Index

A Life in the Day of an Editor, iii

acidic soils, 57

acids, amino, 11-12, 14, 17-25, 27, 35, 79-83, 113, 120, 123-124, 161-165, 183, 185, 191, 227

Acres U.S.A., iii

activator X, 68

Albrecht Papers, The, viii

Albrecht, William A., ii, iii, viii, xi

alfalfa, xii, 19, 23, 25-27, 74, 99, 106, 121, 164, 183-184, 186

amino acids, 11-12, 14, 17-25, 27, 35, 79-83, 113, 120, 123-124, 161-165, 183, 185, 191, 227

ammonium sulfate, 95-96

Andropogon virginicus, 39, 49, 176, 225

animals, food discrimination, 61-70

Aristida, 40

beef, 233

bison, 73-75, 110, 213, 223

bluegrass, 62, 156, 158

Bogart, Ralph, 212

boron, 25, 113, 116-120, 164

broom sedge, 39, 49, 81, 176, 225

brucellosis, 131

buffalo, 110, 198

Burk, Virgil, 66

butter, 68

calcium, 25-26, 129, 153, 155, 157, 164, 210-211

calf, 228, 234

carbohydrates, 17, 36, 81-85, 113, 162, 229

carbon, 215, 230

carnivorous, 198-199, 216

cation exchange capacity, 80

celery, 150

Chernozem soil, 198

Cherokee soil, 184

Chestnut soil, 198

chicks, 67

citrus, 232

Clarksville soil, 19, 21, 22, 24, 102, 115, 163, 205-206

clay, 158

clover, red, 8-13, 15, 84, 115, 121

clover, sweet, 62-63, 103, 104, 125, 127, 129, 130

clover, white, 153-157, 159

clover, xii

cobalt, 116-118, 120

Compleat Angler, The, 72

copper and sheep, 59

copper, 59, 117, 118, 120

corn fodder, 114

corn, 48, 66, 103, 104, 107, 129, 130, 184, 187, 189-191, 200, 225, 229

corn, low protein, 83

cow, 1, 35, 45-51, 221-235

Crohn’s disease, xiii

crop, nutrient value, 90

deer, 202

disease and soil fertility, 125

disease, 86-87, 128, 131, 223

disease, hoof and mouth, 230

drought, 156

Dung Beetles, iii

Eco-Farm, iii

Effingham County Extension, xiii

Eldon soil, 19, 21, 24, 163

Evans, Gale, 29-33

Evvard, E.M. 66, 51

fall grazing and dairy, 41

Farmer’s Guide to the Bottom Line, A, iii

Feeding, xi

Feeds, xi

fertility soil & seeds, 133-147

fertility, pasture, 175

fertility, soil, 129, 175, 181, 204, 206, 209-219

fertilizer, 1, 2-4, 15, 35, 47, 115, 194-195, 203

fescue, 119, 230

Festuca elatior, 119

fish, 130

fodder, 114

forage nutrition, 45

forage, 90, 105, 185, 225

forages, nutrients in, 89

forest soils, 56

Frank, Bernard, 221

Gerald soil, 206

germination, seed, 134-147

glycerol, 211

grain crops, 41

grass and soil, 29-30

grass, 171

grass, brome, 81

grass, tickle, 40

green manure, 129

Grundy soil, 19, 21, 24, 163, 206

hay, 193

hay, lespedeza 19-21, 42, 69, 90-93, 131, 162-163, 167-168, 203, 225

hay, protein, 106

herbivorous, 110, 216

Hereford, 58, 110

Hereford, Texas, 112

hidden hunger, 129-132

honey, 153

hoof and mouth disease, 230

hunger, 129

hunger, hidden, 129-132

hybrid vigor, 200

Illinois, University of, xiii

Ingalls, John J., xi, xii

iodine, 132

Is Grassland Farming Bunk?, 29

Johne’s disease, xiii

kafir, 102

Klemme, A.W., 39, 173

lamb lameness, 121

lamb, 90, 92, 121, 167

lambs and grain, 58

lameness, lamb, 121

lespedeza hay, 19-21, 42, 69, 90-93, 131, 162-163, 167-168, 203, 225

lime, 57, 95, 98, 102, 106, 167, 169, 194

limestone, 101, 102, 121, 126, 127, 167, 201

Lintonia soil, 19, 21, 24, 163

livestock and soil fertility, 89

Long, Cliff, 44

low protein corn, 83

magnesium sulfate, 183

magnesium, 185, 186

Mainline Farming for Century 21, iii

maize, 119

manganese, 25, 117, 118, 129, 164

manure, 1, 38, 47, 103, 104, 177

manure, green, 129

Marshall soil, 99, 100

Mennick, Jess, 193-194

mesquite, 177, 178

milk, skim, 5, 8, 122, 124, 84

Missouri, University of, ii, 125

mowing, 38, 40

Newtonia soil, 183

nitrogen and pasture, 150

nitrogen and seed vigor, 135

nitrogen fixation, 3

nitrogen, 2-4, 6-9, 23-24, 83, 95, 96, 102, 114-118, 120, 121, 126-128, 137- 140, 142-147, 150, 155-156, 159, 185, 189-190, 201

