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Page 



Corn — in Sacramento Valley 83 



in Warm Ground 84 



Sweet, in California 84 



Cucvunbers — Forcing 84 



Growing 84 



Continuous Cropping 100 



Ginger in California 85 



In Cold, Dark, Draft 77 



Licorice in California 85 



Lentils, Growing 86 



Lettuce, Transplanting 86 



Melons — Winter 87 



Ripe 87 



Onions — Seeds and Sets 87 



Ripening 87 



from Sets 87 



Crops from Seed 88 



Peas — Canada for Seed 86 



Growing Niles 86 



Peanuts — Harvesting 88 



and Adobe 89 



Potatoes — Cutting 89 



Planting 89,90,92 



Northern Seed 90 



Planted Early 90 



Balls 90 



Seed-ends 91 



and the Moon 91 



Planting Whole 91 



How to Cut Seed 91, 92 



Scab 92 



Double-cropping 92 



Keeping 93 



Yield 93 



New for Seed 94 



Growing 94,97 



After Alfalfa 94 



Flat or Hill... 94 



B ir! Cora'J-u^ ''5 



Or; \A. &vy i^^a.-u '5 



Storage for Seed 95 



and Frosts 96 



Sweet, Plant Growing 96 



Growing 97 



Between Trees 98 



Less Water, More Heat 100 



Radish, Giant Japanese 98 



Rhubarb, Rotting 98 



Soil for Vegetables 76 



Squashes Dislike Hardship 99 



Sunflowers, Harvesting 99 



Tomatoes — Irrigating 99 



Big Worms 100 



Loss of Bloom 101 



GRAIN AND FORAGE CROPS. 



Alfalfa — Improving Land 110, 121 



Cultivating 110 



Suburban Patch Ill 



and Bermuda Ill 



and Salt Grass 112 



and Alkali 118 



on Adobe 118 



and Soil Depth 118 



Irrigating 122 



Curing 119 



Pagb 



Preparation of Land 119 



Where Grown 120 



Sowing 120, 121 



and Foxtail 120 



Which is Best 120 



and Dry Land 121 



Inoculating 122 



Unirrigated 122 



Time to Cut 124 



and Overflow 123 



No Nurse Crop 123 



Re-seeding 123 



Taking Bloat from 123 



What Crop for Seed 124 



Siloing First Crop 125 



Soil For 125 



Handling Young 125 



With Gypsum 126 



Alfileria, Winter Pasture 117 



Barley — California Varieties IO3 



Chevalier IO4 



on Moist Land IO4 



and Alfalfa IO4 



Beet Sugar, Home-made 136 



Beets and Potatoes IO5 



for Stock IO5 



Stock, Summer Start 10s 



Berseem 138 



Bermuda Grass Ill 



Objectionable II5 



Black Medic 116 



Broom Corn 131 



Buckwheat Growing 134 



Clover and Drought 113 



for Wet Lands 113 



Crimson 116 



for Shallow Land 126 



for High Ground- Water 126 



Not an Alfalfa 130 



Sweet, Cover Crop 130 



Corn — for Silage 105 



Irrigation for 106 



Eastern Seed 106 



Suckering 106 



and Cow Peas 107 



Cover Crop for Hop Yard 127 



Cow Peas in San Joaquin 128 



Cowpeas — Growing 128 



and Canadian Peas 128, 129 



Crop Rotation 138 



Dry Plowing for Grain 103 



Fail Feed 109 



Forage Plants in Foothills 114 



Winter 114 



Poultry 135 



Flax. New Zealand 136 



Grasses, for Baiik-holding 117 



Grass Seeds, Scattering 135 



Hay — Midsummer Sowing 107 



Loose by Measure 107 



Oat, When to Cut 108 



Rye for 108 



Frosted Grain H# 



Summer Crop 114 



Heating and Fermentation 138 



Insect Powder 137 



