INDEX 



347 



180, 182; injuries of corn, 83, of 

 cotton, 122, of fruit, 144, of 

 garden crops, 134, r of oats, 101, 

 of potatoes, 128, of wheat, 

 95-96; kinds of, 182; learning 

 about, 193; life history, 185; para- 

 sitic, 192; reproduction of, 182; 

 soil fertility and control of, 190; 

 sucking, 187; useful, 180; what 

 a farmer should know of, 187; see 

 Birds, Climate 



Jersey, 240, 241 

 Joint worm, 191 



Kafir, illus., 117 

 Kerosene emulsion, 187 



Labor, 65, 87, 88, 97, 202. 203, 233 



Labor records, 306 



Lace wing fly, 180 



Lady beetle, 180 



Lambs, 259 



Land plaster, 36 



Larva, insect, 185 



Lay of land, 218 



Legumes, 30, 108-115; see Alfalfa; 

 basis of selection, no; climate 

 influencing, no; cowpea, 114; 

 definition of, 108; inoculation, 

 30, 32; Japan clover, 113; kinds 

 of, 109; mammoth clover, 113; 

 supply nitrogen to soil, 30; red 

 clover, in; soil for, no; soybean, 

 114; sweet clover, 113; value of, 

 109; velvet bean, 114; vetch, 114 



Lighting farm home, 311 



Lime, 19, 44, 49 



Lice, 292 



Lime-sulfur mixture, 187 



Lincoln, 256; portrait, 256 



Living conditions, farm, 309 



Loam, 54 



Magnesium, 26 

 Maintenance ration, 207, 243 

 Mammals, 193 



Management, soil, 46-56; farm, 294- 

 380; of dairy cattle, 246 



Manure, 28-30, 35, 202; compacting 

 to prevent loss, 30; losses of, 28, 29, 

 illus., 28; and soil management, 

 48, 51 ; value of, 28, 29 



Markets, 217, 220, 231, 233, 252, 

 261 



Mash, 285, 291 



May beetle, illus., 185 



Meal worm, 182 



Merino, 254, 255; illus., 255 



Mildew, 170, 171; illus., 164 



Milk, 233-251; bacteria in, 250; 

 cooling, 250; handling, 247; im- 

 purities, 248, 249; pails, illus., 249; 

 production, 233; record, 237; uten- 

 sils, 250 



Milker, 249 



Millet, 117 



Milo maize, illus., 118 



Mites, 293 



Mole, 193 



Mulch, illus., 3, 20, 83, 177 



Mutton, 252, 255-257; cuts of, 253 



New Jersey Agricultural Experiment 



Station, 289 

 Nitrates, 27, 29-33, 42 

 Nitrification, 28 

 Nitrogen, 2, 26-33; availability of, 



27; carriers, 33; in commercial 



fertilizers, 32; losses, 29, illus., 29; 



supply of, 26, 29, 30, 48 

 Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 26 

 Nodules, root, 31; illus., 31 

 Nutritive ratio, 209 

 Nymphs, 185 



Oats, 98-101; climatic influences on, 

 99; diseases of, 101; distribution 

 of, 101; planting, 101; seed bed, 

 100; seed selection, 100; soil 

 adapted for, 99; system of farming 

 for, 100; value, 89 



Oliver, G. W., 153 



