INDEX 



589 



Oats, Distribution of labor on 114 



Prices by months 578 



Prices by states 53, 574 



Prices by years 568, 571 



Profit per hour of labor 150 



Shrinkage of 418 



Orchard, account with 466 



Organic matter, importance of 186 



Of food and manure 187 



Results of exhaustion 184, 185 



Ways of maintaining 186 



Over-production 33, 83 



Peanuts, cost of hauling 72 



Pasture, cheap feed 51 



Permanent vs. rotated 386 



Over-grazing 208 



Pasturing off crops 188 



Phosphorus, shortage in soil .... 196, 511 

 Pliny's advice on intensive farming. . 158 

 Population, cause of decrease on 



farms 31, 280, 284 



Pork. See Hogs. 



Potassium in the soil 196 



Potatoes, climate and soil for 47 



Comparative prices 53 



Cost of hauling 72 



Cost per acre 148 



Distribution of labor on 118 



Prices in different regions 53 



Prices by months 579 



Prices by states 574 



Prices by years 568 



Relation of production to value .... 78 



Shrinkage of 420 



Used on the farm 24, 40 



Poultry, prices by states 576 



See also Hens. 



Prices 33 



Effect of transportation on 52 



By months 578 



By states 53, 574 



By years 81, 566 



Related to yields 76 



Variations in relative 81 



Productive work units 350, 561 



Profit and size of farm 243 



In farming 14-29, 37 



Per acre vs. profit per farmer 146, 242 



Sharing 342 



Ways of measuring 15, 143 



Protein in feeds 212 



Purchases, cash *. time 295 



Pure-bred stock 209, 211, 214, 227 



Rainfall 498 



Rations, balanced 212 



Redtop, soil for 49 



Region, choice of 494 



Rented farms. See Tenant and 



Tenure. 

 Retailing 424 



Rice, cost of hauling 72 



Number of farms 106 



Prices by months 580 



Roads 524 



Root crops, profit on , 92, 179 



Rotation of crops. See Crop rota- 

 tion. 

 Rural population, cause of decrease 



31, 280, 284 



Character of 20 



Rye, cost of hauling 72 



Prices by months 578 



Prices by states 574 



Prices by years 568 



Shrinkage of 418 



Schools, farms for 534 



Score-card for farms 526 



Season, length of 503 



Sheep, as scavengers 61, 205 



Comparative prices 82 



Depreciation on 235 



Food requirements for pound gain . 61 



Labor on 119 



Manure produced by 198 



Prices by months 582 



Prices by states 576 



Prices by years 566, 571 



Regions for 61 



Shrinkage of farm products 417 



Silage, as summer feed 179 



Compared with hay 179, 229 



Silo, number of cows for a 174 



Size of animals and profits 222 



Size of farm families 8, 23, 268 



Size of farms 239 



And boys leaving 268 



And crop yields 267 



And crop yields, relative impor- 

 tance of 167, 169 



And economy in buying and selling 



262 



And efficiency in use of capital . . . .260 

 And efficiency in use of horses. . . .255 



And efficiency in use of labor 250 



And efficiency in use of machinery 



257 



And profits 243 



And size of fields 262 



And type of farming 270 



Average size 240 



Best size 247, 204, 289 



