324 



INDKX. 



BLACK ASH, 30. 

 BLACKBERRIES, go, 158. 



BLACK WALNUT;?!.!. 

 BLACKWELL'S ISLAND, 87. 

 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, 81. 



BOARD OF WORKS (London), 260. 

 BOISSIERE, E. V.,DE, 253-4. 

 BONES. See COMMHBCIAI/ FEBTELIZ- 



EE8, also 118, 1 10, 102,317. 



FsONE-DUST,i74. v 

 BONES, flour of, 121. 

 BONE FLO UR, 167. 

 BONES, raw, 317. 

 BOSTON, farm near, 15,285. 

 BOTANY, 30. 

 BUCKEYE, 260. 

 BUCKWHEAT, 21, 189, 191, Sio. 

 BUFFALO, 278. 

 BUFFALO GRASS, is*. 

 BURLINGTON, N. J.,ic6. 

 BUTTER. 38, 164, 167. 

 BRIDGES, 250. 

 BRITISH ISLES, 1 78, 245. 

 BROCOLI.27I. 



CABBAGES, 25^, 271, 296, 3=0. 

 CACHE-LA-POUDRE, tha rivor, 82, 262, 



CALIFORNIA, 26, 76, 80, 159, 181, 260. 



9^^P^' &> I6 5> 28 9 i cre " ek > 75- 

 CANALS, 105. 



CAROLINAS, the, 166, 3I5 , 



CARROTS. See ROOTS, also 143, 271. 



CARSON, the river, 81, 83. 



CATTLE, 15; Pasturing, 15-20; Soiling, 

 20; treatment of herds of. In the 

 Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, 20 ; 

 rearing of, referred to, 35, 132, 150, 



157, 210, 220, 224, 203. 



CATSKILLS, thai 172. 



CENSUS : the Seventh, 150 ; the Eighth, 



150 ; the, of 1870, 286. 

 CHAMPLAIN, the, basin, 72; lake, 279. 

 CHAPPAQUA, 62. 

 CH AUTAUQU A Co., N. Y., 287, 288. 

 CHEESE, 38, 164, 167. 

 CHEMISTRY, y,, i 19, 196, 231. 

 CHERRIES. /S'ee FRUITS, also 129, 139, 



CHESTER CO.,Penn., no. 



CHESTNUT,54, 55, 60, 135, 136,215,314. 

 See aho, TT.EES. 



CHEYENNE, 262. 



CHICAGO, 104. 



CHICKEN 8,295. -Cfea FotTi.3 



CHLORINE, 114,23=. 



CHLORIDE OF LIME, izO. 



CHOLERA, 263. 



CHURCHES. 250. 



CINCINNATI, 156. 



CLI MBYTES, American, for toe finer 

 fruits, is,6. 



CLOVER, 120, 1=3, 167, 318. 



CLUBS. Se. FABSCEBS' CLUBS. 



COAL, ico, 283. 



COLONIES, advantage of settling In, 

 20: tho course to adopt in organiz- 

 ing one, 28; Union Colony, 262; its 

 location, 262: tho City of Greelcy, 

 its nucleus, 262 ; irrigating canals of, 

 262-4 ; fertility of the soil at, 264. 



COLONISTS, Engliah, 171. 



COLORADO, 181,206,317; rivor, 46. 



CONGRESS, 46. 



CON>7ECTTCUT. 27, 171, 299; river, 104, 

 279; valley of the, 317. 



COMO,lake,75. 



COMMON SCHOOLS, 196-7. 



COMMUNISM: Differs radically from 

 Co-operation, 248. 



CONCLUSIONS, General, SUMMING UP 

 CHAP. LII, 308; the facts set forth in 

 the essays, 308 ; common misrepre- 

 sentations, 1508-9; object of the au- 

 thor in writing these essays, 309; 

 the propositions sought to be estab- 

 lished therein, 310; good farming 

 must ever be a paying business, 310 ; 



thorough tillage advocated, 310; a 

 location should be permanent, 310 ; 

 the too great haste In incurring re- 



sponsibilities, 311 ; thegreedforland, 

 310; common abuses in fencing and 

 cattle-raising, 312-13; tree-cutting 

 and tree-plantfng, 314-15; under- 

 draining 



cultur . , 



and inquiry, 320-21 ; concluding re- 

 marks, 321. 



CO-OPERATION, reference to, in re- 

 gard to wild lands, 24 ; CO-OPERA- 

 TION IK FARMING, CHAP. XLIi, 248; 

 Co-operation is the word of hope 

 and cheer for labor, 248 ; ita mean- 

 ing, 248; differs radically from com- 

 munism, 248 ; the difficulties of a 

 young farmer who migrates to Kan- 

 sas, Minnesota or o.-:e of the Terri- 

 tories, 248-9 ; the ditlerent circum- 

 stances consequent on settlement by 

 co-oporation, 2^0 ; advantages of co- 

 operation not limited to colonizing 

 distant tracts, 2,0 ; would beneiit 

 colored men, 2=10-1 ; fencing as an 

 illustration of the loss consequent 

 on want of co-operation, 2^1-2 ; how 

 co-operation would remedy it, 2^2; 

 further application of the system, 

 252-3 ; Mr. E. V. do Boissiere's co- 

 operative farming, 254-5. 



CORN, 20, 21, 22 ; growing o'f bread-corn 

 castv.-ard of the Hudson, 37,43, 67, 63, 

 81, 86,83, 92, 94, 99, 103, 107, 1 13, 1 14,11?, 

 118,147. GRAIN GKOWISQ Eastana 

 WEST Cn.-.p. XXVIII, 162 ; hoeing 

 is of no ass to Corn, 162 ; the best 

 and cheapest way to cultivate corn, 

 162: the fields of the Mississippi 

 Valley are tho most productivo in 

 the world, 163 ; the tillage, in some 

 places, seemed susceptible of im- 

 provement, 163; the West is tho 

 granary of the East, 163; a change 

 imminent, 163 ; changes since twen- 

 ty-three vears ago when the author 

 Visited Illinois, i5j ; the course the 

 West will ultimately a>!opt, 164 : ex- 

 haustion of the soil in New England 

 jxad Eastern New York. 161; in the 

 Gencseo Valley, 165; Eastern Penn- 

 sylvania profits by a provident sys- 

 tem of hur.bandrv, i^s ; the States 

 this sldo of the Delaware will yet 

 have to grow a large share of their 

 breadstnffs, 165 ; can it be done with 

 profit now, considered, also, if the 

 East hao wisely, BO largely cban- 



