430 INDEX 
Bradley, 284. fallowing, 194; cultivation be- 
Brand, 248. tween rows, 163; subsurface 
Brazil, fallowing in, 197; present packer, 316. 
status of dry-farming, 392. 
Breaking, virgin land, 305. 
Breathing-pores, see Stomata. 
Breeding, of dry-farm crops, 233. 
British Columbia, present status 
of dry-farming, 385. 
Broadcasting, 225; no place in dry- 
farming, 317. 
Brooks, Governor, president Dry- 
Farming Congress, 376. 
Broom corn, 245. 
Buckingham, 139, 149. 
Buckwheat, pounds water for one 
pound, 14; in rotations, 299. 
Buergerstein, 180. 
Bulbs, on dry farms, 254. 
Burbank potatoes, 254. 
Burns, John T., secretary Dry- 
farming Congress, 378. 
Burr, 115, 122. 
Burt oats, 241. 
Cache valley, beginnings of dry- 
farming in, 356. 
Cactus, on dry-farm lands, 305. 
Calcium sulphate, in arid soils, 77. 
California, area, 26; type of rain- 
fall, 39; soils, 75, 77;  soil-fer- 
tility question, 383; evapora- 
tion, 132; climate and plant 
composition, 272 ; evaporation re- 
duced by cultivation, 155; depth 
of roots, 91; fall planting, 215; 
fallowing, 196; pumping plants, 
341; cost of pumping, 344; 
wheats, 240; field peas, 249; 
water in crops from, 264; be- 
ginnings of dry-farming, 193, 
357; 359; present status of dry- 
farming, 383, 386. 
Campbell, H. W., work for dry- 
farming, 361; method summa- 
rized, 363; ‘‘a voice in the 
wilderness,” 365; adoption of 
Canada, see also Alberta, Saskatch- 
ewan; and Crimean wheat, 
238; continuous record of In- 
dian Head farm, 406; record of 
Motherwell farm, 410; present 
status of dry-farming, 391. 
Canal, irrigation canal, source of 
water, 333. 
Capillary sotl-water, see also Soil- 
water; soil-water, 106; thickness 
of film, 108; alone of use to plants, 
143; evaporation of, 137. 
Carbon, amount in plants, 171; 
assimilation of, 171. 
Carbon dioxid, in soil formation, 
54; absorption by leaves, 172. 
Carleton, 237, 261, 270, 271. 
Carob tree, on dry-farms, 
yields, 253. 
Cascades, description, 36. 
Catalpa, on dry-farms, 253. 
Catholic fathers, and early dry- 
farming, 353. 
Cedar, 80, 253, 305; in Great Basin, 
251, 
252 « 
Cereals, see Wheat, Oats, Barley, 
Rye, Grain. 
Chemical agencies in soil forma- 
tion, 54. 
Cherries, on dry-farm, 252. 
Cherson Station, 370. 
Cheyenne Wells, Colo., substation, 
366. 
Chihuahua, dry-farming 
Indians, 353. 
Chilcott, 200, 298; appointed dry- 
farm expert, 373. 
Chile, durum wheat in, 237. 
China, dry-farming in, 353; fall 
plowing, 195; present status of 
dry-farming in, 397. 
Chinese date, on dry-farms, 252. 
Cistern, for water, 336. 
Cwilization, and arid soils, 73, 351. 
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