INDEX 



575 



Plowing, breaking prairies, 58, 

 287-88, 346, 356, 367, 385; 

 depth, 120, 121, 328, 367, 449, 

 450n, 461, 476-77, 527; "hori- 

 zontal," 453; winter, 423. 



Plows, see Farm implements 

 and machinery. 



Plums, 58, 449, 450n. 



Polk, James K., cotton planta- 

 tion, 459; home at Columbia, 

 Tenn., 501-2. 



Pork, dietary value, 204; land 

 pikes and alligators useless 

 for, 143, 241; overemphasis 

 in West, 378; packing, 256, 

 413; plantation use, 487; 

 prices, 58, 241, 256, 317, 348, 

 379; production costs, 317, 

 345-46, 376. See also Bacon, 

 Hams, Hogs. 



Port Gibson (Miss.), 483-84. 



Port Sarnia (Sarnin), 541. 



Porter County (Ind.), organiza- 

 tion, 16. See also Squatters' 

 Union. 



Porter County Republican, 19. 



Postal service, reform, need for, 

 28, 389-93n, 504. 



Potatoes, diseases, 527, 529; 

 fertilizer for, value, 373; In- 

 diana, 58, 76, 240, 246, 359; 

 Maine, 527; Mississippi, 454, 

 487; nutmeg, 76; pests, 256; 

 prices, 58, 317, 345, 354, 483. 



Potosi (Mo.), Robinson visits 

 (1845), 436. 



Poultry, 348-49, 515. 



Prairie Farmer, The (Chicago, 

 111.), 269n, 322n, 363n, 364n, 

 426n; succeeds Union Agri- 

 culturist, 157n. 



Prairie West (Ind.), 402. 



Prairies, breaking, 58, 120-21, 

 287-88, 328, 346, 356, 367, 

 385; clearing, 355; climate, 

 57, 350; described, 52, 57-58, 



62-63, 119-21, 284-86, 288, 

 352, 358-59; fires, 118-19, 120, 

 288, 338-39; flowers, 286; 

 fuel, 289; water supply, 262, 

 286, 288, 350, 352. See also 

 Dairy farming, Farming, 

 Grasses, Soil, Timber. 

 Prentice, Ezra P., 306; Robin- 

 son visits, 308. 

 Prices, barley, 354; beans, 58, 

 354; butter, 350; calves, 361; 

 cattle, 261, 318-19, 348; coal, 

 410; cordwood, 419, 543; 

 corn: Chicago, 58, 317, 354; 

 Illinois, central, 419; In- 

 diana, northwestern, 58, 

 317, 327, 345, 370; Missis- 

 sippi, 483; 

 cotton, Mississippi, 450n, 483; 

 cotton seed, 483; cowpeas, 

 Mississippi, 483 ; farm 

 wagons, 351, 539; flaxseed, 

 354; harness, 351; hay, 327; 

 hogs, 250, 348; horses, 348, 

 395; lumber, 449; milk, 350, 

 470, 545; millet, 483; 

 oats: Chicago, 58, 317, 354; 

 Illinois, central, 419; In- 

 diana, northwestern, 58, 

 317, 327, 345; Mississippi, 

 483; 

 onions, 354; peaches, 256, 

 472; peas, 58, 354; plows, 

 349; pork, 58, 241, 256, 317, 

 348, 379; 



potatoes: Chicago, 354; In- 

 diana, northwestern, 58, 

 317, 345; Mississippi, 483; 

 poultry, 348-49; rails, 356; 

 salt, 327; sheep, 261, 326, 327, 

 348, 394; sweet potatoes, 483; 

 timothy seed, 312, 354; 

 wheat: Chicago, 58, 354; Illi- 

 nois, central, 419; Indiana, 

 northwestern, 58, 128, 240, 

 336, 344; 



