INDEX 



Abyssinia, 44 



Africa, 23, 43-46, 57 



Agriculture, development, 11; food 



crops, 20; use of earthworms in, 



25, 65, 155; U. S. Department of, 



20, 40, 49, 173, 174 

 Agricultural Treatment, An, by Sir 



Albert Howard, 149 

 Anderson, W. A., 48 

 Angleworms, 23, 41, 90, 92, 150 

 Annelida, 26 

 Aristotle, 26 

 Australia, 23 



Backyard Exploration, by Paul Gris- 

 wold Howes, 28 



Bacteria in Relation to Soil Fer- 

 tility, by Dr. Joseph E. Greaves, 

 77 



Bear, Dr. Firman E., 40 



Biodynamic Farming, 155 



Biological Abstract, 167 



Blanck, E. 156, 166 



Blue Nile, the, 43, 44, 45 



Bollen, W. B., 156, 163, 167 



Brandling, 23, 89, 90 



Bruce Museum of Natural History, 

 28 



Caldwell, R. A., 47 



California, 47, 78, 83 



California Experiment Station, 47 



Celestial Dynamics, 171 



Ceylon, 23 



"Chemical Composition of Earth- 

 worm Casts, The," by H. A. Lunt 

 and H. G. M. Tacobson, 153, 154, 

 155-167 



China, 43, 167 



Citrus fruit raising, 78-79, 83 



Compost, 50, 68-71, 109-111, 116- 

 127; pit, 68, 69-70; large beds, 

 117, 123; nature's heap, 21 



Connecticut, 150, 155, 158-159 



Connecticut Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, 153, 155 



Crop rotation, 73 



Cultivated soil, 16, 158, 159, 166, 

 169 



Culture beds, 62, 85, 123-147; con- 

 struction, 134 ; drainage, 124 ; har- 

 vesting, 141 ; materials, 132 ; plans 

 for, 128-130; servicing, 138; 

 watering, 125 



Darwin, Charles, 8, 38-40, 52, 74, 84, 

 88, 94, 155, 156, 166, 177 



Dewworms, 23 



Djemil, 47 



Domesticated Earthworms, 14, 25, 

 56, 82, 84-93, 95; definition, 25 



Downs, D. B., 158 



Earthmaster Earthworm Culture 

 Bed, 131, 138, 139: care of, 140; 

 construction, 131; harvesting, 141, 

 materials, 132, 133 ; plans for, 145- 

 147 



Earthmaster Farm, 15 



Earthmaster System, 131 



Earthworm Tillage Farm, No. I, 

 155 



Earthworms, age, 100; alimentary 

 canal, 26-27, 39, 87; benefits of, 

 164; breeding habits, 92, 96; cal- 

 ciferous glands, 29; castings, 22, 

 24, 27, 29, 30, 40, 43, 46, 48, 92, 

 163, 164; chemical action on soil, 

 46, 49, 52, 53, 164; culture, 65, 

 94, 102, 103-147; digestive system, 

 26, 30, 50, 101; distribution, 23, 

 87, domestication, 14, 25, 56, 82, 

 84, 88, 93-95, 143; egg capsules, 

 71, 73, 85, 89, 98, 99, 113; en- 

 vironment, 24, 25, 61, 76; excre- 

 tion of humus, 10, 13, 22 1 family, 

 22; feeding habits, 28, 29, 31, 63, 

 164; food, 28, 29, 35, 36, 37, 109, 



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