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Beds, 3G8 ; the Composition of American Wheat Products, 375 ; Artificial 

 Drying of Hay and Grain, 378; Preservation of Hops, 383. Diseases: 

 The Potato Diseases, 363 ; Diseases of Olive and Orange Trees, 364. 



J. PISCICULTURE AND THE FISHERIES 385 



(a.) THE FISHERIES. 



Commissions: Report of the Fish Commissioners of Canada for 1875, 391; 

 Report of the Fish Commissioners of Maine, 329 ; Report of the Fish Com- 

 missioners of New Hampshire, 393 ; Tenth Report of the Massachusetts 

 Fish Commissioners, 393 ; Tenth Report of the Fish Commissioners of Con- 

 necticut, 394 ; Eighth Report of the Fish Commissioners of New York, 395 ; 

 Fifth Annual Report of the Fish Commissioners of Ncav Jersey, 397 ; Sixth 

 Annual Report of the Fish Commissioners of New Jersey, 397 ; Action of 

 the Kentucky Fish Commissioners, 398 ; Convention of Western State Fish 

 Commissioners, 399 ; First Report of the Iowa Fish Commissioners, 399 ; 

 Second Report of the Fish Commissioners of Wisconsin, 400 ; Second Re- 

 port of the Fish Commissioners of Minnesota, 400 ; Arkansas Fish Commis- 

 sioners, 401 ; Biennial Report of the California Fish Commission, 401. 

 General Statistics and Reports: Report on the Maritime Fisheries of 

 France, 1874, 385 ; Report of Bureau of Statistics, 386 ; Gloucester Fisheries 

 for 1875, 386. Special Fisheries : Connection of Meteorology and Her- 

 ring-fisheries, 387 ; Potomac River Fisheries, 388 ; Seal-fisheries of 1876 on 

 the Greenland Coast, 389; Close Time for Seals in the Northern Sea, 389; 

 Report on Alaska Seal Islands, 389 ; Menhaden-fishery in 1875, 390 ; New 

 Use for the Scrap of the Moss-bunker, 390 ; Utilizing the Offal of Codfish 

 on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 391 ; Capturing Eels in Cochin China, 403. 

 (b.) FISH-CULTURE. 



General Considerations : Rapidity of Growth in Certain Fishes, 405 ; One 

 Cause of Death of Fishes, 405 ; Utilization of Warmed Waters in Fisli-cult- 

 ure, 406. Particular Species: Cultivation of Carp in California, 403; 

 Hatching Whitefish in the Detroit River, 403; Shad in the Mississippi, 

 406 ; Renewed Attempt to Send Salmon Eggs to New Zealand, 407 ; Salm- 

 on in the Antipodes, 408 ; Salmon Eggs in South Africa, 408 ; Capture of 

 Salmon in the Connecticut River, 409 ; Artificial Culture of Pearl-Oysters, 

 409 ; Reproduction of the Oyster, 409 ; Fattening of Oysters, 410. 



K. DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY 411 



(a.) THE DWELLING. 



The Building : The Construction of Winding Staircases, 411 ; Self-closing 

 Hinge for Storm-doors, Double Doors, etc., 411 ; Repairing Leaky Cellar 

 Walls, 428. The Furniture : Mysterious Clocks, 412; Prevention of the 

 Cracking off of Glue, 412 ; Imitation of Straw and Wicker-work, 430. 



(b.) LIGHTING, HEATING, AND VENTILATION. 



Lighting": Electrical Illumination of Factories, 413 ; a New Incandescent 

 Light, 414; Automatic Hydraulic Blower for Gas-machines, 414; Com- 

 bined Street-lamp and Fire-hydrant, 414 ; New Safety-lantern, 414 ; the 

 Chandor Light, 415; Lamp for Burning Nitric Oxide Gas, 415; Glycerine 

 for Illumination and Heating, 416 ; Illuminating-gas from Bones, 417 ; Gas 

 from Cork-waste. 417; Burning-gas from Wood and Petroleum, 417; Sul- 



