1028 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Dgo. 



Page. 



Peach-twig borer, life history of 405 



Peach-twig borer, treatment for, 406 



Pears, varieties of 421 



Pear-tree borer, treatment for 40.') 



Penn»ylvania fruit culture by counties, .. 433 



Phosphates 808 



Phosphates, historical record of 806 



Phosphates, importance of phosphoric acid 



to SOS 



Phosphates, methods of manufacturing 



soluble 8C9 



Phosphates, iron and alumina 817 



Phosphates, tetra-calcium, S2i 



Phosphates, South Carolina 82.5 



Phosphates, dissolved S. C. rock, 829 



Phosphates, Tennessee 830 



Phosphates. Florida S:JO 



Phosphates. Pennsylvania 831 



Phosphates, Virginia KVZ 



Phosphates, coprolites 832 



Phosphates, apatite 83. 



Phosphates, slag. 832 



Phosphates, basic, 834 



Phosphafes. bone black 836 



Phosphatss, bone 83fi 



Phosphates precipitated 837 



Phosphates, guano, 838 



Phosphates, iron and alumina deposits of, 83S 



Phosphates, Florida soft S39 



Phosphates, use of 840 



Phosphates, points affecting the availabil- 

 ity of 842 



Phosphates, how applied, broad cast, hill. 



or by drill 846 



Phosphates, commercial value of 847 



Phosphates, relative ability of different 



crops to use, 872 



Phosphates, box experiments 872 



Phosphates, result of Maine Station ex- 

 periments 87S 



Phosphates, stimulating effect of acid. .. S79 

 Phosphates, tests made by Cornell Ex- 

 periment Station gSO 



Phosphates, foreign experiments with 883 



Phosphates, review of the results of ex- 

 periments S8r> 



Phosphate of lime, forms of 81S 



Phosphate of lime, soluble 81.S 



Phosphate of lime, reverted. 819 



Phosphate of lime, chemical composition 



of, 820 



Phosphoric acid, forms of 817 



Phosphoric acid, available 819 



Phosphoric acid, sources of supply of. ... 823 

 Phosphoric acid, experiments with differ- 

 ent sources of 850 



Phosphoric acid, summary of yield of 



value of crops 852 



Phosphoric acid, experiments of Stations 



in 857 



Phosphoric acid, discussion of Mar\'land 



Station " S62 



Phosphoric acid, test of Maine Experi- 

 ment Station 868 



Phosphoric acid, experiments of Massa- 

 chusetts Experiment Station. 861 



Phosphoric acid, relative weights of dry 



matter grown with S76 



Plants, chemical analysi.s of, 37'^ 



Plants, water required by 462 



Plant food, elements and sources of 301 



Plant food, elaboration of 322 



Plant food, fermentation of carbohy- 

 drates, 326 



Plant food, conversion of starch into 



sugar 327 



Plant food. decomposition of proteid 



matter 3.33 



Plant food, putrefaction and ammonifica- 



tion of. 334 



Plant food nitrification of 335 



Plant lice, life history of 407 



Plant lice. tr'='atment for 4ns 



Plums varieties of. 426 



Plum ciircuMo, life history of 402 



Pl'im curciilio. treatment for, 413 



Potato culture 6Sfl 



Potato culture, prennrati'^n of soil c,<to 



Potato culture, plowing thf ground. 690 



Potato culture, kind of plowing and the 



plow 690 



Potato culture, time for plowin.g 691 



Potato culture, the seed 693 



Potato culture, what is good seed 694 



Potato culture, selection of seed 695 



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Potato culture, cutting potatoes 701 



Potato culture. Impotent eyes 7u3 



Potato culture, clipping the tip 703 



I'otato culture, selection of varieties 705 



Potato culture, modified method of bud- 

 ding 705 



Potato culture, effect of soil and season 



on, 708 



Potato culture. Ohio Station variety tests, 710 



Potato culture, the planting 7I8 



Potato culture, early or late planting 7is 



Potato culture, covering 720 



Potato culture, securing good buds for 



planting 721 



Potato culture, time for cutting seed 723 



Potato culture, plants '. 724 



Potato culture, applying fertilizers '. 726 



Potato culture, cultivation 727 



Potato culture, the old-fa.shioned way of 



working 725 



Potato culture, moisture in 729 



Potato culture, soiling for mulching, ...'. 731 



Potato culture, kinds of cultivation 732 



Potato culture, laying potatoes by 733 



Potato culture, the hand-hoe ^24 



Potato culture, danger in wet seasons. .. 735 

 Potato culture, insect foes and remedies, 737 

 Potato culture, effective* remedies for in- 

 sects 733 



Potato culture, pimply potatoes .'. 742 



Potato culture, fungus diseases and reme- 

 dies 745 



Potato culture, the scab, 755 



Potatoes as food 755 



Potatoes, cooking of 766 



Potatoes for live stock .'.'.'.'" 768 



Publications of Department, list of ...'. 889 



Pure food legislation '.. 19 



Pure food act of 1895 defined 195 



R. 



Rabies, prevalence of I64 



Rabies, legislation asked to prevent spread 



°i: •••••: •. 16^ 



Rabies, diagnosis of, X65 



Rabies, more rational views regarding' the 



existence of jgj 



Rabies, number of cases and deaths from 165 



Renovated butter 2OI 



Renovated butter, fat of ........'. 203 



Report of Deputy Secretary 70 



Report of Dairy and Food Commissioner.' 86 



Report of State Veterinarian. 99 



Report of Economic Zoologi.'?t 171 



Reports of special investigations, ......... 219 



Roads, cities and towns benefitted by 41 



Roads, steam transportation companies . 4-' 



Roads, convict labor on '... 43 



Roads. Pennsylvania convict labor law 



on 45 



Roads, cost of convict labor on 45 



S. 



Sanitation, annual address before State 



Board of Agriculture 181 



Sa.nitation of countr.v homes 209 



San Jose Scale, treatment of, in orchard 



and nursery, 233 



San Jose Scale, history of its introduc- 

 tion in XT. S 233 



San Jose S^ale, life history of '. 237 



San Jos4 Scale, how in.iur'y is caused, . . . 240 



San Jose Scale, natural enemies of 243 



Pan Jose S-^ale, problem confronting the 



horticulturist 244 



San Jos6 Scale, summer treatment of, .. 217 

 San Josg Scale, natural methods of 



spreading of 247 



School, the ideal, classified 52 



Schools, ceptralized, cost of transporta- 

 tion of children ^3 



Schools, Pennsylvania law for centralized. 54 

 Schools, centralization of, opinion of 



county superintendents, 5.t 



Skim-milk, composition of 580 



Skim-milk, valuable uses of 5ST 



Separators, conditions affecting creaming, 577 



'Separators, oreaminsv efficiency 57<? 



Separator slime, composition of 582 



