426 ANNUAL REPOBTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Page. 



Solicitor's office, summary of work, 1915 327-332 



Sorghums, water requirement, studies 147-148 



South— 



cattle-tick eradication, work Ill 



dairy industry, development '. . . . 94-95 



work of county agricultural agents 40-41 



South Carolina — 



Cowcastle Swamp, drainage work 309 



splenetic fever, areas released from quarantine Ill 



Southern States — 



grain marketing investigations 389 



tile drainage, progress ■ 309, 311 



Southern transportation conditions, study 376-377 



Sows- 

 farrowing immature and hairless pigs, prevalence of disease, investigations, 



etc 119 



pregnant, treatment against cholera, experiments and results 128 



Spider, red, cotton, investigations 217 



Spirochetosis, transmission by fowl tick, experiments 121 



Splenetic fever — • 



eradication work 111-112 



quarantine, areas released by States Ill 



Spongospora subteiranea, quarantine regulations 354, 355 



Spot markets, investigations and designation 395-396 



Sprayers, power, experimental work 227 



Spraying- 

 fruit trees in bloom, effect on bees, study 231 



materials, examination by Insecticide Board 349-350 



Sprays, dust, experiments 214, 215 



Squirrels, ground. National Forests, control 235 



Stains, removal from clothing, etc. , studies 312 



Stallions — 



Army horse breeding, record 87-88 



horse-breeding, study at Colorado station 87 



Standards — ■ 



Bureau, cooperation with Chemistry Bureau in net-weight experiments. 195-196 



cotton, investigation and demonstration 392-394 



market, investigations 375-376 



Starling, European, habits and distribution, studies 237-238 



States — ■ 



cooperation in soil surveys 201-202 



Relations — 



committee, work 299-300 



Service, organization, authority, scope of work, etc 38-44 



Statistics — 



Department Library 288-293 



farm crops, production and exports, discussion by Secretary 5-7 



tobacco, collection, recommendation by Secretary 37-38 



Steers, wintering, economical method, experiments 84 



Stencil work. Publications Division, summary 272 



Stigmonose, apple disease, investigations 214 



Stomach, birds, examination for economic data 238 



Storage^ 



farm products, investigations 377-378 



houses, community, for apples, proposed publicatio \ 155 



Stores, cooperative, business practices, investigations 369 



Storm-warning signals, improvement 66 



Straw, flax, utilization studies 155 



Strawberries, supply and distribution, investigations 372, 373 



Strawberry leaf roller, control 227 



Stumpage, National Forests, price increase 163 



Sudan grass, value for hay, varietal studies, etc 153 



Sugar beets. See Beets. 



Sugar-cane districts, live stock production, experimen '• ' 141-142 



Sugars, varieties, chemical studies 194 



