1134 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Palestine wheat, wild, growing in California, experiments 407-408 



Panama Canal, relation to seed supply 10 



Panariti grapes, growing for currants, California 452 



Papaya, growing experiraenta, Florida 423 



Paper and leather laboratory, Chemistry Bureau, work and [>roposf'd work. . .. 59&- 



598, 604 



investigations. Chemistry Bureau, and proposed work 596, 597, 604 



making, experiments, note 341 



investigations by Chemistry lUireau 57, 199-200 



materials, investigations. Chemistry Bureau 596 



wood pulps, studies 546-547 



plants, investigations, field and laboratory work 416-417 



Paprika pepper. See Pepper. 



Paralysis, bee, studies 652 



infantile, conveyance by insects, note 78 



Parasite, alfalfa weevil, importation 623-624 



introduction, value, etc 147, 148 



mulberry scale, exportation from United States to Italy by Ento- 

 mology Bureau 147 



onion thrips, introduction, transportation, etc., studies 643 



white fly, importation 623 



Parasites, animal, studies by Zoological Division, Animal Industry Bureau... 172, 



380-383 



beneficial, introduction, value, etc 147-148 



boll-weevil, history, habits, propagation methods, etc., studies 626 



gipsy and brown-tail moths, importations 621-623 



nogs, investigations 382 



scale insects, exportations 624 



Parasitic diseases, animal, studies 172 



Paris green, interstate commerce, control methods 1093-1098 



study as insecticide 1099 



use in insect control, danger, etc 627 



Passage Key Bird Reservation, report, 1912 674 



Pasteurization, milk and cream, advantages 50 



Pasteurized cream and milk, relation to butter and cheese making 338 



Pastures, coyote-proof, use in sheep protection 525 



experimental, transfer to Biological Survey for use of elk 525, 526 



Patents by Department emplovees, applications, 1912 992, 1011 



dedication to public 892, 930-931 



disposal of 892 



Pathological collections, plants, use in identifying specimens 306 



division. Animal Industry Bureau, review of work 355-369 



Pa^-ing blocks, preservation, experimental work 544 



Peach bud mite, studies 639 



Chinese, wild, introduction and growing 423, 424 



diseases, control work 137, 138 



invest igatioiis 397, 398 



lecanium, studies 639 



stock, hardy Chinese, introduction 119 



Peanut investigations, remarks 131 



oil extraction, studies, and proposed work 559, 600 



industry, remarks 131-132 



Peanuts, growing and uses, investigations 458 



Pear blight, control work 137 



eradicatir^n work 397 



thrips, control work by Entomology Bureau 79, 147, 635-636 



Peas, Canadian field, note 122 



improvement by pure-culture inoculation 139 



Pecan diseases, investigations 397 



scab, control work 138 



Pelican Islafca Bird Reservation, report, 1912 674 



Pellagra, causes, agents in transmission, etc., studies by Entomology Bureau.. 647 



conveyance by insects, investigations 78 



Penguin eggs, entry into United States prohibited 670 



Penguins, economic value, studies by Biological Sur\-ey 670 



Pennsylvania, cooperation with Biological Survey in game-law enforcement... 678 



