INDKX. 



325 



doned grain-growing, 165-^; the 



? laces not taken Into account,' i6s ; 

 he " Pine Barrens " of New Jersey 

 sclacted to illustrate the profits of 

 gram-growing in the East, 168 ; their 

 nature, 168 ; estimate of expenses 

 thsreon, 167 ; the product antici- 

 pated, 167 ; the favorable conditions 

 tha cultivator would enjoy, 168 ; 



the money value of his crop. 168: 

 great economy could be achieved 

 jn the cost of cultivating, 169; con- 



clusions, 169; also 177, 191, 192, 193, 

 210, 228, 2315, 242, 246-7, 264, 265, 271-2, 



COTTON, 107, 200. 



COTTON-GKOWERS, Southern, n3. 

 COTTONWOOD,26i. 

 CREDIT, buying a farm on, 25. 

 CROPS, Fall, 97. 

 CURRANTS, 129. 



DAIRYING, 288, 



DANA'S MUCK MANUAL, 199. 



DELAWARE, the State of, 166; the 

 river, 1*2, 16:. 



DENVER, 264, 277 ; Pacific Railroad, the, 

 262. 



DEPOPULATION, (RURAL) RURAL 

 DEPOPULATION-, chap. XI/VTII, s86; 

 the alleged decrease in t'.ie relative 

 population of rural districts, 2S6 ; no 

 Tacroaso since 1859 In the number of 

 farmers in the Biato of New York, 

 286 ; probable slight decrease in that 

 of New England, 286 ; consolidating 

 farms, 286 ; small farmers are sailing 

 oat and migrating, 287; reasons 

 therefor, 287 ; the changed character 

 ct the tillage, 287-8 ; the general use 

 of coal has reduced the demand for 

 labor, 2?8; labor-saving implements, 

 288-9; the supposed (TcKeueracy ot 

 the New Englaad Puritan stock, 289 ; 

 the migration from New England, 

 289-90; the assumption that Ameri- 

 cans prefer other pursuits to fann- 

 ing, 291 ; the rock a:id bog of New 

 England form a discouraging imped- 

 iment to agricultural progress, 290 ; 

 compensation therefor, 291. 



DIAliY, the keeping of one recom- 

 mended, 31. 



DICKINSON, AndrewB., 105, 106. 



DISTRIBUTION" (of farm products). 

 See EXCHANGE. 



DOCK, 232. 



DOGWOOD. 314. 



DOGS: their depredations oa sheep, 



DRAl N T ING DRAINING MY OWN, 

 CHAP. X,fo; the author's farm, 62; 

 situation of tho land thereon requir- 

 ing drainage, 6j-3 ; difficulties it pre- 

 sented, 63; blunders, 65; how re- 

 paired, 66 ; condition of the marsh 

 before draining it, 61; how success 

 was retarded, 67; evid;':ico3 of suc- 

 cess, 67 ; thd crops of iH-o on the rc- 

 c'iai;ne;lland, 63; DRAINING GENER- 

 ALLY, chap, xi, 69; general conclu- 

 sions from the author's experience, 

 69 ; extent of land to be drained, 69 ; 

 all swamp lauds and nearly all of 



some other kinds must be drained to 

 ba well tilled, b;; the many uses of 

 nnder-drains, 60-70; no one should 

 run into debt lor draining, -o : tilo 

 and stone drains, 71 ; draining by a 

 Mole Plow, 72; general directions, 

 72-3; covered mains recommended, 

 73 ; the q nestio n o f lab o r , 73 ; a case 

 where t'la rudest em-face drains 

 would ha^e changed bog into ; 

 meadows, i^j; tho stone drains on 

 tha author's f?.r;:> , 214 the author's 

 gamming np on, 3 \ s. 

 DROLf'l'H nab:tu:iHv "shortens Onr Fall 

 crops, 98; A LESSON or To-DA.Y(i&7o), 

 chap, xzxu, 189 ; the popular view 

 of hot and cold seasons. 189; the 

 Summer of 1870, effects of the drouth, 

 189-190; general character of each 

 Summer, 190 ; prooi'thatdrouth need 

 not be feared by th:>S',- who farm pru- 



tained there by right cultivation, 

 192 ; the iiicuiry : how are the people 

 tusre to obtain fertilizers? 192; an- 

 swered, 103 : irrigation might be ap- 

 plied profitably, 194. 



EARTH CLOSET, 123. . - - 



KA:> TERN STATES, pasturing in, 19. 



EASTERN STATES, the, 23, 25-6,37, 179, 

 189, 204,21=;, 279,311. 



EDINBURGH, 20> 



EGGS, 294-^. 



EO YPT, 164, 167. 



ELECTRICITY, 285. 



ELK, 278. 



ELM, w. 



KMERSON,R.-W.,44. 



ENGLAND, 70, 89, 164; (Western) 170, 

 178, 2txi. 



ERIE Co., Pa., 23. 



EUROPE, 35, 74, 156, i63, 170, 171, 178, 180, 

 219,238. 



EXCHANGE : EXCHANGE AND DISTBI- 

 BUTION, c!iap. L, 2 ; ; : the machinery 

 for disposing of surplus farm pro- 

 ducts imperfect, 297 ; tho abundant 

 r.pple crop of 1670 us an Illustration 

 taereof, 297-3-9 ; tipples should have 

 been us common tts bread or pota- 

 toes, 208 ; ttio actual f-icts, 298 ; cause 

 of both the waste and dtarncss of 

 cpples, 239-!,oo; consequent loss to 

 producers and coasunicrtt, 299-700; 

 tirnips as a further Illustration, 300 ; 

 disappointments of inexperienced 

 farmers, 300-1; hucksters and mid- 

 dlemen, 301 ; suggestion to have a 

 railroad purchase and sell farm p o- 

 ducts, 301-2 ; r .-suits to be expi-cud, 

 302: an objection answered, 302. 



EXHIBITIONS (AQBICULTDBAL) 

 AGKICULTUEAI. KXHIBITIONS, chap. 

 xxxviir,2^5; author h us attended at 

 least fifty, 2:^; concludes ttoey \\ei\-. 

 not what thoy might and should be, 

 22^ ; the i eform must begin with tho 

 people, 22;; the lot of the public 

 speaker, 225-6; wlint is needed to 

 render onr annual Fairs useful and 

 Instructive doiailed, 226 ; each fanner 



