334 



INDEX. 



TAMARACK, 221,. 



TEKRITORIES.'the, 206, 249. 



TEXAS. 43, 201;, 206 : (Western), 260. 



TEXTILE' FABRICS, 242. 



THEBES, 266. 



THISTLES, 42. 



THREAD, 200. 



TILLAGE : THOROUGH TILLAGE, chap, 

 xvi, 96; rocky character of the au- 

 thor's own fields, 96; clearing off 

 stones profitable, 96; cultivating 

 wet lands without draining- un- 

 profitable, 97; the course a poor 

 man with a rugged, sterile farm 

 should adopt. 97 ; should reclaim 

 one field each year. 97 ; should plow 

 often, deeply and thoroughly, 98-9 ; 

 reasons therefor, 99 ; Fall plowing, 

 99 ; enriches the soil, 99-100 ; fences, 

 zoo ; the favored lot of the squatter 

 on the prairie, 101. See also, PLOW- 

 INGDP AININO FARMING . 



THE TIMES (London), 282. 



TIMBER. See. TREES. 



TIMOTHY GRASS. 38, 153. 



TOBACCO, 191. 



TOMATOES, 264, 296. 



TRIBUNE, the. New York, 188. 



TURKEY, 86. 



TURNIPS. See ROOTS, also 178, 264, 300. 



TREES : clearing off timber, 30 ; New 

 England must always be well wood- 

 ed, 34, 37. TREES WOODLANDS 

 FORESTS, chap. vil. 44: the author 

 not sentimental regarding the de- 

 struction of 44 ; utility the reason 

 and end of vegetable growth, 44 ; 

 profit the main consideration, 44 ; 

 the beauty and grace of trees, 44 ; 

 New England a favored section in 

 regard to tree-growing, 45 ; disad- 

 vantage of prairie land in that re- 

 spect, 45 ; trees once grew on " the 

 Plains," 46 ; tree-planting in Utah, 

 and its climatic Influence, 46 ; failure 

 of Congress to pass a bill encourag- 

 ing tree planting, 46 ; mistake of the 

 New York dairy farmers In destroy- 

 ing trees, 47 ; Spain, Italy, and por- 

 tions of France suffering from the 

 destruction of their forests, 47 ; 

 other illustrations of improvidence, 

 48. GROWING TIMBER TREE- 

 PLANTING, chap, viil, 50; propor- 

 tion of a farm that sh'ould be de- 

 voted to trees, 49 ; the question of 

 "too much land" and tree-grow- 

 ing, 50-1 ; the case of WestchVster 

 cited, In regard to tree-growing, 

 51-2 ; lt general application, 52 ; 

 timber should be culled out rather 

 than cut off, 52 ; the case of apple 

 trees applicable to all trees, 52 ; some 

 woodlands, the cheapest property 

 in the United States, 53 ; another 

 profitable field of labor, ^4 ; plant 

 thickly, 54 ; a common objection an- 

 swered, 54 ; the Far West and tree- 

 planting, 55. PLANTING AND GROW- 

 ING TREES', chap, ix, & timber gen- 

 eral on most farms, 56 ; suggestions 

 for locating trees, 56; trees once 

 pi anted cost nothing" for cultivation, 

 56 ; the soil is richer even after re 



peated crops of wood, 57 : poor land 

 Improved by growing timber on It, 

 57; springs and streams will be ren- 

 dered more equable and enduring 

 by tree-growing, ^7 : trees sliould be 

 set on all hill-sides and ravines, 5,7 ; 

 trees accumulate manure, 58 ; they 

 can be placed so as to modify agree- 

 ably the temperature of a farm, 58 : 

 author's experience, 58 ; trees on tho 

 crest of a hill improve the crops on 

 the slope, 59; trees may be placed 

 with advantage on banks of rivers, 

 &c., 59 ; a good tree grows as thrift- 

 ily as a poor one, 59 ; evidence there- 

 of, 60 ; diversity profitable, 60 ; wood- 

 lot should be thinned out, not 

 cleared, 60; tho future should be 

 considered when cutting, 60: evi- 

 dence thereof, 60 ; a plantation fur- 

 nishes employment at all seasons, 

 61 ; tree-growing will make springs 

 appear, and cause rain. 61 97. ABOUT 

 TREE-PLJCNTING, chap, xxiii, 134; 

 author's experience in raising Lo- 

 cust plants, 134 ; general counsel on 

 the raising of locust, and most other 

 trees, 135; sowing seed and raising 

 plants therefrom, 135 ; the raising of 

 Chestnut, Hickory.White Oak, 135-6 ; 

 how a farmer, having a rugged, 

 stony hill, should act, 136; profits 

 which can be realized, 137 : the util- 

 ity of forests, 137-8; tree-planting as 

 a field for adventurous young men, 

 138; how they should proceed, 138; 

 the great profits to be realized, 138 ; 

 drouths may bo expected as tho 

 country is more and more denuded 

 of its forests, ICG ; how stony land 

 may be advantageously used for 

 tree-planting, 215; treatment of 

 forests in winter, 307; summing up 

 of the author's views on, 314. 



TREE-FRUITS. See APPLES AND 

 FRUITS. 



TREE-PLANTING. See TBESS. 



UNION COLONY Ita location, 262 , 

 the city of Greeley its nucleus, 262 ; 

 irrigating canals of Union Colony, 

 262-4 ; doubts of the fertility of the 

 soil cf its location, 264; proved 

 groundless. 26 1. 



UNITED STATES, 27, 53 ; tho annual 

 hav crop of, 150, 151, 315. 



UTAH, 46, 76, 181. 



VEGETABLES, culture of, 35, 37, 90, 

 107, 168, 218. 264, 265, 266 ; the grow- 

 ing of market, as a source of profit, 

 ?','. 



VENICE, 74. 



VERMONT A grazing farm in North- 

 ern Vermont, 15, 25, 36, 48, no, 159, 



172. 



VINES. See FRUIT. 



VIRGINIA, 50, 80, 86, 140, 166, 191, 237. 



WALNUT, u, 60. 135, 136. 

 WARREN COUNTY, M. Y., 191, 192. 

 WARING, on drainage, 72 ; elements of 



agriculture by, 199; on drainage, 



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