Index 



349 



Household administration, economy 

 and comfort, chap, xiii, 224; a definite 

 income, 225; bargain-hunting, 229; 

 cash vs. credit, 286; economy of 

 health, 232; keeping accounts, 230; 

 reading matter, 235; systematic 

 buying, 227; the farmer's diet, 234; 

 the wife's share, 225. 



Improvements on the farm, 59. 



Inappropriate styles of architecture, 

 124. 



Inside finish, heating and ventilation, 

 chap. X, 181; baseboards, 183; facings, 

 186; finish, hard oil, 186; floors, 182; 

 patent mortars, 188; plastered walls, 

 186-188; picture moulding, 184; stairs, 

 185; wainscoting, 185. Heating- 

 steam recommended, 191 ; systems of, 

 compared, 190. Ventilation, 191. 



Land for market-gardening, 61. 



Lands, cheap, 56. 



Lawns, 243. 



Lawyer and the farmer, 73. 



Lawyer, province of the true, 72. 



Lawyers, 65. 



Level country, disadvantages of loca- 

 tion in, overcome, 78. 



Leisure and study, 13. 



Light and air, 106. 



Lightning, artificial, 322 ; brush dis- 

 charge, 326 ; discharges, 323 ; disrup- 

 tive discharge, 326 ; protection from, 

 324; protection from by metal roofs, 

 324 ; protection from by steam and 

 gas pipes, 325 ; protecting wooden 

 roofs from, 326. 



Lightning protection, chap, xx, 321. 



Lightning rods, 328-336 ; insulation 

 of, 331 ; joints for, 333 ; the condiic- 

 tor, 329 ; tlie ground conneetion,?334. 



Lime, proportion of, to sand in mor- 

 tar, 273. 



Lime, stone, retail price of per bbl., 

 274; water, retail price of per bbl., 274. 



Lumbering, effect of, 38. 



Manger for cows, cross-section of, 286 ; 

 how constructed, 285. 



Market-gardening, land for, 61. 



Mistakes in locating, ]00. 



Mortar, amount of water to use in mix- 

 ing, 275 ; how to mix, 273. 



Nature study, 111. 



Newton cattle tie illustrated and de- 

 scribed, 286. 

 Norris, H. H., chap. xx. 321. 



Occupation, selection of, 21. 



Old barns, remodeling, 298. 



Orchards, 340; care of, 341. 



Outbuildings and accessories, chap, 

 xix; 306; piggeries, 311; portable 

 coops, 309 ; poultry houses, 306 ; the 

 silo, 316. 



Outside covering, painting, chap, ix, 

 158 ; cornices, 164 ; painting the 

 house, 173 ; adulterated paints, 179 ; 

 analyses of paints, 180: oils for paint- 

 ing, 177; roofs— construction of, 165 ; 

 shingles 165, shingling 167 ; siding- 

 novelty and lap, 160 ; the projections, 

 158, 164; the water-table, 158; valleys, 

 173. 



Parents as teachers, 45. 



Piggeries, 311. 



Plain cornices, 126. 



Plan, ground, not adapted to country, 

 98; adapted to country, 99, 101. 



Plant-food, natural cheaper than arti- 

 ficial, 62. 



Pools in level country, 78. 



Pools in the South, how constructed, 

 262. 



Poultry Houses, "306. 



Quality in farm products, 32. 



Red River valley soil, nitrogen in, 37. 



Remodeling old barns, chap, xviii, 298; 

 combining several old frames, 299; 

 form of roof, 302; trussing to elimi- 

 nate posts, 301. 



