INDEX. 



Page. 



Alfalfa 222 



Alfalfa soils 223 



Diseases and enemies 237 



Feeding value 236 



Fertilizing-elements 234 



Harvesting 230 



Hoove or bloat 240 



Irrigating 227 



. Preparing the land 224 



Seed crop 233 



Seeding 225 



Alkali Treatment of 29 



Chemical antidotes 33 



Effects of 31 



Eradication by vegetable 



growth 34 



Flooding system 33 



Formation of salts 30 



Remedies for 32 



Soi Is containing 30 



Waters carrying 31 



Canal Construction 42 



Cementing canals 59 



Cost of construction 45 



Curves and friction 50 



Ditchine methods 45 



Ditch outlets. : 57 



Drop and reduction box 4 

 Evaporation and seepage... ' 



Form and capacity 4 



< ' ra&M and slopes 47 



Headeates ' 



Land invention 



Laterals building the * 



1. nying out canals * 



Sand eat es * 



Waste gates " 



Devices. Appliances and Con- 

 trivances; 268 



Ait.-siau drilling outfit 271 



Artesian well machinery... 2f>9 



Bucket elevator 274 



Can VMS dam 27f 



Liquid manuring 280 



Sewage system 2f>8 



Siphon elevator 273 



Transplanting machine 279 



Tri-laterai canvas dam 277 



rpliill si). lion 272 



\\.tt. riim cart 280 



Water gate 278 



Pajte. 



Duty and Measurement 108 



California standard 112 



California weir system 124 



Capacity of pipes 12"> 



Current meter 121 



Divisors 115 



Evaporation 113 



Gauging large streams 120 



Irrigation head Ill 



Miner's inch 115 



Module or measuring boxes 116 



Numerical expression 109 



Register.. .' 123 



Rules 125 



Weirs 117 



Weir table 120 



Flumes and their Structure l'3 



Construction !<5 



Curves and grades 14 



Fluming across a river 101 



Iron flumes 104 



Siphons lot! 



History of Irrigation 1 



Irrigation of Fiald Crops 152 



Barley 157 



Beans 161 



Beets sugar 171 



Canaigre 173 



Corn K7 



Cotton ..^. 168 



Egyptian corn !"' 



Flax 1 4 



(iraiiilields L'4 



Hemp 



Hops 



Meadows 



Oats 



Pea*. 



Potatoes "" 



Potatoes sweet 



Rice 



Rye ' 



Tobacco 



Turnips, beets and carrots 

 Wheat 



n of the Garden 



Asparagus 



Beet s ... 1 



Cabbage 1** 



Cantaloupes 1 



Carrots and parsnip-. 



