1114 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Dry fanning, extension, experiment station work 213 



weeils for, (lit<tribulion, note 13J 



Unds, crops lor, introdiiction by deparlnieiil 118 119 



Drying wood, new type of kiln 542 



I)ry-lan<l agriculturu, invetitigatioiis. Great PlainH region, andslalions. 124-125, 447, 45G 



ollice, organization, and work 124-125 



Ducks, wild, food studies 066 



Durango cotton, introduction and acclimatization 405, 406 



Early Buff cowpeas, value 433 



Earth roads, construction in different localities, items of cost, etc 860-862 



Economics, household, assistance by department 223-224 



Editing, work of Publications Division, review 765-770 



Editor, report, 1912 759-779 



Education, agricultural, progress since 1897 214-215 



Board, General, a-ssistiince to cooperative demon.-tation wf)rk 445 



institutions for agricultural, relations to Ollice of Experiment Sta- 

 tions 825-828 



echool of instruction, Weather Bureau 191, 267-268 



soil samples, sets for use in instruction 611 



Educational work, Chemistry Bureau 202 



Efficiency and Economy Committee, recommendations re^^arding appoint- 

 ments 1077-1078 



Egg investigations, Animal Industry Bureau, discussion 368 -369 



work of < hemistry Bureau 51, 52 



Eggs, parking plants, study 371 



bacteriochemical studies 564 



bad, interstate shipments, inspection, and seizures 572 



losses, reduction by production of infertile egj.'s 310 



deterioration in handling and marketing, losses, study of control methods. 45 



laboratory studies 587-588 



dried, laboratory studies, Omaha 562, 601 



exports, remarks 22 



frozen and dried, laboratory studies, Omaha 562, 601 



grades and uses 372 



handling and marketing, cooperative study of conditions, losses, etc 45 



investigations, Chemistry Biu-eau 560-564, 601 



infertile, advantages in handling and marketing 45 



reducing losses 310 



improvement in keeping quality 154 



marketing 45, 560-564, 601 



by creameries 333 



penguin, entry into United States prohibited 670 



precooling, studies 561 



price, 1912 20 



production and handling, improvement 310-311 



by Plymouth Rock hens 321-322 



poultry-breeding experiments 45 



in 1912, remarks 19 



research work. Animal Industry Bureau 370 



Egypt, date region, exploration, and iniportation of date varieties 422 



Egyptian cotton growing, Arizona and California, possibilities, etc 401 



406, 407, 437, 449 

 See also Cotton. 



Electricity, use and value in insect destruction, experiments 630-631 



in stimulating plant growth, investigations...' 420-421 



Elk feeding, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 84 



National bison range, note 674 



National Forests, conditions, need of forage, etc 526, 527 



Wyoming, feeding, protection, number, etc 675 



Elm, drought-resistant, importation from Silseria, and growing 422 



Employees, Agriculture Department, deaths, 1912, names, etc 1084-1085 



department, increase in 16 years 114-115 



Plant Industry Bureau, changes, number, etc 389-390 



Weather Bureau, number, changes, location, etc 296-301 



