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Massachusetts, preponderance 



of urban population, p. 14. 

 Maternity, deaths from, p. 19. 

 Maxwell, George H., quoted, 



p. 81. 

 Mead, Dr. Elwood, influence of, 



p. 207. 

 Michigan, depopulation of 



agricultural districts in, p. 



14. 

 Middle West, rural decline in, 



p. 14. 

 Milk supply purer in city than 



in country, p. 17. 

 Minnesota, slight increase in 



number of farms, p. 14. 

 Mormon Church, leadership of, 



p. 204. 

 Mushrooms, culture of, p. 237. 



National War Garden Com- 

 mission, p. 76. 



New England farm abandon- 

 ment, p. 14. 



New York State, abandoned 

 farms, p. 15; rural and ur- 

 ban population compared, p. 

 15. 



Ohio, decrease in farm popu- 

 lation and habitable farm- 

 houses, p. 14. 



Old-age pension for Govern- 

 ment workers, p. 68. 



Pack, Charles Lathrop, Chair- 

 man National War Garden 

 Commission, p. 76. 



Periodicals, urban and rural 

 circulation of leading, p. 28. 



Phair, (irordon, experiments 

 with potted rabbit, p. 137. 



Phllo poultry system, p. 125. 



Pilgrims, cheap land near where 

 they landed, p. 14. 



Pneumonia, cause of, p. 18. 



Quick, Herbert, quoted, p. 59. 



Red Cross assistance to city 

 mothers, p. 20. 



Reichardt, Otto, intensive duck 

 breeder, p. 147. 



Religion in city and country, p. 

 29-31. 



Richards, Miss Irmagarde, au- 

 thority on milk goats, p. 154. 



Rockefeller Foundation, social 

 surveys of, p. 18. 



Ross, Douglas W., p. 47. 



Rouge, Leon, expert mushroom- 

 grower, p. 164. 



Rural Homes Bill, p. 207. 



Schools, relative advantages of 

 citv and country, p. 23-27. 



Schu'feldt, Prof. C. L., p. 97. 



Sewerage, relation to health of, 

 p. 18. 



Sherman, Mrs. G. M., maker of 

 rabbit fur garments, p. 141. 



Smoot, Senator Reed, p. 207, 

 208. 



Soils, various kinds and treat- 

 ment of, p. 227. 



Soldier Settlement legislation, 

 p. 206. 



Tenant farmers, p. 15. 

 Typhoid fever, p. 17. 



Weeks, Charles, poultry system 

 of, 126; feeding ration, p. 256. 



Williams, Dr. Henry Smith, 

 quoted, p. 106. 



Wilson, Woodrow, quoted, p. 79. 



Wisconsin, .slight increase in 

 number of farms, p. 14. 



Young, Brigham, leads the 

 pioneers to Salt Lake Valley, 

 ]>. 203 j his qualities as an 

 empire-builder, p. 204. 



