Index 



321 



Forcing, in greenhouse benches, 

 256; in pots, 258; period, 

 length of, 260; temperature 

 for, 260; varieties, 263. 



Freezing prevented by mulching, 

 109. 



Frost injviry, conditions that favor, 

 280. . 



Frost protection, 280. 



Fruit crops, value of, in 1909, 308. 



Fruit-trees, strawberries between, 

 51. 



Fuller, A. S., quoted, 134. 



Fulton, S. H., quoted, 193. 



Galusha, O. B., quoted, 229. 



Goff, E. S., quoted, 67. 



Grade, maintaining the, 164. 



Grades, 176. 



Grading, 173; field, 174; frames, 



177 ; machines, 176 ; scoop, 177 ; 



shed, 175. 

 Grant, W. C, quoted, 157. 

 Green, W. J., quoted, 130. 

 Greenhouse, forcing, 256. 

 Green-manuring, 45, 55. ' 



Ground Beetle, 277. 

 Ground, "new," advantages of, 



16. 



Hall, H. F., quoted, 98. 



Haltica ignita, 278. 



Hand setting, 37. 



HarpcUus caliginosjts, 277. 



Harrowing, 19. 



Heating for frost protection, 283. 



Heaving prevented by mulching, 

 108. 



Hedge-row, renewing, 246. 



Hedge-rows, ninner control in, 102 ; 

 training, 85, 95. 



Hedrick, U. P., quoted, 131. 



Heeling-in plants, 27. 



Hills, renewing, 246; runner con- 

 trol in, 102 ; training, 84, 91. 



Hoe, setting with, 40. 



Hoes, hand, 70 ; wheel, 70. 



Hofer, E., quoted, 290. 



Howard, W. L., quoted, 52. 



Insects, aid to pollination, 137 ; 

 control, 272. 



Irrigation, ditches and flumes, 

 78; frequency of, 79; furrow 

 system, 77 ; grade necessary, 

 76; in arid regions, 76; in 

 humid regions, 80 ; overhead 

 pipe method, 82; types of, 76. 



Jerolamen, Henry, quoted, 224. 



Kellogg, R. M., quoted, 185. 

 "Kevitt System," 68, 92. 

 Kevitt, T. G., quoted, 92, 223. 



Labor as affecting locations, 6. 



Lachnosterna, 274. 



Land, bedding and ridging, 20; 



fitting, 19; flat, advantages of, 



8; marking out, 33; plowing, 



18. 

 Lapham, J. S., quoted, 194. 

 Leaf Blight, 270. 

 Leaf Roller, 273. 

 Leaf Spot, 270. 

 Leaves for mulching, 114. 

 Liming, 57. 



Line, marking out with, 33. 

 List, W. H., quoted, 216. 

 Loading cars, 118. 

 Locations, 1 ; as affected by labor, 



6 ; as affected by markets, 3 ; 



as affected by transportation 



facilities, 5 ; as affected by type 



of farming, 5. 

 Longworth, Nicholas, quoted, 128. 

 Lygua pratensis, 278. 



Machines, planting, 40. 



McCue, C. A., quoted, 47. 



McNallie, C, quoted, 217; J. F., 

 quoted, 216. 



Manure for mulching. 111. 



Manures, advantages of, 55 ; com- 

 position of, 55 ; application, 56. 



Marker, peg, 34 ; sled, 34 ; wheel, 34. 



Market, general or ^wholesale, 3 ; 

 local or personal, 3 ; procession 

 of shipping districts in, 195; 



