436 
and plant composition in, 272; 
deep and fall plowing in, 195; 
milo in, 245; meat in oats from, 
261; windmill pumping in, 344; 
present status of dry-farming in, 
389. 
Kansas Station, 
370. 
Kearney, 253, 352. 
Kharkow wheat, 238. 
‘Kherson oats, 241. 
King, 14, 85, 123. 
dry-farming in, 
Layton, Christopher, dry-farm pio- 
neer, 355. 
Leaching, of soils, 60. 
Leaves, proportion of, 260, 261; 
work of, 171; stomata in, 172; 
loss of water through leaf sto- 
mata, 174. 
Leather, 110. 
LeClere and Leavitt, 272. 
LeConte and Tait, 344. 
Leguminous crops, 249; and fer- 
tility, 291; and nitrogen, 296; 
-in rotations, 299. 
Lentils, water absorbed by seeds of, 
209. 
Lime, in soils, 69; effect on soil 
structure, 101; and_ indirect 
fertilizer, 70; and humus, 70; 
and hardpan, 64; and bacterial 
life in soil, 291. 
Linfield, 369. 
Little Club wheat, 240. 
Live stock, and dry-farming, 293- 
296. i. 
Loam, soils defined, 57. | 
Location, of dry-farm, 413. 
Locust, on dry-farm, 253. 
Lucern or alfalfa, 247; as nitro- 
gen gatherer, 249, 297; depth of 
roots, 83, 88, 90, 247; amount 
to sow, 224; water and yield, 
346; seed, 248; water in, 262; 
cause of failures, 249. 
Lyon, 74. 
INDEX 
Macaroni whéat, 237. 
McColl, 32, 393. 
MacDonald, 393; Governor, called 
first Dry-farming Congress, 374. 
MacDougall, 131, 178. 
Machinery, see also Implements; 
dry-farming made possible by, 
302. 
Maine, composition of flour from, 
276. 
Malad Creek, 355. 
Mammoth potatoes, 254. 
Manuring, see also Soil Fertility; 
effect on transpiration, 185; and 
soil fertility, 293; diminishes evap- 
oration, 138; in rotations, 299. 
Marl, 65. 
Martin, 353. 
Mason, 252. 
Mayer, 269. 
Mead, 341, 344. 
Mennonites, and Crimean wheats, 
238. 
Merrill; 16, 224, 327; 368, 378. 
Mesquite, on dry-farm lands, 251, 
805. : 
Mexico, dry-farming in, 353; evap- 
oration in, 132; beans in, 250; 
corn in, 244; present status of 
dry-farming in, 391. 
Middle West, composition of flour 
from, 276. 
Millet, pounds water for one pound, 
14, 
Milling products, nutritive value of 
* dry-farm, 276. 
Milo, 245. 
Mineral matter, in crops, 264. 
Minnesota, area, 27; soils of, 74. 
Mississippi Valley, description, 35. 
Mondeil, president Dry-farming 
Congress; Smoot-Mondell Home- 
stead Bill, 425. 
Montana, area, 26; type of rainfall 
over, 40; soils of, 74; deep and 
fall plowing in, 195; fallowing in, 
196; pumping plants in, 342; 
