INDEX 



457 



Diptera, 396 



Diseases, plant, cha/pter on, 409, 



419 



Control of, chapter on, 417 

 division, propagation by, chapter 



on, 55 



of crowns, 56 

 Drainage and Irrigation, chapter on, 



126 



effects of, 130 

 profits from, 128 

 where it helps, 126 

 Drains, kinds of, 129 



under, 129 

 Dust mulch, 89 



Egg plant, 28-2 



Endive, 271 



Environment, 24, 33 



Erosion, 74 



Exercises, at end of each chapter 



Farm, crops, principles of, chapter 



on, 34 



equipping, 438 

 knowledge necessary, 434 

 level, 135 

 losses, 442 

 mapping, 439 

 plan of, 438 

 selecting, 437 

 type of, 438 

 Farm and Garden Seeds, chapter on, 



44 

 Farming, business of, chapter on, 



434 



methods of starting, 435 

 region for, 437 

 successful, 441 

 Fescue, 152 



meadow, 157 



Fertilizers, analysis, 121, 122 

 buying, 121 

 commercial, 115 

 formulas, 122 

 home mixing, 123 

 samples^ 124 

 use of, 120 

 Fertilizing value of cotton (table), 



300 



of grain crops (table), 221 

 of legumes (table), 184 

 Fiber crops minor, chapter on, 302 



flax, 302 



Field and Laboratory exercises, end 

 of each chapter 



Fish, 116 



Field pea, Canada, 177 



soaps, 423 

 Flax, 217, 302 



growing, 303 



harvesting, 304 



origin of, 302 



retting, 305 



seeds, 218 



wilt, 306 



world's production of, 303 

 Flowers, chapter on, 13 

 Fodder crops, 152 

 Forage crops, chapter on, 149 



definition of, 149 



Forests and Woodlot, chapter on, 

 348 



products of, 348 

 Forestry and Agriculture, 353 

 Forests, use and abuse, 351 



preventing waste, 352 

 Fruit growing, chapter on, 320 



harvesting, 328 

 Fungicides, 420 



Gardening, vegetable, chapter on 254 



soils for, 256 

 Garden seed, chapter on, 44 



testing, 49 

 Garlic, 272 



wild, 382 

 Germination, 1 



what it is, 3, 11 

 Gherkins, 279 

 Gooseberries, 338 

 Grafting, 64 



cleft, 66 



double working, 67 



whip-tongue, 64 

 Grafts, 63 

 Grain drills, 219 



harvesters, 219 



rust, 413 



smut, 411 



thrashers, 220 

 Grains, small, chapter on, 205 



storage of, 53 

 Grapes, 340 



score card for, 343 

 Grasses, chapter on, 149 

 Green manure, 100 



from cover crops, 100 

 improvement from, 101 

 Guard cells, 7 

 Gumbo (okra), 277 



