INDEX 



111 



Increased home consump- 

 tion, 12. 



Increased production from 

 area cultivated, 15. 



Increasing population, 11. 



Indicator value of annual 

 growth, 66. 



Industries, intensive, eco- 

 nomics of, 129. 



Intensive crops grown as 

 single crops, 129; farm- 

 ing not restricted to 

 fruit growing and gar- 

 dening, 1C; farming, ob- 

 ject of, 16; farming re- 

 quires great expendi- 

 ture. 16. 



Irrigated land, crop rotation 

 on, 117; economics of, 

 116. 



Irrigation, 114; agriculture 

 cost of, 117; entails high 

 fixed charges, 115; of 

 celery, 36. 



Jellies, 73. 



Knight, Thos. Andrew, 104. 



Labor distribution, a factor 

 in crop rotation, 143; 

 requirement, fluctuation 

 of, 137; requirement, 

 maximum for most 

 crops greatly in excess 

 of average, 142; re- 

 quirements of different 

 farms, 138; supply and 

 crop systems, 130; sup- 

 ply great agricultural 

 problem, 138. 



Land, back to, 13. 



Latitude and climate, 117. 



Laws for protection of com- 

 mission business, 78. 



Lemon curing, 93. 



Length of growth, index of, 



Lettuce, 48; forcing, re- 

 turns from, 50; Grand 

 Rapids, 51; sorts for 

 forcing, 49 



Livingston, 103. 



Location of citrus groves, 

 89; of onion industry, 



Machinery, improved, part 

 played by, in agricul- 

 ture, 138. 



Maintenance of fertility in 

 orchard, 78. 



Management, citrus fruit 

 handling scientific, 15; 

 scientific, 15; scientific, 



citrus fruit handling, 15; 

 scientific, dairy indus- 

 try as example, 15. 



Market gardener, 14. 



Marketing apples, 74; of 

 apples by co-operation, 

 76; of citrus fruit, 90. 



Maximum labor requirement 

 greatly exceeds aver- 

 age, 142. 



Mendel, 104. 



JSXSS!."*. "$, 103. 



Muslins, 18; or muslin-cov- 

 ered frames, 18. 



Net return from average 

 farm, 135. 



" New Celery Culture," 39; 

 onion culture, 25; sorts 

 not needed, 109. 



Nlelson, 104. 



Nondescript seed, 108. 



" Non-restrictive season." 

 59. 



Nursery, 110. 



Object of intensive farm- 

 ing, ie. 



Onion varieties. 29. 



Onion industry, location of, 

 27; seed growing, 28; 

 seed growing regions, 

 28; sets, 26; storage, 29. 



Onions, 24; cost of pro- 

 duction compared, 31: 

 distribution of industry, 

 24; for transplanting, 

 25; from seed, 24; gross 

 return from. 30; under 

 irrigation, 28. 



Pacific coast grape indus- 

 try, 82. 



Part played by Improved 

 machinery in agricul- 

 ture. 138. 



Peach propagation, 110. 



Perfect fruits keep best, 62. 



Perishable green bunch on- 

 ions, 29. 



Personal equation in agri- 

 culture, 136. 



Pests of forced tomatoes, 

 55; of growing tomatoes, 

 55. 



Petunia seed, 105. 



Phylloxera, 81 



Planning the orchard, 65. 



Plant breeding, 95: breed- 

 ing carries element of 

 chance, 104. 



Plants for special purposes, 



