INDEX 



197 



course in, 51; see also Ma- 

 nure 



Flour, 136 



Flower gardens, 126, 128 



Food: budget for, 8, 13, 184; 

 consumption of, 66, 81, 149, 

 163; cost of, 8, 10, 12, 64, 181, 

 184; habits, 30; national re- 

 quirement of, 188; preserva- 

 tion of, 142; prices, 13, 102, 

 169, 182; supply, 29, 68, 81, 

 85, 136; wild, 138 



Frosts, 37, 121 



Fruits, 124; cane, 125; storing 

 of, 148; wild, 139 



Game, 138 



Gardening: course in, 51; labor 



time for, 44 

 Gardens, 116; flower, 126, 128; 



for immediate use, 122; 



kitchen, 122; planning of, 



118; vegetable, 119, 124 

 Geographic variations, 55 

 Glucose, 130 

 Goats, 75 



Gooseberries, 124, 125 

 Government publications, 52 

 Grades of eggs, 88, 91 

 Grapes, 124, 125 

 Greenhouses, 124 

 Guernsey cows, 79 

 Gun Club Cook Book, The, 82 



Hall, Bolton, books by, 57 

 Ham, 102; preserving of, 113; 



smoking of, 112 

 Hambidge, Gove, Your Meals 



and Your Money, 59, 67 

 Hampshires, 95 

 Handicrafts, 133, 171 

 Hand- wrought iron, 173 

 Hare, 138 

 Harvesting, 122; labor time for, 



44 



Hatching chicks, 96 



Hay, 87 



Haying, labor time for, 43 



Health and country life, 163 



Hens, 15; feeding of, 91; molt- 

 ing seasons, 100; productiv- 

 ity of, 93, 99; see also Chick- 

 ens, Poultry 



Herbs, 128, 148 



Hides, 132 



Hired man, 6, 13, 45, 186 



Home-use farming, 149, 155, 

 166, 182; see also Production 

 for use, Part-time farming 



Horse manure, 74 



Hotbeds, 124 



Household work, 142, 150; la- 

 bor time for, 43 



Housewives, 33 



Hurd, Louis M., quoted, 91 



Immediate-use garden, 121 



Increasing farm income, 171 



Incubators, 97, 99 



Inoculation of pigs, 105 



Insects, 37, 65 



Insurance, 18, 35 



Intercropping, 123 



Interest, 18, 21 



Inventory value of Medlock 

 Farm, 14, 27 



Investment: capital, 24, 52, 175; 

 in chickens, 26, 95; in live- 

 stock, 27; in pig pens, 114 



Japanese beetle, 37 

 Junket, 81 



Kephart, Clarence, Camping 

 and Woodcraft, 59, 61, 66, 

 132, 139, 140 



Kitchen: gardens, 122; on farm, 

 152 



Labor, 40; and textiles, 133; 

 child, 46; cost, 32, 42; con- 



