332 



INDEX. 



PO.the river, 74-5. 



PORK, 37, 99, 143,186, igt, 220, 238, 291. 



POTASH. See FEBTILIZEBS, COHM 



CIAL, also 109. 

 POTATOES, 88, 99. ESCTJLEXT P 



POTATOE8, CHAP. XX] X. 170; their 



productiveness, 170 ; cultivated uni- 

 versally in Europe, 170; they alone 

 form part of the every-day food of 

 prince and peasant, 170 ; the poor of 

 New England depended on them 

 when the grain crop was cut short, 

 171 ; formed part of the regular sup- 

 per in farmers' homes, 171 : the his- 

 tory of the Potato, 171 ; it is essen- 

 tially a mountainous plant, 172 ; it 

 may have grown wild on the sides 

 of the great chain traversing Span- 

 ish America, 172; everything there 

 congenial to it, 172 ; results attained 

 by the author in growing potatoes, 

 172 ; conditions which insure a good 

 crop, 172-3 ; swamp muck treated as 

 desciibed, makes an excellent fer- 

 tilizer for, 173 ; how to act where 

 such is not to "be had. 173-4 ; instruc- 

 tions to a farmer having a poor, 

 worn-out field of sandy loam, 174 ; 

 objections thereto considered, 174-5 ; 

 the potato blight, 17^-6; the kind of 

 seed to plant, 176 ; diillsare prefer- 

 able, in the author's judgment, 

 176-7; preparation of the soil, 177; 

 varieties considered, 177 ; growing 

 from tubers tends to degeneracy, 

 1 77 : the originator of a valuable new 

 potato entitled to a recompense,! 77: 

 also, 189, 264, 296. 



POTOMAC river, the, 53, 73, 140, 159; 

 valley of the, 317. 



PORTUGAL, 237. 



POWER- UNDEVELOPED SOTTRCES OF 

 POWER, chap, xlvii, 280; the farm- 

 er's sources and command of power 

 less than the manufacturer's, 280; 

 both have the same opportunities, 

 280 ; author's experience of the de- 

 lay and cost of plowing, 281-2 ; fur- 

 ther illustrations of the imperfect 

 means of plowing, 282; steam plow- 

 ing in England, 282-3-4; steam not 

 commended as a source of power to 

 the farmer, 284 ; reasons therefor, 

 284; wind as a source of power. 

 284-5; the farther anticipated 

 sources, 285; the triumphs of the 

 future, 285. 



PRAIRIE, 24 ; prairies, the, of the "West, 

 213; the, 261. 



PRAIRIE STATES, 46, 83. 



PRUNING, u6. 



PUBLIC LANDS, 24, 46. 



PURSLEY, 125. 



QUINCES. See FETUTS. 



RAG-WEED, i2S. 



RAILROADS, their influence on the 

 progress of the "West, 26, 105 : sug- 

 gestions to have one act as factor of 

 farm products, 301-2. 



RALEIGH, Sir Walter, 171. 



" RANCHING" 292. 



RASPBERRIES, 90. 



REAPERS, American, 245. 



RED CEDAR, $, 157, 223. 



RED OAK, 19, ^3, 60. 



REPUBLICAN", valleys of the, 274. 



ROADS, 250. 



ROBINSON. SOLON, on fencing, 219. 



ROCK. See STONE. 



ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 206, 261, 262, 274. 



KOMFOED, England, 269-70. 



ROOTS, culture of, 35, 43 ; all seek heat 

 and moisture, 98, 126, 168, 206, 228. 242, 

 265 ; ROOTS TURNIPS EEETS 

 CARKOTS, chap, xxx, 178; Br.ti^h 

 and American climates compare as 

 regards turnip culture, 178-9 ; tur- 

 nips mav be profitably grown in tho 

 United States, 179 ; cattle breeders 

 should each commence with one or 

 two acres per annum, 179 ; the beet 

 better adapted to our climate than 

 the turnip, 180; its value to Europe 

 as a sugar producer, 180 ; reasons for 

 doubting that beet sugar will be- 

 come an important American sta- 

 ple, 180-1 ; beets will be extensively 

 grown under a better system of till- 

 age, 181 ; the author's experience of 

 growing carrots, 181 ; reasons for 

 not achieving eminent success 

 therein, 181 ; the carrot ought to be 

 extensively grown for horse feed- 

 ing, 182; its value as such, 182 ; the 

 oat degenerates in very hot, dry 

 summers, 182 ; roots valuable to di- 

 versify food, 182. 



RUTA BAGAS, 143. 



RYE, 21 ; winter, 43, 92, 143, 191, 192. 



SAGE-BUSH, 261. 



ST. LOUIS, 156. 



SALEM, N. jr., 166. 



SALT. See, FEKTILIZESS, COMMER- 

 CIAL; also 109,114,122,127,128,143, 

 147, 174. 



SALT LAKE, 46. 



SALT LAKE CITY, 112. 



SAVOYS, 271. 



SCHOOLS, 249, 2W. 



SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE^; Soi- 



BNCE IN AflP.ICTJLTtrRE, Cliap. 



xxxix, 231 ; author disclaims being 

 a scientific farmer, 231 ; men have 

 raised good crops, who knew noth- 

 ing of science, 231; science is the 

 true base of efficient cultivation, 

 231 ; the elements of every p!ant, 

 231 ; necessity for scientific knowl- 

 edge, 2- ; author's personal experi- 

 ence. 232; the assertion ot a Maine 

 essayist, as an illustration of the 

 need of scientific information, 233 ; 

 the diversity of opinion as u> the 

 value of swamp muck, as a further 

 illustrat ion, 233-4 ; analysis of soils 

 considered, 234 ; the necessity for 

 some standard to 50 by in manuring 

 land, 234 ; illustration thereof, 2ri-=; ; 

 science explains the impoverish- 

 ment of soils, 235; author's testimo- 

 ny on the value of science, from 

 personal experience, 236; a compe- 

 tence Is reserved for young men 

 fully conversant with agriculture, 

 236. 



