INDEX 



587 



Equipment, costs 357, 476 



Depreciation on 356 



Duty of 359 



Effect on population 31, 280, 284 



Efficient use of 109, 257, 561 



Maintenance of 355 



Value of indifferent regions 272 



Erosion 184 



Evaporation in different regions .... 500 

 Extensive and intensive fanning . . . 143 



Families, size of, on farms. . . .8, 23, 268 



Farm, account with 452 



As a home 35, 36 



Buying 531 



Choice of a 494, 517 



Colonies 13 



Defined 239 



Equipment. See Equipment. 



Families, size of 8, 23, 268 



House. See House. 

 Labor. See Labor. 

 Land, increasing value of 



18, 28, 291, 312, 513 



Managers 343 



Manure. See Manure. 



Products used at home 24, 92 



Profits. See Profits. 



Size of 239 



Farming, types of. See Types of 

 farming. 



Farmers, personal characteristics of 



1-14, 20 



Farmstead, layout 388 



Location of 374 



Feeding animals 212 



Feeding systems and cropping sys- 

 tems 207, 414 



Feed units 216 



Fields and size of farm 262 



Distance to 264, 368 



Layout of 365 



Size and shape of 365 



Fences 378, 385 



Fertility. See Soil. 



Fertilizers 183 



Interpretation of tests of 160 



Relation to the value of the crops 



157, 173 

 Vs. manure 200 



Fertilizing value of food and manure 



187, 197 



Flax, cost of hauling 72 



Prices by months 579 



Food furnished by the farm . .24, 40, 92 

 Purchased by the fanner 25 



Fruit for home use 24, 92 



Garden 92 



Account with 468 



Arrangement of 391 



Products of 24, 40, 92 



Grass. See Hay. 



Green manure 188 



Cost of 192 



Hail 503 



Hay, account with 452 



Climate and soil for 47 



Comparative prices 53, 83 



Cost of hauling 72 



Cost per acre 146, 148 



Fertilizers for 163 



Prices by months 579 



Prices by states 574 



Prices by years 568 



See also Clover, Timothy, Alfalfa. 



Shrinkage of 419 



Hemp, cost of hauling 72 



Hens, account with 454 



Cheap feed for 203 



Depreciation on 235 



For home use 24, 25, 92 



Labor on 121 



Manure produced by 198 



Prices of chickens by states 576 



See also Eggs. 



Hired-man, opportunities of. . 26, 304, 307 

 See Labor. 



Hogging off com 188 



Hogs, as by-products 58 



Comparative prices 82 



Cost of hauling 72 



Depreciation on 235 



Food requirements for pound gain 61 



For home use 25, 58, 92 



Freight rates on 56 



Labor on 119 



Manure produced by 198 



Over- and under-production 87 



Prices by months 581 



Prices by states 55, 576 



Prices by years 566, 571 



Regions for 55, 70 



Homestead act 241 



Honey used on the farm 24 



Hops, cost of hauling 72 



Prices by months 580 



Horses, account with 458 



Comparative prices 83 



Depreciation on 233 



Efficient use of 109, 255, 346, 561 



Labor, cost 344, 475 



Limestone soils for 51 



Manure produced by 198 



