ILLUSTRATIONS 



Page 

 Solon Robinson, about 1872. Courtesy of Mrs. Jenny- 

 Gross, Orleans, Vermont Frontispiece 



Pennock's Patent Seed and Grain Planter. From Balti- 

 more American Farmer, July, 1850 28 



Robinson Account Book, 1845-1846 40 



Types of Hogs. From One Hundred Years' Progress of 

 the United States, pp. 61, 62, Hartford, 1870 122 



New Orleans, about 1850. From American Historical 

 Prints. . . from the Phelps Stokes and other Collections, 

 New York Public Library, 1932 170 



Cotton Plantation in South Carolina 212 



The Turpentine Industry. From One Hundred Years' 

 Progress of the United States, p. 95 222 



Tumbledown Mansion — The House of Farmer Slack. 

 From The Plow, April, 1852, p. 121 308 



House of Farmer Snug. From The Plow, April, 1852, 

 p. 120 332 



Solon Robinson, 1854 404 



Hen Show and Hen Fever. From American Agriculturist, 

 February, 1851, p. 56 434 



The Plow 488 



Old Fashioned Farm House 509 



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