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INDEX 



Bradley, 284. 



Bravd, 248. 



Brazil, fallowing in, 197; present 

 status of dry-farming, 392. 



Breaking, \'irgin 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, ISO. 



Bulbs, on dry farms, 254. 



Burbank potatoes, 254. 



Burns, John T., secretary Dry- 

 farming Congress, 378. 



Burr. 115, 122. 



Burt oats, 241. 



Cache volley, beginnings of dry- 

 farming in. 356. 1 

 Cactus, on dry-farm lands, 305. j 

 Calcium sulphate, in arid soils. 77. ' 

 California, area, 26; type of rain- i 

 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 

 ■nalderness," 365 ; adoption of 



fallowing. 194; cultivation be- 

 tween rows, 163 ; subsurface 

 packer, 316. 



Canada, see also Alberta, Saska.tch~ 

 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 soil-water, see also Soil- 

 ivater ; 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, 252; 

 >nelds, 253. 



Cascades, description, 36. 



Catalpa, on dry-farms, 253. 



Catholic fathers, and early dry- 

 farming, 353. 



Cedar, 80, 253, 305 ; in Great Basin, 

 251. 



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 in, by 

 Indians, 353. 



Chilcotf, 200, 298; appointed dry- 

 farm expert. 373. 



Chile, durum wheat in, 237. 



China, dry-farming in, 353; fall 

 plowang, 195 ; present status of 

 dry-farming in, 397. 



Chinese date, on dry-farms, 252. 



Cistern, for water, 336. 



Civilization, and arid soils, 73, 351. 



