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Beer, composition, studies 443^44 



Beet seed, improvement of American, note 59-60 



sugar, crop of 1911, remarks by Secretary 12, 14,19,20,21,151-152 



culture, improvement 265 



irrigation, etc., studies in Europe 60 



diseases and control of diseases, studie-^ 59-60 



improvement, breeding work 265 



investigations, remarks by Secretary 59-60 



seed grovsdng and distribution '. .'{41 



studies 451 



Beetle, Calosoma, usefulness against moths -500 



coconut, destructiveness, and appearance in Samoan Islands 704 



Beetles, Dendroctonus, damage by, and control measures 507 



ladybird, importation for use against white fly 501 



Beets, insect injuries 519 



Beet-sugar industry, note 266 



Bellefourche experiment farm, SoutJi Dakota, work 300 



Belmont, August, presentation of stallions to War Department 198 



Beltsville experiment farm, animal husbandry work, transfer from Bethesda. . . 253 



dairy work 220 



Bethesda Experiment Station, work, J.911 253-256 



Bibliographical work, libraries, of various bureaus, etc 674, 675, 677, 679 



Bile pigments in animal fats, investigations 244 



Billbug, maize, investigations 517 



Binding expenditures, 1911, by bm-eaus and class of publications 617-618 



work, Department library, 1911 667 



Biochemic Division, Animal Industry Bvu-eau, review of work, 1911 242-250 



Biological investigations, range 121 



various States 539-541 



Survey Bureau, appropriations, disbursements, etc., 1911 559 



estimates and appropriations for 1912 566, 572 



library, report, 1911 67X 



oflScers, titles and salaries 964 



report of Chief, 1911 533-550 



review of work by Secretary 115-123 



Birch, host of gipsy moth 498 



Bird reservation, Laysan Island 120 



reservations, establishment, location, etc 122-123 



report of work, 1911 542-545 



Birds, Arkansas, study and report 535, 539 



game. See Game birds. 



importations, no!e 122 



1911, numbers, supervision, etc 541-542 



lung diseases, desrtructiveness 239 



miction, studies and reports 540 



native, increasing number, methods 533-534 



protection from enemies, necessity 534 



of Paradise, importations, 1911, note 541 



protection under Lacey Act 782 



song, importations, 1911 54 1-542 



Biscuit, exports, note 24 



Bison. National Range, note 123 



report, 1911 545 



Bisulphid, carbon, use against .Vrgentine ant 506 



Bitumens, chemical tests. Roads Office 742-743 



Bituminous-macadam roads, 1911 718 



Black Hills, in.-^ect depredations, control 508 



tongue, disease of dogs, inve.-<tigations, 1911 238 



Blackleg investigations and distribution of vaccine 239-240 



vaccine, preparation and distribution 53 



Bleached flour, decision under Food and Drugs Act 773 



Blend, decision under Food and Drugs Act 771 



Blister rust, white pine, work 264 



Blood, carholized, use in hog cholera inoculations 249 



Blueberry, domestication, .■^uidies 286 



farm, Indiana, profits, etc 286 



