BIRDS--INSECTS, BIRDS, chap. xxii, 129; birds our best allies against insects, 129; the destruction of birds not the sole cause of insect ravages, 130; birds should be protected and kindly treated, 132; associations should be formed to do so, 132; artificial nests, 133; legal measures to protect birds, 133. BLACK ASH, 30. BLACKBERRIES, 90, 158. BLACK WALNUT, 314. BLACKWELL'S ISLAND, 87. BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, 81. BOARD OF WORKS (London), 269. BOISSIERE, E. V, DE, 253-4. BONES. _See_ COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, also 118, 119, 192, 317. BONE-DUST, 174. BONES, flour of, 121. BONE FLOUR, 167. BONES, raw, 317. BOSTON, farm near, 15, 289. BOTANY, 30. BUCKEYE, 260. BUCKWHEAT, 21, 189, 191, 210. BUFFALO, 278. BUFFALO GRASS, 153. BURLINGTON, N. J., 166. BUTTER, 38, 164, 167. BRIDGES, 250. BRITISH ISLES, 178, 245. BROCCOLI, 271. CABBAGES, 264, 271, 296, 300. CACHE-LA-POUDRE, the river, 82, 262, 263. CALIFORNIA, 26, 76, 80, 159, 181, 260. CANADA, 48, 165, 289; creek, 75. CANALS, 105. CAROLINAS, the, 166, 315. CARROTS. _See_ ROOTS, also 143, 271. CARSON, the river, 81, 83. CATTLE, 15; Pasturing, 19-20; Soiling, 20; treatment of herds of, in the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, 20; rearing of, referred to, 35, 132, 150, 157, 219, 220, 224, 293. CATSKILLS, the, 172. CENSUS: the Seventh, 150; the Eighth, 150; the, of 1870, 286. CHAMPLAIN, the, basin, 72; lake, 279. CHAPPAQUA, 62. CHAUTAUQUA Co., N. Y., 287, 288. CHEESE, 38, 164, 167. CHEMISTRY, 30, 119, 196, 231. CHERRIES. _See_ FRUITS, also 129, 139, 294. CHESTER CO., Penn., 110. CHESTNUT, 54, 55, 60, 135, 136, 215, 314. _See also_, TREES. CHEYENNE, 262. CHICAGO, 164. CHICKENS, 295. _See_ FOWLS. CHLORINE, 114, 235. CHLORIDE OF LIME, 128. CHOLERA, 268. CHURCHES, 250. CINCINNATI, 156. CLIMATES, American, for the finer fruits, 156. CLOVER, 120, 153, 167, 318. CLUBS. _See_ FARMERS' CLUBS. COAL, 109, 288. COLONIES, advantage of settling in, 28; the course to adopt in organizing one, 28; Union Colony, 262; its location, 262; the City of Greeley, its nucleus, 262; irrigation canals of, 262-4; fertility of the soil at, 264. COLONISTS, English, 171. COLORADO, 181, 206, 317; river, 46. CONGRESS, 46. CONNECTICUT, 27, 171, 299; river, 194, 279; valley of the, 317. COMO, lake, 75. COMMON SCHOOLS, 196-7. COMMUNISM: Differs radically from Co-operation, 248.