INDEX. 487 



Farmers — Page. 



Bulletins, issue 1917. names, numbers, etc 278, 279-282 



Institutes, investijjations, 1917 327-328 



response to su,i2;,L!;est ions of Department 32-36, 43-44 



Farms, water suj)i)ly and sewage disposal, surveys 378 



Feeding, hog experiments 75-78 



Fertilizer — 



investigations. 1917 223-225 



surveys, work of Markets Bureau 19-20 



Fibers, binder twine, improvement on demand 149-150 



Field- 

 crops, Southern, insect investigations 232-234 



service, croj) reporting, reciuisites 298, 301-302 



Figs, growing, cultural requirements, studies 143 



Fire- 

 protection of — 



forests, cooperation of States 190-191 



National Forests 173-175, 181 



trespass cases, receipts 1917 175 



Fish- 

 meal, use as dairy feed 91 



packing, work of Chemi.stry Bureau 203 



Flax straw, use in pa])er making, investigations 155-156 



Flea-beetle, horse-radish, control studies 243 



Flies- 

 house, control studies 235 



injurious to live stock, control studies 236 



Flood- 

 relief, seed distril >utiun 148 



ser\-ice. Weather Bureau work, 1917 57-58 



Floods, losses 1916 57 



Flours, various cereals, studies 200-201 



Fly, melon, quarantine 418-429 



Food- 

 administration, inauguration antl administration 7-12 



adulteration — 



and misbranding, special cases 216-217 



suppression by Chemistry Bureau 206, 212, 213, 216-217 



and Drugs Act — 



administration and special cases 398-401 



enforcement in 10 years 210-218 



control laws, preparation, solicitor's work 387-388 



Inspection Decisions, issue 1917 205-206 



laws. State, stimulation by Federal act 210-211 



preparation, home. Home Economics work 355-357 



production — 



and conservation — 



pul)lications, 191 7 281-283 



extension oflice work 341-342, 350, 355 



emergency work. Animal Industry' Bureau : 67-68 



increase, legislation 4, 9-10, 22, 25-28 



supply investigations 447_448 



surveys, Markets Division and Crop Estimates work 19-20 



Foods— 



bacteriology, studies 201 



conservation. Department activities, 19J7 14-27, 21-26 



spoiled, inspection and seiziu-e, Chemistiy Bureau 206-207 



Foodstuffs^ 



cold storage, value 438 



conservation, work of Chemistry Bureau 199, 203-204 



Foot-and-mouth disease, comparison with stomatitis 72-73 



Forage — ■ 



insects injurious, investigations 237-239 



poisoning investigations 107-108 



Forecasts, work of Weather Biu-eau, 1917 48-51, 62-65 



