IN-DEX. , 443 



PLATE PAGE 



XXV. Putting Up Native Hay in Nortii Park 165 



XXVI. A Field of Awnless Bronae Grass 166 



XXVII. Timothy Hay on Native Sod 169 



XXVIII. Grains Grown at Altitude Over 7,000 Feet. 172 



XXIX. Winter Wheats Dry Grown 178 



XXX. Some Western Flour Wheats 179 



XXXI. Some Western Peed Wheats 183 



XXXII. A Colorado Grain Field 187 



XXXIII. John Gordon and His Dry Farm Potatoes . 188 



XXXIV. Potatoes on the YU Ranch 190 



XXXV. Planting Potatoes (below) 193 



XXXV. Harvesting Potatoes (above) 193 



XXXVI. Cultivating Potatoes (below) 195 



XXXVI. Ditching Potatoes (above) 195 



XXXVII. A Good Potato Crop 199 



XXXVIII. A Perfect Shaped Sugar Beet 203 



XXXIX. Boys Thinning Beets 213 



XL. A Colorado Sugar Factory 220 



XL.I. Wheat Breeding by the Author 229 



XLII. Breeding Black Winter Emmer 240 



XLIII. A Good Use for Prairie-Dog Holes 244 



XLIV. The Wyoming Ground Squirrel 285 



XLiV. Sparrow Hawks and Cooper's Hawk 295 



XL VI. Summer Shade Adds Comfort 298 



XLVII. A Well-Sodded Wheat Grass Pasture 306 



XLVIIL A Beef Cattle Round-Up 306 



XLIX. Lambs in Feeding Pens 331 



L. "Full-Bloods" on Home Meadows 337 



LI. Many Cozy Nooks Adjoining the Range 3 76 



LII. Grand Mountains Add Beauty 388 



LIII. Modest and Neat Ranch Improvements ?88 



LIV. These Sod Houses Are Comfortable 392 



LV. The "A" Hog House 3?7 



LVL A Pull Set of Buildings 402 



LVII. Old Cottonwoods Lend Shade and Beauty. . . 412 



LVIII. Good Improvements — Trees Would Help... 417 



LIX. A Good Way to Leave the Tree Top 418 



LX. A Bad Way to Cut Back a Tree Top 418 



LXL An Artiflcial Forest 428 



