INDEX. 513 



Market News Service — Page. 



enlargement and work of 1918 20-23, 53 



reports 473-482 



Market surveys, methods and costs, work of Markets Bureau 456-457 



Marketing- 

 cooperative organizations, investigations 456 



direct, by parcel post and express, investigations 459-460 



farm products, and distribution, investigations 456^68 



foreign, investigations 462-463 



Markets — 



inspection work 158 



Bureau — 



cooperation with States in marketing work 473 



investigations and demonstrations, work, 1918 452-473 



legal questions, assistance of Solicitor 394, 419-421 



publications, 1918 487^89 



report of Chief, 1918 451-489 



business practice and accounting systems 461-462 



cotton, future and spot, investigations 483 



grades and standards, investigations 457-458 



live stock, supervision and publicity 51-52 



local reporting service experiments 23 



Marlatt, C. L., report as Chairman of the Federal Horticultural Board 431-449 



Marvin, C. F. , report as Chief of Weather Bureau, 1918 57-70 



Mealybug, citrus, control work 245-246 



Meat — 



inspection — 



exemption, shipments under 101-102 



law, violations, fines, etc 415-416 



work, 1918 98-106 



work of Animal Industry Bureau for Army and Navy 20 



preservation by drying 122 



production, increase since 1914 6, 8 



products — 



inspection 101 



substitutes for industrial purposes 122 



supply, increase, work of Department, 1918 15 



Meats- 

 imported, inspection 102-103 



market news service 21-22, 475^76 



marketing, investigations : 465-466 



Medicines — 



analysis methods, studies 223 



fraud, marketing by mail, work against 223 



Mesquite wood, protection from insect destruction 245 



Meteorology, agricultural, work of Weather Bureau, 1918 68-70 



Mexico, pmk boUworm situation 28-29, 437 



Mildew, powdery, of apple, control 154 



Mildew-proofing, studies, Chemistry Bureau 213-216 



Milk- 

 adulteration, discussion, important 203 



condensed, laboratory work 96 



market, investigations, 1918 83-84 



production — 



cost 94 



increase since 1914 6, 8 



sanitary methods, and requirements 93-94 



secretion, laboratory studies 95 



Milking machines, studies 495 



Milkweed, whorled, poisonous to live stock 118 



Mills, dust explosions and fires, control work 211, 214 



MoHLER, John R., report as Chief, Animal Industry Bureau, 1918 71-133 



Moles, trapping and use of skins 262 



Moneys, public, various sources. 278 



Montana — 



ground squirrels eradication work 261 



National Bison Range, conditions, 1918 268 



rodent-extermination work, 1918 18 



