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INDEX 



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, dry-farming in, 



370. 

 Kearney, 253, 352. 

 Khrirkow wheat, 238. 

 Kherson oais, 241. 

 King, 14, 85, 123. 



Lay (on, 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. 



LeClerc and Leavitt, 272. 



LeContc and Tail, 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. 



Loam, soils defined, 57. 



Location, of dry-farm, 413. 



Locust, on dry-farm. 253. 



Luceni or alfalfa, 247 ; as nitro- 

 gen gatherer, 249, 297 ; depth of 

 roots, 83, 88, 90, 247; amount 

 to sow. 224 ; water and jaeld. 

 346; seed, 248; water in, 262; 

 cause of failures, 249. 



Lyon, 74. 



Macaroni wheat, 237. 



McCoU, 32, 393. 



MacDonaJd, 393 ; Governor, called 

 first Dry-farming Congress, 374. 



MacDougall. 131. 178. 



Machinery, sec also Implements; 

 drv-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 drv-farm lands, 251, 

 305. 



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. 



Aiming products, nutritive value of 

 dry-farm, 276. 



Milo, 245. 



Mineral matter, in crops, 264. 



Minnesota, area, 27; soils of, 74. 



Mississippi Valley, description, 35. 



Mondell, president Drj^-farming 

 Congress; Smoot-MondeU 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; 



