478 



General Index. 



Leaves, loss of, 73, 243 



lower, falling, indication of time to cut, 



63 

 Level, for farm drainage surveying (Fig. 



196), 218, 220, 222 

 Leveler, land (Pig. 216), 277 

 Leveling land for irrigation, 165, 278 



seed bed (Fig. 35), 40 

 Life, profitable length of, 13 



Lime, amount to apply, 32, 228, 237 



disking- and harrowing-in (Fig. 23), 237 

 -distributors and spreaders (Figs. 20, 21, 



22, 23, 242), 32, 237, 305 

 -fire preventive, in hay, 106, 247 

 form to apply, 32, 228, 237 



shipping, 228, 229 



soils needing, 31, 224, 237 



'spreader (see "Lime distributors and 



spreaders") 

 Limestone, cement from, 229 



composition in Kansas, 225, 227 



fineness of grinding, 228 



ground, applying, 32, 228, 237 



list of firms selling, 34 



hardness, 227 

 impurities, 227 



location in Kansas (Fig. 199), 224 



outcropping of (Fig. 199), 224 



pulverizers (Figs. 18, 19, 200), 34, 229 

 -pulverizing, 228, 229 



purity, 227 



road-building qualities, 230 



zones (Fig. 199) 225 

 Liming hay, 106, 247 



soils (Figs. 17, 20, 21, 22, 23), 32, 224, 



237 



roads in relation to, 229 



Lippincott, W. A., article, 436 

 Litmus paper test for soil acidity, 31 

 Loader, hay (Figs. 85, 260, 261), 94, 249, 



317 

 Loading cars with baled hay (Fig. Ill), 



114, 455, 456, 459 



wagons with hay (Figs. 85, 86, 372), 



97, 459 

 Lodging crops on alfalfa sod land, 151 to 



Long, D. B., early seeding in Kansas, 12 

 Longevity of seed, 47, 208 



stand, 13 



Lovania, John A. O., oldest field in Kansas, 



13 



Lucerne, name for alfalfa, 175, 183 

 McAfee, H. W., article, 331 

 McCampbell, C. W., article, 428 

 Machinery, alfalfa, article on, 289 



baler (Figs. 104, 105, 106, 253), 108, 



246, 250, 314, 459 



binder, grain, for seed harvesting, 120, 



270 



buck rake, 80 



bull rake, 80 



care (Fig. 276), 329 



carriers and tracks (Figs. 88, 93, 94, 95, 



267, 270), 98, 321 



carts, harrow (Figs. 35, 258), 294 



cleaning and grading (Figs. 274, 275), 



327 



crowder, ditch (Fig. 217), 279 



cultivator (Figs. 50, 52, 238, 239), 57 



to 62, 303 



cutter, alfalfa (Figs. 136, 271), 324 



depreciation, taxes and interest on, 168, 



169 



disk, in cultivating (Figs. 40, 227, 228), 



57 to 62, 300 



in seed-bed preparation (Figs. 32, 33, 



227, 228), 40, 235, 293 



drags (Fig. 230), 40 



drill, old hoe, for cultivating, 57 to 62 



Machinery, fanning mill (Fig. 274), 124, 

 327 



fertilizer and lime sower (Fig. 242), 305 



forks, hay (Figs. 87, 88, 262, 265), 97, 



249, 317 

 pitch (Fig. 86), 76, 97 



go-devil, 80 



grading and cleaning (Figs. 274, 275), 



327 



harrow carts, 294 



harrow, spike-tooth, or smoothing, in cul- 



tivating, 57 to 62 



'in seed-bed preparation (Figs. 35, 



229, 230), 40, 294 



spring-tooth, in cultivating (Figs. 51, 



240), 57 to 62, 303 



'haying (see specific name under "Ma- 

 chinery") 



header, grain, for seed harvesting, 120 



hook, hay (Fig. 108), 111 



huller, alfalfa or clover (Fig. 273), 23, 



271, 324 



interest, taxes and depreciation on, 168, 



169 

 knives, hay (Figs. 102, 103), 106 



leveler, land (Fig. 216), 277 



lime and fertilizer spreader (Figs. 20, 



21, 22, 23, 242), 32, 34, 237, 305 



limestone pulverizer (Figs. 18, 19, 200), 



34, 229 



loader, hay (Figs. 85, 260, 261), 94, 317 



manure spreader (Figs. 24, 53, 241), 



36, 62, 304 



mower (Figs. 56, 243) 67, 248, 270, 



305 



windrowing and bunching attach- 

 ments (Figs. 60, 116, 214, 244), 120, 

 270, 308 



packer, soil, 40 



plows (Figs. 28, 29, 30, 224, 225), 38, 



39, 40, 289 

 for breaking sod, 156 



press (see "Machinery, baler") 



pulley (Fig. 267) 

 push rake, 80 



rake, hay, day's work, with. 248 



rake, side-delivery (Figs. 84, 246), 76, 



93, 310 



sulky (Figs. 61, 245), 76, 309 



sweep (Figs. 64, 247 to 251), 80, 



122, 250, 310 



reaper, self-rake, for seed harvesting 



(Figs. 115, 272), 120, 270, 325 



renovator, or spike-tooth disk (Fig. 237), 



57 to 62, 300 



ridger (Fig. 218), 280 



roller (Figs. 34, 231, 232, 233), 40, 295 

 scraper, Fresno (Fig. 215), 277 



seeders (Figs. 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 235, 



236), 52, 296 



regulating, 299 



selection, 328 



slings, hay (Figs. 89 to 93, 266), 97, 



249, 321 



' spike-tooth disk (see "Machinery, reno- 

 vator") 



spreaders (see "Machinery, lime spread- 



er," and "manure spreader") 



stackers (Figs. 65 to 74, 254 to 259), 



80, 314 

 combined with sweep rake (Figs. 65, 



66, 67, 257, 258), 83, 314 



overshot (Figs. 68, 70, 256), 83, 314 



pole and boom (Figs. 71, 72, 259), 



87, 315 



poles and cable (Figs. 73, 74), 87 



swinging (Figs. 69, 254, 255), 83, 



314 



sweep rake (Figs. 64, 247 to 251), 80, 



122, 250, 310 



