KENTUCKY, 50. KIT CARSON, the, 277. LABORERS, Farm--Dearth of employment for, in winter, a great and growing evil, 303. LAKES, the Northern, 165. LANCASTER COUNTY, Penn., 110. LANCASHIRE (England), 76. LAND. _See_ FARMING. LANDS, public, 46. LARD, 164. LIEBIG'S agricultural chemistry, 199. LIME, 104; as a fertilizer, _see_ FERTILIZERS, COMMERCIAL; _also_, 104, 110, 111, 120; oyster shell, 121, 122, 128; use in preparing for an orchard, 142, 143, 147, 167, 174, 192, 211, 232-3, 235, 306, 317, 318. LOCUST, the, tree, 53, 54, 55, 60, 134, 215, 223, 314. LOMBARDY, 74, 75, 76. LONDON, 269. LONDONDERRY (Ireland), 171; New Hampshire, 171. LONG ISLAND, N. Y., 166, 251, 315; Sound, 172. LONG'S PEAK, 262. LORING, Dr. George B. (of Mass.), 193. LUMBERING--How rocks in creeks are removed by a lumberman, 217. MACHINES, agricultural, 225. MAGGIORE, Lake, 75. MAGNESIA, 235. MAIDSTONE (England), 89. MAINE, 125, 171, 232. MANGANESE, 111. MANGOLDS, 271. MANUFACTURES, 164, 243. MANURE, 95. MAPLE, 287. MAPES, Professor, 16, 85, 114, 128. MARL, 109, 120, 122, 142, 167. _See also_ FERTILIZERS, COMMERCIAL. MARTINEAU, Miss., 187. MARYLAND, 166, 251; Eastern, 315. MASSACHUSETTS, 171, 193. McCORMICK, C., 86. MEATS, 150, 164, 167, 200, 201; meat will be ultimately conveyed in refrigerating cars, 220, 266. MECHANICS, 243. MELON, 226. MEXICO, 172. MICHIGAN, State of, 163; Lake, 156. MIDDLE STATES, 139. MILK, 115, 167, 171. MILLS, 249, 250. MINNEHAHA, the, 285. MINNESOTA, 25, 26, 36, 37, 163, 164, 168, 206, 249, 289. MISSOURI, valley of the, 20; State of, 168; the river, 260, 261, 279. MISSISSIPPI, valley of the upper, 20, 38; valley of the, 45, 69, 163; the river, 163. MOLE PLOW, the, 72. MONMOUTH, N. J., 166. MORMONS, tree planting by, 46. MORTGAGE, buying land on, 31. MIDDLE STATES, pasturing in, 19, 25, 69, 142, 179, 204, 215. MUCK, 95, 109, 116, 120; use in preparing for an orchard, 142. MUCK--HOW TO UTILIZE IT, chap. xxi, 124; chemists will yet be able to determine the value of all kinds, 124; use of muck profitable, 124; the author's trial of it, 124; how swamp muck forms, 124-5; its vast extent, 125; little benefit derived from applying it _directly_, 125; the true course to adopt to secure good returns, 126-7; practical evidence of its value, 127; the course to be adopted by farmers having few animals, 127-8; mixing salt with lime, 128, 147, 167; diversity of opinion about, 233; as an illustration of the need for more scientific knowledge, 233-4; as an illustration of winter work, 304; it is abundant and accessible, 304; proof thereof, 305-6; value of muck, 305; where to procure, 318.