CONTENTS. 



" " Rider's Iron Railroad Bridge, 193 



" " Russ's pavement, - 193 



" " Taylor's Marine Camels, 196 



" " Manhattan Gas Works, 198 



" " Gray's model of a wooden bridge, 200 



" " Neweir-s Parautoptic Bank Lock, 202 



Department of Science, 204 



Report on Browne's Trees of America, 204 



" " Ruschenberger's Elements of Geology, 205 



" " " " Ornithology, 208 



Proceedings of the National Convention of Farmers, Gardeners 



and Silk Culturists, 209 



Address by Mahlon Dickerson, 276 



" H. C. Westervelt, 284 



« Henry Meigs, 296, 308 



" George Folsom, - 302 



" A.Chandler, 310 



Communications, 324 



" Culture of Grapes and manufacture of Wine, 



by N. Longworth, 324 



-« Soiling, by R. L. Pell, 331 



" " of cattle, by H. A. Field, 364 



" Roots for Cattle, by R. T. Underbill, 369 



« Lime and its uses, by R. L. Pell, 37 1 



« Properties of Manure, by R. L. Pell,- 386 



" Improvement of Soils, by H. A. Field, -- 392 



" Resuscitation of worn out soils, by T. Wharton,- 397 



" Use of muck to improve the soil, - 400 



" Cultivation of the woad plant, by Wm. Part- 

 ridge, 402 



« Corn, 404 



« Madder, 405 



" Valuable Peas, 406 



" Preservation of Peach trees, - 408 



" Mode of packing Apples for shipment, 409 



" Curing Hay, by R. L. Pell, 410 



" Maize or Indian Corn, by D. J. Browne, 412 



" Preparation and directions for cooking Indian 



corn, 440 



Origin of Flowers, by R. L. Pell, 449 



" " Fruit, by D. J. Browne, 454 



Sole Leather, by C. M. Leupp, 463 



