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Association, 400 ; Prizes of the State Agricultural Society of Massachusetts, 

 40G. 



Commissioners. The General Government, 401 ; The States : Maine, 403 ; 

 New Hampshire, 405 ; Vermont, 447 ; Massachusetts, 40G ; Connecticut, 

 409 ; New York, 412 ; New Jersey, 413 ; California, 407. 



Fish-breeding Establishments : In France, 399. 



Food- and Useful Fishes. Salmon : Cost of Eggs, 413 ; Treatment of the 

 Young, 488 ; Rate of Growth, 446 ; Feeding in Fresh Waters, 440 ; Capture 

 with the Hook, 441 ; Capture in Holland, 446 ; Winter Quarters, 446 ; Pe- 

 riod of Maturity, 439 ; Reproduction of California Species, 445 ; General 

 Habits, 407, 418 ; Australian Salmon, 442 ; Fisheries of the Columbia River, 

 440; Artificial Culture in Maine, 403; in the Delaware, 421; in England. 418; 

 in Germany, 419 ; Breeding in Inclosures, 415 ; Trout: Culture of, 409 ; 

 in France, 420 ; Breeding in Inclosures, 415 ; Smelt : Artificial Culture, 405 ; 

 Breeding of, in Europe, 423 ; Whitefish (Coregonus) : Marking, 435 ; Rais- 

 ing Otsego Bass, 423 ; Destruction of Spawn by Menobranchus, 421 ; Shad, 

 Multiplication of: On part of the United States, 410 ; by the States : New 

 York, 411, 412, 428, 429 ; Vermont, 429 ; New Jersey, 413 ; California, 430 ; 

 Food, 426 ; Occurrence in Alabama, 427 ; in Red River, Arkansas, 428 ; of 

 Young, in Sacramento, 447 ; Herring : Spawning of, 422 ; Fisheries in En- 

 gland, 422, 425 ; Peculiar Species, 426 ; Menhaden : Spawning of, 425 ; Black 

 Bass: Culture, 409; Transfer to England, 414 ; Sterlet: Spawning of, 442 ; 

 Cod-Jish: Spawning in Alaska, 436; Names in Different Localities, 424; 

 Cyprinus orfus, a New Food and Ornamental Fish, 431 ; Eels : Spawning 

 of, 299, 434. 



Other Objects. Oysters : Green Color in, 432 ; Virginia Fisheries, 432 ; 

 Maryland, 433 ; Baltimore Trade, 433 ; Leeches: Culture of, 441 ; Lobsters: 

 Close Time for, 305. 



K. DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY 449 



BUILDING MATERIALS. 



See Mechanics and Engineering. 



LIGHTING, HEATING, AND VENTILATION. 



Safety Matches, 449; Extinguishing Flame, 449; Extinguishing Kerosene 

 Lamps, 449 ; Report on Kerosene, 450 ; Improved Stove (Meidinger), 450 ; 

 Fires caused by Iron Rust, 466; The Calorigen, a new Heating Apparatus, 

 487; Non-explosive Kerosene, 488 ; Purification of Coal-gas, 488; Galvanic 

 Lamp-ligbter, 489; Oxygen Illumination, 489 ; Dispensing with Smoke- 

 stacks, 478. 



THE LAUNDRY. 



Disinfecting Washing Powder, 457 ; Compound for Washing Linen, 458 ; 

 Improved Starcb, 459, 472 ; Removal Of Perspiration from Linen, 477 ; Re- 

 moving Spots from Clothing, etc., 468. 



FOOD. 



Preparation : Meidinger Stove, 450 ; Proper Temperature for Cooking, 

 451 ; Platinum Bronze for Cooking Utensils, 529. Preservatives : Asep- 

 tin, 456 ; Borax for Milk, 463 ; New Preservative for Meat, 467 ; New Pickle 

 for Meat, 463 ; Pasteur Process for Wines, 464. Adulterations : Of Ground 



