INDEX 



489 



Saginaw, manufacture of im- 

 plements at, 311 

 Saginaw Valley, U, 7 



frosts in, 9 



geological history of, 13 



soils of, 45 



topography of, 7 

 St. Clair County, health work 



in, 326 

 St. Joseph, fruit marketing at, 



265 

 St. Mary's Ship Canal, 11, 254 

 Salt, 1U4 



by-products, 106 



reserves, 106 

 Sand, agriculture on, 48 



experiments on, 428, 429 



farming on, 428 

 Sandstone, 102. 103 



in Upper Peninsula, 103 



Portage redstone, 103 

 Sanilac County, health nurse 



in, 326 

 Sauer. C. O., quoted, 439 

 Sault Ste. Marie News, 375 

 Saw-mills, 307 



output of, 74 

 Scandinavians, as farmers, 

 173 



character of, 173 



distribution, 173 



in Michigan, 173 



statistics. 183 

 Schneider. C. F., quoted, 24 

 Schools, agricultural, 351 



comparison of districts, 355 



cf)nsolidation of, 355 



early. 351 



laws for, 354 



origin of, 159 



pioneer. 347, 348 



rural, 353 



rural scliool acts of 1921, 

 35(1 



Smith-Hughes Law and, 359, 

 360 



teacherages for, 356 



township. 351 

 Scouts, boj'. 358 

 Sears, G. W., on game, 115 

 Seed, handled by Farm Bu- 

 reau, 282 



standard. Farm Bureau and, 

 217 



Seney Swamp, tests on, 54 

 Settlement, 42, 43, 150 



character of in Michigan, 



177 

 New England and, 158 

 of central counties, 44 

 of northern Lower Penin- 

 sula, 46 

 of Upper Peninsula, 52 

 "Shakes." 322 

 Shale, 114 



oil-bearing, 109 

 Sheep, Alsatian practice of 

 raising, Houghton 



County, 179 

 breeds, 224, 225 

 distribution, 222 

 exhibition of at Washtenaw 



Countv Fair, 334 

 history, 219, 224 

 in Upper Peninsula, 223 

 on farms, 225 

 pure-bred varieties, 220. 221 

 -raising, northern, 430, 431 

 statistics, 222. 224 

 Sickness, 321, 322 

 Silos, manufacture of, 79 

 Silver, 97 



Sirup, maple. 301-304 

 Slate, 101 



Slavs, in Michigan, 175 

 Smith-Hughes Law, 358 



-Lever Act, 363 

 Snow, distribution of, 28 

 Societies, agricultural, 332, 

 333. 373 

 incorporation of, 373 

 Soils, 31 



character of, 35, 36 

 classification of, 151, 395 

 erosion and, 38 

 glaciation and, 37 

 moisture of and vegetation, 



67, ()8 

 of central counties. 44 

 of Copper Range, 50 

 of Ja<'ks()n County, 43 

 of northei-n counties, 47 

 of northern Lower Penin- 

 sula, 45, 46, 47 

 of Saginaw Valley, 45 

 of southeastern counties, 41 

 of southern counties, 43 

 surveys of, 31 

 timber on. 38 

 vegetation and, 59 



