INDEX. 42 7 



Beans— Page - 



dried, studies 198 



insect pests, studies 230 



Bee culture, investigations 234-236 



Beef- 

 cattle — 



extension of work in Texas Panhandle 78 



investigations, breeding, etc 75-78 



cold-storage, length of time, and factors affecting 126 



production — 



experimental work 76-77 



extension and demonstration work, Louisiana 134-136 



Beekeepers, association, meetings 236 



Bees — 



diseases, studies and control work 236 



honey, special reports, collection 280, 281 



wintering, experiments and studies 234-235 



Beets, sugar — ■ 



drying investigations 146 



economic studies 416 



industry, progress 27 



seed production and requirements, investigations 146 



Beltsville Experimental Farm, progress of work 75, 80, 81, 85, 87, 94, 99, 100 



Bethesda Experiment Station, work, 1916 132 



Bibliographical work, main library and branch libraries 291-292 



Binding — 



expenditures, 1916 258-261 



work, Library 291 



Biochemic Division, Animal Industry Bureau, work, 1916 121-127 



Biological — 



products, manufacture, supervision 118 



Survey — 



Bureau, report of Chief, 1916 237-252 



library, work, 1916 295 



rodent control on public ranges 19 



surveys, work of year 243 



Bird- 

 census, 1915, results 243 



reservations, National, number and work 246-247 



Birds — 



distribution and migration, reports :_ 243 



food habits, stomach examinations 242 



importations, numbers and kinds 248, 249 



migratory — 



Federal law, administration 251-252 



law, administration, work of Solicitor 363-364 



protection treaty with Great Britain 346 



Porto Rico, report 241 



Southeastern States, food habits, studies 241, 242 



wild, migratory, investigations 243-244 



Bismarck, North Dakota, Weather Bureau, suit to quiet title, compro- 

 mise settlement 50 



Bison range, Montana conditions 245 



Blackleg vaccine, distribution, 1916 118 



Blueberry culture, investigations 148 



Boll weevil, studies 218-219 



Boys, agricultural clubs- 

 work, North and West 323-324 



work, South 314-316 



Brand, Charles J., report as Markets Office Chief 385-413 



Breeding — 



horses, work of Department, 1916 S2-SJ 



poultry, experiments 85 



sheep, investigations 79-81 



Bridge designs, preparation by Roads Office 331 



72412°— agb 1916 28 



