INDEX. 637 



Peck's drop press, *197 



Pell on drainage, 424 



fence posts, _ 505 



liquid and solid manures, 460 



the expansion of steam boilers, 577 



the utility of timber plantations, _ 403 



Pig pen, 365 



Pine apples, varieties of, _ 2 14 



Polarization of heat lightning, 596 



Poll-evil, cure for the, _ — 218 



Portable gas works, 194 



hand power machine for felling trees, 177 



Potato in England, ._ 323 



Potatoes, _. — 312 



Poultry, 321, 414 



Pratt's 'ditching machine, _.. 252, 288 



Premiums awarded at the 28th fair, 16, 113, 172 



Prices of fruit in London, 217 



Prince on the dioscorea batatas, 391, 398 



Proceedings of the Farmers' Club, 193-5 13 



Mechanics' Club,. _ 515-628 



Profit of strawberries, 218 



R. 



Railroad brakes, _ 588 



scales, Fairbanks', _ 199 



Receipts and expenditures of the 28th fair, ' 18 



Report of the committee of the Senate on Mr. Pell's petition 

 concerning the salmon and other fisheries of 



the State, 454 



judges on Fisher's steam carriage, 179 



mowing machines, 173 



steam fire engines, 184 



managers of the 28th fair, 15 



on Couzens' vineyard, 294 



Hedges' boiler for steaming food for stock, — 453 



Mapes's farm, 284-289 



Rice, 355 



