INDEX 



A. 



Page. 



Academy, Royal, London- 437 



Address, H. Meig's, opening of fair 19 



A. Oakey Hall, anniversary. . . 22 



Aeronautics, H. S. Stewart on 509-513 



Agricultural fair, list of premiums 43 



implements, premiums for . 50 



61, 72, 75 



American .... 251 



products, premiums for. .. . 51 



exports of 142 



Ayre?, on iron buildings 602 



Aerial navigation, Mr. Garbanati on .... 499 

 Agriculture, service rendered to, by wo- 

 men 252 



American implements 251 



Anti-friction bush, report of Committee 



on 17 



Alpacca sheep 411 



Apple trees 157, 246, 337 



Apples 223, 256, .303, 308, 324, 401 



Aurora borealis of August, 1859 495 



Arsenic, feeding to animals *80 



Artichoke 385 



Argentine republic, agriculture in 316 



Asphaltum 438 



Aloes for insects or plants. 398 



Ashes, use of 231, 377 



Ash sifter 94 



Austria, products of the soil 192 



Azaleas 315, 317 



Aycrigg, Benjamin, green sand marl of 



New Jersey 348 



Alkalies in articles of food, injurious 



effects of 564 



Aluminium 432, 439 



Adulteration of food and drinks, 681, 561 



573, 576, 579 



Animal food 574, 575 



Axle box for railroad cars 479 



B. 



Balloons, discussion on 504 



Barometers 180, 312 



Barley 384 



Beans 257, 385 



Bean cake 241 



Blackberry 238, 239, 408, 409 



Blunt, Joseph, on fences 264 



Botanic garden 154 



Bones, to dissolve 351 



Brandy, American 322 



Buckwheat bread 279 



Budding 146,177, 178, 212, 248 



Page. 



Bugs, 189, 206, 335, 337, 3'40, 343, 353, 367 



403 



Bullet moulds, report of committee on . . 17 



Bergen, John G., on planting potatoes.. 381 



Bread, remarks on bj' Mr. Bruce 561 



badly baked, cause of disease 574 



manufacture of 576, 580 



Biscuit, soda 664 



Buildings, fii-eproof 422 



Bitumen, use of for roofs 438 



Bruce, Mr., on production of gold 453 



Building materials, discussion on 461 



Blower for creating artificial blast 479 



Barometric pressure 491 



Bridges 496 



c. 



Cable, Atlantic, via Behring's Straits. . . 441 

 California, potatoes, grapes, hops, culture 



of, in 141 



California, taxable property in 141 



Lake Moro in 413 



Caloric engine 472 



Canada thistle 174, 179 



Car coupling 99 



Cattle, premiums awarded for 44 



winter feeding 250, 258, 272, 305 



murrain in 376 



Carpet sweepers 91 



Cattle running at large 266 



Carriages, Stiver's & Smith's 89 



Carving machine, for wood work 104 



Can-ots ■ 212, 385 



Cavanach, Mr., on the grape 341 



Clay soil 158, 255 



Celery 346 



Chess, will wheat produce it? 145 



Cheese-cutter 92 



Cherries 199, 216, 405 



Chufa 172 



Chi-ysanthemum 279 



Cinerarias 147 



Clematis flammula 148 



Cloth 440, 443 



Clothes drying machine 231 



Clothing 371 



Cotton, sea-island 439 



Coal, improved method of burning 133 



Coffee-pot 93 



Corn, Egyptian 410 



Corn, should it be hilled? 194 



Corn and cob meal 195, 378 



Corn, varieties of 28 1 



Committees, standing, for 1859 and 1860, 6, 6 



Concrete, how made •••• -••' 433 



