1096 



INDEX 



Dairy house, 706 

 Dairy products, cost of pro- 

 ducing, 801 



fluctuation in price less- 

 ened, 817 



marketing, 919 



weight, table, 1084 

 Damping off, cotton, 966 

 Dams, irrigation, 770 

 Darst, W. H., Sugar crops, 

 318-328 



Wheat (winter and spring), 

 197-209 

 Day's work on farm, 866 

 Debt, extent permissible 



879 

 Dehorning cows, 655 

 Depreciation affects cost of 



production, 803 

 Derrick, 736 

 Dewberry, diseases, 950 

 Digitalis, 425 

 Diminishing returns, 811 

 Dining room, 1039 

 Diseases, apple, 939 



asparagus, 953 



avocado, 949 



bean, 954 



beet, 954 



blackberry, 950 



cabbage, 955 



cantaloupes, 956 



carrot, 957 



cauliflower, 955 



celery, 957 



cherry. 947 



corn, 962 



cotton, 965 



cranberry, 951 



cucumber, 956, 957 



currant, 951 



dewberry, 950 



eggplant, 960 



fig, 949 



flax, 966 



gooseberry, 951 



grape, 952 



lettuce. 960 



mango, 949 



melons, 956 



oats, 964 



olive, 949 



onion, 957 



pea, 954 



peach, 944 



peanut, 961 



pear, 942 



pepper. 960 



plum, 946 



potato, 958 



quince, 944 



raspberry, 950 



strawberry, 951 



sugar cane, 965 



sweet potato, 961 



tobacco, 961 



tomato, 959 



turnip, 955 



wheat, 962 

 Diseases, animals, 929-937 



Diseases, animals, knowledge 

 should precede treat- 

 ment, 930 



symptoms, 933 

 Diseases, citrus fruits, 495, 

 947 



treatment, 948 

 Diseases, crops, 938-966 



report to agricultural ex- 

 periment station, 939 

 Diseases, fruit, 939-953 

 Diseases, plant, 938-966 

 Diseases, soil, 938 

 Diseases, vegetables, 953- 



962 

 Diseases increase cost of pro- 

 duction, 807 

 Disk cultivator, 720 

 Disk harrow, 719 

 Disk plows, 716 

 Disking, 146 

 Distribution cost, 909 

 Dirchbur, 367 

 Ditches, banks, 766 



distributaries, 773 



drainage, 765 



irrigation, 773 

 Ditching machines, 765 



small, 768 

 Diversified farming, 822 



advantages, 824 

 Dodders, 360 



Double blossom, berry. 950 

 Double-acting ram, 755 

 Double-trees, 736 

 Downy mildew, bean, 954 



cucumber, 957 



grape, 952 



onion, 957 



potato, 958 

 Drag, 147, 720 

 Drainage, 137, 765 



co-operation among the 

 land owners, 765 



ditches, 765 



essential to soil fertility. 137 



improves health conditions, 

 137 



to remove gravitational 

 water, 134 



wet spots, 139 

 Drainage reflected in char- 

 acter of vegetation, 

 63 

 Drains, open rs. underground, 

 138 



tile, 138, 766 

 Dredge, floating, 765 

 Dress, choice of, 1042 

 Dried blood. 74, 75 

 Drills, grain, 203, 722 

 Drop lettuce, 960 

 Drv rot, potato, 958 

 Dutch belted cattle, 669 

 Dwarf trees, apple, 458 



pear, 468 



Ear-row method, 160 

 Economic value of neighbors, 

 793 



Economical unit, size of farm, 



828 

 Economizing time, 873 

 Education essential in farm- 

 ing, 1056 

 Efficiency, lack of, increases 

 cost of production, 

 807 

 Eggplant, 393 

 diseases, 960 

 Eggs, as source of income, 619 

 for hatching, 623 

 improvement of quality, 



629 

 market, care of, 628 

 marketing, 920 

 side line for co-operative 



creameries, 920 

 washing impairs, 630 

 Electric lighting, 759 

 Electricity. lightens work, 737 

 "Elephant's ear." 310 

 Emerald green, 1005 

 Emmer, 227 

 Employment, permanency of, 



871 

 Engines, 743 

 horizontal, 745 

 vertical, 745 

 English walnut (Persian wal- 

 nut), 499, 502 

 soil, 49 

 Erosion, soil, 65 

 "Ether extract.'* 564 

 Evaporation, soil water, pre- 

 venting, 135 

 Evvard, J. M., Swine, 593- 



606 

 Ewes, winter care. 615 

 Exchanging help, 918 

 Exercise, animals, 932 

 Expenditures, record of, 887 

 Expenses, reducing, 807 

 Experience essential in farm- 

 ing . 783 

 Experiment stations, 1050 

 bulletins on silos, 703 

 listed, 1085 

 test samples of seeds free, 



355 

 test soil samples, 116 

 Extension representatives, 



1053 

 Extension work, 1052 

 Extensive crops, 813 

 Eve, animals, indicates condi- 

 tion, 934 



Fairs, 1051 



Fall army worm. 974 



Fall plowing, 144 



Family, size of, determines 



size of farm, 827 

 Farm, back to the, move- 

 ment, 789 



cost of living on, 787 



as a home, 786 



location, 793 



power for, 743 



purchasing, 785, 882 



