THE INDEX 



531 



Irrigation, 248-268; application 

 of water for, 265 f . ; basin 

 method of, 256 f. ; benefits of, 

 267; border method of, 253 f.; 

 by dry farming, 251 f. ; by wild 

 or free flooding, 253; check 

 method of, 254 ff.; comparison 

 of methods of, 266 f . ; crop, 

 253; fall, 252; furrow method 

 of, 257 f. ; in regions of heavy 

 rainfall, 249 ; need of, 249 f . ; 

 over-irrigation, 264; sources of 

 water for, 262; spray, 260 f.; 

 spring, 252; subsurface, 259 f. ; 

 surface, 2536°.; winter, 252; 

 value of, 249; where used, 248, 

 249, 250 



Jefferson, Thomas, in connection 

 with rectangular system of land 

 surveying, 85 



Journal, 466 



Jump-spark system of ignition, 



507 f. 

 Jute, 31 



Keene cement, 167 



Kerosene, 495 



Kerosene lamps, 424 



Kilowatt, 431 



Kitchen, 329 f. 



Knot: bowline, 43 f.; elements 



of a, 36; principles of a, 35; 



slip, 45 f . ; square, 40 f . ; wall 



knot with crown, 37 f.; wall 



knot without crown, 39 f . ; 



weaver's, 41 ff. 

 Knots: for tying ropes together, 



40 ff. ; hitches and ties, 48 ff. ; 



in lumber, 112 



Lamp hours, 431 f. 



Lamps: incandescent or carbon- 

 filament for electricity, 434; 

 kerosene, 424 



Land: climatic cycles as affect- 

 ing value of, 73; description 

 of, by surveys, 103 f.; drainage 

 in relation to elevation of, 272 f . ; 

 method of acquiring government , 

 102 f.; number of acres drained 

 by tile of various sizes, 282 



Land grants: foreign, 101; gov- 

 ernment reservations, 100 



Land improvement. See Drain- 

 age; Explosives; Fences; Irri- 

 gation ; Roads 



Land offices: local, 102; national, 

 101 



Land surveys. See Surveys 



Lapsiding, 117, 121 



Lath, 316; for cleaning tile 

 drains, 297 



Laundry, 333 



Laundry tubs, 380 



Lee, S. C, 440 



"Left," definite meaning of, 4 



Levees, 298 f. 



Lighthouse Board, 171 



Lighting, 424-435; acetylene gas 

 for, 426 ff. ; electricity for, 

 430 ff. ; gasoline pressure sys- 

 tem for, 425; kerosene lamps, 

 424; oil gas for, 424 ff.; unit 

 of measurement for, 424 



Lightning : arrester for telephones, 

 458 f . ; damage by, 436 f . ; 

 flash, 436 



Lightning rods, 436-441 ; instal- 

 lation of system, 439 f . ; mate- 

 rial for, 438, 440; placing of 

 ground wires for (diagram), 

 439; theory of, 438 



Lime, 140 



Link, 9 



Link belts, 469 



Linoleum, 321 f. 



Linseed oil as vehicle for paint, 

 168 



Liter, 18, 19 



Lith, 160 



Living room, 330 f . 



Locust tree, 228 



Long ton, 17 



Loops at rope's end, 43 ff . ; bow- 

 line, 43 f.; slip knot, 54 f.; 

 spliced eye, 46 ff . 



Lubricants, 463 



Lubrication, 463, 465, 474; force- 

 feed system for gas engines, 

 522; splash system for gas 

 engines, 521 f. 



Lumber: classification of, 118; 

 conservation of, 127; curing 

 of, 114; defects in, 112 f., 114; 

 drying of, 114; finishing, 113, 

 116, 121; for fences, 226; 

 grades of, 118 ff.; grading, 



