TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



No. 1. A Stroke of Economy 7 



&quot; 2. Ornamental Trees 9 



44 3. Timothy Bunker, Esq 11 



&quot; 4. View of the Bird Law 14 



u 5. Guano in the Hill 18 



&quot; 6. On Moss Bunkers .19 



&quot; 7. On Subsoiling 22 



44 8. Going to the Fair 24 



&quot; 9. In Tall Clover 25 



44 10. On Horse Racing 27 



&quot; 11. At the Farmer s Club 30 



&quot; 12. On an Old Saw 35 



&quot; 13. Book Farming in Hooker- 

 town 37 



&quot; 14. Pasturing Cattle in Roads. 40 



&quot; 15. The Weaker Brethren 42 



&quot; 16. Curing a Horse Pond 44 



44 17. Domesticities at Tim Bun 

 ker s 48 



44 18. Takes a Journey, .. 52 



44 19. On Farm Roads 56 



44 20. A New Manure 57 



44 21. Losing the Premium 60 



44 22. A New Enterprise 63 



44 23. Making Tiles 66 



44 24. The Clergy and Farming. . 71 



44 25. Women Horse Racing 75 



44 26. Beginning Life. . 79 



44 27. An Apology for Tim Bun 

 ker 83 



44 28. On County Fairs 84 



44 29. At Home again 88 



44 30. On Raising Boys 92 



41 31. On Raising Girls 95 



44 32. A new Case of the Black 



Art 99 



44 33. A Letter from Neighbors . . 103 

 44 34.--The Shadtown Parsonage.. 104 



&quot; 35. Views of Dress 109 



44 36. A Rustic Wedding 113 



44 37. Saving a Sixpence 118 



44 38. On giving Land a Start.. . 121 

 &quot; 39. &quot; &quot; Boys a Start.... 125 



44 40. A Tile in the Head 128 



44 41. Jake Prink Sold 131 



44 42. The New York Central 



Park 135 



44 43. On Irrigation 139 



41 44. Feeding with Oil Meal. . . .143 



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No. 45. The Farmers Club 147 



k 46. On Bad Water 152 



&quot; 47. Cattle Disease 155 



48. On Seed 160 



4 49. On Breastworks in War. . . 163 



44 50. Lightning Rods 166 



41 51. Buying a Farm 170 



&quot; 52. Topdressing and Feeding 



Aftermath 174 



4t 53. Painting Buildings 178 



&quot; 54. The Value of Muck 182 



&quot; 55. On Family Horses 186 



&quot; 56. The Horn-ail 191 



44 57. A Commentary on Roots.. 194 

 14 58. Stealing Fruit and Flowers.198 



44 59. The Cost of Pride 202 



44 60. Swamps turning Indian... .206 

 44 61. Tim Bunker in his Garden .210 



&quot; 62.*-On Running Astern 213 



44 63. On Extravagance 217 



&quot; 64. The Farmer s Old Age 222 



44 65. On Sheep Traps 226 



44 66. Old Style Housekeeping. . . 230 

 44 67. On Keeping a Wife Com 

 fortable 235 



44 68. Starting a Sugar Mill 239 



44 69. Reasons against Tobacco.. 243 



44 70. Trip to Washington 247 



44 71. The Sanitary Commission.251 

 4 72 Raid among the Pickle 



Patches 255 



44 73. Raid among the Pickle 



Patches 260 



44 74. On Striking He 264 



44 75. Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. .268 

 44 76. The Pickle Fever in 



Hookertown 272 



&quot; 77. On Curing Pickles and 



Eating them 276 



44 78. The Cotton Fever and Emi 

 gration 280 



44 79. The Cotton Fever and Emi 

 gration 284 



44 80. The Food Question 289 



14 81. On Jim Crow 295 



41 82. The Eight-hour Law 298 



44 83. Base Ball Clubs 303 



&quot; 84. The Rise of Real Estate. . .307 



