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INDEX. 



referred to, 103; Us value prac- 

 tically demonstrated in and around 

 Paris, 303-4 : the nature of Gyp- 

 turn, 104 ; the chemists' theory of it, 

 104 ; Its actual elfect assumed as the 

 basis 01 these remarks, 104 ; Gypsum 

 ought to be extensively applied to 

 pastures andslopes, 104-5 ; a farmer's 

 observations on its effects. 105; It 

 may be easily procured, 105 : its trial 

 requested, 105-6, soils can be im- 

 proved by means of calcined clay, 

 100 ; a successful trial thereof, 106. 



ALKALIS SALT ASHES LIMB, 



CHAP. XVII, 107 ; all our country's 

 surface might be improved by lie 

 use of suitable fertilizers, 107 . not 

 many acres but might be made more 

 fertile by their use, 107 ; compara- 

 tive exhaustion of the soil soon ren- 

 ders them necessary, 107-8 : the good 

 farmer's inquiry on the subject, 108 ; 

 the state or each soil respectively, 

 the truo guide in using fertilizers, 

 108. alkaline substances might bo 

 universally applied with pront, 108; 

 the hso of ashes considered, 108-9 ; 

 Marls of New Jersey , 109 : Salt. 109 ; 

 Potash, 109; the author's trial of, 

 109-10 : Lime as a fertilizer. 1 10 ; care- 

 fat tests of the value of Alkalis sug- 

 gested, uo-ii. SOIL AND FERTIL- 

 1ZKB8, CHAP. XIX, 112; the farmer a 

 manufacturer, 112 ; the opinion that 

 some lands are naturally rich 

 enough, 112; the great wheat pro- 

 duct at the Salt Lake City Plain, 112; 

 the author's experience regarding 

 the imperfect manuring of laud, 113 ; 

 more manure and less seed should 

 be applied by most farmers, 113: the 

 richest soils deteriorate after suc- 

 cessive crops, 111: Nature's law of 

 inflexible exaction, 114: rich goil 

 from the West exhibited at the N.Y. 

 Farmers' Club, 114; chemical an- 

 alysis made of same, 114 ; Professor 

 Mapes' remark thereon, 114; the 

 mistake of fertilizing poor lands 

 only, 115; better to produce the 

 same quantity of Com from a small 

 than a large area in certain cases, 

 115; barn-yard manure, and its use, 

 115-*; no farmer ever impoverished 

 by making and using manure of his 

 own manufacture, 117; Lime has 

 been used without advantage, 

 in; reasons therefor, in ; adulter- 

 ation of Lime, in : farmers advised 

 to be discriminating, in; experi- 

 ment recommended where there is 

 doubt, in. BONES PHOSPHATES- 

 GUANO, CHAP. XX, lib; wasteful 

 outlay for fertilizers, 118 ; fertilizers 

 needed and used la Westchester Co., 

 N. Y., u3; whero not needed, 119: 

 unprolltable HBO of Guano, 120; ex- 

 ceptions to the general rule, 120; 

 the other fertilizers, 120; author's 

 trial of Guano, 121 ; not of general ap- 

 plication, 121 ; experiments and 

 careful observation recommended, 

 122; results that may be expected, 

 123; the earth closet, 123; import- 



ance of it and kindred devices, 123; 

 oyster-shell lima is the best, 128 ; tlie 

 fe'rtilizers to be used in preparing 

 for an orchard, 142-3, treatment <( 

 swamp muck for potatoes, 173 ; fer- 

 tilizers for potatoes when muck 

 cannot bo had, 173-4; supposed ir- 

 quiry of the people of Warn :\ 

 <;o., N. Y., "How shall we obtain 

 fertilizers?" 192; answered, 193 ; a 

 Maine essayist on tourm 

 and its remedy, 2-12-3 ; necessity for 

 scientific knowledge on the effects 

 of,232 ; importance of some standard 

 to go by in using, 234-5 : the digging 

 and drawing of clay as winter work, 

 306 ; value ot clay for grass land. 306 ; 

 procuring commercial Iertilizers, as 

 winter work, 306. 



FRUIT : a profitable fruit farm on tbe 

 Hudson, 14; culture ot, 35, 37, 107 ; 

 ravages of insects on fruits, 129-^0. 

 PSACHES PBABS CIIEKKIES 

 GRAPES, CHAP. XXVII, 156; adapt- 

 ability of American climates as re- 

 gards fruit-growing, 1:7; why the 

 climates of some sections are un- 

 favorable for the most valued tree 

 fruits, 156-7; author's personal ob- 

 servations, 157; difficulties attend- 

 ing the growing of the finer Iruits, 

 1=8; counsel tnercon 1o farmers 

 mainly engaged in the production 

 of grain and cattle, 157-8; grt'pe- 

 growing, 159; the mistake of neglect- 

 ing vines, 159; experiment recom- 

 mended, 159 ; necessary precautions, 

 160; the course recommended to a 

 fanner who proposes to grow pears, 

 peaches, and qninc.-s, 160-1, 168, 228, 

 232, 259 : the descriptions of fruit 

 grown Dy small farmers, 294 ; fruit 

 culture would decline should small 

 farms be generally absorbed into 

 larger, 294 ; treatment of fruit-trees 

 in winter , 307. 



GAMMA GRASS, 261. 

 UAIJDA,Lake,75. 



GENESEE, Valley of the, 163, 165, 292. 

 GEOLOGY. 30, 190, 231. 

 GERMANY, 289. 



GRAIN, 22, 35, 40, 107, no, 118, 125, 126, 

 13J, 157, 167, 169, 186, 200, 206, 228, 235, 

 239, 204, 2oo ; 291, 293, 294, 20. See also, 



^ COHN. 



G^Al'lCS/ie, 59, 140, 226, 294. See also 

 FRUITS. 



GSEA.T BASIN, the, 138.278,317. 



GR3AT BRITAIN, 179, 238. 



GRASS, 22, 40, 43, 67, 68, 95, 107, no, 121, 

 112-3, 191, 232, 238, 239, 264. See also 

 PASTUBINO AND HAY. 



QjjEELEr, Horace Arrival In New 

 York, n-4 : own experience of the 

 difficulties of securing a good start 

 i:i life, ij; remark of bis father to, 

 OT mifirration toward the West, 23; 

 own evidence of the value of ex- 

 perience, 30 ; is descended from 

 saveral generations of tree-cutters. 

 44; engaged for three years in land 

 clearing, 44 ; reference to Amberst, 

 N. H., hia birthplace, 52 ; description 



