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INDEX 



Irrigation, apportionment of 

 the water, 769 



check system, 775 



citrus regions, 492 



co-operation, 769 



dams, 770 



distributing the water, 773 



ditches, 773 



furrow method, 774 



head gates, 771 



preparing land for, 771 



reservoirs, 770 



Skinner system, .775 



spray method, 775 



unit of water, 776 



vegetable gardens, 410 

 Irrigation water, 776 



losses in transmission, 771 



methods of transmission, 

 770 



sources, 770 



Jersey cattle, characteristics, 



668 

 origin and development, 



667 

 Johnson grass, 246 

 Jointers used in plowing, 144 

 Journal of Research, 1054 



Kaffir corn, 226 



Kainite, 74 



Kains, M. G., Principles of 



fruit production, 429- 



437 

 Kale, 393 



for forage purposes, 309 

 Kerosene lamps, 758 

 Kerry cattle, 669 

 Kilpatrick, M. C, Farm flock, 



618-830 

 'King svstem," ventilation, 



760 

 Kitchen, 1039 

 Kohl-Rabi, 394 



Labor adapted to crops, 794 

 character and supply affects 

 type of farming, 797 

 class should correspond 

 with character of 

 work, 805 

 economizing, 811 

 low price encourages in- 

 tensity, 813 

 Labor, farm, 864-874 

 Labor, horse, distribution, 

 table, 807 

 saving, 874 

 Labor, man, efficiency in field 



■* operations, 802 

 Labor income, 790 

 Labor problem, solution, 865 

 Labor returns, 811 

 Labor-saving household im- 

 plements, 737 

 Ladino clover, 256 

 Lambs, care, 615 

 marketing, 615 

 Lamb's quarters, 364 



Lamps, 758 



Land, economizing, 809 



as an investment, 785, 882 



renting, 857-863 



unimproved utilized as pas- 

 ture, 549 



values, relation to crops, 

 798, 803 



values, relation to produc- 

 tion cost, 803 

 Lanes, 854 

 Land drainage, 765 

 Land grant colleges, 1049 

 Land-owners, classes of, 858 

 Larson, C. W., Clean milk 

 production, 672-678 



Dairy herd management, 

 651-657 

 Late blight, potato, 958 

 Laundry, equipment, 737 

 Lawn, 535, 815 

 Leaching, 36 



loss of lime bv, 115 

 Leaf beetles, 968 

 Leaf blight, cucumber, 957 



melons, 956 



tomato, 959 

 Leaf curl, peach, 945 

 Leaf spot, avocado, 949 



bean, 954 



beet, 954 



berry, 950 



celery, 957 



cherry, 947 



pear, 943 



strawberry, 951 

 Lease, time of, 862 



what it should contain, 862 

 Leek, 394 



Legislation, farm, 861 

 Legislative regulation of com- 

 mission business, 912 

 Legumes, 282-289, 294-304 



increase soil nitrogen, 68 



soil, 47 

 Lemon, 485 



diseases, black pit, 948 

 Lemon oil, 1011 

 Lemon trees, pruning, 495 



See also Citrus fruits. 

 Lespedeza, clover, 257 

 Lesser apple worm, 998 

 Lettuce, 46, 381, 394 



diseases, 960 

 Libraries, farmers should 

 have access to, 1055 

 Libraries, traveling, 1055 

 Lice, plant, 543, 968 

 Lighting, electric, 759 



farm house, 758 

 Lightning rods, 710 

 Limb blight, fig, 949 

 Lime, 115-129 



amount to apply, 122 



application, 54, 122, 123 



chemical action, 120 



cost, 124 



crops require, 116 



crushing vs. burning, 127 



experimental results, 125 



Lime, forms. 120 

 functions, 120 

 frequencv of application, 



123 

 how soils lose, 115 

 injudicious use, 122 

 method of applying, 123, 



125 

 mixing with manure and 



fertilizers, 124 

 physical effect, 121 

 relative values of different 



forms, 123 

 sanitarv effect. 121 

 slaking, 127 

 soils need, 115 

 sources, 119 

 spreading, 125 

 time of applying. 122 

 Lime affects plant diseases, 



122 

 affects plant growth, 118 

 affects soil bacteria, 121 

 as plant food, 120 

 content in general farm 



crops, table, 117 

 content in typical soils of 



the U.'S., table, 115 

 content of soils determined, 



115 

 corrects soil acidity, 121 

 favors development of po- 

 tato scab, 315 

 not a fertilizer, 122 

 removed in farm crops, 116 

 requirements, soils, 116 

 Lime (fruit), 486 

 Lime, spent, 119 

 Lime-sulphur wash, 1007, 



1017 

 Little peach, 945 

 Little potato, 959 

 Livestock. 547-552 

 advantages, 548 

 amount of each crop re- 

 quired for, 818 

 breeding, 553-558 

 care, 556-561, 930-932 

 care of breeding herd, 557 

 cross-breeding, 554 

 disadvantages, 551 

 disease, 929-937 

 feeding, 556, 562-572 

 gestation periods, 556 

 grading, 554 

 holding for market entails 



loss, 552 

 housed separately, 696 

 kind to keep, 559 

 labor of care reduced, 559 

 management, 558, 932 

 marketing, 919 

 observing individuals, 560 

 pedigree, 556 

 prices affected by crops, 



552 

 prices, table, 1081 

 pure-breds, 553 

 rations, 568, 842 

 records kept up to date, 560 



