932 



EXPERIMEN'T STATION RECOED. 



Beans — Continued. 



culture experiments 732 



fertilizer experiments 421 



garden, as an index to smoke injury 146 



ground, analyses 65 



growth in calcareous soils, P.R 627, 816 



Irrigation experiments 732 



kidney, xenia in 836 



Lima, arsenical burn of, Conn. State 641 



Lyon, as a cover crop, P.R 635 



Lyon, culture experiments 829 



Lyon, hybridization experiments, Fla. . . 734 



moth, description, U.S.D.A 740 



mung, description, U.S.D.A 740 



mungo, fertilizer experiments 421 



Porto Rico, culture experiments 829 



relation of tops to roots 733 



relation of weight of seed to yield 824 



rice, description, U.S.D.A 739 



seed, disinfection experiments 738 



sinay, effect on nitrogen content of 



soils 733 



stachyose in 13 



stored, variations in weight of 235 



string, carbohydrates in 11 



urd, description, U.S.D.A 740 



varieties 732 



velvet. {See Velvet beans.) 



xenia in 224,836 



Bedbugs- 

 biology 156 



remedies 353 



transmission of diseases by 550 



Bee- 

 colony, tcmperatvure of, U.S.D.A 254,553 



diseases, control by heating, U.S.D.A 255 



diseases, notes 553 



inspection law in Michigan, Mich 554 



moth, immunity to tuberculosis 155 



moth, notes 352 



Beech— 



as affected by smoke 521 



grafting 443 



Beechnuts, analyses and feeding value 365 



Beef- 

 baby, production, Nebr 866 



cost of production under semirange con- 

 ditions, Colo 468 



fat, role in gl ycogen formation 763 



fresh, fumeric acid in 759 



imports from Argentina, U.S.D.A 95 



jerked, industry in Argentina 75 



prices in Ireland 96 



production in the South, U.S.D.A 74, 367 



products, freezing and salting, in South 



America, U.S.D.A 367 



scrap, analyses 73 



scrap, analyses, N.J 569 



scrap, analyses, N. Y.State 663 



scrap for laying hens, N.J 569 



scrap V. cotton-seed meal for chicks, R. I. 473 



soups, condensed, examination, N.Dak. . 659 

 Beekeepers' Association of Ontario, 



report 554 



Beekeeping— j 



in Porto Rico, P.R 354 



notes 340 



notes, Okia ,..., 354 



Bees— Page, 



as carriers of pathogenic micro-organisms. 849 



behavior in winter, U.S.D.A 254,553 



brood diseases of 655 



enemies of 553 



food consumed by 61 



Megach ile, pollination of alfalfa by 631 



Melipona, dipterous enemies of 255 



on farms in United States 167 



pollination of alfalfa by, U.S.D.A 134 



pollination of apples by 554 



pollination of cranberries by, Mass 741 



spider enemies of 159 



Beet- 

 aphis, black, parasites of 757 



aphis, black, studies 754 



chips, fermenting power 413 



diseases, notes, Fla 747 



heart rot, notes 344 



juices, clarification. La 117 



leaves, preservation with lactic acid 



starter 467 



plant louse, life history 652 



pulp, dried, analyses 73, 168, 366, 467 



pulp, dried, analyses, N. Y.State 663 



pulp, dried, analyses, Vt 663 



pulp, dried, digestibility, Mass 766 



seeds from different size seed balls, germi- 

 nation 232 



seeds, planting in sectional cylinders 633 



silage, composition and digestibility 467 



tops, fresh and dried, analyses 864 



Beets— 



as affected by spacing 633 



composition of offspring of 529 



fermenting power 413 



fertilizer experiments 29, 31, 36, 820 



field or fodder. {See Mangels.) 



from same seed ball, characteristics 633 



insects affecting 58 



leaf growth and sugar formation, relation . 834 



methods of analysis 18 



root systems of 515 



silver. (See Swiss chard.) 



steamed, composition and digestibility. . 467 



steaming and ensiling 467 



sugar. {See Sugar beets.) 



wild, selection experiments 330 



Behenic acid, notes 312 



Belladonna plant, distribution of alkaloids in. 201 



Belts and pulleys, selection 590 



Belwort, seed formation in 225 



Bengal Veterinary College, report 177 



Benzene, effect on sou micro-organisms 27 



Benzoic acid — 



as an acidimetric standard 501 



effect on composition of urine 761 



Benzol derivatives, bactericidal action of. 279 



Beri-beri— 



etiology 857 



prevention 555, 762, 858 



relation to diet 761 



similarity to zeism 464 



studies 463 



Bermuda — 



grass as a forage crop, Okla 829 



hay, chloroform extract of, Tex 71 



hay, digestibility, Tex 863 



