INDEX 



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 Farms, irrigated, model plans of . 250 



irrigation schemes 248 



Farm, neighborhood, character.. 91 



planning the 96 



proximity to markets 91 



residence 109 



supply ditches 259 



the, foundation of the farm 



business 89 



Fanner, help to, from good roads 277 



Farmers, relation of to roads. . . . 352 



value of a strong race of, to 



state 13 



Farming, as a vocation 13, 17 



enterprise in 100 



Farmstead 101 



defined 96 



site of the 101 



Fence posts 371 



Fences, barbed wire 360 



hedge 362 



hurdle and portable 366 



ornamental 367 



paddock 364 



portable 366 



poultry 370 



repairing 359 



various kinds of 355 



wooden 361 



woven wire 361 



Fertility, maintenance of soil. ... 58 

 Fertilizers, more profitable use of 150 



Fertilizing peaty land 132 



Field, ditches 259 



laterals, locating 259 



plans should be platted on 



paper Ill 



stone, uses for 129 



Fields, making them arable 120 



planning of Ill 



Filling the ditch 210 



Film water 75 



Flat lands 144 



Flooding of low lands, suggestions 145 



Fords 349 



"Foresight", or "minus sight", 



explanation 191 



Forms, blank nd notebook 162 



Free water 75 



Freezing, injury to tiles by 152 



Fungi 125 



Furrows, dead 183 



Furrow slice 51 



pan 51 



Garden 108 



Gates 228, 384 



Gates, water 253 



Geological history of the earth. . . 32 



Geology 27 



some interesting glacial .... 44 



Glacial, drift or till 38 



geology, some interesting. . . 44 



period 36 



Glaciers, materials moved by. ... 42 



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Good roads, and country life edu- 

 cation 278 



education 353 



farm life improved by 278 



help cities and villages 279 



help the farmer 277 



help transportation com- 

 panies 279 



investment in, pays 277 



literature 353 



Grades building of 319 



formation 311 



materials, and their placing. 320 

 or slope, deciding upon the 



amount of 194 



stakes, notes on 199 



Grader, elevating 220, 317 



Grading, cost of 296 



Grading, devices 205 



ditch bottom 202 



Grass lands, partial clearing for. . 126 

 Gravel, as surfacing material. . . . 323 

 many grades or forms of. ... 323 

 surfaces, spreading and com- 

 pacting 327 



Grubbing, explosives used in. ... 124 

 Health, consideration in locating 



farm 90 



Heavy clay soils 2-63 



Hedge fences 362 



Hedges, roadside 351 



Highway funds 281 



Hills, formation of morainic .... 39 



Hillsides, springy 143 



terracing 138 



Hilly countries 287 



Home, farm, most important. ... 15 



selection of a farm 89 



training 2 



House, farm 109 



Hurdle fences 366 



Hydrostatic water 83 



Hygroscopic water 83 



Implements, drainage 165 



Institutions, educational, for 



country life 7 



Instrument, new height of, fixing 188 



Instruments, leveling 160 



surveying 158 



Intercontinental highway project 273 

 Investment in good roads, profit . 277 



Iron aqueduct 245 



Irrigation 234 



and special cultivation 271 



Irrigation, crops needing 267 



laws 242 



schemes for farm 248 



Lake Agassiz, the Ancient 44 



Lake waters 142 



Land, a section with surface 



drains 177 



brushing 117 



clay, notes on 263 



clearing of stumps, cost per 



acre 123 



drainage 148, 206, 215, 225 



