INDEX. 687 



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Report of trustees — 1 



Report of committee on future labors of Institute 13 



Report of library committee _ 21 



Report of managers of annual fair 25 



Report on Neer's dynamometer _ 63 



Report on Emery vulcanite _ — 63 



Roofs of slate.. 106 



Report of P. B. Mead, Esq., on strawberries 177 



Root crops - 278, 279, 419 



Rain water _._• 405 



Refrigerators ._ , _ 467, 560 



Rifling of small arms _ 561 



Railroad axles _ 609 



S. 



Sugar cane _ _ 98 



Silk worm — ' 98 



Squash bugs ._ _ ._ 99 



Strawberries 143, 148, 151, 152, 157, 158, 164, 165, 177, 202, 265 



Stump puller 154 



Seed boxes _ 154 



Sheep 344 



Salt for cattle 384 



Salt, as a manure 455 



Steam .._. 495 



Sand box on railroads _ 494, 496 



Sewing machines 523, 525, 528, 536, 543 



Steam power for farm purposes 539, 540 



Shells 566 



Silk 596 



Steam brake _ 608 



Steam plow _ 609 



Seed sower _ _ 114 



Ships, steel plated 652, 654 



Sowing machine 441, 675 



Ship timber _ 214 



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Trustees of the Institute 3 



Trustees, report of 7 



Trimble, Dr., on the seventeen year locust 132 



