INDEX. Page. Abortion, infectious, of cattle, investigations and control............ 113-114, 129–130 Accounting farm, improvement, result of extension work..... Accounts Division, report of Chief, 1918.. Aerological investigations, Weather Bureau, 1918.. Advisory Committee, National, work and personnel... Agriculture Department- appropriations and expenditures, 1918, and 1839-1918. cooperative work in war emergency, summary.. Aircraft, Production Bureau- cooperation of Forest Service... cooperative work of Chemistry Bureau.. Airplane, construction, lamination, drying problems, etc.. Alaska Experiment Stations, work, 1918.. Alfalfa- Aphis, control on potatoes, spinach, peas, etc. 363 461-462 277-279 62-63 11-12 3-4, 12-13 277-279 13-15, 52-53 180, 194–196 213 238 155 223 221 201-224 230-231 222-223 72, 78, 81-83 106 16-18 73-75, 107-112 112-120, 121, 122-126, 127-131 77-87 14 126 71-133 417 243, 249 106 105 86 18 257-262 258-259 117 Appalachian forests, purchase areas, location, and acreage.... 246, 249 108 241, 242, 249 169-172 Army, assistance of Weather Bureau.... 59-63 ARNOLD, JOS. A., report as Chief of Division of Publications. 281-304 Arsenates, use in insecticides, investigations.. 427-428 Arsenic, spray, plant injury, studies.. 222 Arthritis, disease of hogs, investigations... 115 Asclepias verticillata, poisonous to live stock.. 118 Ash, wood, protection from powder-post beetles.. 244 Asparagus, rust-resistant, breeding and distribution.. 141, 157 Astragalus diphysus, a loco weed, poisonous properties.. 118 Atlantic States, farm management problems, investigations.. 497 382 117 Bacillus botulinus, cause of forage poisoning of animals.... investigations, breeding and extension in the South... industry on reclamation projects.. 347 444 153 319-334 242 217 81, 82, 132 262 ... 249, 250-253 72, 80-82 494 150 6,8 80-81, 132 237 244-245 147-148 156 493 323-324 161 385 282-286 257-275 265-266 265 270-271 394, 419 265 273-275 264 116 163 155 154 163 243 Bollworm, pink- distribution, and control work, quarantine, etc.. of cotton, quarantine work, 1918. Page. 26-27 Bonds, issues, cooperation of Roads Bureau with Capital Issues Committee 374, 388, 389 Borax, stable manure, fertilizing value Bordeaux mixtures, investigations... Borer- banana root, quarantine.... corn, European, introduction, habits, and control. Borers, fruit-tree, investigations.. Boys' clubs, organization, memberhip, and work. BRAND, CHARLES J., report of Chief of Bureau of Markets, 1918.. Breeding- animal, work of Department, 1918. grounds of migratory wild fowls, investigations plant, experiments, 1918... 6 444 237-238, 248 337, 356-357, 364-366 451-489 72, 78, 81-83 266 381 140 390-391 88 439-440 185 92 Bridges, designs, preparation for State highways, by Roads Bureau. Brown-tail moth, work, 1918. Bud selection, for fruit improvement. Buildings, farm, plans and specifications, work of Roads Bureau. Bull associations, number and work.... Burlap, importations, 1918. ... Burros, wild, injury to ranges in National Forests. California- Berkeley, headquarters of Farm-irrigation Division. Canker, citrus— eradication, progress. eradication work, 1918. Canna, edible, potato substitute, growing, Hawaii. Canned goods, slack filling, control. Cantala, growing and cleaning for use as fiber Capital Issues Committee, aid of Roads Bureau in bond issues. Cars- disinfection, in Texas-border quarantine.... refrigerator, investigations and improvement by Markets Bureau. Cattle- drought-stricken, saving by transfer from Texas to other States. feeding experiments, work, 1918.. 387 244 163-164 155 29-30 347 205-206 40, 374, 388, 399 163 28 463 143-145, 158 323 77 115 80-81, 82, 83, 132 184, 185, 187 105 131 123 6,8 107 110 acreage and production, 1918, comparison with previous years. Chemical investigations, Soils Bureau, 1918, liming of soils, etc. 230 Chemicals, determinations in compounds, methods.. 222-223 Chemist, report, 1918... 201-224 grazing in National Forests, numbers, conditions, etc. keratitis, control... lice, control........... numbers, increase since 1914. scabies, eradication.... transportation from drought-stricken regions of Texas. tuberculin testing, cooperative work in States, results. Cereals- marketing and distribution of foodstuffs, studies.. Climatology, work of Weather Bureau, 1918.. Clubs, boys' and girls'- enrollment and work, 1918... organization, membership, and work.. Codling moth, investigations and control. Cold storage, reports....... Color investigations, Chemistry Bureau, and patents secured.. Colors, food, work of Chemistry Bureau, 1918. Conservation- food- necessity of continuation. publications, 1918. ... foodstuffs, work of chemistry Bureau.. Container, standard, enforcement of law, Markets Bureau.. Containers, waterproof, etc., studies, Chemistry Bureau.. Cooperation- official agencies, emergency work. Soils Bureau, with States and with other offices. Cooperative- 155 29-30 245-247, 249 479-480 458-459 63-64 78, 80, 85 341, 355-357, 364-366 233, 235 481 214-215 206 extension service, work and importance.. loan associations, benefits to farmers.. purchasing and marketing organizations, investigations. Copra, crushing industry, study of value of products.. Corn- acreage and production, 1918, comparison with previous years.. growing, community work for protection of seed supply.. 9 291-293 208-209 486-487 216 10-12 225, 228-229 12-13, 53 44-45 456 218 5.7 498 237-238, 248 139-140 153 146-147 139 131 116 138 7 498 136-139 131-133 470 482-484 419 217 146 Cotton-Continued. Page. standards- investigations and demonstration. warehousing, investigations.. low-grade, distribution, work of Department. 25-26 Meade, long-staple variety to replace Sea Island, description. 137 pink bollworm, quarantine work, 1918.... 26-27 469-470 483-484 469 439-440 157 468 83-84 352-355, 357, 359, 360 140 6,8 87-88 235-236 96 wilt control by use of wilt resistant varieties. marketing, and its products, investigations.. County agents, work in South, North, and West. Cowpeas, new hybrids.. Cows, number, increase since 1914. Cow-testing associations, organization, number, and work. Cranberries, insects injurious, investigations.... 91-92 472 239, 248 313 305-307 305-318 30-32 159 31 309 307-309 309-310, 314-317 31 316-317 special, work of Crop Estimates Bureau. and yields, 1918, comparisons with previous years.. 5,7 354 economics, various sections, investigations. 493-494 69-70 8 154-155 protection, work of Weather Bureau, 1918. castor bean destruction in Florida. 145 97 97-98 87-90 97-98 19-20 75, 87-88, 91-92 91-92 22, 477 464 75 |