1140 ANNUAL KEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rodenta, effect on reforestation, control methods, etc 662 



poiaoning experiments 662 



Roentgen rays, use and value in insect destruction, experiments 630 631 



Root rot, cotton, effect on fiber, investigations 415 



sugar beets, control work 139 



tobacco, control work 138-139 



Root-aphis, cotton, control studies 631 



Rootworm, corn, southern, investigations 640 



western, outbreak in Tennessee, studies 641 



Roses, growing for rose oil, experiments at Arlington Farm 408 



use as perfumery plants, studies 140 



Rosin investigations, Chemistry Bureau 596-597 



Rot, root, cotton, effect on fiber, investigations 415 



Rots, cranberries, studies 398 



"Rotten neck " disease of rice, control by breeding for resistance 426 



Roundworms, sheep and hogs, investigations 380, 382 



Rubber weed, poisonous to sheep, investigations 412 



Russia, agricultural explorations and plants imported by Mr. F. N. Meyer. . 421-422 



Rust, blister, white pine, study and control work 399 



diseases, cereals, investigations 427-428 



fruits and nuts, investigations 397 



Rye crop, 1912, remarks 16 



price, 1912 20 



Sacchrin in foods, prohibition 245 



Salton Sea, evaporation studies, 1907-1909, results 187 



Samples, food, drug, and supplies, microchemical examination 589 



wood, identification, Forest Service 549 



San Antonio field station, work, notes 122, 447 



Francisco laboratory, food and drug inspection work 555, 584 



Jose scale, history, control, etc 145-146 



Sand-clay roads, construction in different localities, items of cost, etc 854-859 



Sanitation, farm, notes 382 



Santo Domingo, live-stock conditions, study 312 



Sarcocystis tenella occurrence, in western sheep 381 



Sarcosporidia, investigations 381 



Sausages, inspection and quality 370 



Savannah laboratory, food and drug inspection work 584-585 



Sawdust, redwood, use for grape packing instead of ground cork 451 



Sawfly, grass-stem, western, studies 641 



Scab, pecan, control 138 



Scabies, cattle, control work 45, 164-166, 348 



horse, note 348 



sheep and cattle, eradication, progress 311 



control work 45, 164-165, 348 



Scale, black, orange and olive, parasite enemy, introduction 147 



insects, control by fumigation, improved methods 79 



mulberry, parasite enemy, exportation to Italy by Entomology Bureau. 147 



San Jose, history, control, etc 145-146 



Schedius Kuvan», gipsy moth parasite, establishment 622 



School lands, exchange in vanous States for forest lands 65, 473^75 



Schools, agricultural, growth, extent and number 101-102 



relations with Office of Experiment Stations, advance, 



extension, etc ^ 824-826 



State, receipts from Forest Serv-ice, 1911, 1912 464-465 



teaching agriculture, lists, 1897 and 1912 215 



Scientific publications, remarks 89 



Scientists, commission on meat inspection, personnel 305-306 



Score card, milk, use and value in improvement of milk supplies 49, 157, 330 



Seattle laboratory, food and drug inspection work 585 



Secretary, Agriculture. See Agriculture, Secretary. 



Seed, beet, production, remarks 135 



Congressional distribution, number and kinds of packages 134, 460-462 



corn, breeding and selection 128 



cotton, distribution, new method 462 



distribution, policy and methods, remarks by Secretary 133-134 



