INDEX 



573 



Naperville (111.), 321n. 



Nashville (Tenn.), Mechanics' 

 Association, 313n, 315; Robin- 

 son visits (1845), 502-3. 



National Convention of Farm- 

 ers, Gardeners, and Silk 

 Culturists, 26; address be- 

 fore, 525-29. 



National Society of Agriculture, 

 crusade for, 25-26, 87-90, 90- 

 92, 93-94, 152-56, 164-66, 166- 

 68, 207-12, 239-40, 281; first 

 meeting, 290; formation, 87n, 

 265-72; journal, proposed, 26, 

 208, 210; objections to forma- 

 tion, 156n, 164-65, 166-67, 

 207, 210-12; plans of organi- 

 zation suggested, 89, 208-9. 



Nauvoo (111.), 418n. 



Naylor, Dr. , Warren 



County, Miss., 495. 



Neff, William, 254-55, 268. 



Negroes, on plantations, arti- 

 sans, 455, 461, 486; clothing, 

 457; entertainment, 487; field 

 hands, 455, 459, 486; hiring 

 out of, 482-83; housing, 455, 

 487; rations, 453, 455, 459-60; 

 treatment of, 454; women 

 and children, care of, 456. 



Newburgh (N. Y.), 304. 



New Castle (Ky.), 247. 



New-England Farmer, The 

 (Boston), 26n, 109n, 269n. 



New Genesee Farmer, The 

 (Rochester, N. Y.), 26n. 



New Harmony (Ind.), 313n; 

 Robinson visits (1845), 505, 

 508-10. 



New Jersey, fencing, court de- 

 cision, 324-25 ; Robinson' s 

 agricultural tour through 

 (1841), 295-96, 301-4. 



New York, state fairs, Roch- 

 ester, 336n, 361-62; Syracuse, 

 304-8; Utica, 511-17. 



New-York Agricultor, The, Rob- 

 inson edits, 31. 



New York State Agricultural 

 Society, 26, 36, 306n, 307, 

 511-17. 



New-York Tribune, The, Robin- 

 son agricultural editor for, 

 31; Robinson resigns agricul- 

 tural editorship, 38. 



Nickel, 434-35, 438. 



Niles, John B., sketch, 258n; 

 letter to, from Robinson, 258- 

 59. 



Noble, Noah, 47n. 



Noel, Samuel Vance B., 131. 



Nonenclosure, 403 ; advocated, 

 320-21, 337-39, 357, 499; op- 

 position to, 364, 365-66. See 

 also Fencing. 



Nordyke, Hiram, 68. 



North, E. G., Robinson visits, 

 479-80. 



Norton, John P., 30. 



Nourse, Joel, 530; plow factory, 

 530-33. 



Nurseries, 304. 



Oakland County, Robinson's 

 name for northwestern In- 

 diana, 16, 51. 

 Oats, fertilizers, unnecessary on 

 prairie, 374; Mississippi, 456, 

 487; peculiarity of 1832 crop, 

 47; planting, 121; 

 prices: Chicago, 58, 317, 

 354; Crown Point, 317; Illi- 

 nois, 419; Indiana, north- 

 western, 58, 327, 345; Mis- 

 sissippi, 483; 

 production costs, 369; yield, 

 58, 240, 243, 346, 545. 

 Ogden, William B., 25. 

 Ohio, public lands, sales (1838), 

 95 ; Robinson's agricultural 

 tour through (1841), 253-57, 

 272-73. 



