508 



INDEX 



Kale, marketing 349 



planting 348 



seed required 495 



soil 348 



varieties 348 



Kerosene emulsion 88 



Kohl-rabi, culture 349 



importance 349 



marketing 350 



seed required 495 



varieties 349 



Laboratory work, definite lines .... 500 



importance 498 



methods 498 



Laborers, Italian 8 



Labor problems 7 



Labor supply 15 



Land 2 



Land, price 15 



contour. .' 13 



Laredo series 20 



Leek 350 



Lettuce, classes 352, 353 



climatic requirements 354 



companion crop 477, 478, 480, 



4S2, 488 



cultivation 358 



enemies 358 



fertilizing 356 



history 351 



importance 351 



irrigation 358 



marketing 358 



planting 357 



returns 358 



seed 355 



seed required 495 



soil 355 



starting early plants 355 



varieties . 



yields 



Level tillage 



Lime, use 



Limestone uplands 



Limestone valleys. 



351 

 358 

 37 

 65 

 23 

 23 



Location 11 



Location, climate 12 



selection 11 



soil selected *12 



Long Island home hamper 173 



Luf kin series 21 



Malnutrition 64 



Mammoth clover 54 



Manure, composting 47 



cost 16, 45 



cow 43 



extent used 41 



fresh versus rotten 47 



hen. 



hog 



horse 



method of application ..... 



rate of application 



sheep . 



source of humus 42 



source of plant food 42 



supply 16 



time of application 49 



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Manure, transportation 46 



Mammal crops, fertilizers 57 



Markers. 141 



Market, kind. . . 4 



local ::::;. 5 



Market gardening 1 



Marketing 162 



principles involved 162 



Markets 11 



Market wagons 177, 178, 179 



Marking 141 



Marshall series 23 



Martynia 359, 200 



Mats 154 



Mats, use 157 



Meeker smoothing harrow 31 



Men, required to the acre 7 



Methods of selling 15 



Miami series 24 



Mint 359 



Miscellaneous insecticides 89 



Montreal melons 376 



Motor market boat 183 



Muck and peat 22, 24 



Mushroom 199 



Muskmelon, botany 360 



classes 361 



climatic requirements 363 



companion crop 485 



crates 375 



cultivation 373 



diseases 376 



fertilizing 369 



history 360 



importance 360 



insect enemies 376 



marketing 373 



Montreal ; . .367, 376 



netting 374 



planting 370 



quality 374 



seed 364 



seed required 495 



soil 364 



soil preparation 369 



starting early plants 366 



varieties 361, 362, 363 



yields 376 



Mustard 379 



Negro laborers 8 



Night soil 50 



Nitrate of soda 59, 60 



application 61 



Nitrogen, use 59 



Norfolk series 21 



Novelties 100 



Nozzles 87 



Number of plants required per acre 494 



Oats 56 



Okra 379 



Olericulture 1 



Onion, botany . 380 



Bermuda 402 



bunching 404 



climatic requirements 383 



companion crop 4 " 1 , 482 



cost of production 400, 401 



cultivation 394 



