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INDEX. 



Page. 



Kefrigerators 137 



Rhubarb 175, 177, 205, 345 



Report, board manager's 31 



committee of arts and sciences oq 



bullet moulds 17 



committee of arts and sciences on 



anti -friction bush 17 



library committee 12 



finance committee 9 



trustees 7 



committee on sewing machines . . 109 



on steam engines 123 



on steam fire engine Manhattan. 127 

 on kinds of strawberries for family- 

 use 189 



on the Mapes farm 233 



on Franklinite ores 665 



on Gold's heating apparatus .... 591 



on Ward"s iceboat 689 



on amendment of patent laws . . . 697 



on Patrick's variable exhaust. .. 556 



Railroads, increased value of from lands, 689 



591 



Renwiok, Professor, on sheep of Spain . . 203 

 Robinson, fcolon, on use and abuse of 



iron 324 



Robinson, Solon, on fences 209 



on cooking food 281 



Respiration of plants 397 



Robin, plea for, 142 



Rose slugs ". 199, 201, 208, 210 



Roses l'S6, 199, 204, 216 



Rye, new variety of 207 



how to sow 384 



s. 



Saline manures 161, 253 



Salmon in ponds 227 



Salt, on cultivated lands 253 



excessive use of, injurious 579 



Salimometer 128 



Saw-mill, portable 96, 952 



Parkhurst 475 



Sandstone, durability of 462 



Seaweed , 349 



Seeds 221,230, 257 



number of in a bushel 382 



Seed, quantity of per acre, 372, 382, 415, 416 



petal oes 404 



Seedlings 215 



Schools, agricultural 252 



Shears and scissors 90 



Sheep of Spain 203 



cure for poisoned 246 



Shellac, use of, in pruning 389 



Shrubs 172 



Silk 436, 439 



Silky wool 340 



Slate roofing 403 



Sleighs, Stiver's and Smith's 19 



Seeley, C. A., on paint as a protector .. 492 

 Sowing machines, report on Wheeler and 



Wilson's 110, 111 



Finkle and Lyons, 110, 111 

 Ladd and AVebster's, 110 

 112 

 Frist and Frost's .... 110 

 John H. Lester's .... 110 

 Grover and Baker's, 111 

 113 

 Merrill and La Croix's 111 



L. A Bigelow's Ill 



Jamas Wilcox's Ill 



Page. 

 Smut machine 103 



Soda water apparatus (Matthew's) 118 



Soda 564, 580 



Soils 158, 204, 228 



origin, and changes of 163 



mechanical and chemical modes of 



improving 161 



Stove and range combination, Backus' .. 131 



Sorghum 211, 311, 397, 398 



Spergula 194 



Spinach 194 



Squashes 287, 331 



School apparatus 601 



Steel, how produced from iron 428 



discussion on 434, 435 



Steam, superheated 671 



gauge 546, 555 



boilers 582,584, 592 



Mr. Fisher on 484-488 



discussion on 488-490 



salimometer, case for .... 128 



engines, report on 123 



engine, Hoadley's portable 128 



plow. See Plow. 



carriages, Mr. Fisher on, 505, 585 



use of, on the streets 586, 693 



power, cultivation by 467-471 



Squaring the circle 443 



Strawberries, 150, 174, 179, 181, 184, 187 



189, 193, 197, 206, 226, 361, 414 



Strawberry wine 412 



T. 



Tea, culture in the United States. . .362, 366 



Telegraphs, discussion on 464 



Telegraph, Atlantic 441, 457, 496 



sub-marine; 442, 457 



Thresher and separator 88 



Tillman, S. D., on Col. Edwards 529 



Tickets, sale of at Palace garden 37 



Hamilton park 38 



Tobacco 142 



Tree, blight 255 



Trees, planting of on highways 150 



elements of 160 



transplanting, 178, 361, 366, 375, 392 



soil best adapted to 293 



forest 257,286,290,303, 313 



fruit 181,187,205,315, 337 



planted by Victor Emanuel . .376, 394 



hot water upon 388 



Trimble, Dr., remarks on the curculio, 151 



152, 172 



Thorp, Mr., on weeds 188 



Trustees. American Institute, for 1859 



and 1860 6, 6 



Trustees, annual report of 7 



Tanning 629, 538 



Turnips 385 



u. 



Underbill, Dr., on planting vines 342 



Y. 



Vanilla 156 



Valerian 171 



Vegetation, influence of electricity on. . . 402 



moon on 182 



Ventilation 135, 577, 596 



Vegetables, premiums for 67 



