INDEX 



275 



Land, back to the, 200 

 fertility, 85 

 idle, abundance of, 14 

 low priced, 17 



Landreth, Burnett, quoted, 210 



Langdon, A. L., in "Real Estate 

 Record and Guide," on Long 

 Island, 166 



Lettuce, 179 



"Liberty and a Living," quotation 

 from, 39, 40 



Lima beans, 72 



Living conditions before the Civil 

 War, different, 12 



London Daily News, report of crops, 66 



Long Island, northeastern, coop- 

 erative features, 61 



Lumber, prices, 183 



Macaroni, introduction of, to this 

 country, 213 



wheat, 213 



Maine, climate products, 181 

 Manure, 103 

 Maryland, 173 



canning, 175 



flowers, 175 



State Bureau of Immigration, 176 

 Maynard, Prof. S. T., quoted, 125 

 Maxwell's Talisman, teaching farmers 



to profit from land, 212 

 Milk, to be rid of, 233 

 Milkweed, its use, 150 

 Mint, production and sale, 227 

 Mississippi Valley transportation, 15 

 Montana, good crops without irri- 

 gation, 97 

 Mushrooms, varieties, 120 



National Emergency Food Com- 

 mission, 71, 248 



Nelson, N. O., on "The Cooperative 

 Store System," 253 



New Jersey, fertile, 168 



New Orleans, codperative stores, 253 



Nitrogen, meat marker, 71 

 fertilizer, 88 



Nuts, grown for commercial use, 132 



Onions, 72 



Oppenheimer, Franz, on equal di- 

 vision of land, 42 

 Osage Orange, edible, 150 



Peanuts, culture and uses, 59 



Farmers' Bulletin 25, U. S. Dept. 

 Peas, 72 



Petsai, substitute for cabbage, 233 

 Pigs, profit in, 236 

 Plant breeding, 237 

 Planting fruit trees, 74 

 Plants, delicate, 86 

 Pleasures in rural homes, 123 

 Pond lilies as a crop, 76 

 Potatoes, advantages, 84 



dried, 245 



sawdust as mulch, 226 



scab prevention, 225 



Scotland, 215 



spraying, 97 



walks to cultivate, 2 



yields, 2 

 Poultry, feed, 114 



raising, 111 

 Powell, Geo. T., quoted, on cherries, 



128 



Practical experience, 224 

 Profession, coming, for boys, 208 

 Publications, miscellaneous, 224 

 Pumpkins, 73 



Quails, barnyard, 161 



Radishes, 72 



Railroads, teaching fanning, 211 

 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 



Railway Co. lectures, 211 

 Raspberries, 130, 241 

 Rhubarb, 81 

 Roberts, Prof., on advantages of 



study, 40 

 Ronna, Prof., on figures on crops per 



acre, 47 

 Roots, burdock, 147 



Sawdust as mulch for potatoes, 226 

 School window garden boxes, 44 



at Yonkers, 77 

 Shack of logs, 195 

 Silkworm, a possibility, 157 

 Skunk farming, 161 

 Snail, raising for the table, 156 

 Snakes as food, 159 

 Soil inoculation, 90 

 Southern States, development, 165 



