476 



General Index. 



Fertility requirements of alfalfa, 215, 230, 



462 



Fertilizer and lime sower (Fig. 242), 305 

 Fertilizers, tests of, 238, 240 

 Fertilizing blossoms (Figs. 167 to 183, 401), 



150, 193, 401 



constituents in alfalfa and other feeds, 



463 



cost, 168 



soils (Figs 24, 25, 202), 36, 238 



top-dressing with manure (Fig. 53), 62, 



238 



value of alfalfa, 150, 465, 470 

 Feterita succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 

 Fire in hay, spontaneous combustion, 105, 



246 

 "Firing" of crops on alfalfa sod land, 151 



to 155 

 Firming soils for seed bed (Fig. 34), 40, 



235 



First seedings in Kansas, 11, 12, 13 

 Fitch, J. B., article, 262 

 Flax, preceding alfalfa, 235 

 Flooded alfalfa, 164 

 Flooding, irrigation (Figs. 219, 223), 165, 



280 



Flour, alfalfa, 438 

 Flowers (see "Blossoms") 

 Fodder, corn, composition, 409 

 Food, human, alfalfa as a, 438 

 Forks, hay (Figs. 87, 88, 262 to 265), 97, 



317 

 Fork or sling, day's work unloading with, 



249 



Forks, pitch, for loading hay (Fig. 86), 97 

 Foxtail, green, in alfalfa, 55, 56, 156, 211, 



243, 333 



France, history in (Fig. 152), 175 

 Freezing and thawing, alternate winterkills 



alfalfa, 162, 186 

 Freshening pastures, 130 

 Fresno scraper (Fig. 215), 277 

 Frost, killing, last in spring and first in fall, 



dates (Fig. 8), 24 

 Fumigating pests, to control, 161, 162, 364, 



395 



Garden webworm (Fig. 332), 386 

 Gas, "bloating," 419 

 Gasoline, prairie dog control with, 161 

 Gatewood, Ray, article, 423 

 Gathering hay from field, 80 



seed from field, 122, 270 

 Geological survey for limestone, 224 

 German seed, 15, 183 



Germany, history in (Fig. 152), 175 

 Germination, seed, 206, 207 



testing for, 207 



Gishwiller, J. A., early seeding (Fig. 1), 12 



Go-devil, 80 



Gopher, pocket (Figs. 301 to 309), 156, 



158, 353 

 Grading and cleaning machines (Figs. 274, 



275), 327 

 Grading hay, 114, 455, 457, 468 



rules of Kansas City Hay Dealers' As- 



sociation, 457 

 Grain binder for seed harvesting, 120, 270 



header for seed harvesting, 120 



preceding alfalfa, 234 



separator for threshing seed, 123 



small, succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 

 "Grass eggs" from eating alfalfa, 436 

 Grasses, mixture with alfalfa, 50 

 Grasshoppers (Figs. 141, 319 to 325), 156, 



157, 374 



Grazing (see "Pasturing") 



Gray, Alfred, remarks in 1877 about al- 

 falfa, 3 



Greece, history in (Fig. 149), 173, 174 



"Green" alfalfa (soilage), 137, 415, 417 



Grimm alfalfa (Fig. 161), 183, 184, 186, 



187, 189, 191 

 Grinding alfalfa, 439 

 Grosse, Charles J., first seeding, 11 

 reports oldest field, 13 

 Grub, white (Fig. 318), 372 

 Haggart, Margaret H., article, 438 

 Hall, A. B., article, 457 

 Hall, J. P., early seeding, 12 

 Hansen, N. E., plant explorer, 180, 186 

 Hardiness, winter, breeding for, 185 

 Harrow carts (Figs. 35, 258), 294 

 Harrow, spike-tooth, or smoothing (Figs. 



35, 40, 229, 230), 57 to 62, 294 

 spring-tooth, for cultivating (Figs. 51, 



240), 57 to 62, 303 

 Harrowing, cost, 168 



seed, depth, 53 

 --seed bed (Fig. 35), 40 

 Hauling hay from field, 80, 249 



seed from field, 122, 270 

 Haworth, Erasmus, article, 224 

 Hay, aroma in, 73, 243 



baler (see "Machinery, baler") 

 -baling (see "Baling") 



bales (see "Bales") 

 -barn (see "Sheds") 



brown, or tobacco-colored, feeding value, 



149, 246, 412 



caps (Fig. 63), 75, 260 



carriers and tracks (see "Machinery, 

 carriers and tracks") 



charred, 246 



cocking (see "Cocks" and "Cocking") 



combustion, spontaneous, 105, 246 



color in, 73, 243, 468 



cured and ready for storage, when, 76, 



244 



curing (see "Curing") 



cutting (see "cutting") 



demand for, 6, 447, 454, 457, 470 



dusty, 70, 107 



feeding (see "Feeding") 



-forks (see "Machinery, forks") 



grading for market, 114, 455, 457 



hauling to barn, 80, 249 



heating, 105, 246, 247 



hook (see "Machinery, hook") 



inspection (Fig. 369), 451 



knives (see "Machinery, knives") 

 .liming, 106, 246 



loader (see "Machinery, loader") 



loading on cars and wagons (Figs. Ill, 



372), 97, 114, 455, 456, 459 



losses in feeding value from rain (Fig. 



210), 68, 71, 77, 89, 244, 259, 459 

 .making, and storing, 63, 241, 247 



marketing (Figs. Ill, 112, 367, 368, 



369), 113, 115, 246, 454, 457, 470 



markets (Figs. 112, 367, 368, 369), 115, 



447 

 .measuring, 461 



mixed grasses, composition, 409 

 moisture content, 244 



.moldy, 107 



'mowing (see "Cutting") 



-mowing away (see "Storing") 



packing, 106 



pasture furnishes some, 130 



press (see "Machinery, baler") 



price per ton, average, 169 



quotations on Kansas City market, 6 



rack (see "Machinery, wagon, hay") 



rained on, 68, 71, 77, 89, 244, 259, 459 



rake (see. "Machinery, rake") 



raking (see "Baking") 



receipts for ten years on Kansas City 

 market, 453 



salting, 106, 247 



