INDEX. 483 



Page. 



Bookkeeping, farm, systems, study 474-475 



Borers, sluule trees, investigations 240 



Bots, horse, control, studies 237 



Boys — 



agricultural clul)S, extension work, South 342-343 



clubs, enrollment, increase 14 



Brand, Charles J., report as Chief of the Bureau of Markets, I!) 17 431-472 



Bras»ica spp., volatile oils, studies, Chemislry Bureau 200 



Brazil, pink boUworm, distribution antl estal)lishment 419 



Breeding — 



animal, work of department, 1917 73, 75-77, 80, 126 



plant, experiments 139-142 



Bridge work, jrlans and designs, Roads Office, 1917 363, 367 



Brown-tail moth — 



quarantine 418, 429 



work, review, 1917. 227-229 



Bud selection, citrus propagation 140-141 



Buildings — 



farm, working plans, Roada Office 379 



Weather Bureau, location, etc 52 



Bull associations, numbers and results 82-83 



Busck, August, pink bollworm studies and exploration, Mexico 422 



Butter- 

 inspection for Navy 88 



renovated, inspection and exports 88 



California — 



apple storage, investigations 159-160 



rainfall stations, work 57 



Calves, feeding experiments 91 



Cancer cures, investigations 212, 218 



Cane, sugar — 



insects, control work 234 



quarantine 429 



Canker, citrus — 



eradication work, 1917 137 



quarantine of citrus fruits 417-418, 429, 430 



Canning clubs, work in South 340-342 



Cars, refrigerator, handling and cooling perishables, investigations 156-158 



Casein, buttermilk, use and value in paper making 85 



Cataloguing, work of Libra.ry, 1917 313-314 



Caterpillar, range, decrease; 239 



Cattle- 

 feeding, experiments, work, 1917 74, 78, 91, 128 



grazing, permits. National Forests, 1917, and management 178, 179, 193 



lice, treatment and control 118 



scaV)ies, eradicat ion work ,1917 100 



testing, tuberculin, results, Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia. . 103 



Cedar rust on apple, control 136 



Cereals — ■ 



fall planting, 1917 27-28 



insects, injurious, investigations 237-239 



production 1916, 1917, discussion by Secretary 3, 32 



rusts and smuts, investigations, 1917 134-136 



Cheese production, work for increase of food supplv 68, 85, 87 



Chemist, report, 1917 " 199-218 



Chemistry Bureau — 



aid in food conservation work, war foods 30-31, 35 



cooperation with other departments and with States 207, 209-210 



research work, 1917 199-203 



Chemistry library, 1917, work 317, 318 



Chestnuts, resistant varieties, production 142 



Chickens, gapeworm, investigations 122-123 



Chinch bugs, control work 238 



Cholera, hog — 



control and investigations 69, 70, 1 12-115 



transmission methods, studies 113-115 



