480 



General Index. 



Pigweed, or red root (Fig. 279), 335 

 Pitchforks in haying (Fig. 86), 76, 97 

 Plans, feeding racks (Figs. 353, 355, 360). 



hay sheds (Figs. 96 to 101, 203 to 207) 



irrigation (Fig. 219). 



mow hay-drier and curer (Fig. 210). 

 Plant diseases affecting alfalfa, 339 

 Planting (see "Seeding") 



Plants, number per acre (Fig. 43), 206 



number per square yard (Fig. 43), 51 

 Platform for hay to rest upon, 89, 105, 245 

 Pliny, estimate of alfalfa, 174 



.Plows (Figs. 140, 224, 225), 156, 289 

 Plowing alfalfa sod (Fig. 140), 155 



cost, 168 



seed-bed preparation (Figs. 28, 29, 30, 



31), 38, 234 



sod land, for seed bed, 43 



tractor (Figs. 30, 226), 291 

 Plugging cars of hay (Figs 367 to 369), 



451 



Pods, seed (Figs. 114, 184 to 187), 205 

 Poisoned bran mash for insects, 157 to 161, 



367 



formula, 377 



Poisoning gophers and prairie dogs, 158, 



159, 161, 361, 365 

 Pollinating blossoms (Figs. 167 to 183, 



350), 150, 193, 195, 203, 204, 268, 



491 



Potatoes, succeeding alfalfa, 153, 154 

 Poultry, feeding alfalfa hay (Figs. 136, 



271), 148, 436 



insects destroyed by (Fig. 141), 157, 367 



leaves for, 145 



meal for, 129 



pasturing (Fig. 137), 148, 436 



rations for, 437 



soilage for, 137 

 Prairie dogs, 156, 161, 365 

 Prairie haVj composition, 409 



sod, plowing, 43 

 Preceding crops, 34, 213, 234 

 Precipitation (Fig. 5), 21, 22 

 Preface, 3 



Preparation, seed-bed, 38, 230 

 Press, hay (see "Machinery, baler") 

 Price, hay, per ton, average, 6, 169, 472 



seed, per bushel, average, 169 

 Pride, Richard, article, 447 



Prod for locating gopher runways (Fig. 307) 

 Production, cost (see "Yields"), 168, 169 

 Profits and cost, producing hay and seed, 



itemized (Figs. 145, 147), 168 

 Protection, hay, in cocks (Fig. 63), 75 

 in storage (see "Storing") 



winter, of fields, growth left for (Figs. 



57, 58), 67, 366 

 Puddling of pastures, 135 

 Pulley (Fig. 267) 

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



34, 229 

 Pumping water for irrigation (Figs. 142, 



221, 222), 165, 276, 285 

 Push rake, 80 

 Putting up hay (see "Hay Making" and 



specific names) 



Questionnaire, how handled, 11 

 Racks, feeding (Figs. 352, 353, 354, 355, 



359, 360, 361), 140 



hay (see "Machinery, wagon, hay") 

 Rain at cutting time, 68 



in winter, that freezes, 162, 186 



on hay, losses from, 68, 71, 77, 89, 244, 



259, 459 



on seed, effect of, 118, 122, 270 

 Rainfall (Fig. 5), 21, 22 



Rake, buck, 80 



bull, 80 



push, 80 



side-delivery (Figs. 84, 246), 76, 93, 310 



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



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



122, 250, 310 



Raking hay (Figs. 61, 84), 71, 76, 244, 248 

 Rank, counties, in acreage (Fig. 4), 18 



Kansas, in acreage, compared with other 



states, 6 



in hay produc^n (Fig. 3), 17 



in seed production, 124 



Rations, balanced (Fig. 351), 140, 403, 438 

 Rations for cattle, beef, 140, 414 



dairy, 143, 416 



horses and mules, 143, 432 



poultry, 148, 437 



sheep (Fig. 135), 145, 419 



swine (Fig. 132), 143, 427 



Reaper, self -rake, for seed harvesting (Figs. 



115, 272), 120, 325 



Receipts, market, 10 years, Kansas City, 453 

 Recleaning seed (Figs. 118, 274), 47, 124, 



271 

 Records, reports of Board of Agriculture, 



early attempts at introduction, 3, 4 

 Red or violet root rot (Figs. 293 to 297), 



344 



Reed, O. E., article, 415 

 Regions, alfalfa, in Kansas (Fig. 201), 231 

 Regulating seeders, drill, 299 

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



57 to 62, 300 

 Rent on land, 168, 169 

 Reseeding, bare spots, 53 



thickening the stand, 53 



where previously failed, 53 

 Rich, John H., old field, 13 

 Ridger (Fig. 218), 280 

 Ringing swine, on pasture, 130 

 Roads, liming in relation to, 229 

 Roberts, H. F., article, 180 



Roller, land (Figs. 34, 231, 232, 233), 40, 



295 



Rolling seed beds (Fig. 34), 40, 235 

 Romans, history with, 173, 174 

 Root knot, or eelworm (Fig. 300), 352 



rot, brown, 352 



red or violet (Figs. 293 to 297), 344 



Root system, developing, importance (Figs. 

 2, 16), 241 



different varieties (Figs. 158 to 161), 



187, 189 

 Roots, depth of penetration (Fig. 16), 28 



tubercles on, 215, 236, 465 

 Rooting, swine, on pasture, 130 

 Rotation, alfalfa in, 155 



pasturing, 135 



preceding crops, 34 



succeeding crops, 151 to 155 



Rotting crown caused by disking (Fig. 49), 

 57 to 62 



Rows, alfalfa in (Figs. 212, 213, 214), 271 



Rules, grading hay, Kansas City Hay Deal- 

 er's Association, 450, 457 



Russian thistle, 161, 210, 334 



Rust, alfalfa (Figs. 282, 283), 339 



Salting hay, 106, 247 



Sand lucerne (alfalfa), 181, 191 



Sandy soils, seeding, 236 



Scarifying or scratching seed (Fig. 42), 48 



Schmidt, Robert, article, 332 



Scraper, Fresno (Fig. 215), 277 



Season, growing, length of, 23 



Seed, acreage in Kansas, 117, 124 



adulterated, 45, 212 



age, still good, 47, 208, 271 



amount to sow per acre, 51, 206 



analyzing, 45, 210, 214 



bad, 45, 210, 332 



bees in relation to, 150, 268, 401 



breeding for yield of, 197 



bur clover as adulterant (Fig. 186), 212 



climatic conditions influencing produc- 



tion, 118, 268, 269 



cocking, 120, 270 



