=Compact=: a soil is said to be compact when the particles are closely packed.
=Concentrated=: when applied to food the word means that it contains much feeding value in small bulk.
=Contagious=: a disease is said to be contagious when it can be spread or carried from one individual to another.
=Cross=: the result of breeding two varieties of plant together.
=Cross pollination=: the pollination of a flower by pollen brought from a flower on some other plant.
=Croup=: the top of the hips.
=Culture=: the art of preparing ground for seed and raising crops by tillage.
=Curb disease=: a swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse just behind the lowest part of the hock joint. It generally causes lameness.
=Curculio=: a kind of beetle or weevil.
=Dendrolene=: a patented substance used for catching cankerworms.
=Digestion=: the act by which food is prepared by the juices of the body to be used by the blood.
=Dormant=: a word used to describe sleeping or resting bodies,--bodies not in a state of activity.
=Drainage=: the process by which an excess of water is removed from the land by ditches, terraces, or tiles.
=Element=: a substance that cannot be divided into simpler substances.
=Ensilage=: green foods preserved in a silo.
=Evaporate=: to pass off in vapor, as a fluid often does; to change from a solid or liquid state into vapor, usually by heat.
=Exhaustion=: the state in which strength, power, and force have been lost. When applied to land, the word means that land has lost its power to produce well.
=Fermentation=: a chemical change produced by bacteria, yeast, etc. A common example of fermentation is the change of cider into vinegar.
=Fertility=: the state of being fruitful. Land is said to be fertile when it produces well.
=Fertilization=: the act which follows pollination and enables a flower to produce seed.
=Fetlock=: the long-haired cushion on the back side of a horse's leg just above the hoof.
=Fiber=: any fine, slender thread or threadlike substance, as the rootlets of plants or the lint of cotton.
=Filter=: to purify a liquid, as water, by causing it to pass through some substance, as paper, cloth, screens, etc.
=Formalin=: a forty per cent solution of a chemical known as formaldehyde. Formalin is used to kill fungi, bacteria, etc.
=Formula=: a recipe for the making of a compound; for example, fertilizer or spraying compounds.
=Fungicide=: a substance used to kill or prevent the growth of fungi; for example, Bordeaux Mixture or copper sulphate.
=Fungous=: belonging to or caused by fungi.
=Fungus= (plural =fungi=): a low kind of plant life lacking in green color. Molds and toadstools are examples.
=Germ=: that from which anything springs. The term is often applied to any very small organism or living thing, particularly if it causes great effects such as disease, fermentation, etc.
=Germinate=: to sprout. A seed germinates when it begins to grow.
=Girdle=: to make a cut or groove around a limb or tree.
=Glacier=: an immense field or stream of ice formed in the region of constant snow and moving slowly down a slope or valley.
=Globule=: a small particle of matter shaped like a globe.
=Glucose=: a kind of sugar very common in plants. The sugar from grapes, honey, etc. is glucose. That from the sugar cane is not.
=Gluten=: a vegetable form of protein found in cereals.
=Graft=: to place a living branch or stem on another living stem so that it may grow there. It insures the growth of the desired kind of plant.
=Granule=: a little grain.
=Gypsum=: land plaster.
"=Head back=": to cut or prune a tree so as to form its head, that is, the place where the main trunk first gives off its branches.
=Heredity=: the resemblance of offspring to parent.
=Hibernating=: to pass the winter in a torpid or inactive state in close quarters.
=Hock=: the joint in the hind leg of quadrupeds between the leg and the shank. It corresponds to the ankle in man.
=Host=: the plant upon which a fungus or insect is preying.
=Humus=: the portion of the soil caused by the decay of animal or vegetable matter.
=Hybrid=: the result of breeding two different kinds of plants together.
=Hydrogen=: a chemical element. It is present in water and in all living things.
=Individual=: a single person, plant, animal, or thing of any kind.