INDEX 



421 



Late blight of potatoes, 368. 

 Legumes : 



bacteria in relationship to, 247. 



description of, 239. 



flowers of, 240. 



fruit of, 241. 



importance of insects, 243. 



inoculation for, 250. 



membership of family, 239. 



pollination of, 242. 



relation to bacteria, 247. 



relation to soil fertility, 245. 

 Leguminosae, 11, 239, 253. 

 Lespedeza striata, 303. 

 Linen fabrics, 353. 

 Listing of land, 72. 

 Lolium italicum, 220. 

 Lolium perenne, 219. 



Maize, 29. 



Malt, making of, 168. 

 Malt sprouts, 169. 

 Mammoth clover, 264. 

 Mangel-wurzels, 329. 

 Marketing of grain, 381. 

 Meadow fescue, 215. 

 Meadows : 



care of, 377. 



grass mixtures for, 372. 



improvement of, 378. 



rotations for, 371. 



seeding of, 377. 



substitute crops for, 380. 

 Medicago maculata, 302. 

 Medicago saliva, 279. 

 Melilotus alba, 298. 

 Melilotus officinalis, 298. 

 Millets : 



cultural methods of, 227. 



seeding of, 227. 



substitute crops, 227. 



uses, 226. 



yield of, 227. 

 Millets, kinds of : 



barnyard, 225. 



broom-corn, 224. 



common, 222. 



foxtail, 221. 



German, 223. 



Millets, kinds of continued : 



Hungarian, 223. 



pearl, 226. 



Milling of wheat, 115. 

 Milo, 234. 

 Miscellaneous crops, 12. 



Names of plants, 5. 

 Nonsaccharine sorghums, 232. 



Oats: 



adaptation of, 154. 



botanical characters of, 145. 



culture of, 155. 



exports of, 153. 



fertilizers for, 157. 



flowers of, 147. 



fungous diseases of, 162. 



harvesting of, 160. 



history of, 145. 



improvement of, 161. 



insect enemies of, 162. 



leaves of, 146. 



preparing land for, 156. 



production of, 152. 



rotations for, 155. 



seeding of, 158. 



spikelets of, 146. 



types of, 150. 



uses of, 150. 



varieties of, 150. 



variety tests of, 161. 

 Oil cake, 344. 

 Orchard grass : 



adaptation, 211. 



cultural methods, 212. 



description, 210. 



distribution, 211. 



seed, weight per bushel, 211. 



uses, 211. 

 Oryza sativa, 184. 



Panicum crus-galli, 225. 

 Panicum miliaceum, 224. 

 Papilionacese, 239. 

 Pastures : 



care of, 377. 



grass mixtures for, 372. 



improvement of, 378. 



