INDEX 



551 



Leather belting, 321. 

 Lettering, 32. 



Level, 45; adjustments of, 46. 

 Leveling, definition of terms, 



42; practice, 49; tile drains, 



73. 

 Light, unit of, 511. 

 Lighting systems for buildings, 



acetylene, 515; development, 



510; lamps, 511; natural, 



506; electric, 520. 

 Lime, for motar, 410. 

 Linear measure, 19. 

 Liners, 193. 

 Link belting, 323. 

 Loaders, hay, 266. 

 Locomotive boiler, 378, 528. 

 Lubrication, 189; choice of 



lubricant, 189. 



McCormick, Cyrus W., 181. 



Macadam roads, 160; bitumi- 

 nous, 163. 



Machine, defined, 186; ele- 

 ments of, 186. 



Machine shed, 473. 



Machinery, farm, 180; binder, 

 239; care of, 309; corn 

 harvester, 252 ; corn shellers, 

 299; definitions and princi- 

 ples, 186; elevators, 287; 

 ensilage, 273; fanning mills, 

 282; feed mills, 298; hay, 

 258; influence of, 181; in- 

 troduction of, 180; manure 

 spreaders, 292; motors, 313; 

 threshing, 278; spraying, 

 303; windmills, 339. 



Magnetos, 358. 



Manure spreaders, 292. 



Malleable iron, for machines, 

 197. 



Maps, contour, 52; final, 76; 

 preliminary survey, 66. 



Map making, 28. 



Maple wood, qualities of, 196. 



Markets, influenced by roads, 



143. 

 Materials, mechanics of, 402, 



406; used in machinery, 195. 

 Measurement of power, 316; 



of water, 134. 

 Measuring, 18; instruments 



for, 20; tables for, 19. 

 Mechanics, defined, 15. 

 Mechanics of materials, 402, 



406. 

 Meridian, guide, 39; principal, 



38. 

 Metes and bounds, surveys by, 



40. 

 Modulus of rupture, 408. 

 Modulus of section, 407. 

 Moment of a force, 402. 

 Monuments, 40. 

 Motors, classification of, 344; 



farm, 313; horses as, 327. 

 Mowers, 258; adjustment, 262; 



construction, 258; size, 258; 



types, 258. 



Newbold, Chas., 180. 

 Notes, field, 24, 50. 



Oak, as material for machines, 



196. 

 Oil cups, 192. 

 Open ditches, 103; capacity of, 



104; construction of, 103; 



cost of, 104; disadvantages 



of, 104. 

 Orchard irrigation, 121. 



Pacing, 23. 



Perry pneumatic water supply 

 system, 495. 



Pine, for machines, 196. 



Pipes, water, 491; flow of wa- 

 ter in, 492; sizes, 491; sys- 

 tems, 492. 



Plank frame for barns, 445. 



Planter, corn, 231. 



Plastering, 458. 



