INDEX. 



ACCOUNTS Aocomrro nr , 



chap, xxxv, 207; the causes of pe- 

 cuniary failure, 207 ; loss from waste 

 of time, 207 ; the author has found 

 all successful farmers rigid econ- 

 omists of time, 208; farmers urged 



to keep a rigid account of h 



rs urge 

 ow the 



dispose of their time, 208 ; keeping 

 a diary recommended, 208 ; what It 

 should contain, 209 ; accounts with 

 neighbors, 209; the farmer should 

 keep an account of the expenses of 

 liis farm, and the receipts therefrom, 

 209; importance of keeping an ac- 

 count with the several fields and 

 crops,2io; complication and uncer- 

 tainty in account-keeping consid- 

 ered, 210-u ; the advantage of keep- 

 ing careful accounts, 211. 



AGRICULTURE. See FARMING : books 

 on practical, referred to, 30. 



ALABAMA, 50. 



ALDER, 53. 



ALKALIS, as fertilizers. See FERTIL- 

 IZERS, COMMERCIAL. 



ALLEGHANY RIDGE, 39. 



ALLKGHANIES, the, 45,40,. 79,81, 136. 



ALPS, 75. 



ALPS, AUSTRIAN, 75 



AMERICA, 44, 170. 



AMHERST.N. H., 52. 



AMMONIA, 104,306. 



AMMONOOSUC, tho river, 134. 



ANTELOPE, 278. 



APENNINES, 267. 



APPLE, the, 53 118,129. FRUIT-TREEC. 

 THE APPLE, chap. xxix. 139 : fruit- 

 trees form a distinguishing leature 

 of Northern farms and holdings, 139; 

 tinequaled in that respect else- 

 where, 140; our country north of 

 the Potomac excels, in its supply of 

 tree-fruits, all other portions of the 

 earth's surface of equal area, 140; 

 the Northern States admirably 

 adapted to the apple and kindred 

 fruit-trees, 140; effects of such adapt- 

 ability, 140; give an orchard the 

 northern slope of a hill where possi- 

 ble, 141; the one which blossoms 

 latest, yields, on the average, most 

 i'ruit, 141 ; storing Ice to place un- 

 der trees, not recommended, 141 ; 

 Importance of drainage, 141 ; some 

 reasons for choosing sloping ground 

 for an apple-orchard, 141 ; the soil 

 for such, 142 ; preparation of the 

 coil, 142-3 ; treatment and care of 

 the land devotad to an orchard, 

 143-4 : MORE ABOUT APPLE TKEES, 



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chap, xxv, 1455 apple trees are 

 planted too far apart, and allowed 

 to grow too tall, 14^; consequences, 

 145-6 ; trees should be sot diamond 

 fashion, 146; pruning should be at- 

 tended to annually, 146; sprouts 

 valueless, 147 ; the demands which 

 apple-trees make on the soil should 

 be supplied, 147 ; apple-trees l:i the 

 township of Newcastle, Westches- 

 ter, N. Y., 147; causes of their un- 

 productiveness, 147-8; caterpillars 

 and their ravages, 148; duties of farm- 

 ers and fruit growers, 149 ; the abun- 

 dant apple-crop of 1870, 149 ; estab- 

 lishes tne capacity of our regions to 

 bear Apples, 149, 191,232,291,294; the 

 apple-cropofi87o,asanlllustrationof 

 the imperfect means of exchanging 

 farm products, 297-8-9 ; loss to con- 

 sumers and producers, 299-300. 



ARIZONA, 48. 



ARKANSAS, State of, 25,36; the river, 

 73, 261 ; the upper river, 274. 



ARTESIAN WELLS, 77, 277-8, 316. 



ASHES as fertilizers, 108-9, 127. 128; uso 

 in preparing for an orchard, 142, 174. 

 See also FERTILIZERS, COMUBB- 



ATLANTIC, the coast, 156, 178; sea- 

 board, 220; slope, 76, 157, 213. 

 AUSTIN, 46. 



AUSTRALIA, 138, 200, 238. 

 AUTUMN, 83, 97, 99, 116, 124, 173, 170.. 179, 



192, 193, 202, 202. 



BABYLON, 266. 



BALSAM FIR, 58. 



BALTIMORE, 165. 



BARLEY, 245, 265. 



BARN, the use of stono recommended 

 in building a, 216. 



BATAVIA YAMS, 271. 



BATTENKILL, 75. 



BEANS, 210, 271. 296. 



BEECH, 19, 53, 60, 287. 



BEEF. 37, 118,220, 294. 



BEETS. See ROOTS, also 143,232, 164, 271. 



BELGIUM, 70, 238. 



BERRIES, 90. 



BIRCH, 60. 



BIRDS INSECTS. BIRDS, chap. xsll, 

 129; birds our best allies against in- 

 sects, 129; the destruction of birds 

 not the sole cause of insect ravages, 

 130; birds should be protected and 

 kindly treated, 132: associations 

 fhould bo formed to do so, 132 ; arti- 

 ficial nests, 133 ; legal measures to 

 protect birds, 133. 



