198 INDEX 



tract, 40, 126; time studies 



of, 43 



Lard, 102, 109; type pig, 105 

 Lawn-mowing, labor time for, 



43 



Laying batteries, 100 



Leather, 133 



Leeks, 119 



Leghorns, 95 



Lettuce, 121, 124 



Light, artificial, for chickens, 



95.98 



Literature on farming, 50 

 Livestock, 15, 66, 69; feed for, 



63; investment in, 27; sales 



of, 85, 187 

 Living, cost of, 181 



Machinery, 59; see also Equip- 

 ment 



Malta fever, 78 



Manure, 62, 187; course in, 51; 

 cow, 63, 66, 74, 85; horse, 74; 



Pig> 74 



Maple trees, 129 



Meat, 12, 86, 108; dressing and 

 curing, course in, 51 



Medinger, Jacob, 172 



Medlock Dollar, 184 



Medlock Farm, 62, 121; before 

 1932, 5; debits and credits of, 

 185; inventory value of, 14, 

 27; kitchen of, 152; life on, 

 154; location of, 4; operating 

 costs of, 64; see also Home- 

 use farming 



Metal -working, 175 



Mexican bean beetle, 37 



Milk, 13, 78, 187; cow's, 75, 78, 

 80, 84; goat's, 75 



Molting seasons, 100 



Mushrooms, 140 



National foodstuffs require- 

 ment, 188 



New Hampshire Reds, 94 

 Nuts-and-berries school, 75, 

 133 



Onions, 148 

 Operating costs, 64 

 Orchard, 26, 124; labor time 

 for, 44 



Panhas, 110 



Part-time farming, 103, 171, 

 180, 188; see also Home-use 

 farming, Production for use 



Pasteurization, 76 



Peaches, 120, 176 



Pears, 148 



Peas, 121 



Pennsylvania German styles, 

 172 



Pennsylvania State College 

 Correspondence School, 50 



Pepper, 124, 148 



Perennial plants, 127 



Perfume, 86 



Pickles, dill, 53 



Pickling of pigs, 112 



Pigs, 66, 102, 112, 167; breed- 

 ing of, 115; butchering of, 

 106; diseases of, 104; feeding 

 of, 105, 115; labor time for, 

 43; manure of, 74 



Pimientos, 148 



Planning, 9, 11, 28, 69; of gar- 

 dens, 118 



Poke sprouts, 140 



Pork, price of, 13, 182 



Potato crop, 23 



Pottery making, 172 



Poultry, 24, 51, 88, 137, 187; 

 cost of, 20; equipment for, 

 98; investment in, 26; labor 

 time for, 43; profits of, 101; 

 see also Chickens, Hens 



Power, consumption of, 98 



Preservation of foods, 142 



