196 INDEX 



96; investment in, 95; see 

 also Hens, Poultry 



Child labor, 46 



China clay, 173 



Cholera, 105 



Chores: farm, 40, 148; house- 

 hold, 142, 150 



Chronic abortion, 77 



Climate, variations of, 55 



Clothing, making, 171 



Cod liver oil, 98 



Commercial farming, 52, 175; 

 piggeries, 103; poultry-keep- 

 ing, 97, 101 



Consumption: of food, 66, 81, 

 149, 163; of power, 98; of 

 soap, 134 



Contract labor, 40, 126 



Corn, 60, 61, 136, 144; crop, 

 20; sweet, 124 



Cost accounting, pitfalls of, 17 



Costs, 18, 27, 180; adjustment 

 of, 185; capital, 24; of butter, 

 32; of canning, 146; of food, 

 8, 10, 12, 64, 181, 184; of liv- 

 ing, 181; of orchard, 26; of 

 poultry, 20, 96, 98, 99; of 

 soap, 134; of time, 32 



Country life: and children, 154, 

 160; and health, 163; educa- 

 tion in, 160; recreation in, 

 164 



Courses, by correspondence, 50 



Cows, 77, 79, 84, 187; breeding 

 of, 78, 80; feeding of, 54, 84; 

 labor time for, 41, 43; ma- 

 nure, 63, 66, 74, 85; milk, 75, 

 78, 80, 84; sales of, 167; test- 

 ing of, 77; yields of, 81 



Cream, 76, 81; separator, 83 



Credits, table of, 185 



Crisis: of 1907, 57; of 1929, 7, 



57; of 1933. 3 



Crops, 20, 23, 146, 148; na- 

 tional, 163 



Currants, 124, 125 



Dandelions, 139 



Debits, table of, 185 



Diary, 72 



Dill-pickle preserving, 54 



Diseases: of chickens, 96; of 

 cows, 77; of pigs, 104; of tur- 

 keys, 137 



Diversification in farming, 36, 



38 



Drudgery, 40, 158 

 Ducks, 15, 20, 137 



Economic effects of part-time 

 farming, 188 



Education in the country, 160 



Eggs, 88, 93, 100, 188; hatch- 

 ing, 96; price of, 13, 169; sales 

 of, 167; storage of, 93; tests 

 of, 89; weight of, 90; yield of, 

 68, 70, 99, 167 



Electric power, 98 



Endive, 119 



Equipment, 25, 59, 83, 190; 

 bird-raising, 98; for spray- 

 ing, 126 



Expenditures for food, 8, 10, 

 12, 64, 181, 184 



Farm: diary, 72; diet, 29; life, 



35. 47' !5 8 



Farmer, Fannie, 54 



Farmers Bulletin No. 1348, 54 



Farming, 36, 38, 55, 166; chores 

 of, 40, 148; commercial, 52, 

 103, 175; courses on, 51; plan- 

 ning, 48, 50, 61; see also 

 Home-use farming 



Feed cost of cows, 84 



Feed for livestock, 63 



Feeding: of hens, 91, 98; of 



pigs 115 



Fertility of farm, 187 

 Fertilizers; commercial, 62; 



