INDEX 



XXXI 



Lime, 54,63, 110-112, 211-212 



Lime spray, 315 



Linseed meal, 93, 102, 187, 328, 342, 

 345> 346, 366, 367, 393, 402, 427 



Linseed oil, 187 



Lipman, J. G., 81, 90 



Lippincott, \V. A., 435 



Live stock, and soil fertility, 1 1 5-1 18 ; 

 on pasture, 193 



Living, high cost of, 5 



Livingston, G., 176 



Loess, 55 



Loss of organic matter and nitro- 

 gen, 83 



Louisiana, rice in, 174; introduction 

 of sugar cane into, 237 



Lucke, C. E., 455 



Lyon and Fippin, 57, 71, 81, 114 



McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 2, 168 



McCormick, Robert, 168 



MacDonald, William, 132 



McKay and Larson, 380 



Magnesium, 25, 327 



Maize. See Corn 



Mangel-wurzels, 234, 427 



Manure, 118, 200, 211-212, 231-232. 

 See also , Barnyard manure 



Maples, 280-281 



Martineau, G., 241 



Maryland, tobacco in, 246 



Mass selection, 13-14 



Massachusetts, tobacco in, 244 



Matthewson, E. H., 247 



Meat meal, 326, 328, 402 



Meat scraps, 425, 429 



Mechanical power for the farm, 449 ff. ; 

 windmill, 449 ; water motor, 449- 

 450; steam power plant, 450; oil 

 engine, 450-451 ; action of gas en- 

 gines and oil engines, 451-453; 

 selecting and installing oil engines, 

 453-454; electric motors on the 

 farm, 454 



Media, alfalfa in, 210 



Melons, 38 ; wilt of, 288 



Mendel, Gregor, 14 



Mendel's Law, 14-20 



Metamorphosis of insects, 302 



Mexico, corn in, 135 



Michels, John, 371 



Michigan, corn in, 140; rye in, 172; 

 sugar beets in, 237 ; peaches in, 267 ; 

 cattle in, 385 



Middlings, 342, 402, 429 



Milk, 326, 328 ; digestibility of, 324 



Milk sugar, 374 



Millet, 9, 38, 93, 192, 229, 343 ; water 

 drawn from soil by, 29 ; smuts of, 

 293-294 



Milo, 227, 327, 402 



Mineral nutrients, 327 



Minnesota, corn in, 140, 141 ; wheat 

 in, 1 58 ; oats in, 1 69 ; barley in, 171; 

 rye in, 172 ; alfalfa in, 210 



Mississippi, alfalfa in, 210; mules pro- 

 duced in, 338 



Mississippi Valley states, cherries in, 

 264 



Missouri, corn in, 135, 140, 149; wheat 

 in, 1 60; hemp in, 188; pastures in, 

 193; orchards in, 264; mules pro- 

 duced in, 338 



Missouri, University of, 441 



Missouri Experiment Station, 86, 88, 



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Mistletoe, 288 

 Mites, 423-424 



Montana, wheat in, 160 ; alfalfa in, 210 

 Montgomery, E. G., 155 

 Mulches, 66-67 

 Mules, 338, 349 

 Mumford, H. W., 394 

 Mutton, sheep for, 409, 411-415 

 Myrick, H., 241 



National ownership of forests, 282-284 

 Nebraska, corn in, 135, 140, 149; 



wheat in, 160; hemp in, 188; alfalfa 



in, 210 



Nectarines, 44 

 New agriculture, the, iff. 

 New England, corn in, 137, 141-142 ; 



hemp in, 188 ; orchards in, 263 

 New Jersey, orchards in, 263 ; swine 



in, 397 

 New York, rye in, 172; tobacco in, 



244 ; orchards in, 263 ; swine in, 397 

 Nitrate of soda, 102 

 Nitric acid, 75 

 Nitrification, 76 

 Nitrogen, 25, 33, 72 ff., 82-83, 92, 94, 



u 6, 118-119, 183-184, 200, 204- 



206, 231 



Nitrogenous fertilizers, 102-103 

 North America, corn in, 134; forests 



in, 279 



North Carolina, tobacco in, 245 

 North Dakota, corn in, 140, 142; 



wheat in, 158; alfalfa in, 210 



