INDEX. 297 



Pago. 



Horstville ranch, freedom from vermin 245 



Industry, artificial conditions affecting 15 



natural conditions affecting 13 



Insects, affecting hops 113 



caterpillars 130, 136 



cynipidae 122 



flea-beetles 139 



hop grub 128 



hop merchants 131 



hop plant louse 115 



hop-vine snout moth . . . . . . . . 130 



lace-winged flies 121 



lady-bird beetles . . . . 121, 146 



leaf hoppers 137 



needle-nosed hop-bug . . . 143 



red spider .... 139 



saddle -back caterpillar 135 



syrphus flies '. 121 



woolly bear caterpillar 134 



zebra caterpillar ... 133 



Irrigation 69 



Kent, introduction into 1 



Kerosene emulsion 124 



Kiln, construction of . . . 178, 187, 194, 195, 203, 204, 205, 206 



cowl for 181 



Kilns, drying stove for 188 



fireproof 247 



in N. Y. state 179 



on Pacific coast '. . 185 



"jLupulin 51, 58 



composition of 52 



extracting the 239 



Machine, hep-picking 173 



Markers 80 



Maturity, dates of 44 



Mold washes 154 



New York, rules regulating hop trade in 282 



New York state, cost of hops in 251 



condition of soil 64 



first yard in 



growth of industry in 



largest yard 



Oast houses, English 177 



Oregon, cost of growing hops in 256 



hop lands in 64 



industry in 



Packing, foreign method of 199 



Pickers' checks 166, 167 



handling 171 



prices paid 163, 168 



rules for 165 



Picking, care in 163 



methods 1^ 



preliminary work 159 



time of 



Plant, "dressing" of 95 



food removed from soil 71 



female 25 



food removed by JJ 



growth of 



male ' 



sex in 



Planting, best time for 



methods of yA 



