General Index. 



483 



Stacking (Figs. 75, 76, 77), 87, 245, 250 



green alfalfa, 265 



hay is cured and ready for, when, 76, 245 



seed, 122, 270 

 Star thistle, 210, 338 

 Statistical birthyear, 4 



Statistics, acreage of alfalfa, 1891 to 1915, 

 inclusive, 4 



acreage of alfalfa, by counties, 1891 and 



1915, 5 



average number of cuttings and average 



yield per acre for each cutting, and 

 all cuttings, by counties, 19, 20 



rank of Kansas in alfalfa acreage, 6 

 Stems and leaves, feeding value, compara- 

 tive, 242, 403, 406, 415, 429 



Stem cracking disease (Pig. 298), 349 

 Sticking for "bloat" (Fig. 356), 136, 421 

 Stock foods, meal in, 444, 472 

 Storing hay, baled (Figs. 109, 110, 370), 



111, 246, 258, 458 



cost. 168, 169 



cured and ready for, when, 76, 245 



loose, green, in shed, barn or stack 



(Fig. 210), 102, 258, 260, 261, 265 



shed or mow versus stack, as place 



of, 77, 245, 251 



sheds, filling (Figs. 96, 97, 98), 

 102, 245, 249 



mowing away (Figs. 87 to 95), 

 97, 245, 249 



stacking, 87, 245, 250 

 ventilation, 105, 111, 246, 258 



seed, before threshing, 122 

 threshed, 126 



Stover, corn, composition, 409 

 Strabo, estimate of alfalfa, 174 

 Strains of alfalfa (see "Varieties, types"' 

 Straw, alfalfa, feeding value (Fig. 120), 

 126 



oats, composition, 409 



wheat, composition, 409 



Strychnine to poison gophers, 158, 159, 361 

 Subsoil, texture, for alfalfa, 29, 181, 230 

 Succeeding crops, best to follow alfalfa, 

 151 to 155 



effect of alfalfa on, 150 



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



235 

 Sunshine, number of clear days in year 



(Fig. 9), 23, 25 



Survey, geological, for limestone, 224 

 Surveying for drainage (Fig. 196), 222 

 Swanson, C. O., article, 403 

 Swath, curing, 71, 73, 244 

 Sweating, hay, 246 

 Sweep rake (Figs. 64, 247 to 251), 80, 122, 



250, 310 



combined with stacker (Figs. 65, 66, 67, 



257, 258), 83, 314 



Sweet clover, inoculates for alfalfa, 43, 215, 

 237 



seed (Figs. 185. 190) 



Swine, .feeding hay (Figs. 132, 357, 358, 

 359), 143, 149, 423 



cutting preferred, 423 



gains on alfalfa, 130, 287, 426 



insects destroyed by, 157. 367 



maintenance on alfalfa alone, 131, 139, 



425 



pasturing (Figs. 123, 124), 129, 287, 



423, 425, 460 



rations including alfalfa (Fig. 132), 



143, 287, 427 



ringing and snouting on pasture, 130 



soilage for, 137 

 Tachina fly (Fig. 329) 



"Tapping" for "bloat" (Fig. 356), 136,421 

 Taxes on land and equipment, 168, 169 

 Tea,' alfalfa, 438 

 Tedder, hay (Fig. 252), 244, 248, 311 



Ten Eyck, A. M., articles, 251, 461 

 Testing acid soils, 31, 237 



seed, for germination (Fig. 41), 45, 207, 



213, 214 

 Tests of fertilizers, 238, 240 



winter-hardiness, 185 



Thawing and freezing, winterkills alfalfa, 



162, 186 



Thickening the stand, 53, 119 

 Thickness of stand (Fig. 43), 51, 201 

 Thistles, Russian, 161, 210, 334 

 Threshers, for seed (Fig. 273), 123, 271, 



324 



Threshing seed (Fig. 117), 123, 271 

 Tile, barn built with, 258 

 Tiling land for drainage (Figs. 194 to 198), 



29, 216 



Timothy, composition, 409 

 feeding value compared with alfalfa for 



dairy cattle, 416 



Tobacco-colored hay (see "Brown hay") 

 Tod, W. J., feeding rack (Figs. 352, 353) 

 Ton, cubic feet in, 461 

 Ton, pounds of green alfalfa hay in, 266 

 Tons per acre (see "Yields") . 

 Tools (see "Machinery") 

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



168, 169 

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



267 to 270), 98, 321 

 Tramphig hay, stored, 106 

 Trampling of pastures, 135 

 Transporting hay from field, 80, 249 

 ^seed from field, 122, 270 

 Trapping gophers (Fig. 309), 158, 159, 364 

 Tripping blossoms (Figs. 167 to 182, 350), 



150, 193, 195, 203, 204, 268, 401 

 Trocar and canula for "bloat" (Fig. 129), 



136, 421 



how to use (Fig. 356), 421 



Trowel for setting gopher traps (Fig. 308) 

 Tubercles on roots, nitrogen-gathering (Figs. 



37, 38), 45, 46, 215, 236 

 Turkestan alfalfa, 15, 183, 186, 187, 189, 



191, 330 



Turkeys (see "Poultry") (Fig. 141) 

 Twisting hay to tell if cured, 76, 245 

 Tympanites, or "bloat," .419 

 Types of alfalfa (see "Varieties") 

 Underflow, pumping from, for irrigation, 



(Figs. 142, 221, 222), 165, 276 

 Unloading hay, 97, 98, 245, 249 

 Upland versus bottom land, 13, 28, 234 

 Utah's acreage, 6 



Ventilation of hay, 105, 111, 246, 258 

 Valleys (see "Bottom land") 

 Value, alfalfa to Kansas agriculture, 6 



feeding (see "Feeding value") 



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



seed, per bushel, average, 169 



total, for annual crop in Kansas, 6 

 Variegated alfalfa, 181 



cutworm (Fig. 331), 384 

 Varieties, 15, 181 to 185 



Arabian, 184 



Baltic, 187 



Chilean (Fig. 158) (Common), 185 



foreign-grown seed versus home-grown, 

 15, 45, 180 



Grimm (Fig. 161), 183 



Peruvian (Fig. 159). 184 

 regional, 182 



sickle (Fig. 160), 180 



Turkestan, 15, 183, 330 



types (Figs. 157, 162 to 166), 182 

 Wagons, canvas-covered for hauling seed, 

 122, 270 



hay (Figs. 86, 277), 80, 97, 331, 459 

 Walker, H. B., article, 276 



