548 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



Mississippi River, high water, 

 191-93, 195; levee, 154, 



Missouri, sandblows, 86. 



Mistletoe, danger to oaks, 154, 



Mitchell, Americus C, planter, 

 466. 



Mitchell, John, 466n. 



Mitchell, Julius C. B., 466n. 



Mitchell, Katherine (Daniell), 

 466n. 



Mitchell, Mary (Billingslea), 

 466n. 



Mobile and Girard Railroad, 

 467n. 



Molasses, 164, 176, 179, 181, 

 186, 187, 197, 



Montague, Robert, cotton plan- 

 tation, costs, 241, 244-45. 



Montgomery, S. W., 130. 



Montgomery, William, 130. 



Montreal (P. Q.), carts and 

 drays, 440, 442. 



Moon, effect on meat, 40; on 

 vegetation, 48, 89-90. 



Moore, Edward, 71. 



Moore, M. B. (N. B.), experi- 

 ments with fertilizers, 356, 

 358-59. 



Morgan, Charles, expei'iments 

 with fertilizers, 320-21. 



Morgan, James, 320. 



Morris, Gouverneur, on dog 

 taxes, 438n. 



Mosquitoes, 82, 180. 



Mount Vernon (Va.), 236-40. 



Mudge, Enoch Redington, Mas- 

 sachusetts farm, 310-14. 



Mules, 7, 40, 153, 166, 172, 173, 

 186, 190-91, 196, 197, 198, 

 200-1, 203, 234, 242, 244, 246, 

 323, 360, 462. 



Murphy, David, turpentine plan- 

 tation, 219-22. 



Mustard, 38. 



Myrick, Elias, 57. 



Myrick, Henry, 57. 



Myrick, William, 57. 



Natchez (Miss.), 3, 87. 

 National Agricultural Society, 



461n. 

 Negroes, characteristics, 257- 

 71; free, 271-72, 273, 294-95; 

 on plantations : children, care 

 of, 291; clothing, 128, 167, 

 198, 199, 203, 242, 244, 291, 

 295, 297, 348; division of 

 labor, 203 ; driving, effect 

 of, 276-78; feeding, 149, 

 161, 172, 187, 198, 199, 203, 

 291, 293-94, 297, 353, 363, 

 367, 381-82; fieldhands, 10, 

 148, 166, 172, 181, 187, 190, 

 196, 197, 201, 228, 229, 233, 

 241, 292, 467; housing, 167, 

 172, 181, 235, 290-91, 292- 

 93, 367; numbers, 254n-55n, 

 273-74, 275, 289, 306, 343; 

 output per hand, 347, 350, 

 353, 381, 459, 461, 466; pri- 

 vate earnings, 291, 294, 

 295-96, 367, 382; punish- 

 ments, 126-27; religious 

 training, 203-4, 278-80, 

 367-68; status of, as com- 

 pared to English factory 

 hands, 280-88, 295, 296; 

 valuations, 198, 234, 242. 

 Nelson, William D., experiments 



with guano, 375. 

 New Castle (Del.), 332. 

 New Castle County (Del.), ag- 

 ricultural club, 328n. 

 New England farm kitchen, 



499-502. 

 New Haven Railroad, 418. 

 New Jersey, Robinson's agricul- 

 tural tour through, 319-25. 

 New Madrid (Mo.), earthquake, 



86. 

 New Orleans (La.), 124, 139, 



169-70, 194, 440, 464. 

 Nevii;on, Willoughby, experi- 

 ments with guano, 372-75, 

 484-85. 



