INDEX 



421 



Iodine solution, 83. 



Iowa, 278. 



Iris, 78, 96. 



Iron, 28, 57. 



Iron rust, 28. 



Iron sulphate for poisoning weeds 



166. 

 Irrigation, 38, 44, 49-51, 52*, 53*, 54 



55*, 149. 



Irrigation dam, 37*. 

 Irrigation ditch, 35*. 

 Isobars, 154. 

 Italian bee, 410. 

 Italy, 299, 309, 320. 

 Ivy, English, 80; Japanese, 80 



poison, 180*. 



Japan, 277, 280, 299. 

 Japanese ivy, 80. 

 Jersey cow, 384. 

 Jersey kale, 268*, 320. 

 Jerusalem artichoke, 294. 

 Johnson grass, 180. 

 June grass, 283. 

 Jungle fowl, 400*. 



Kaffir corn, 279. 



Kale, Jersey, 268*, 320. 



Kansas, 29. 



Kellogg's "Insect Stories," 185, 201. 



Kerosene, 208, 412. 



Kerosene emulsion, 412. 



Key West, 152. 



Knotgrass, 167. 



Knot, olive, 245*. 



Kohlrabi, 269*, 322. 



Ladybird, 195, 196*, 197*, 219, 224; 



Australian, 216. 

 Langshan fowls, 402. 

 Laramie Plains, 29. 

 Lard, 398. 

 Lard hog, 396*. 

 Larva, 188, 207*. 

 Larynx, 361, 362. 

 Lavender, 332 ; oil of, 194. 

 Layering, 101. 



Lead arsenate, 183, 184, 210, 412. 

 Leaf, 16*; absorbs food, 72-73; 



absorbs sunshine, 73 ; chlorosis of, 



249; veins of, 81, 82; work of, 9, 



72-80. 



Leaf curl, 246. 

 Leaf-fall and humus, 30. 

 Leaf mold, 32. 



Leaf reaches out toward the light, 80. 

 Leaf spot, 246. 

 Leathers, 386. 

 Leghorn fowls, 402. 

 Legume, 126. 



Legume forage crops, 284-288. 

 Lemon, 230*, 306 ; blue mold of, 229 ; 



brown rot of, 232, 232* ; white fly 



of, 214. 

 Lentil, 288. 

 Leopard, 401. 

 Lettuce, 317. 

 Lettuce farm, 319*. 

 Lever, principle of, 8. 

 Lichens, 22. 

 Light, effect on plants, 80, 118-120; 



hinders growth, 90; need of, 1, 2, 



73, 74, 114, 117-120. 

 Lilac, 90 ; mildew of, 235. 

 Lily, 92. 



Limb, proper cutting of, 89*. 

 Lime, 57, 59, 413 ; excess of, 249. 

 Lime and sulphur, 413. 

 Liming, 146. 

 Linden, 96. 

 Linen, 297. 

 Linna?a, 331. 

 Lion, 401. 

 Lion beetles, 224. 

 Listerine, 255. 

 Loam soil, 28. 

 Loco weed, 146. 

 Logan berry, 329. 

 Longhorn cattle, 386*. 

 Los Angeles, 159, 162. 

 Los Angeles County, 24. 

 Louisiana, 277. 

 Lungs, 362*. 

 Lupins, 146, 281. 



Maggots, 209. 

 Magnesia, 57. 

 Maize, 71, 266, 278. 



