INDEX 



607 



Irrigation, Continued. 



with Shaftal clover, 435. 



with sulla, 562, 563. 



with tall oat-grass, 190. 



with timothy, 51, 134. 



with Western wheat-grass, 221. 

 Italian millet, see foxtail millet. 

 Italian rye-grass, 215-219. 



adaptations, 216. 



agricultural history, 215. 



botany, 215. 



characteristics, 215. 



culture, 216. 



hay yields, 217. 



irrigation, 216. 



seed, 218. 



seed-production, 218. 



Jack bean, 549. 

 Japan clover, 539, 543. 



adaptations, 541. 



agricultural history, 540. 



culture, 541. 



description, 539. 



hay, 542. 



pasturage value, 542. 



seed-production, 543. 

 Japanese millet, 286, 294. 

 Japanese sugar cane, 247-249. 



adaptations, 247. 



characteristics, 247. 



culture, 248. 



history, 247. 



planting, 248. 



seed-cane, 249. 



utilization, 248. 



yields, 249. 



Jerusalem artichoke, 595. 

 Johnson-grass, 244, 247. 



adaptations, 245. 



agricultural history, 244. 



botany, 244. 



poisonous qualities, 246. 



utilization, 245. 



Kafir corn, 271. 

 Kale, 592, 594. 

 diseases, 594. 

 Kentucky blue-grass, 154, 163. 



Kidney vetch, 566. 

 Knife bean, 550. 

 Kudzu, .563. 

 Kursk millet, 290. 



Laria pisorum, 452. 

 Lathyrus cicera, 484. 



ochrus, 484. 



sativus, 454. 



silvestris, 565. 



tingitanus, 482. 

 Legumes, definition, 15. 



dependence on root nodules, 19. 

 Lemma, 14. 

 Lespedeza, 539. 

 Lespedeza striata, 539. 

 Ligule, 14. 



Lime, effects on Kentucky blue- 

 grass, 159. 



effects on red clover, 376. 



effects on soybeans, 529. 



effects on timothy, 134. 



effects on vetch, 465. 

 Local seed, superiority of, 69. 

 Lodicule, 14. 

 Lolium multiflorum, 211, 214, 215. 



perenne, 211. 



temulentum, 211. 

 Loss of hay or fodder in the field, 



32. 

 Loss of substance in growing plants, 



34. 

 Lotus americanus, 439. 



corniculatus, 568. 



tetragonolobus, 489. 



uliginosus, 569. 

 Lucern, see Alfalfa. 



sand, 315. 

 Lupines, 487. 

 Lupinus, 487. 

 Lyon bean, 545. 



Macrosporium sarcinseforme, 358. 

 Manihot utilissima, 597. 

 Market demands, 53. 

 Maturity of plants in relation to 



chemical composition, 58. 

 Meadow, definition of, 4. 

 Meadow brome, 233. 



