INDEX 



553 



Sea-island cotton culture, 378- 

 83. 



Shackleford, (Lexington, 



Ga.), 481. 



Sheafe, J. F., cattle breeder, 

 395-96. 



Sheafer, Capt., 172. 



Sheehan, , 71. 



Sheep, breeds and breeding: 

 Bighorns, 125; Merino, 21; 

 New Oxfordshire, 333; Sax- 

 on, 21n; Saxon-Merino, 7-8; 

 Saxony-Bakewell, 8; 

 Canada, 406, 409; feeding, 8, 

 9-10; Florida, 461; foot rot, 

 161; Illinois, 123; Indiana, 

 75; killed by dogs, 438; Loui- 

 siana, 148, 160, 184; Missis- 

 sippi, 128; New Mexico, 125- 

 26; New York, 34; North 

 Carolina, 360; salt for, 457; 

 shearing, 8-9 ; Tennessee 

 sheep farm, 5-11; Virginia, 

 234. 



Shepard, J. H., 174n. 



Shepherd, C. M., sugar planta- 

 tion, 175. 



Shillaber, John, 91n. 



Simmons, John R., 63. 



Simons, , 64. 



Slavery, article on, 253-307; in- 

 troduction to United States, 

 254-55, 306-7; Massachusetts, 

 301-2; Robinson's views on, 

 213-14, 253-307, 479. See also 

 Negroes. 



Smell, sense of, 422-26. 



Smiles, Dr. Samuel, on English 

 laboring classes, 284. 



Smith, Dr. George, planter, 137. 



Smith, Horatio, 144, 145. 



Smith, John, 63. 



Smith, Joseph P., 66. 



Smith, Orrin, 66. 



Smith, Richard H., planter, 228. 



Snakes, 82. 



Soil and soil conservation, Ala- 

 bama, 241; Canada, 404, 405- 

 6, 511; Connecticut, 247-53; 

 309-10; Delaware, 326-28, 329, 

 449; District of Columbia, 

 449-50; Florida, 460-62, 463; 

 Georgia, 459, 460, 469-70, 471- 

 72, 473-74, 475, 476, 481, 482; 

 Indiana, 81, 119; Louisiana, 

 150, 151, 159-60, 168, 180, 

 182, 198; Maryland, 246, 449; 

 Massachusetts, 311; Missis- 

 sippi, 127-28, 131, 138; New 

 Jersey, 320-25, 326; New 

 York, 411, 415, 438; North 

 Carolina, 225-26, 228, 360, 

 492-93; plantations, 27-28; 

 South Carolina, 344, 345, 347, 

 379; Virginia, 234, 336-37, 

 373-76, 450, 452, 492. 



Soil of the South, The (Colum- 

 bus, Ga.), 467n, 468, 497. 



South Amboy (N. J.), 319. 



South Carolina, agricultural so- 

 ciety, 344n; cotton plantation, 

 240-44 ; Robinson's tour 

 through, 344-55, 364-68, 453- 

 54. 



South Carolina Railroad, 386- 

 93. 



Southern Central Agricultural 

 Association, 468n, 469n, 473n. 



Southern Cultivator, The (Ga.), 

 477. 



Southern University (La.), 

 151n. 



Southwestern Railroad, 458n. 



Sparks, Sherrod, sugar planter, 

 196-97. 



Spottswood (N. J.), 322. 



Squatters' Union (Lake and 

 Porter counties, Ind.), 60. 



Stackhouse, W. and H., sugar 

 planters, 185n. 



Staging, 52, 459, 464, 468, 482. 



Stave-making machine, 173. 



