INDEX. 439 



Land— Pa fi e - 



acquisition, National Forests, approval of National Forest Reserve 



Commission 178 



claims, National Forests, administration by Solicitor 346, 351-357 



classification, National Forest, progress of work 155, 158-159, 160-161 



patents, National Forests, number and extent of claims 160 



Lands — ■ 



Alpine, grazing effects, studied 183 



exchange, National Forests, school lands, etc 40-41 



pine, future use and value, studies 185-186 



Laurel, black, toxicity investigations 120 



Law — 



migratory-bird, Federal administration 251-252 



violations, prosecution methods, numbers, and details 347, 



348, 350, 352, 357-365 

 Laws — 



forestry, administration by Solicitor 345, 346, 347, 348, 351-357, 366 



game-shipping, violations, cases, etc 250 



important to agriculture, enactment and scope 3-5 



live-stock transportation and quarantine, violations 109 



Lecture car, work of Roads Office 337 



Legal work of Department, summary and details 345-366 



Legislation regarding standardization 390 



Leucothoe davisii, toxicity investigations 120 



Librarian, report, 1916 285-296 



Libraries — 



branch, work, 1916 292, 294-295 



Forest Service, increase, number of volumes, etc 190 



Library — 



Association, American (A. L. A.), form for library statistics 296 



Crop Estimates Bureau, accessions, etc 282 



Department — 



accessions, 1912-1916 288-289 



report, 1916 285-296 



use of books, circulation, statistics 285-288 



Weather Bureau, additions and eliminations in 1916 64 



Lice, cattle, control experiments i — 128 



Lightship weather stations, cooperative wireless reports 53 



Lime-sulphur solutions, analysis methods 125 



Lip-and-leg ulceration, sheep, inspections 108 



Lithia water, misbranding decision 359 



Live stock — 



commercial movements to and from feeding areas 398 



demonstration work, cattle raising and feeding 78-79 



estimating, organization and equipment, improvement 283 



industry development 18-20 



interstate movement, acts regulating, violations, etc 347, 361 



interstate transportation, inspection and dipping 107 



marketing — ■ 



conference and hearings 397 



investigations and work 396-399 



surveys and plans 6-8 



markets, centralized, studies 397, 398 



North and West, work of county agricultural agents 321-322 



plant poisoning, investigations 119-120 



production, extension, and demonstration work, Louisiana 134-136 



protection against predatory animals on ranges 19-20 



shipping associations, accounts systems 387 



special reports, collection 281 



Loans, library books and periodicals, statistics. 1912-1916 285-288 



Logged-off lands, utilization, studies 423 



Logging, destructive, in National Forests, studies and bulletin publication- 186 



Louisiana, New Iberia, live-stock extension and demonstration 134-136 



Lumber — 



data, cooperative collection 189 



grading rules, adoption by companies 188 



