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INDEX 



Climate of California 22 



coast valleys 24 



early regions 26 



frostless places 30 



interior lowlands 24 



irrigated desert valleys 26 



mountain valleys 27 



plains and foothills 25 



Cloth for covering beds, etc 114 



Cloudiness and sunshine 27 



Cold frame, the Ill 



Corn 187 



canning 284 



culture 189 



drying 290 



ear-worm ; 187 



field and silage * 192 



locations 187 



planting 188 



pop 192 



soil 188 



varieties 191,192 



Corn salads 277 



Cress 277 



Cucumber 194 



culture 195 



locations for 194 



varieties 196 



Cultivation (see tillage) 66 



flat 74 



garden 71 



summer 67 



Cutworms 300, 304 



Cuttings 118 



Damping off 114 



Dandelion 278 



December, work for 96 



Diabroticas 306 



Ditches, irrigation 51 



Drainage in California 61 



benefits of 62 



not always necessary 63 



surface 63 



under drainage 63 



Drying vegetables 285, 288 



Earliest regions 26 



Eelworms 305 



Egg plant 197 



culture 198 



locations for 197 



varieties 198 



Endive 185 



Engines, gasoline 43 



steam . 43 



Farm gardens 16 



benefits of 18 



economics of 19 



essentials to success 17 



profitable 19 



February, work for 96 



Fences 86 



Fertilizers in California 76 



Flea beetles 306 



Frost, effects on vegetables 103 



occurrences of 30, 99 



protection from 298 



Frostless places 30 



Fungi, remedies for 309 



Furrow irrigation 54 



Garden, arrangement 85 



calendar 94 



horse work in 87 



insects 299 



location of 85 



place in mixed farming 20 



practice, diversity in 14 



protection 86, 298 



succession and rotation 104 



unirrigated 39 



weeds 313 



winds and frosts 298 



work seasonable 94 



Garlic 227 



Garbanzos 233 



Germination, conditions for 108 



Gherkin 278 



Ginger 278 



Gophers 310 



Hilling 73 



Hills, transplanting 117 



Hillside irrigation 51 



Hoe in California 71 



Horse radish 254 



Horse work, arrangement for... 87 



Hot-bed, the 112 



Hot box, the 113 



Hydraulic rams ! 45 



Insects, remedies for 299 



Intercropping 88 



Irrigation, garden 39 



advantages of 39 



check system 49 



current wheels 44 



fertilizing value of 60 



furrow system 54 



hillside 54 



how much 57 



hydraulic rams 45 



money value of 60 



