840 



INDEX. 



Farm Buildings Continued. 



Poultry- Houses, . .&quot; : V ; - ;* * . 667 



Repair-Shop, . . &quot;. . &quot; . 668 



Farming as an Occupation, .... 3 



&quot; Permanence and Independence of, . 8 



Profitable, . . . . &quot; . 9 



Farm Fences, . &quot; . ~ . _ 56 



To what Extent Essential,. . 561 



&quot; &quot; Removing of, . . . . 562 



&quot; &quot; &quot; Stone-heaps, . . 562 



&quot; Barb Wire, / . . . 570 



&quot; &quot; &quot; &quot; Erecting,. . . 568! 



&quot; Use of Stretcher, . 570 



&quot; Wire,. ... . . 570 



&quot; &quot; Embankments, .... 567 



&quot; Flood, . V ; .&quot; . . 569 



&quot; Hedges, . . . |if . 566 



&quot; &quot; &quot; Varieties of,. . . 566 



Planting of,. . .566 



&quot; &quot; &quot; Trimming of, . . 566 



&quot; Portable, 567 



&quot; &quot; Post and Board,. . . . 564 



&quot; &quot; Rail, . ,. . .563 



&quot; &quot; Preserving Fence-Posts, . . 564 



&quot; Rail, ...... 563 



&quot; Stone Walls, .- . . . 565 



&quot; Wire,. . . . . . 569 



Farm Life, Pleasures of, . . . . 9 



&quot; Mills, . ; . . . . 322, 323 



&quot; Roads, / . .; .; : . . . 558 



Farms and Farm Buildings, .... 582 



Farm Teams Horse, Mule, Ox, etc., . . 547 



Farm, Wastes and Wants of the, . . . 572 



Farms, Choice of, . ... :r ; v* . . . 582 



&quot; Large, Advantages of ,. . . . 583 



&quot; Small, &quot; &quot; . . . . 584 



&quot; Large, of the Country,. ... . 609 



&quot; &quot; &quot; &quot; Dalrymple Farm, 610 



&quot; Glenn Farm, . 612 



&quot; Quinn Farm, . 612 

 &quot; &quot; &quot; . Schaeffer &quot; etc., 



612, 613 



&quot; Model, . . . . -. i . . _ . 587 



&quot; Deerfoot Farm, . . . . 595 



&quot; Echo Farm, . , . . 586, 587 



&quot; Hillhurst Farm, . . . 604 



&quot; Long View Farm, . . . 605 



&quot; Lorillard Stock Farm, . . 603 



&quot; &quot; Mountain-Side Farm, . . 598 



Fertilizers, ...... ... , . . .. . 29 



American Guano, ... . 60 



&quot; Animal Dust, % ; . . . . 57 



&quot; &quot; &quot; Analysis of, . . 57 



&quot; Animal Excrement, Analysis of, . 38 



Application of Manures, . . 82 



&quot; Ashes, Coal, . . . . . 61 



of Sea Weed, . &quot; . . 62 



Peat, .... 62 



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Fertilizers, Ashes, Wood, , . . . 60 



&quot; Leached, . . 61 



Barn-yard Manure, . . .40 



Bat Guano, . . &quot; . . 60 



Bones, ..... 65 



Pulverizing and Reducing of, 65 



Charcoal Dust, .... 62 



Chloride of Sodium, Salt, . . 68 



Clover for Vegetable Manure, . 75 



Commercial, . . . . 36, 77 



Application of, . 83 



Analysis of, . . 38 



Composition of German Potash 



Salts, 70 



Composition of Manures, . . 36 



Compost Poudrette, ... 45 



Composts, . . . 51 



How to Construct a Pile, 51 



Caster Pomace, .... 57 



Cotton-seed Pomace, ... 57 



Deficiency of Potash in Common 



Fertilizers and Soils, . . 39 



&quot; Dried Blood 56 



Dr. Lawes Experiments with Ma 

 nures on Meadow Lands, . . 256 

 Elements Necessary to Supply Soils, 32 

 Elements of Plant Food, . . 31 

 Escape of Ammonia from Ferment 

 ing Manures, How Prevented, . 42 

 &quot; Exhaustion of Soils by Crops, . 36 

 &quot; Formula of, for Buckwheat, . 80 

 &quot; &quot; &quot; Field Beans, . 81 

 &quot; &quot; &quot; Fodder Corn, . 80 

 &quot; Hay, ... 81 

 &quot; Indian Corn, . 80 

 &quot; Oats, ... 80 

 &quot; Onions, . . 81 

 &quot; &quot; &quot; Potatoes, . . 81 

 &quot; Rye, . . . 80 

 &quot; &quot; Swede Turnip, or 



Rutabagas, . 81 



&quot; Wheat, . . 80 



Fall Fallowing 84 



Fallow System, The, ... 85 

 &quot; Fish, Fish Guano, Fish Pomace, . 57 

 &quot; Flesh, Blood, Hair, etc., as a Fer 

 tilizer, ..... 56 



&quot; Gas Lime, 65 



&quot; General Principles Concerning Plant 



Food 33 



&quot; Ground Limestone and Shells, . 65 

 &quot; Guano, American, . . .60 



&quot; &quot; Peruvian, ... 58 



Rectified, . . 59 

 Gypsum, .... 67, 200 

 &quot; &quot; Dr. Franklin s Experi 

 ment in the Use of, 68, 200 



&quot; How to Construct a Compost Pile, 51 



