THE INDEX 



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324, 339 ff.; house, 324, 326 ff.; 

 ice house, 356 f . ; machine 

 sheds, 353; milk house, 357 f.; 

 plan of farmstead, 325; repair 

 shop, 354 ff. ; root cellar, 350 ff. ; 

 silo, 342 ff. 



Farm implement, definition, 461 



Felts, or quilts, 160 



Fence lines as proof of boundary- 

 lines, 97, 105 



Fence posts, 226 ff. ; concrete, 

 232 ff.; corner, 231 f.; dura- 

 bility of concrete, 232; dura- 

 bility of wood, 227 ff.; metal, 

 235; method of bracing, 230 

 (ill.), 231 f.; preservative treat- 

 ment of wood, 228 f.; rate of 

 setting wood, 231 ; setting wood, 

 229 ff. ; wire attachment for 

 concrete, 235; wood, 2276°. 



Fences: all-purpose, 241 f. ; board, 

 226; commercial length and 

 weight of wire, 237 f . ; cost of 

 wire, 243 ff. ; durability of wire, 

 237 f . ; erection of barbed and 

 woven wire, 239 f.; for hogs 

 and sheep, 243; for horses and 

 cattle, 242; hedge, 223 ff.; 

 height of wire, 236. f.; rail, 

 221 ff.; staples for wire, 238; 

 stone, 221; stump, 223; tem- 

 perature effects on wire, 240; 

 temporary, 221, 230, 243; wire, 

 226, 230, 236 ff. 



Fencing, 220-247 (see also Fence 

 posts; Fences); primary con- 

 siderations for, 220 f. ; types 

 of, 221 ff. 



Fiber for rope, sources of, 30 f. 



Fir, 106, 124, 126 



Fire point, 465 



Fireplaces, 401, 406 



Flash point, 465 



Flax, 31 



Flexure, 65 ff. 



Float finish for concrete, 152, 



153. (ill-) 



Flooding: cause of, 81; for irri- 

 gation, 253 ff. 



Flooring: for barns, 164; for 

 houses, 163 f. 



Floors: cleaning of, 320 f.; re- 

 finishing of, 321; wax finishing 

 for, 319 f. 



Flume, 258, 259 



Flywheel markings for gas en- 

 gines, 516 



Foot: board, 127; cubic, 17; lineal, 

 7 ; reduction of fractions of inch 

 to decimals of, 8; square, 16 



Footing, 305 



Foot-pound, 462 



Force, 462 



Forces applied suddenly, 69 f . 



Foundations, 304 f . 



Fountain pen, not to be used in 

 field work, 2 



Frame construction (ill.), 307 



Frear, J. B., 28 



Freezing: as affecting tile drains, 

 297 f . ; effect of, on septic 

 tanks, 391; effect of, on silos, 

 344; of concrete, 148 f. ; of 

 dynamite, 186 f. 



Friction, 462 f.; coefficient of, 



462 f.; means of reducing, 



463 ff. ; non-friction devices, 



464 (ill.), 465 



Fruit growing: as affected by 



climatic changes, 74; irrigation 



for, 250, 256 

 Fuels: briquets, 419; coal, 417 f.; 



coke, 418; electricity, 419; 



firing of, 418; gas, 419; oils, 



419; wood, 418 

 Fulminate of mercury, 174, 176, 179 

 Furnaces, 401, 408 ff., 422 f 



Gallon, 17 



Garage, 324, 353 f. 



Gas: acetylene, 426 ff. ; air, 424; 

 anti-freezing liquids for, 520; 

 Blau-, 425 f.; for heating pur- 

 poses, 419; oil, 424 f. 



Gas engines, 366, 493-524; bear- 

 ings for, 518; cooling systems 

 for (see Cooling systems) ; cycle 

 for (see Cycle); cylinders for, 

 508; for laundry, 333; gaso- 

 line system for, 495 ff. ; ignition 

 in {see Ignition); locating 

 trouble in, 522 ff.; lubrication 

 of, 521; valves for, 514 



Gas tractor. See Tractor 



Gasoline, 494 f.; Baume scale 

 for, 494; composition of, 494 f. ; 

 system for gas engines, 495 ff. ; 

 temperature of ignition of, 518 



