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INDEX. 



Marohand'e suggestion, 60. 



Maury, Lieut., meteorological observations, 20. 



McFariand'i corn-planter, 104. 



Meat for food, relative value of different kinds, 



Mechi. Mr., and Tiptree Hall, 140. 

 Mell. .1. 1;., bis invention, 25. 

 Mi teorology for farmers, 221. 

 Mexican fryoles, S28. 

 Mildew, grape, 195. 

 Milk, solidified, 62. 

 Milker's protector, 1 1. 

 Mills, flouring, 121. 



Mixing "f imon salt with guano, 160. 



M<isi|iiitii window screen, 55. 

 Mowing and reaping machines, scale fox estimat- 

 ing the value of, 114. 



trials ofj 1 10. 



machines w. scythes, 108. 

 Muck, preparation of, for manure, 152. 

 Mules, 35 7. 



Natural supply of ammonia in ordinary soils, 



161. 

 Nesmyth, John, patent of, 127. 

 New method of determining nitrogen, 175. 



theories in agricultural science, 177. 

 Nitrogen, absorption by plants, 166. 



new method of determining, 175. 

 Nitrate of soda and guano on a peat-bog, 163. 



on s peat-bog, 163. 

 Nixon's potato-planter and seed-drill, 103. 

 Nordyke A Hunt, patent for dressing flour, 35. 

 Nutmeg of California, 300. 



Odors of flowers, 207. 



Oidium Tuokeri, or grape malady, 340. 



oils, new Bourcee of \egetable, 250. 



Oil-plant w, 252. 



Olive, propagation of, in the U. States, 334. 



Orange insects, 369, 



Oregon, fruit crop for 1854, 15. 



ok.-, 10. 

 Ogster, C. <fc L. B., their improvements, 39. 



Parkki's llax-brcaking and scutching machine, 



26. 

 Parker, Win. D., hie patent, 46. 

 Paimentier, Mr., of Long Island, 73. 

 Pasturage, qualities of, I B9. 

 Pati mi-, agricultural, for 1856,388. 

 Patent office reports, DharaoteT of, 20. 

 Peach, culture of, 3 1 6. 



the yellows of, ::I6. 

 Pear, Rutland on, S2L 



new varieties from seed, 318. 

 Pears, grittiness of, 209. 



time for gathering, .'122. 

 Peanal, Thomas, bis improvement-, .''2. 

 Peal bog, nitrate .it soda and guano on, 163. 

 Peekham'i cultivator, 9L 



phate of lime — a new test, 175. 

 Phosphatet in turnips, 1 76. 



. John Ii.. bis Improi ement, I L 

 Plantain Bbre, cloth made from, 26. 



new mode of preparing, 26. 

 Planting plow . 

 Plants lor hanging vases, 294. 



Influence ol litnation on disenses of, 230. 



new, 300. 



under different cotiditi. 

 Platter, cropi benefited by, 172. 



doI i thausl the soil, 17 1. 



••fleet of Climate and weather on, 173. 



influenoi of toil on the action of, 173. 



Plow cultivator, S4. 



improved ditching, 85. 



improvement wanted in, S2. 



Mapes's lifting subsoil, 84. 



subsoil and trench, 86. 

 Plows, improvements in their construction, 86. 



patents of, for 1855, 388. 



trial of, at Paris Exhibition, 89. 



without plowmen, 87. 

 Plowing, amount of travel. 83. 

 Poetry, its influence on cultivation of flowers, 292. 

 Potato, on the culture of, 287. 



planter and seed-drill, 103. 



seed, 2S9. 



substitutes for, 19. 

 Potatoes, machine for planting, 101. 



method of storing, 339. 

 Powell, T. M., improved ice-cream freezer, 61. 

 Present state of agriculture, 21. 

 Prindle, D. R.. patent of, 128. 

 Pumpkins and squashes, 329. 



Qualities of pasturage, 189. 

 Quina, cultivation of, in Java, 255. 



Rafting cotton, 23. 



Rain water, ammonia and nitric acid in, 177. 

 Rakes and harrows, patents for L856, 391. 

 Ramsay's flexible harrow, 96. 

 Rapeseed-oil, 251. 

 Raspberry, Catawissa, 323. 



Reapers and mowers, trial of, at the French Ex- 

 hibition, 113. 



mowers, and harvesters, 108. 

 Records, uncertainty of preserving, 49. 

 Redick, Win., corn-planter, 99. 

 Review of prospects and progress of agricul- 

 ture, 7. 

 Rhynchospermum.jasminoidcs, 304. 

 Kieepaper-plant of China, 259. 

 Riddle, lien., experiments of, I s ".. 

 Robinson, .1. A., cultivator, 90, 

 Rollers, wooden, of the Sea-Island cotton-gin, 23. 

 Root crops, cultivation of, 336. 



superphosphate of lime Tor, 160. 

 Roots and plants, their health essential to their 

 growth, 260. 



preservation of tender flower, B14. 

 Roses, new. 292. 



propagated by outtings of the roots, 303. 



propagation and winter forcing of, 803. 

 Rngg't mown and reaper, 1 10. 

 Rural economy, 21. 



pursuits should be directed by science, 21. 



Russia flax and hemp exportatioiis, 242. 

 RnsseL P., mowing machine, 108. 

 Russel'a machine, 1 10. 



Salibbi by, 8. M., M.D.. e xperim ent! of, i s 2. 

 Salt, composition of, for dain purposes, 188. 

 dm of, in boiling vegetables, 204, 



ins, improvement in ootton, 22. 

 SaW« lor cutting OOtton -talks. L'.>. 



Scale for combined reapers and mowers, 118. 

 of point- in trial- of mowefs, 117. 



of reapers, 1 15. 



Science is i aected with agriculture, 2L 



Seabrook, Qov., his experiments, 

 Sea-Island ootton, 282. 



from Algeria, 



(■•r spinning, . 



in Texas, 

 Sea water, does it kill seed". 213. 

 Seed planter-, patents for 1*66, 389. 



sower, 98. 



