INDEX. 639 



Mechanics' club, momentum, theory and practice of arrest- 

 ing raikoad trains, by Wm. G. Creamer, 547 

 Whipple's patent nipper block and hook, . 611 



Willis's patent stump extractor, 612 



wire rope, by Wm. H, Wallace, 613 



Meigs's address at the opening of the 27th fair, 1855, 107 



Melons, 350 



Mildew in grapes, 285 



Missouri challenges the United States, 298 



Motive power for the farmer, by F. G. Johnson, 193 



Mules vs. horses, 349 



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New delicious fruit, 249 



digger, , 343 



fibres, by Jean Blanc,'. 445 



horse shoe, 301, 303, 324, 380 



method of preserving entomological specimens, 334 



plan of fencing, 461 



texile plant, 515 



wheat, 309 



Notable historical fact, 248 



Notes on the rural economy of the Italian peninsular, 201 



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Octagon plan of settling lands, 333 



Ofiicers of the American Institute, 3 



Okra or Gumbo, 323 



Opening address at the 27th fair, 1855, 107 



Origin of cherries, 435 



P. 

 Peaches and plums destroyed by the curculio,. . . . 348, 351, 531 



Peppers, 451 



Peters's refrigerator, 540 



Philosophical transactions of London, 1731 , 238 



Potatoes, 256, 513, 516 



Premium buildings, 464 



Premiums awarded at the 27th annual fair, 1855, 131 



Preserving fruits, 355, 376, 398 



in Spratt's patent cans, 360 



vegetables, 393, 398 



Prices of provisions established by law, 322 



[Am. Inst.] 41 



