638 INDEX. 



Rolling metals, _ _ 570 



Root cleaner, ,. 287 



Rust in wheat, _ 302 



S. 



Salt as a manure, 280 



Salter on making malleable iron direct from the ore, 599 



Saltpetre in agriculture, 322 



Sawing machines, 181 



Schools, academies and colleges, _ _ 77 



See's heaters and pump, 189, 191 



Selection of seeds, 321 



Silsby, Mynderse & Go's steam fire engine, 186 



Skaneateles farmers' club, 374 



Smith's address at the 28th annual fair, 37 



Soil and its preparation, 284 



Soiling stock, 210, 212 



Solution of silex, _ 547 



Steam boilers, 543, 556, 571, 5 73, 577, 583 



culture, 276 



engines, 178 



fire engines and pump, 186 



report on, 186 



Steel made by a new process from pig iron, __ . 584 



Stenographic machine, _ 598 



Stone ware pipe, ._ — 203 



Storms on the chemistry of steam, 689 



Submarine electric cable, 622 



Subsoil plow, 211 



Sugar sorghum, ... 251, 268, 297, 316, 324, 356, 378, 380, 399 



Sydenham palace, 88 



T. 



Translations — African colony, .._ 3 14 



Agriculture, 370 



Animals known to us, 296 



Apple tree, 314 



Apricot, 348 



Aquaria, sea and fresh water, _. 248 



Azarolier, : _ 357 



Blue roses and dahlias, 311 



Chinese yam, dioscorea batatas, 200 



Color of fruit having seeds or pods, 349 



Comparative products of meat in England and 



France, 214 



Drainage, 473 



Effects of certain manures on vegetation, 351 



Ferns, their introduction from foreign countries , 34 9 

 Fixed oils, _ 551 



