INDIX. 



663 



Pac;e. I 



Plants from slips, how to grow 174 



how to grow in primitive earth or rock 253 



Plaster as a fertilizer 277, 325 



when to sow 30S 



Plate armor for sea-going vessels 406 



Plows, subsoil 193, 283 



Plums of Minnesota 213 



Plum trees, the black knot on 117, 274 



Poison ivy, cures for 155 



Polariscope 622 



Polarized light affected by magnetism .... 649 

 Polytechnic Association, proceedings of 



the 385-657 



rules establish- 

 ed for its gov- 

 ernment 385 



Pomeroy's governor for steam engines .... 349 



Ponton bridge 645 



Pork, dry salting of 256 



value of cooked food, for making. .. 300 



Potato rot .324 



plaster and salt a remedy for the, 129 



theorists ■ 87 



Potatoes, 80, 106, 108, 120, 184, 190, 191, 197 



280 

 how they should be planted .... 293 



Poultry, how to fatten 155 



Power, manual, horse, steam and electric, 



compared 540 



Prairies, planting forest trees upon the, 323 



370 



when to break up 383 



Premiums awarded in 1863 22 



Preservation of meat 600 



Preserving fruit in hay seeds ■ . . 308 



icehouses 112 



Prince on licorice 217 



sumach 216 



Proceedings of the Farmers' Club 78-384 



Institute 7-14 



Polytechnic Associa- 

 tion 385-657 



Prunes 172 



Quartz 



Quinces, propagating of 120, 



E. 



Ilace's regulator 



Railway bridge across the Susquehanna. .. 



elevated, for new York city 



underground 



Rainbow, artificial 



Ram Dunderburg 



Raspberry, Brinckle's Orange 



bushes, disease of 117, 



Pranconia 



the red cane 



winter killing of the 



Rats, a remedy for 



Reciprocal action between plants and gases, 



Reclaiming marsh land 321, 



Reenstjener's new steam slide valve 



Repeating gun 



Report of Austin Baldwin on Exhibition 



at Hamburg 



the board of managers of the 



35th annual fair 



the committee on agriculture .. 

 manufactures, science 



and art 



Shaw & Justice's new 

 mercury steam pres- 

 sure gauge ,* 



128 



420 

 602 

 617 

 616 

 624 

 503 

 326 

 120 

 326 

 93 

 326 

 125 

 537 

 379 

 620 

 620 



624 



Paoe. 



Report of committee on steam boilers 532 



the use of lead pipe 

 and tin-lined lead 

 pipe for convey- 

 ing water 541 



water pipes 650 



finance committee 13 



library committee 11 



trustees of the American Insti- 

 tute 1 



Eetina, images on the 663 



Rhubarb vinegar 163 



wine 262, 310 



Rifle ball 528 



Roaches and croton bugs 125 



Roberts' new steam slide valve 620 



Roots' new steam engine 399 



Ropers' caloric engine 636 



Roses, slugs on 197 



Ruby 538 



Russia, intercourse with 482 



sheet iron 482 



s. 



Salt as a manure 292 



discovery of a mountain of 99 



Salting pork .' 266 



Salts in rain water 636 



of thallium 535 



San Francisco, climate of 561 



Sap, cause, of the circulation of 3!i7 



Sapphire 538 



Saxton, J., notice of 505 



Science, ancient and modern = . . . 417 



Seaweed, utilization of 611 



Seedling apples 96, 194 



magnolia 79 



strawberries 115,121, 161 



Seeds and plants, how to send by mail .... 377 



exchange of 196 



from California 182 



Sewing machined. 454, 470, 479 



its history and progress, 455 

 Shaw and Justice's new steam pressure 



gauge 539, 624 



Shea butter 654 



Sheep, hornless Spanish buck 292 



why grow horns upon ? 265 



Silesian wool 152 



Silkweed 185 



Silkworms that feed upon ailanthus 96 



Sirius and its companion . " 578 



Slugs on cherry trees 187, 197, 267 



Snow, limits of perpetual 632 



the poor man's manure 295 



Soapmakers' waste, its value 299 



Soda compounds, importation of 553 



Soil and situation of an orchard 326 



for flowers , 378 



injured by burning . , 293 



Solar radiation, intensity of , 621 



rays 532, 601, 621 



chemical action of the 635 



spots 649 



Soldiers' orphans, appeal in behalf of ... . 161 



Sorgo, cultivation of 103 



seeds, how to increase the germina- 

 tion of 368 



syrup 188,312, 396 



Spectrum test 584 



Spinning machinery, drawing rollers for 611 



Sponge, bleaching of 621 



Squashes, iire they monoccoius 116 



Stables; cement flonorjpg for »,>.•>.>..•». , 1 63 



