Index 



2S5 



Page 



Johnson Grass 110 



Jersey Kale 129 



Kafir and Egyptian Com 133 



Lawns, Mossy 135 



Moonshine Farming 139 



Oats and Rust 107 



Pasturing — Young Grain 102 



Hurry-up 110 



California Winter 116 



Rape and Milo 130 



Rye in California 108 



Rye — Grass, Italian 109 



better than 115 



Speltz 109 



Spurry, Giant 112 



Soil Light, Scant Moisture 112 



Sunflowers and Soy Beans 129 



Russian 134 



Spineless Cactus 131 



Sorghum — Smutty 132 



Late Sown 132 



Sorghums for Seed 133 



for Planting 133 



Sacaline 134 



Special Crops 137 



Teosinte 115 



Vetches — for San Joaquin 126 



for Hay 127 



Wheat, Seven-headed lOS 



SOILS. FERTILIZING AKD IRRIGATION. 



Alkali Soil and Trees 146 



Treatment of 153 



and Gypsum 153, 154 



Distribution 153 



Plants Will Tell 154 



and Litmus 154 



Alfalfa over Hardpan 148 



Ashes and Tomatoes 157 



in Garden 159, 160 



and Poultry Manure 161 



Blasting or Tiling 155 



Effects of 155 



Barnyard Manure and Alkali 163 



Bones for Grape V^ines 167 



Can a Man Farm 140 



Charcoal, Medicine, not Food 175 



Cover Crop, Best Legume 176 



Cowpeas, best cover crop 177 



Cementing Soils, Improvement .... 178 



Cultivation, Depth of 147 



Draining Wet Spot 188 



Dry Plowing 144 



Treatment 144 



and Sowing 152 



Dynamite, More Needed 149 



Electro-Agriculture 147 



Fenugreek as Cover Crop 178 



Fertilizer in Tree Holes 157 



Best for Sand 157 



Prunings as 158 



Suburban Wastes 162 



Composting Garden Wastes 163 



for Sweet Potatoes 166 



Pagi 



Pear Orchard 167 



Olives 167. 168 



Consult Trees 168 



Nursery ] 68 



Almond Hulls and Sawdust 169 



Fruit Trees 169 



Oranges 170 



Seed Farm Refuse 170 



Slow Stuff 171 



Alfalfa 171 



Corn 172 



Scrap Iron 172 



Kelp as 172 



Nitrate of Soda 174 



Strawberries 1 74 



Ground Water 142 



Gypsum on Grain Land 158 



and Alfalfa 158 



What it Does 159 



How Much 159 



Garden Peas for Green Manure. ... 177 



Grape Pomace, Handling 165 



Abuse of 166 



Hardpan and Low Water 147 



Humus Burning Out 175 



Straw for 176 



Irrigating Palms ISO 



Condensation for 181 



Winter 181 



Young Trees 184 



Alfalfa 186 



How Much for Crops 186 



Sewage 187 



Creamery Wastes 187 



House Waste 1 SS 



Intensive Cultivation 140 



Irrigate or Cultivate 181 



Irrigation, Underground 184 



of Potatoes 185 



of Apples 185 



of Walnuts !8S 



Summer and Fall 18S 



and Fertilizers 18<i 



Liming Chicken Yard 160 



Legumes, Two in Year 179 



Lime, Caustic not Absorbent 161 



on Sandy Soil 171 



Alfalfa 171 



Sugar Factory Fertilizer 173 



Manure, Water, Cultivation 145 



Ashes 156 



Poultry 160 



too Much 161 



Stable and Bean Straw 163 



Pit Roofing 163 



Value of Animals 164 



Fresh and Dry 164 



and Shavings 164 



Sheep, and Goat 165 



Hog and Potatoes 165 



Vineyard 166 



and Nitrate 173 



with Clover 1 77 



Nitrate, Late Applications of 174 



