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Index 



Remuneration in agriculture, 7. 



Renter and renting discussed, 40. 



Road to farm, 63. 



Road fences, may be discarded, 339. 



Root cellar, location of in barn, 270. 



Rosendale cement, proportion to mix, 

 274. 



Rural life; advantages and disad- 

 vantages, 2; greatest advantage of, 5. 



Rural population, wants and aspira- 

 tions, 19. 



Sanitation, 204. 



Scenery, natural, its value, 58. 



SchcEufield, Mr. G., an intensive agri- 

 culturist, 22; his crops and their 

 value, 23. 



School, district, sketch of a day in, 47. 



School children, effects of massing, 44. 



Schools, rural, 43. 



Sewage, 204. 



Shadows cast by walls, 106. 



Ship construction of houses, 128. 



Silos, 316. 



Silo, reference to use of, 337. 



Smith, Mrs. M. R., chap, xi, 193; chap, 

 xii, 204; chap, xiii, 224. 



Soil and subsoil for house location, 

 80. 



Soiling system, referred to, 337, 338. 



Stable floors, 292; wooden ones prefer- 

 able, 278; drip in, how constructed, 

 280; how to secure sanitary condi- 

 tions, in 277; stanchions for cattle, 

 284. 



Stalls for cows, how constructed, 285. 



Stock on the farms in U. S. in 1870 and 

 1890, 250. 



i Tillage, cost of, considered in land 

 value, 62. 

 Types of dwelling houses, 109. 



Van Vleet, D. F., chap, v, 65. 



Ventilation, 191; principles of, 283; 

 secured by swing windows, 282. 



Ventilators for stables, how con- 

 structed, 282. 



Veranda— a poor example, 96; outlook 

 from, 81; shading, 103. 



Vistas and views brought into the 

 landscape, 81. 



Warner, Prof. Amos G., quoted, 3. 

 Walls, stone, how to bond, 272. 

 Water for animals, temperature best in 



winter, 264. 

 Water supply and sewage, 204. 

 Water supply, artificial pools for, 262 ; 



for animals, should be in barn, 264 ; 



for buildings, 261 ; springs and 



streams, 264. 

 Water, cold, effect upon the animal, 



265 ; lime, retail price of per bbl., 



274. 

 Wells, 71. 



Wheat, production and cost of, 30. 

 Windows, swing, how constructed in 



stables, 282. 

 I Writing, matters of importance should 



be in, 71. 



j Yard (the house yard), chap, xiv, 237; 

 driveways and walks, 239; flowers, 

 247; planting, scattered and in groups, 

 339; the lawn, 243; vines and creep- 



I ers, 247. 



