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Bhould ho'.d himself bound to make 

 some contribution to his, 226; an in- 

 teresting and running commentary 

 should b3 given, 227-8; liberal pre- 

 miu-.ns should be given for profi- 

 ciency in farming, 228-9 ; need for im- 

 provement in the character of the 

 public speaking, 229 ; counties should 

 be canvassed to enrol exhibitors, 

 230; all in a locality should feel a 

 common interest in their fair. 230. 

 EYE-SMART, 125. 



FABRICS, 203. 



FAIRS. See EXHIBITIONS. 



FALL, the, 126. 173, 174, 193, 318. 



FARMING WILL FABMING PAT? 

 chap. 1. 13; will it pay considered, 

 13 ; the case of a man without capi- 

 tal, 13; difficulties common to all 

 pursuits, i3-"4 : Astor referred to, 14 ; 

 earning the first thousand dollars, 

 14 ; instance of remarkable success 

 in farming, near Boston, 15; case of 

 a farmer in Northern Vermont, 15-6 ; 

 Professor Mape's success, 14 ; profit- 

 able return from a fruit farm on the 

 Hudson, iy-5 ; that shiftless farming 

 don't pay admitted, 17 ; good farm- 

 ing profitable, 17; farming not rec- 

 ommended as a pursuit to every 

 man, 17 ; it can never be dispensed 

 with, 17 ; it is the first and most es- 

 sential of human pursuits, 17 ; all are 

 interested in haying it honored and 

 prosperous, 17 ; if unprofitable, it is 

 from mismanagement, 17; the au- 

 thor's aim in these essays, 17. GOOD 

 AND BAD HUSBA.NDBY, chap.ii. 18; 

 good and bad farming considered, 

 18 ; necessity master of us all, 18 ; 

 dictates the line to follow in farm- 

 lag, 18-9 ; application of the princi- 

 ple to pasturing, 19-20 ; illustration 

 of good farming, 20-1 ; excuses for 

 waste insufficient, 21 ; truths on 

 which good farming depend, 21 ; 

 good crops invariably practicable, 

 21-2 ; rarely fM to pay, 22 ; increas- 

 ing productiveness of the soil the 

 fairest single test, 22 ; where to farm 

 considered, 23; experience of the 

 author's father regarding Iho East 

 and West, 23; circumstances quali- 

 fying it, 23 ; the difficulties of the 

 pioneer's life, 2 5-4; purchase of an 

 " improvement '' recommended in 

 certain cases, 24 ; civilized places 

 are to be preferred for settlement, 

 24 ; co-operation m.iy change mat- 

 tsrs, 24; good firming will pay 

 everywhere, 2$; no one having a 

 good, farm advised to migrate, 2, ; 

 money Is mad 3 by firming near 

 New York as fast ns in the West. 

 25; where migration is advised, 

 and its advantages, 2;; troubles 

 attendant on buyi.ig o,i credit, 25; 

 the uest will g:-ow more rapidiy 

 than the East durim; fho nexttwen- 

 ty years, 26 ; the South invites im- 

 migration, 26; great inducements 

 ottered. 26 ; comuinad effort recom- 

 mended, so; good farming land 



cheapest In the United States, 27; 

 an incident in Illinois farming, 27 ; 

 counsel to intending purchasers, 27 ; 

 land cheap in every State, 28 ; ad- 

 vantages of settling in colonies, 28 ; 

 the first steps toward doing so, 28 ; 

 division of the lands, 28; laying out 

 the town, 28 ; the progress it ought 

 to make, 28 ; economy of capital ac- 

 complished, 28; PREPARING TO FARM, 

 chap. iv. 29; counsel intended for 

 young men unaccustomed to farming 

 2i> ; pitlence recommended, 29; pen- 

 alties ot over haste, 29 ; value of ex- 

 perience illustrated, 30; an inexpe- 

 rienced young man advised to hire 

 out, 30; procure books, 30; general 

 counsel, 31 ; how the course advised 

 differs from running into debt, 31-2 ; 

 experience and practico essential. 

 32 ; circumstances where theoretical 

 study is approved, 32 qualifying re- 

 marks, 32-3; be who has mastered 

 farming is competent to buy a farm, 

 33; exceptions, 33; a young man 

 should not wait until he ca:i buy a 

 large farm, 33; twenty acres ample 

 for $2,000 capital, 33 ; that extent is 

 sufficient to test "his uptitude, 33 ; 

 BUYING A FARM, chap. v. 34: it is 

 better to buy good land than poor, 

 34 ; poor land can be turned to ac- 

 count, 34; the smallest farm should 

 have its strip of forest, 34 ; advantage 

 of New England and countries of 

 like surface over very fertile re- 

 gions, 34 ; cannot bo divested of for- 

 est, 34; "Five Acres" or "Ten 

 Acres*' not sufficient, 35; excep- 

 tions, 35 ; genuine farms, the general 

 want, 35; the remark "hd has too 

 much land," 35 ; some men specially 

 adapted for large farms, 35 : indi- 

 vidual circumstances control, 35 ; 

 counsel to a young man intent on 

 buying a farm, jf> ; means of buying 

 to be the main guide^ ; capital the 

 true limit, 36; New England farms 

 comparatively as cheap as Western, 

 35 ; migration urged only for those 

 who cannot buy farms in the Old 

 States, 36 ; success of the butter- 

 makers of Vermont, 36; also of 

 New York cheese dairymen, 36; in- 

 superable barriers in the East to ef- 

 fective cultivation, 37 ; cultivation 

 by stsam must render large farms 

 necessary, 37; grain growing not 

 likely to be extended in tho East. 

 s? : the West to be the source of 

 supply of bread-corn to the East, 

 sy; main considerations in b lying 

 land in the Eastern States, 37 ; in the 

 AVest the case is different, 37 ; tocial 

 considerations, 38; make a p;ina- 

 nent investment, 38: have confid- 

 ence that industry will be rewarded, 

 38 ; L\YING OFF A FARM, chap, vi, 

 39; tha surface and siil of a farm 

 should be carefully studied, 39 ; mis- 



