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INDEX. 



Page. 



Reed, miisieal 623 



liefusc cotton, oil from 336 



lieport of Trustees 1 



coinniiltee on finance 4 



agiicultilre ' 8 



manufactures, etc. . . 9 



library 12 



horticulture 14 



R.csuseitation of the drowned 340 



Rocks, how to remove 181 



Roofing 232, 309 



Root grafting 219, 172 



Rose-bugs (53 



Rose, the damask 264 



Rosin weed 106 



Rubidinum 446 



Ruraford prize fund , 476 



Rust and mildew 1 42 



s. 



Sable fur 384, 



Saccharimetry 



Sal ammoniac 



Saltpetre 



Salt, as a manure 77, 



analysis of 



manufacture of 



springs . .^ 



Turks Island 



Sandblows 



Santonin charged by light 



Sap in trees . . .' 130, 



Sassafras for hen coops 



Satellite of Jupiter 



Saxehorn 



Schools 



Scions, how to preserve 



Scorpion in Africa 



Screw threads and bolts 315, 



Seal fur 



Sea otter 



Season of 1864 



Seeds from Peru 



Seeding land tu grass 



Serpent fascination 



Sewerage 



for manure 



waste 



Sexes, temperature of 



Sheep, blind staggers in 



disease among 228, 



farm, the best place for a 



millet for 



shedding of their root . . .275, 240, 



Southdown 



Shingles carbonized 



Ship timber machines for sawing 



Silk 



culttrre 60, 



in California 



worms 



American . . .". .'. 



influenced by odor 



Silver tree of Cape of Good Hope 



ores from Mexico 



reduction of 



Skins for gloves 



Slag from furnaces 



Small pox, to prevent marks 



Snow, the poor man's manure 



Soap, acids for 



for family use 



Soda in California 



in coal gas 



salts 



392 

 449 

 336 

 363 

 206 

 433 

 429 

 434 

 429 

 503 

 357 

 137 



79 

 390 

 561 

 178 

 129 

 450 

 390 

 392 

 384 



80 

 285 

 105 

 498 

 581 



61 

 334 

 404 

 228 

 229 

 263 

 229 

 264 

 271 

 294 

 404 

 712 

 262 

 470 

 311 

 579 

 430 

 098 

 429 

 403 

 367 

 334 

 237 



34 



31 

 470 

 363 

 455 



Paoe. 



Soils 705 



forming ammonia 564 



Solar system, harmonies of 345 



Solids, cooling of 323 



Sorghum, begasse as a manure 51, 23 



deterioration of 142, 151 



in Connecticut 164 



. its cultivation as manure 250 



syrup, how manufactured 204 



varieties of 164 



its northern limit of growth, 169, 182 

 224 



will it kill cattle 190 



Sorrel, how to exclude it 279 



Sound from muscle 499 



Sounding apparatus 311 



Sound velocity 338 



Soup from brine 333 



Sour plants, how to get rid of 279, 249 



Southern Illinois sugar described, 169, 144 



253 



Species, variation of 372 



Spectroscope, new use of 324 



Spectrum, dark lines in 349 



of comet 389 



of Jupiter .... 362 



Spike railroad screw 454 



Splints of rattan 339 



Springs, hot 388 



Squash vine borers 73 



bugs 147 



Squirrels, friend of the farmer, 249 



Squirrel fm- 392 



Star shooting 340 



Steam conducted through long distance .. 440 



engines in France 579 



of Hicks 532, 



expansive 320, 339 



gauge of Shaw and Justice 532 



omnibuses in France » 481 



plow 378 



superheated 386 



with fuel 326, 307 



Steel protected from rust 439 



wires, elasticity of 496 



. determined by color 324 



no nitrogen in 438 



Straw, composition of 406 



goods, manufacture of 397 



Strawberries -.,.128, 174, 289, 620, 621 



do birds eat 104 



insects destructive to 71, 5-3 



manuring 36 



varieties of 86 



Strawberry beds, how to make 133 



pickers, invention for 35 



the Ida 93 



Stillometer 478 



Stone walls 264 



Stumps destroyed^with vitriol 286 



Substitutes for coffee 134, 153 



Sugar and syrup from corn, 154, 173, 183, 204 



225 



' beets, culture of 191 



cane. Sandwich Island 272 



palm trees 491 



Sugar glucose ■^■^2 



making in Cuba — from corn 451, 450 



maple, how to preserve 286 



Sulphur and phosphorus 339 



for borers 73 



Sun, heat from 357 



viewing the 329 



Sunshine in S:otland 456 



Sweet bay 681 



