482 



General Index. 



Sickle alfalfa (Pig. 160), 180, 187, 189, 



191 



Sickle-bar, height to set in cutting, 67 

 Silage, alfalfa (Fig. 211), 129, 262, 266 



made in stack, 265 



mixtures used in making, 264 



feeding cattle, dairy, 262, 264 



swine, 424 



corn, feeding constituents, 407 



crop following alfalfa, 151 to 155 

 , kafir, feeding constituents, 407 



sorghum, feeding constituents, 407 

 Sitones, clover (Figs. 316, 317), 371 

 Size of fields, average, 71 



Sleet, winterkilling caused by, 162, 186 

 Slings, hay (Figs. 89 to 93, 266), 97,' 249, 



321 



Slush, freezing, 162, 187 

 Smoothing, in seed-bed preparation, 40, 168, 



235 



Smothering plants with hay, 244 

 Snouting swine, on pasture, 130 

 Sod, alfalfa, crops grown on, 150 to 155 

 plowing (Fig. 140), 155 



land, plowing for alfalfa seed bed, 43 

 Soilage, alfalfa, 137, 415, 417 



Soils, acid (Figs. 17, 20 to 25, 202), 31, 



224, 237 

 bacteria will not live in, 225, 237 



- cause, 228 



lime for (see "Liming") 



location, 237 



. testing, 31, 237 



adapted to alfalfa, 38, 224, 230 



blowing, sandy, cane stubble preventing, 



236 



bottom land versus upland, 13, 16, 28, 



234 



breaking alfalfa sod (Fig. 140), 155 

 breaking sod-land for seed bed, 43 



building up with alfalfa, 150, 275, 466, 



470 



central Kansas, 233 



composition, alfalfa compared with other 

 crops, 467 



correction when wet and sour (Figs. 17, 



20 to 25, 202), 29, 216, 224, 237, 

 238 



disking for seed bed (Figs. 32, 33), 40, 



235 



drainage (Figs. 17, 194 to 198), 29, 216 



effect of alfalfa upon, 150, 462 



enriched by alfalfa, 150, 275, 466, 470 



fallowing for seed bed, 35, 38, 40, 235 

 - fertility, economy demands feeding hay, 



366 

 increased by alfalfa, 150, 275, 466, 



470 



removed by alfalfa, 215, 462 



requirements of alfalfa, 215, 230, 462 



fertilizing for alfalfa (Figs, 17, 24, 25, 



202), 36, 238, 240 



-- fertilizing, top-dressing with manure, 62, 

 238 



firming for seed bed (Fig. 34), 40, 235 



geological survey for limestone, 224 



glacial, 231 



ideal for alfalfa, 28, 230 



inoculation with nitrogen-gathering bac- 



teria (Figs. 36 to 40), 43, 44, 215, 

 236 



leveling (Fig. 35), 40, 278 



limestone (Fig. 199), 224, 233 



liming (Figs. 17, 20, 21, 22, 23), 32, 



224. 237 



manuring (Figs. 17, 24, 25, 202), 36, 



238 

 top-dressing fields (Fig. 53), 62 



moisture content of alfalfa fields (Fig. 



138), 151, 400 



Soils, northeastern Kansas, 231 



- packed and their cultivation, 57 to 62 



135 

 packing, for seed bed, 235 



phosphorus for, 240 



plowing for seed bed (Figs. 28, 29, 30, 



31), 38, 234 



preparation for seeding, 38. 230, 234 

 'pulverizing for seed bed, 40, 235 



regions in Kansas (Fig. 201), 231 

 residual, 233 



rolling for seed bed (Fig. 34), 40, 235 



sandstone, 233 



sandy, seeding, 236 



shale, 233 



sod, alfalfa, breaking (Fig. 140), 155 



sod-land, breaking, 43 



sour (see "Soils, acid") 



- southeastern, Kansas, 233 



subsoil, 29, 181, 230 



summer fallowing for seed bed, 35, 38 



40, 235 



testing for acidity, 31, 237 



texture on which alfalfa may be grown, 



29. 231 



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



upland versus bottom land, 13, 16, 28 



234 



water table, distance from surface 29 



230 



western Kansas, 234 



wet, drainage (Figs. 194 to 198), 29, 216 

 Sorghums preceding alfalfa, 236 



succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 

 Sour soils (See "Soils, acid") 

 South America, history in, 177, 179 

 Sowing (see "Seeding") 



Spades, skeleton for ditch digging, 218 



Spain, history in (Fig. 151), 173 to 179 



Species, 180 



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

 57 to 62, 300 



Spike-tooth harrow, or smoothing, in culti- 

 vating, 57 to 62 



in seed-bed preparation (Figs. 35, 229, 



230), 40, 294 

 Splitting crowns by disking (Fig. 49), 57 



to 62 

 Spraying formula for destroying insects, 



383, 396 



Spraying, insects controlled by, 367 

 Spreader, lime and fertilizer (Figs. 20 to 



23, 242), 32, 237, 305 



manure (Figs. 24, 53, 241), 36, 62, 304 

 Spreading lime (see "Liming") 



manure (see "Manuring") 

 Spring-tooth harrow, for cultivating (Figs. 



51, 240), 57 to 62, 303 

 Sprouts, indication of time to cut, 63, 242 

 Stack bottoms and platforms, 89, 105, 245 



bulge (Fig. 78), 89 



covers (Figs. 79 to 83), 90, 246, 400 

 Stacks (Figs. 75, 76, 77), 87, 245 



losses as related to size and shape, and 



platform beneath, 89 



in feeding value from storing in, 77, 

 245, 251 



rectangular versus round (Figs. 75, 76, 



. 77), 87, 88, 89 



silage made in, 265 



storage in, versus sheds or mows, 77, 



245, 251 



weighting, 90 



Stackers (Figs. 65 to 7-4, 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 



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



swinging (Figs. 69, 254, 255), 83, 314 



