INDEX 



Adams, , of Mississippi, 



463. 

 Affleck, Thomas, 491; sketch, 



213n; Robinson visits, 254. 

 Agricultural fairs, 290; Aurora, 

 111., 326, 335-36; La Porte, 

 Ind., 323, 333-34; Rochester, 

 N. Y., 336n, 361-62; Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y., 306-8; Utica, 

 N. Y., 511-17; suggestions 

 for, 361-63, 364-65. 

 Agricultural implements, see 

 Farm implements and ma- 

 chinery. 

 Agricultural periodicals, value, 

 108-12, 118, 223, 242, 244, 

 290, 420-21, 423, 431. See also 

 names of periodicals. 

 Agricultural schools, local, need 

 for, 88, 93; national, pro- 

 posed, 99-100, 208-9, 212. See 

 also Franklin College 

 (Tenn.)- 

 Agricultural societies, 317; state 

 and local, object, 211; Cass 

 County, Ind., 242; Delaware, 

 280-81, 292, 293; Greene 

 County, N. Y., 36, 306n; 

 Hamilton County, Ohio, 256n; 

 Hampshire, Franklin and 

 Greene County, Mass., 36; 

 Indiana, 244-45n; La Porte, 

 Ind., 26, 323, 333-34; New 

 Castle, Del., 281n; New York 

 state, 26, 36, 306n, 307, 511- 

 17; Philadelphia, 293; Union 

 Agricultural Society, 25, 26, 

 157n, 322n, 335-36. See also 

 Agricultural fairs, National 

 Society of Agriculture. 

 Agricultural textbooks, 97-98. 



Agriculture, experimentation, 

 need of, 317-18; legislative 

 aid, 91, 155, 167, 209, 232; 

 survey of state of (1845), 

 525-29; United States De- 

 partment of, 87n. See also 

 Farming, National Society of 

 Agriculture, Plantations, 

 Prairies. 



Agriculturist, The (Nashville, 

 Tenn.), 26n, 267n, 313n. 



Ague, 121, 159, 262, 356, 383. 



Akerly, Dr. Samuel, 366n. 



Alabama, public lands, sales 

 (1838), 95. 



Albany (N. Y.), 305-6, 536. 



Albany Cultivator, see Cultiva- 

 tor, The. 



Allan, Chilton, 267n. 



Allen, Anthony B., 156, 157, 

 214, 361, 497; sketch, 131n; 

 contributor to The Plow, 30; 

 editor, American Agricultur- 

 ist, 29; on fencing, 357; on 

 grain stacking, 345; sends 

 Robinson Berkshires, 138. 



Allen, A. B., & Company, 29, 

 31. 



Allen, Felix G., 442. 



Allen, Lewis F., 30. 



Allen, Richard L., 361; sketch, 

 157n; contributor to The 

 Plow, 30; editor, American 

 Agriculturist, 29. 



Alligators, see Hogs. 



Alton (111.), Robinson visits 

 (1845), 427. 



American Agriculturist, The 

 (New York), 29-30, 269n, 

 366. 



American Farmer, The (Balti- 

 more), 109n, 268n, 276. 



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