INDEX 



Consumption, Increase home, 



Contour planning, orchard, 

 65. 



Corn, high protein, 100. 



Cost of irrigation agricul- 

 ture, 117; of production 

 of onions compared, 31; 

 of providing water, 115. 



Cover crops in the orchard, 

 67. 



Crop insurance, 42; insur- 

 ance tends to intensify 

 industry, 43; rotation on 

 irrigated land, 117. 



Crops grown in forcing 

 houses, 48. 



Cucumber seed, 108. 



Cucumbers, 56; greenhouse, 

 temperature for, 58; 

 grown after lettuce, 57. 



Cultivation of apple, 64. 



Dairy industry, 131 ; as ex- 

 ample of scientific man- 

 agement, 15. 



Danvers section, 28. 



Darwin, Chas., 104. 



Davis, Mr. 108. 



Decline in exports, 12. 



Decrease the individual ra- 

 tion, 12. 



Denia onion, 27. 



Distribution a factor in in- 

 tensive agriculture, 146; 

 of farm products, 144; 

 of onion industry, 24. 



Double cropping, 18. 



Downing, 103. 



Early potatoes for city mar- 

 kets, 21. 



Eastern grape industry, 82. 



Economics of intensive in- 

 dustries, 129. 



Economics of irrigated land, 



Evaporating, 73. 



Exports, decline in, 12; of 

 grain and bread stuffs, 

 12. 



Farm, return from average, 

 135. 



Farmer compared to artist, 

 136. 



Farming, intensive not re- 

 stricted to fruit growing 

 and gardening, 16; in- 

 tensive, object of, 16; 

 Single crop system, 14. 



Fashion a merciless mis- 

 tress, 128. 



Financial risk In breeding 

 live stock, 125. 



Flower seed, 105. 



Fluctuation of labor re- 

 quirements, 137. 



Forcing house, 18; industry, 



Forsyth, 103. 



Frame culture, 41; culture 

 insures crop, 43; farm- 

 ers, area limited, 44; 

 farming, 18; farming, 

 returns from, 42. 

 Freight rates, 144. 

 Fruit growers' exchange, 

 91; growing, 59. 



Grades, market, 14. 



Gideon, Peter, 103. 



Gladiolus, 101. 



Good seed, 37. 



Grain and meats kept for 

 future needs, 13. 



Grand Rapids Forcing let- 

 tuce, 51. 108. 



Grape culture and science. 

 83; culture, high art, 83; 

 industry, eastern, 82; 

 industry, Pacific coast, 

 82. 



Grapes, 81. 



Gravity brine cold storage, 

 61. 



Green bunch onion Indus- 

 try, 26; bunch onion, 

 perishable, 29; crops and 

 manure correct ill ef- 

 fects of fertilizers, 132; 

 crops more economical 

 than fertilizers, 132. 



Gross return from onion, 30. 



Grower, truck, 14. 



Growth, index of, 66. 



Hand glasses, 41. 



Handling of apples, 69. 



Harvesting apples, 68. 



Heated glass structure, 18 



Henderson, 103. 



High prices for superior in- 

 dividuals, 128; protein 

 corn, 100. 



Hill selection, 96; selection 

 of potatoes, 98. 



Hot beds, 18. 



Illinois Kxperiment Station, 

 100. 



Immigrants do not go to 

 country districts, 137. 



Improved methods of han- 

 dling fruit, 61. 



Increase in town and city 

 population, 13. 



