INDEX 



565 



Cultivators, 349, 532. 



Curd, William P., Robinson 



visits, 250. 

 Curtis, J. B., 68. 



Dairy farming, prairies suited 

 for, 120, 143, 286, 350, 359; 

 New York, described, 545-47. 



Dairy products, butter, 120, 

 204-5, 280, 286, 293, 334, 350, 

 359, 515-16; cheese, 205, 286, 

 334, 350, 359, 515; milk, 143, 

 286, 293, 350, 470, 545. See 

 also Churns. 



Darlington, Dr. William, 280, 

 294. 



Davis, Charles A., 408n. 



Davis, Greer W., 441. 



Davis, William Noble, Robinson 

 visits, 405-7. 



Dawson, William Crosby, 269. 



Dayton, Aaron Ogden, 266. 



Deberry, Edmund, 269. 



De Bow, James D. B., 37. 



De Bow's Review, 37. 



Deerpark (111.), 412. 



Delavan, Edward Cornelius, 

 415n. 



Delavan (111.), 415. 



Delaware, agricultural societies, 

 280-81, 281n, 292, 293; Robin- 

 son's tour through (1841), 

 291-92. 



Des Plaines (Ouplane) River, 

 60, 403. 



Diet, change of, 204; sugar, 

 value of, 204. 



Dille, Lewis, 67. 



Ditching, side-hill, 453, 456-57, 

 460-61. See also Fencing. 



Dodge, Augustus Caesar, 268. 



Dogs, sheep herding, 143, 357, 

 395, 398, 400. 



Door Prairie (Ind.), 10, 52, 59, 

 334. 



Doty, James Duane, 268. 



Dougherty, John, 14. 



Douglass, John, 131. 



Downing, Andrew Jackson, 304, 

 553. 



Downing, Charles, 304, 462, 

 547. 



Drainage, see Ditching. 



Dresden (Tenn.), 448. 



Drill barrows, 302-3, 349. 



Drouth, effect on Ohio River 

 (1841), 247, 253; Illinois 

 (1845), 416-17, 422; Indiana 

 (1838), 106-7; (1841), 243, 

 244, 245; New York (1845), 

 512, 515; Ohio (1841), 255, 

 256; nationwide, 526-27. 



Dunbar, Col. Joseph, Robinson 

 visits, 486-90. 



Dunbar, William, 486n. 



Du Page River, 405. 



Dysentery, remedy, 77-78. 



Earle, George, 15, 17. 



Earthquakes, Missouri, 443, 

 444-45. 



East Chicago (Ind.), 60n. 



Economy of Food, The, or What 

 Shall We Eat, writing of, 34. 



Eddy, Ambrose, 68. 



Eddy, Russell, 68, 83-84. 



Education, see Robinson, edu- 

 cation, views on; Agricultural 

 schools. 



Eel River (Ind.), mill stream, 

 242. 



Eggleston, Capt. William, Rob- 

 inson visits, 459-62. 



Elgin (111.), 321n. 



Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt, 89, 

 240, 296; sketch, 213n; agri- 

 cultural experiments, 274 ; 

 letters, to Robinson, 297; 

 from Robinson, on western 

 farming, 259-64; National 

 Society of Agriculture, pro- 