nutrients, soil, 76-87

oats, 94, 105

Old Man’s Beard, 50, 176

Oliver soil, 136

omnivorous, 109

pasture fertility, 175

pasture mowing, 38

pasture systems, 226

pasture weeds, 46, 171

pasture, 35, 37-40, 42-43, 45, 233

Phleum pretense, 114

phosphatase activity in wheat, 134, 143-147

phosphate, 57, 91, 93, 95, 99, 100, 101, 106, 121, 126, 127

phosphorus and seed vigor, 136

phosphorus, 25-26, 102, 104, 105, 138- 145, 185, 201, 210-211

pigs, 66-68, 212, 227

Poirot, E.M., 47, 63-65

porcupine, 198

potash, 55-56, 95, 98-99, 104, 126, 127

potassium, 25-26, 98, 129

Pottenger, Francis M., xiii

prairie soils, 54-55

Price, Weston A., 67-68

Prosopis glandulosa, 177

protein in hay, 106

protein synthesis in plants, 131

protein, 3-4, 8, 15, 17-20, 35-36, 84, 94, 113, 114, 116, 119, 120, 123, 124, 144, 149, 162, 165, 201, 215, 225, 226

Putnam soil, 19, 21, 24, 97, 98, 103, 125, 163

rabbits, 4-5, 8-9, 14, 69-70, 84-85, 94-99, 100-103, 119, 121-123, 184, 186-191, 217

rainfall, 213-214, 217

rats, 67

red clover, 8-13, 15, 84, 115, 121

refractometer, xi

respiration in seeds, 145

Richter, Curt, 61, 67

root rot, 125, 128

Rose, W.C., 22

rot, root, 125, 128

Sanborn Field, xiii, 8, 15, 37-39, 41, 49, 171, 179

sedge, broom, 176, 225

seed germination, 134-147

seed respiration, 145

seed vigor and nitrogen, 135

seed vigor and phosphorus, 136

seed weight, 140

seedling vigor, 146

seeds, 133-147

sheep, 59, 167-169, 203, 232

Shrader, Wm. D., 206

silicon, 77

skim milk, 5, 8, 84, 122, 124

Skow, Dan, xi

sod, 154

sodium nitrate, 96

soft wheat, 83

soil and grass, 29-30

soil fertility and disease, 125

soil fertility and livestock, 89

soil fertility of seeds, 133-147

soil fertility, 42, 47, 129, 149-151, 161, 175, 181, 204, 206, 209-219

soil nutrients, 76-87

soil, Cherokee, 184

soil, Clarksville, 102, 115, 163, 205-206

soil, Eldon, 163

soil, Gerald, 206

Soil, Grass and Cancer, xi, xii

soil, Grundy, 163, 206

soil, Lintonia, 163

soil, Oliver, 136

soil, Putnam, 125, 163

soils, acidic, 57

soils, Chernozem, 198

soils, Chestnut, 198

soils, forest, 56

soils, prairie, 54-55

soils, virgin, 29-31, 53, 112, 130, 176

soybean, 91, 92, 95, 97, 98, 106, 203

suitcase farming, 224

sulfur, 231

superphosphate, 126, 167, 169, 188, 231

sweet clover, 62-63, 103, 104, 125, 127, 129, 130

tickle grass, 40

timothy, 4-8, 37-41, 85, 94, 96, 106, 113-122, 124, 176, 177

town without a toothache, the, 112

University of Illinois, xiii

University of Missouri, ii, 125

vigor, hybrid, 200

virgin soil, 29-31, 53, 112, 130, 176

vitamin A, 68

Voisin, André, xi, xii

Walters, Charles, iii, viii, 221

Walton, Izaak, 72

weeds, 39, 49, 173, 230, 233

Weeds: Control Without Poisons, iii

weedy pasture, 171

wheat seedlings, 138

wheat yield, 179

wheat, 103-105, 134, 139-147, 180

wheat, high protein, 130

wheat, phosphatase activity in, 134, 143-147

wheat, protein levels, 135-137

wheat, soft, 83

white clover year, 153-154, 156-159

white clover, 153-157

wildlife, 197-207, 209-219, 228

wool, 72, 92, 93, 167-169

yield, wheat, 179

zinc, 117, 118, 120