INDEX 



1107 



Tobacco, seed-bed, 343 

 methods of selling, 3.52 

 soil, 40, 45, 46, 47, 342 

 soil preparation, 346 

 tillage, 348 

 transplanting, 347 

 types, 341 

 Tobacco bud worm (corn 



ear), 971 

 Tobacco districts, 341 

 Tobacco extracts, insect- 

 icides, 1008 

 Tobacco flea beetle, 979 

 Tobacco worm, 979 

 Tomato, 401 



diseases, 959 

 Tomato fruit worm (corn ear ) , 



971 

 Tomhave, W. H., Breeding, 

 care and manage- 

 ment of farm ani- 

 mals, 547-617 

 Tool house, 703 

 Tools, 736 



garden, 378 

 Tractor, 734, 755 

 efficiency, 756 

 little place in hilly land, 



„ 756 

 size, 755 

 type, 756 

 Transpiration by plants, 131 

 Transportation, farm pro- 

 ducts, 795 

 Trees, for planting, 537 



planting, 527 

 "Trial ration," 568 

 Tropical fruits, 507-520 

 Turbine water wheel, 753 

 Turnip, 401 



for forage purposes, 307 

 diseases, 955 

 "Turnip-rooted cabbage," 



394 

 Twig cankers, 941 

 Typhoid fever, in rural dis- 

 tricts, 763 



Under-drainage, to remove 



alkali, 777 

 Undergarments, 1043 

 Underground drains, 138, 766 



cost, 138 



depth, 139 



frequency, 139 



grades, 139 



establishing the grades, 707 



junctions, 139 



level land, 139 



outlet, 140 



running the levels, 766 



silt basins, 139 



qualitv of tile, 138 



size of tile, 140, 768 

 Under-production, danger of, 



812 

 Undershot wheels, 752 

 U. S. agricultural department, 

 publications, 1054, 

 1087 



Values, estimating, 886 

 Varieties, crops, choice, 159 

 Variety testing, 159 

 Vegetable forcing, 413 



fertilizers, 416 

 Vegetable garden, cover 

 crops, 378 



economic value, 403 



experiment stations bulle- 

 tins, 412 



fertility, 405 



irrigation, 410 



literature, 412 



location, 846 



plan, 404 



choosing a site, 404 

 Vegetable gardening, prin- 

 ciples, 377-382,403 - 

 412 

 Vegetables, 383 



commercial fertilizers for, 

 378 



a diet essential, 403 



diseases, 953-962 



growing early plants, 407 



insect pests, 980-991 



use of lime, 379 



manure for, 378, 406 



marketing, 921 



nitrogen needed, 86 



pest control, 411 



quality, 411 



seed sowing, 379, 408 



seeds, 379, 406 



soil, 377 



starting earlv plants, 370, 

 407 



storage, 412 



tillage, 378, 406, 409 



transplanting, 379, 4(H) 

 Vegetative tests, fertilizing 



materials, 77 

 Vehicles, 734 

 Ventilation, 760 



house, 1042 



"King system," 760 

 Vetch, 287 

 Vetch seed, 298 

 Village, back to the, move- 

 ment, 789 



Wages, 867 

 Wagon jack, 736 

 Waid, C. W., Vegetable forc- 

 ing, 413-423 

 Walnut, Persian, 502 

 Walnuts, Asiatic, 506 

 Ware, H. M., Mushroom cul- 

 ture, 417-423 

 Wash room, 1039 

 Washing machine, 737 

 Waste, amount of, 806 

 Water, affects temperature 

 of the soil, 134 

 amount necessary to pro- 

 duce crops, 131 

 duty of, 776 

 in feeds, 562 

 in green plants, 130 

 movement in soil, 53 



Water, spouting velocity, 

 table, 1083 

 spraying, 775 

 storage capacity of soils, 



135 

 transpiration by plants, 

 131 

 Water, capillary, 37, 51 

 Water, gravitational, 132, 13 1 

 Water, hygroscopic, 132, 134 

 Water, irrigation, 776 



sources, 770 

 Water motors, 752 



impulse, 753 

 Water rights, 769 

 Water supply, 761, 849 

 Water wheels, 752 

 Watering animals with regu- 

 larity, 560 

 Watermelon, 401 

 Watts, R. L., Principles of 

 vegetable gardening, 

 377-382 

 Vegetables and their cidture, 

 383-402 

 Webber, H. J., Citrus fruits 

 and their cultivation, 

 484-498 

 Weed habitats, 356 

 Weeds, 353 T 374 

 classification, 355 

 control, 149, 356 

 damage done by, 353 

 exterminated by crop rota- 

 tion, 167 

 follow certain crops, 356 

 how introduced and spread, 



354 

 increase the cost of pro- 

 duction, 806 

 reduce crop yields, 353 

 thrive where other crops 



fail, 355 

 fifty worst, table, 369-373 

 Weights, tables, 1083 

 Western corn root worm, 979 

 Wheat, 197-209 



advantages of one variety 

 in a community, 205 

 annual production, 197 

 climatic adaptation, 198 

 cost of producing, 206 

 crop rotation, 198 

 diseases, 207, 962 

 diseases, treatment, 208 

 enemies, 207 

 fertilizers, 200 

 harvesting, 206 

 improvement, 204 

 insect pests, 207, 970, 976 

 mass selection, 205 

 phosphorus often needed, 



202 

 production in United 



States, 197 

 seed selection, 162 

 time to seed, 202 

 preparation of the seed- 

 bed, 199 

 depth of seeding, 202 



