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cessary. 40; a pasture to be first 

 selected, 40 ; what it should be, 41 : 

 the one great error in relation to 

 this matter, 41 ; weeds inseparable 

 IVom pasture, 42 ; treatment of a 

 pasture, 42-3 : it should have a rude 

 bhod, 43 ; fodder to bo brought to 

 c-ittle, 43 ; " too much " land and 

 tree planting, 50: farming in West- 

 Chester County, N. r., 51 ; manage- 

 ment of grass lands a test of farm- 

 ing, i5->; THE FARMKR'S CALLING: 

 chap, xxxi, 183 ; merits of farmers 

 as a class, 183; the author would 

 have advised one of his eons if 

 spared to attain manhood to become 

 a good farmer, 183: difficulties at- 

 tending the farmer's calling, 184 ; 

 author's reason for recommending 

 farming as a vocation to his son, 

 184 ; no other business in which suc- 



. cess is so nearly certain as it, 184-5 ; 

 farming conduces to a reverence for 

 honesty and truth, 185-6; it is con- 

 ducive to thorough manliness of 

 character, 186-7; advantages the 

 farmer enjoys in that reepjct over 

 persons in other pursuits, 187; inci- 

 dents of the author's experience as 

 a journalist in this regard, 187-8; in- 

 dependent position oftlip true farm- 

 er, i8S ; diulculties a young farmer 

 encounters as a pioneer, 24(5-9; con- 

 siderably obviated by co-operatiou, 

 250; co-oparatlon admits of wider 

 application, 250-1 ; fencing as an 

 Illustration of the want of co-opera- 

 tion, 251-2; wide adaptability of co- 

 oparation, 252-3 ; Mr. . V. de Bois- 

 si jre's co-operative farm, 253-4; farm- 

 ing: in Colorado, 265 ; mistaken calcu- 

 lations of inexperienced farmers, 

 299-300; summing up: the farmers's 

 calling, 30*4 ; American farming , 309 ; 

 good farming is and must ever be a 

 piying business, 310; thorough till- 

 age, 310; choosing a location, 311 ; 

 m-udjnce enjoined, 311-2; the greed 

 for land, 312-3 ; shallow culture, 319 ; 

 need for study and inquiry, 320. 



FARMS: LARGE AND SMALL FARMS, 

 chap. XLIX, 292 ; naked magnitude 

 has fascination for most minds, 292 ; 

 sjmis men can farm a township, 292 , 

 large farmers, 293 ; the opportunities 

 and expectations of the small farm- 



euauic us bu uispyusu wun BUIUJ 

 farms, 204; evidence thereof. 294. 

 fruit culture, 294 ; the production of 

 eegs and the rearing of fawls, 294; 

 the inducemsnts offjred to fowl- 

 breeders, 295 : this industry should 

 commend itself to poor widows, 295 ; 

 the growing of market vegetables, 

 296; ths proilts realized therein; 296; 

 gjneral conclusions, 296-7. 

 FARMERS' CLUBS FARMERS' CLUBS, 

 chap. XLIII, 254; farmers divide 

 into two classes, 254 : characteristics 

 of those who do too little work, 255 ; 

 the farmers who work too much, 

 255; illustration thereof, 255; value 



of the club to them, 256 ; who should 

 f jrm the club, 256: its rules, 256-7 ; 

 the chief end to be attained, 257 ; 

 habits of observation and reflection , 

 257; evidence of the need thereof, 

 2^7; a genuineiuterest in their voca- 

 tion is needed by farmers, 257-3 : 

 false fancies to be removed, 258 ; the 

 officers of the club, 258; grafts, 

 plants or sseds for gratuitous dis- 

 tribution, 258 ; an annual flower 

 show, 259; an exhibition of Iruits, 

 259; the organization of a farmers' 

 club is the chief difficulty, 259 : how 

 removed, 259. 



FARM IMPLEMENTS-FARM IMPLE- 

 MENTS, chap. XLI. 2^7 : labor arduous 

 enough without adding inefficient 

 implements. 237, improvements 

 therein during fifty years, 237 ; proofs 

 thereof, 237 ; the inferior Implement* 

 used in the greater part ot Europa, 

 237-8: the claim of inventors or their 

 agents to attention, 238-9 : the stock 

 of an implement warehouse. 239; a 

 co-opsrative plan will be found ne- 

 cessary to secure the needful imple- 

 ments, 240; reasons therefor, 240: 

 greater Inventions are certain to be 

 made, 241 ; inventions for plowing, 

 241. 



FENCES, loo-i. FENCES AND FENCiNa, 

 CHAP. xxxvil,2i9; excessive fencing 

 general, 219; fences are commonly 

 dispensed with in France and other 

 parts of Europs, 219 ; drivers must 

 there keep their cattle from injuring 

 the wayside crops, 219; American 

 railroads have largely superseded 

 cattle-driving, 220 : fresh meat will 

 ultimately come from the Prairies, 

 in refrigerating cars, 220 ; owners of 

 animals should be responsible for 

 their care, 220-221 ; fencing bears 

 with special severity on the pioneer, 

 221 ; fences, where necessary, are a 

 deplorable necessity, 221 ; obstacles 

 to introducing ditches and hedges, 

 221-2 ; wire fences, 222 : stone walls, 

 222 ; rail fences, 222-3 i posts and 

 boards are the cheapest material for 

 fences, 223; Ked Cedar posts, 223; 

 Locust posts, 223 ; posts set top-end 

 down last longest, 224 : general con- 

 clusions, 224; forms one of the 

 pioneer's many trials, 251 : it is dif- 

 ferent, but not better, with settlers 

 on broad prairies, 251 ; co-operation 

 would secure an immense economy 

 in, 252, 287 : should be scrutinized in 

 winter. 306 ;. most American firms 

 cast of the lioanoke and Wabasn 

 have too many fences, 313. 

 FERTILIZERS, Commercial. COMMER- 

 CIAL FERTILIZERS GYi-btiM, CHAP. 

 XVII, 102 : Gypsum might bo gen- 

 erally applied to cultivated land, 

 with proiit, 102 ; tliu case where it 

 costs $10, or over, psr ton, consid- 

 ered, 102 ; it should be used in all 

 stables and yards, 102 : on meadows 

 and pastures, 102 ; time and mode of 

 application, 10} ; how Gypsum impels 

 and invigorates vegetable growth, 



