INDEX. 645 



Bndllus — . ''age. 



holulinus — 



occurrence in anti-hog-oholera serum 150 



occurrence in canned floods 277, 279, 383 



suipesti/er, strains variation 150 



Back, E. A., stored -product insects, investigations 309, 310 



Bacteria, canned foods, studies 456 



Bagging, cotton, imports in 1921-1922 617 



Balloons, pilot, observations 88, 89 



Bamboo, quarantine order 627 



Banana — 



plants quarantine orders 625-627 



■wild, use as fiber plant 176 



Ban'cropt, W. F., in charge of Alaska reindeer and fur bearers 332, 355-357 



Banding birds, progress of work 351 



Barberry, eradication for control of black stem rust of wheat 22-23, 164, 165 



Barium carbonate, use in rat eradication 3 43 



Barley — 



investigations 167 



statistics, acreage, exports, and production, 1910-1922 53, 54, 56 



Barnett, Claribel R., report as Librarian, 1922 395-412 



Beal, W. it.. Chief, Editorial Division, States Relations Service 414 



Bean — - 



beetle — «^ 



control by arsenicals, studies 256 



Mexican, spread and control 314, 315 



wee%dls, control studies 309 



Beans — 



gro^Wng in Porto Rico, experiments 432 



protein investigations 255 



velvet, new varieties 167 



Bears, destruction by hunters 335 



Beavers, habits, investigations 353 



Bee culture, investigations 324-330 



Beef- 

 cattle— 



feeding for milking quality, experiments 106 



investigations 105, 106 



production — 



costs, studies .' 549, 551 



on range 106 



soui'ing, cause, studies 147 



Beekeeping, demonstrations, cooperative work 329 



Beltsville Experiment Farm, animal husbandry and dairy work.. 104, 106, 108, 122, 123 

 Bees — 



habits and diseases, investgiations 325-329 



importation, restrictions 329 



Beet, army worm, control on peas 315 



Beetle- 

 bean, Mexican, spread and control 314, 315 



cucumber, striped, control 316 



Japanese — 



control work , 609, 625 



destructiveness and control work 26-27 



quarantine, and control studies 299-301 



Beetles — 



bean, control by arsenicals, studies 256 



tree, control, work of Entomology Bureau 321-323 



Beets, curly-top leafhopper, control work 317 



' ' Better Sires, ' ' campaign progress 101 



Beverages, control. Chemistry Bureau 280 



Bibliography, work in Department Library 400-402 



Binding, work in Library 403-411 



Biochemi c Division , B . A . I . report of work 1 49-154 



Biological — 



investigations 349-353 



products, testing, results 148 



