INDEX 



365 



Leguminous crops, effect on 



soils, 225 

 Liebig, father of agricultural 



chemistry, 284 

 laboratory of, 285, 286 

 Life, artificial, 6 



the greatest wealth, 60 

 Lime, benefits, 233 



effect on soils, 216 

 Lincoln, approves Land Grant 



Bill, 308 



Long-time loans, 130 

 Long-time mortgage, 129 

 Long-time notes, 123 

 Loring, Honorable George B., 



236 

 Low wages, retarding effect, 



158 



M 



McGee, Dr. W J, 221 

 Machinery, advantages of 



labor-saving, 82 

 Manor, the lord of, 79 

 Mayor Shank, Indianapolis, 



markets, 157 

 Meat animals, decrease, 262 



encourage the growth, 267 



increasing price, 263 



not profitable to grow, 264 



shortage, 263 

 Meat diet, diminish, 252 

 Meat supply, data, 261 



decreasing, 252 



Meteorology, value to agricul- 

 ture, 286, 287, 288 

 Middleman, useful, 154 

 Milk, quantity, 272 

 Merrill, Senator Justin S., 12 

 Moving pictures, aid to agri- 

 culture, 17 



N 



Nation-wide prohibition, 72 

 Nature's laboratory, 354 



Nitrate of soda, 351 

 Nitrogenous fertilizers, 232 



O 



Orchard, experience in Colo- 

 rado, 23 



"knee-deep in June," 48 

 love of the beautiful, 47 

 neglect of, 47 

 recreation and profit, 46 

 Orchards, confined to restricted 



localities, 50 

 disasters, 26 

 price in Colorado, 24 

 promotion of, 21 

 well kept, 50 

 yield in Colorado, 25 

 Organic matter, function in 



soils, 215 



Oxygen, r6le in soil building, 

 186 



Page, Dr. John R., 236 

 Parcel post, 100 

 difficulties, 104 

 help from the Post Office 

 Department, 105, 106, 107, 

 108 



importance of education, 113 

 minimum packages, 113 

 not expected successful at 



first, 102 

 packages for, 100 

 zones and postage, 109 

 Patience, philosophy of, 9 

 Pecan tree, 223 

 Plant food in solution, 245 

 Plant food, regained from the 



sea, 352 



Plants, inorganic foods, 227 

 Pleasure, true, always moral, 



302 



Police regulations on the farm, 

 60 



