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Weather Bureau, employees, examination for promotion 184 



estmiates and appropriations for 1912 564, 573 



forecasts and warnings, distribution, press notices, etc 42-43, 



163-168, 172-173 



Mount Weather, publication, contents, etc 163 



observers, instructions, etc., 1911 171 



officers, titles and salaries 959 



Personnel, changes and statistics, 1911 188-193 

 ublications Division, transfer of material and work to Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office 185-186 



printing and distribution 185-186, 617 



report of Chief, 1911 155-193 



river and flood service, proposed work for 1912 169-170 



work of year, discussion by Secretary 4(M3 



chart, international, preparation by Weather Bureau, scope, etc 166-167 



maps and bulletins, description and number 175 



Review, Monthly, changes 179 



Weed destruction with arseuite of soda, Hawaii 700 



Weeds, control, investigations 309 



Weeks Act, March 1, 1911, inauguration of work, Forest Service 88, 102-103 



law, purposes and handling of appropriations 575-576 



duties of Forest Service 401-402 



Weevil, alfalfa, control, cooperative work of Biological Survey 536, 548 



work of Entomology Bureau 112 



investigations 515 



parasites 502 



bean, new, danger of spread 525 



cotton-boll, control work of Entomology Bureau 115 



mango, danger from, note 522 



West Virginia, road systems, model, recommendations, etc 751 



Wet-land crop, value of dasheen, note 335 



Whale-oil soap dij), use on cane seed 505 



Wheat, crop of 1911, remarks by Secretary 17, 21 



drought-resistant varieties, adaptability, etc., studies 71 



durum, value, experiments, etc 289 



exports, note 24 



field, average size, various sections 642 



land.«, value, various sections 642 



physiological studies 460, 461 



purchasing power per acre, 1899, 1909, and 1910 654-656 



winter, extension of area, work 289 



Wheats, Pacific coast, investigations 292 



White fly, insect enemies, attempted importation 501-502 



investigations in Florida 520 



studies and control work, enemies, parasites, etc 112-113 



grub investigations 515, 517 



grubs, note 517 



Whitney, Milton, report as Chief of Bureau of Soils, 1911 475-494 



Wild animals, destruction on National Forests, by States 396 



Wiley, H. W., report as Chemist, 1911 419-473 



Willow, basket, culture, distribution of cuttings, etc 404-405 



host of gipsy moth 498 



Wilson, James, report as Secretary of Agriculture, 1911 11-152 



Wind, direction and velocity in upper atmosphere 41, 159-161 



Wines, chemical studies 462^63 



investigations, plane 470-471 



Winter wheat, extension of area, work 289 



Wireless telegraph, reports of marine observations, number, regulations, etc .. 178 



value in West India hurricane warning, 1910 164 



Wireworm investigations 516 



Wireworms, note 517 



tobacco, control measures, studies, etc 115, 504 



Wisconsin Experiment Station, work, note 134 



Withers, fistulous, treatment with autogenic vaccines 240 



Wood, by-products, utilization, etc 413 



23165°— AGR 1911 64 



