FARMERS' CLUBS--FARMERS' CLUBS, chap. xliii, 254; farmers divide into two classes, 254; characteristics of those who do too little work, 255; the farmers who work too much, 255; illustration thereof, 255; value of the club to them, 256; who should form the club, 256; its rules, 256-7; the chief end to be attained, 257; habits of observation and reflection, 257; evidence of the need thereof, 257; a genuine interest in their vocation is needed by farmers, 257-8; false fancies to be removed, 258; the officers of the club, 258; grafts, plants or seeds for gratuitous distribution, 258; an annual flower show, 259; an exhibition of fruits, 259; the organization of a farmers' club is the chief difficulty, 259; how removed, 259. FARM IMPLEMENTS--FARM IMPLEMENTS, chap. xli, 237; labor arduous enough without adding inefficient implements, 237; improvements therein during fifty years, 237; proofs thereof, 237; the inferior implements used in the greater part of Europe, 237-8; the claim of inventors or their agents to attention, 238-9; the stock of an implement warehouse, 239; a co-operative plan will be found necessary to secure the needful implements, 240; reasons therefor, 240; greater inventions are certain to be made, 241; inventions for plowing, 241. FENCES, 100-1. FENCES AND FENCING, chap. xxxvii, 219; excessive fencing general, 219; fences are commonly dispensed with in France and other parts of Europe, 219; drivers must there keep their cattle from injuring the wayside crops, 219; American railroads have largely superseded cattle-driving, 220; fresh meat will ultimately come from the Prairies, in refrigerating cars, 220; owners of animals should be responsible for their care, 220-221; fencing bears with special severity on the pioneer, 221; fences, where necessary, are a deplorable necessity, 221; obstacles to introducing ditches and hedges, 221-2; wire fences, 222; stone walls, 222; rail fences, 222-3; posts and boards are the cheapest material for fences, 223; Red Cedar posts, 223; Locust posts, 223; posts set top-end down last longest, 224; general conclusions, 224; forms one of the pioneer's many trials, 251; it is different, but not better, with settlers on broad prairies, 251; co-operation would secure an immense economy in, 252, 287; should be scrutinized in winter, 306; most American farms east of the Roanoke and Wabash have too many fences, 313.