CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION BY LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY . . i 

 OUTLINE OF PROFESSOR I. P. ROBERTS LIFE . 5 

 How I CAME TO WRITE THIS BOOK . . 7 



SECTION I BOYHOOD AND YOUTH IN NEW YORK 



STATE, 1833-54 . n 



THE ROBERTS FAMILY . . . 17 



PIONEER LIFE OF NEW YORK STATE . 23 



INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN MY 



BOYHOOD 27 



EDUCATION AND PLEASURES OF THE COM- 

 MUNITY 59 



RELIGION AND POLITICS IN SENECA COUNTY. 71 

 AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE- 

 NINETEENTH CENTURY . . . -75 

 GROWING UP. SCHOOL TEACHING AND CAR- 

 PENTERING 92 



SECTION II EARLY MANHOOD IN THE MIDDLE 



WEST, 1854-73 105 



How I CAME TO Go WE ST. PIONEER INDIANA 

 AND THE AGUE ..... 107 



MARRIAGE 121 



MY FIRST FARM AT KINGSBURY . . 122 

 OVERLAND TRIP TO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA 



IN 1862 125 



AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN IOWA DURING 

 THE WAR . . . . . .129 



How I CAME TO BE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR 



IN 1869 152 



THE DIFFICULTIES OF EARLY AGRICULTURAL 

 TEACHING . 160 



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