GENERAL INDEX. 



Acid soils (see "Soils, acid") 

 Acreage, in Kansas, by counties, 1891 and 

 1915, 5 



by thirds, 16 



distribution (Fig. 4), 18 



irrigated, 165 



seed, annually, 117, 124 



total, 1891 to 1915, inclusive, 4 



in other states, 6 

 Acres per grower, 11 

 Adaptability, 182, 469 

 Africa, history in, 173, 175 

 Age, fields, 13 



seed, will keep, 47, 208 



Air, forcing through hay in mow (Fig. 

 210), 261 



Albrecht, H. W., article, 216 



Altitude of Kansas (Fig. 7), 23 



Analysis, chemical, of alfalfa (see "Com- 

 position") 



seed, by Agricultural College, 210, 214 



soil, by Agricultural College, 237 

 Anderson, Gust., early seeding in Kansas, 12 

 Ant, mound-building prairie (Fig. 342), 393 

 Arabian alfalfa. 184 



Arabs, history with, 175 



Army worm (Figs. 326 to 330), 156, 160, 



379, 383 



Aroma, in hay, 73, 243 

 Asia, history in, 171, 173 

 Bacteria, acid soils kill, 225, 237 



inoculation with (Figs. 36 to 40), 43, 



44, 215, 236 



on roots (Figs. 37 and 38), 215, 236, 



465 



Bacterial stem blight, 348 

 Bags, seed, 126 



Balers (see "Machinery, baler") 

 Bales, covering (Figs. 110, 370), 111, 458 



how to make (Fig. 107), 111, 246 



loading on cars and wagons (Figs. Ill, 



372), 114, 455, 459 



piling (Figs. 109, 110, 370), 111, 458 



size and weight (Fig. 107), 111, 246, 



455 



storing (Figs. 109, 110, 370), 111, 246 



258, 458 

 sweating, 246 



ventilation, 111, 246, 458 



Baling hay (Figs. 104, 105, 106, 371, 372), 

 107, 246, 250, 458 



cost, 169 



practice of Miami county reporter, 113 



reduction of bulk, 113 

 Baltic alfalfa, 187, 189 

 Bare spots, reseeding, 53 

 Barley, composition, 429 



nurse crop, 236 

 Barn, hay (see "Sheds") 



curing in, 102, 258, 260, 261 

 Barteldes Seed Company's early importa- 

 tions, 13 



Beef cattle (see "Cattle, beef") 

 Bees in relation to alfalfa (Fig. 350), 150, 



195, 268, 401 



Beetle, blister (Figs. 343, 344), 395 

 Berry, J. W., curing hay in shed, 258 

 Binder, grain (see "Machinery, binder, 

 grain") 



Bins, seed, 126 



Biscuits, alfalfa, 438 



Bisulphide of carbon, 161, 162, 364, 395 



Blackshere, J. R., early seeding, 12, 13 



Blanks mailed out, 11 



Bleaching hay, 243, 457 



Blinn, P. K., tests of varieties (Figs. 158 



to 161), 187 



Blister beetles (Figs. 343, 344), 395 

 "Bloat" of cattle and sheep, 132, 135, 419 



prevention, 135, 136, 421 



remedies (Fig. 129), 136, 421 



sticking for (Fig. 356), 421 



Bloom, indication of time to cut (Fig. 54), 



63, 242 

 Blossom, parts of (Figs. 168 to 182), 193, 



199 



pollinating (Figs. 167 to 183, 350), 150, 



193, 195, 203, 204, 268, 401 

 Blower, curing hay in mow (Fig. 210), 261 

 Blue grass in alfalfa, 55, 56 

 English, in mixture with alfalfa, 50 

 Borders, Joe, old field, 13 

 Borer, clover-root (Figs. 310 to 312), 367 

 Botany of alfalfa, 171, 180 

 Bottom land versus upland, 13, 16, 38, 234 

 Bottoms, stack, 89, 105, 245 

 Boys, W. A., article, 271 

 Bran, poisoned mash for insects, 157, 160, 



161, 377, 382, 385 



mash formula, 377 



Bran, wheat, composition, 408, 415 

 Breaking alfalfa sod (Fig. 140), 155 

 Breaking sod land for seedbed, 43 

 Breeding for disease resistance, 198 



drouth resistance, 189 



forage yield, 193 

 seed yield, 197 



- winter hardiness, 185 



Broadcasting versus drilling seed, 50 



Brown hay, feeding value of, 149, 246, 412 



-root rot, 352 



Brubaker, J. A., article, 454 



Brush drag (Fig. 338), 391 



Buckhorn (Figs. 193, 281), 337 



Buck rake, 80 



Buds, indication of time to cut, 63, 242 



Building-up soils with alfalfa, 150, 275, 466 



Bulge in stacks (Fig. 78), 89 



Bull rake, 80 



Bur clover as adulterant (Fig. 186), 212 



"Burning" crops, on alfalfa sod land, 151 



to 155 

 Burning, hay, spontaneous combustion, 105, 



246 

 Burning over alfalfa field to destroy pests, 



57, 370 



Burton, E. I., article, 258 

 Buyers', hay-marketing from standpoint of, 



454 



Cakes, alfalfa, 438 

 California's acreage, 6 



California, history in (Fig. 155), 178, 179 

 Call, L. E., article, 230 

 Campaign for alfalfa in Kansas, 4 

 Candy, alfalfa, 438 

 "Cane" preceding alfalfa, 236 



succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 



stubble, sowing in on sandy soils, 236 



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