484 



General Index. 



Water, irrigation (see "Irrigation") 



requirements of alfalfa and other plants 



190, 400 



standing on alfalfa, overflow, 162. 164 

 Watertable, distance from surface, 29, 230 

 Waters, H. J., article, 171 

 Weather (see "Climate") 

 Webworm, garden (Fig. 332) 157 159 



386 

 Weeds affecting alfalfa, 55, 56, 156 161 



210, 243, 332 



buckhorn (Figs. 193, 281), 337 



burning -over field to destroy, 57 



chicory, 210, 338 



controlling, 55, 56, 57, 119, 213. 243 



332 



crab grass, 55, 56, 156, 211, 243 



cultivation, 55, 56, 57, 332 



cutting, in alfalfa, 55, 56, 67, 241, 332 



dock, curled (Fig. 278), 333 

 sour, or sheep sorrel, 334 



dodder (Figs. 192, 280), 161, 210 



foxtail, green, 55, 56, 156, 211 243, 333 

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



Russian thistle, 161, 210 



seed, in alfalfa seed, 45, 119. 210 33 V ', 



star thistle, 210, 338 

 Weedy fields, seed from, 119 



Weevil, alfalfa (Figs. 336 to 338), 389 

 Weighting stacks, 90 

 Weiss, Otto, first alfalfa miller, 439 

 Wells, irrigation, for alfalfa (Figs.* 142 



221, 222), 165, 276 

 Wheat, composition, 408 



nurse crop, 236 



preceding alfalfa, 34, 35, 234 



succeeding alfalfa, 151 to 155 

 Wheeler, W. A., and Baltic alfalfa. 187 

 Wichita hay mar'ket, 115 



Willard, J. T., article, 462 



Wilting hay to right condition for raking, 71 



Windrow, baling hay from (Fig. 104) 



. 107, 246, 458 



.Windrow, curing in, 73, 243, 249, 270 

 Windrowing and bunching attachments on 



mower (Figs. 60. 116. 214. 244), 



120, 240, 308 



}\ inds, cold, dry, winterkilling alfalfa, 162 

 Wintering animals on alfalfa alone 133 



139, 412, 415, 418, 425 

 \\ mter-hardiuess, breeding for, 185 

 Winterkilling, 162, 186 



cutting improperly as a cause (Fig. 58) 



55, 56, 67, 241, 242, 366 . 

 Winter protection, growth left for (Fi- s 



57, 58), 67, 366 

 Wirt, F. A., article, 289 

 Wiseman, R. E., 289 

 Wright, C. W., article, 439 

 Years of experience with alfalfa, growers', 



Yellow top, 349 



Yellow trefoil, as adulterant of seed (Fig 



187), 212 



Yield, breeding for forage, 193 

 seed, 197 



hay, effect on, of climate, 22 to 28 

 of cultivation, 57 to 62 



of cutting at certain stage of 

 growth, 243 



of fertilizing, 238, 240 



of irrigation (Fig. 144), 165, 167 

 -of thickness of stand (Fig. 43), 



51, 201 



of top-dressing with manure, 62 



per acre, average, by cuttings for 

 seasons (Fig. 146), 16 



by cuttings for seasjn, by counties. 



19, 20 



by irrigation, 16.5, 167 



in rows, 275 



total in Kansas as whole and by 

 thirds (Figs. 3, 4), 16 



United States, distribution (Fig. 



3), 17 



seed, per acre, average and total, 124 

 total in Kansas and United States 



(Fig. 113), 117, 124 



succeeding crops, on alfalfa land, 153 to 



155 

 Yoxall, George, old field, 13 



