INDEX 



A 



Abe Martin, 147 



Aberdeen Angus, 265 



Adams, money aid to agricul- 

 tural experiments, 310 



Agricultural colleges and ex- 

 periment stations, first 

 meeting, 274 



Agricultural colleges, money 

 aid, 309 



Agricultural education, fruits 



of, 355 



promotion, 310 

 total grants, 311 



Agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions, munificent help, 

 321 



number of professors, di- 

 rectors and employees, 

 321, 322 



Agricultural extension, future 



amount of grants, 314 

 grants, 312 



Agricultural implements, ex- 

 posure, 65 



Agricultural trains, 16 



Agricultural wastes, 167 



Agriculture, a fundamental 



profession, 89 

 a learned profession, 11 



Alaska, former climate of, 349 



Alkali, formation, 195 

 treatment, 196 



Ambitions of the farm boy, 

 148 



361 



American agriculture on the 



downward path, 322 

 Amortization, 130, 131 

 Apples, biggest on top of the 



barrel, 87 

 Arable land, classification, 



327, 328, 329 



Arid region, reclamation, 348 

 Army, supplies to ofiicers' 



families, 156 

 Average rainfall, 249 



B 



Baby beef, cost of growing, 



257 



Back to the farm, 145 

 Backbone, educating, 278 

 Bacteria, r6le in soil building, 



184 

 Bankruptcy, nature avoids, 



209 

 Beef cattle, area of production, 



258 



cost of growing, 256 

 example of selling, 95 

 method of selling, 94 

 price disturbed, 260 

 Beef growing, little profit, 253 

 Beef production, abnormal, 



254 



Belgium, density of popula- 

 tion, 338 



Bills, paid by check, 120 

 Biology, contributions to agri- 

 culture, 291 

 Book farming, 30 



