INDEX 



367 



sandstone, 191 

 sandy and clay, 182 

 vegetable, 194 

 volcanic, 194 



Sorghum, camel among plants, 



239 

 growth in Kansas, 239 



Sparseness of population, 138 



Squanto, a tribute to, 340, 358 



Squanto, contributions to sci- 

 entific agriculture, 356 



Starvation, not imminent, 342 



State aid to agricultural ex- 

 tension, 315 



State sovereignty, difficulties, 

 133, 134 



Stimulants, common desire for, 

 73 



Stock feeding, economy, 347 



Stock on farms, value, 335 



Students in agriculture, num- 

 ber, 320 



Subsoil, 203 



Suburbanite, not always 

 happy, 8 



Sucker, one born every min- 

 ute, 19 



Suffrage, importance of equal, 

 75 



Swine, number, 336 



Synthetic foods, 353 



T 



Taylor, John, early theories of 

 soil improvement, 234 



Teachers of agriculture, num- 

 ber, 319, 320 



Teachers, training in agricul- 

 ture, 316 



Technical training, benefit, 279 

 fundamental, 280 



Tenant fanner, lack of ambi- 

 tion, 78 



Tenant house, model, 152 



Tillage extension, 350 



Training teachers in agricul- 



t u r e , correspondence 



school, 317 



Transportation facilities, 94 

 Trust, effect of on farmer's 



market, 98 

 Trusts, hardship of control, 



259 

 Truth, love and reverence for, 



305 



Tuberculosis, 37 

 Typhoid, prevalence in rural 



districts, 55 

 Tyson, C. J., 52 



U 



Uncle Sam's big college, 307 

 Uncle Sam's big farm, 324 

 Universal hunger, 206 

 Universal training, 304 



Variation, examples, 293, 294, 



295, 296 

 importance, 293 

 Variation in plants, 299, 300 

 Vegetable mold, composition, 



199 

 Virgin soils, exhaustion, 341 



W 



Wallace, Henry, 268 



Warehouse, neighborhood, 99 



Washed soils, method of res- 

 toration, 213 



Water, chief disintegrating 

 force, 179 



Water, function in agriculture, 

 244 



Water, respective weights of 

 water and crop, 246, 247, 

 248 



Water, role in soil making, 180 



Weather Bureau, transfer 

 from Signal Service, 290 



