INDEX. 1143 



Pago. 



Spraying insectfl, injurious, demonstrations and experiments 78, 79, 147, 635-640 



moths, gipsy and brown-tail 619, 620 



pecan scab 138 



thnrs, demonstrations and experiments. . . 78, 79, 147, 635-636, 642-643, 644 



tru' k crops, demonstrations and experiments 138, 400, 642-646 



ve?' table crops, demonstrations and experiments 138, 400, 642-646 



Sprays, varieties, tests, comparisons, etc 642-646 



Springs, minoral, studies by Chemistry Bureau 56 



Squirrels, ground, California, destructiveness, danger, and control 81,661 



St. Louis, lab'.>ratory, food and drug inspection work 584 



Starch, estimation in meat products, note 371 



Starling, food habits, studies 667 



Statistics, agricultural, development of work, 16 years, review by Secretary. 191-196 



Bureau, appropriation, disbursements, etc., 1912 690 



estimates and appropriation for 1913 703, 709 



field agents and correspondents, number, etc 192, 194 



officers, titles and salaries 1091 



report of chief, 1912 781-798 



vork, review by Secretary 90-95, 191-196 



Farmers' Institutes, number, attendance, and cost 215-216 



forest products, cooperative work, Forest Service and Census 548 



roads, study by Roads Office 211 



Weather Taireau, number of employees, salaries, and distribution. . 299-301 



Stearin, examination iii Animal Industry Bureau 371 



StC'm-])orer, clover, control studies ' 641 



Stock cultures, animal-disease producing, studies 172 



feeds, inspection and examinations, Chemistry Bureau, and proposed 



work. 572, 591, 593-594, 603 



See also Live Stock. 



Stomach worm, horses, transmission, control studies 172 



sheep, control studies 172 



Stomatitis, mycotic, discussion 359 



Storage, bi'.tter, study 338 



cold, investigations 92 



fruit, investigations 133, 450, 451 



Store credit for farmers 28 



Stored products, insects injurious, studies by Entomology Bureau 647-648 



Storm warnings, display stations, location 280-281 



distribution, extension since 1896 180-181 



Storms, radiotelegraphic warnings, remarks by Secretary 37, 178-179 



tropical, warnings by Weather Bureau 37, 179 



Straw, inspection for disease infection 351 



Strawberries, growing in Alaska 831-832 



Stream flow, relation to forest cover, studies 39, 276, 514 



Stream measurements. National Forests, work of Geological Survey 528 



Strychnine-starch solution, use with sweet potatoes in rodent poisoning 661-662 



Sucrose determination, studies 556 



Sudan grass, growing experiments 121, 432, 433 



Sugar, beet, increase in production in 1912 17 



industry development, aid of department 135-136, 214 



beets, diseases, control work 139 



See also Beets. 



estimation in foods and drugs 586 



investigations by Chemistry Bureau 53 



plants, work of Plant Industry Bureau 393, 401 



powdered , adulteration with starch 566 



production in 1912, remarks 17 



raw, price, 1912 20 



Sugar-cane borer, control investigations 627-628 



insects, control investigations 627-628 



Sugars, investigations. Chemistry Bureau, and proposed work 565-567, 603 



Sulphate, copper, use in purification of water, experiments 139 



Sulphur, use in insecticides, study 373 



Supplies, annual, awards made on bids 692 



examination by contracts, laboratory, Chemistry Bureau 57, 



201, 594-599, 604 



