 30.

How can a farmer tell his most profitable cows? 30. When and by whom was the Babcock test invented? 151. How much butter-fat in cows' milk? 151. How much cream does the law require milk to have? 151. How is cream graded? 151.

What instrument is used for testing the percentage of cream? 1019. What is a silo? 30.

How does silage promote intensive farming? 30. What is the benefit of veterinary schools? 31. What has been the most valuable discovery of recent years for cattle?

31.

Is early maturity in meat producing animals a good practice? 31. What is the leading meat-making feed on American farms? 31. What is one of the marvels in horse speed? 31. What is the hog supply of the Mississippi Valley? 31. What study teaches the composition of soils and the composition of

plants? 31.

How may plants be modified and improved? 31. When was the merino sheep introduced into the U. S.? 1736. How was butter making discovered? 296. How is condensed milk made? 1226. How many creameries are there in the U. S.? 475, 496. Describe the cultivation of rice in the U. S.? 1610.

What plant supplies food for more human beings than any other? 1610. Why is crop failure becoming less likely? 32.

What president founded the Federal Department of Agriculture? 32. What is the aim of agricultural experiment stations? 32. What are the conditions of admission to the state agricultural colleges?

32. What university gives instruction in agriculture by correspondence?

32.

What is the feeder's problem? 159. What is meant by nutritive ratio? 159. What are the Wolf-Lehmann feeding standards? 159, What is the nutritive ratio of corn? 159. What are cedar apples? 227. Why is plant breeding used? 227.

Why does tramping down the soil help small seeds? 331. SJow does a soil-mulch keep moisture in the ground? 331

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