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EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



Page. 



Silk induslry, tasar, iii Bengal 460 



Silkworm cocoons, studies lt'2 



disease, notes 646 



eggs as affected by temperature ... 162 



glands, studies 102 



pupae, phosphoric acid in 623 



Silkworms, breeding experiments 154 



feeding experiments 162 



introduction into Formosa 460 



notes 248 



raising 257. 545, 658 



Silos, concrete, construction and use 292 



in Michigan, Mich 793 



construction, U.S. D. A 03 



Silt, analyses 617 



Silvanus surinamensis, notes 647 



remedies 348 



studies, N.C.. 558 



Sunulids, notes 646 



Simulium spp., poisoning of cattle by 180 



Sinapis arvensis, destruction, Me 424 



Sinoxylon senegalense, notes 647 



Siphanta, notes 450 



Siphocoryne avense. (See Grain aphis, Euro- 

 pean.) 



Siphonophora rosarvm, anatomy 757 



Sires, pure-bred, efiect on milk, Pa 271 



Sirup, analyses 359, 566 



corn, manufacture 569 



method of analysis 10 



starch, detection 613 



Sisal industry in Hawaii 41 



Sitones flavescens, notes. 111 454 



Sitotroga cerealella. (See Angoumois grain- 

 moth.) 



Skeleton bug, notes 756 



Skim milk, analyses 414 



bacterial content 476 



buttermilk, manufacture and 



marketing, N.C 578 



cheese, making 478 



detection 211 



device for measuring 679 



for calves 669 



pigs 473, 569 



Can 369 



use in butter making, Md 578 



Skins of animals, identification. U.S.D.A 347 



sausage, identification of coloring mat- 

 ter in 108 



Skulls, fossil cattle, notes 571 



of animals, identification, U.S.D.A... 347 



Sky, overcast, studies, U.S.D.A 113 



theories of color, U.S.D.A 113 



Slag. (See Phosphatic slag.) 



Slaughterhouses, cooperative, in Denmark. . . 796 



public, in Scotland 566 



(See also Abattoirs.) 



Sleeping sickness, bibliography 255 



notes 255, 652 



Sleet storm in Ohio, U.S.D.A ". 616 



Sludge analyses, R.I 212 



Smartweed, destruction, Iowa 737 



Smicraulax, new genera, description 247 



Smoke, effect on oats 744 



house, beef, description 490 



oven, portable, description 490 



Page. 

 Smut. (See Barley smut. Com smut, etc.) 



Snake parasites, notes 184 



Snakeroot, white, as a cause of animal diseases 383 



Snakes, hemogregarlnes in, notes 686 



Snout lieetles, notes 653 



Snow as affecting timber lines on mountains. 546 



conservation as affected by trees, Nev. 15 



by forest cover 638 



crystals, transformation, U.S.D.A 113 



effect on soot content of air 302 



fertilizing value. Can 308 



red. In Michigan, U.S.D.A 616 



specific gravity, U.S.D.A 616 



water equivalents, U.S.D.A 616 



Snowball louse, description 649 



Snowdrops, carbohydrates of, studies 319 



Soap making, use of soy beans in 733 



Social bettermen t in the District of Columbia . 364 



Socialism, relation to agriculture in Italy 293 



Sod mulch, effect on apples, N.Y. State 239 



Soda, analyses, Me 463 



as a plant food, R.I 212 



Bordeaux, effect on grape flowers 52 



caustic, effect on fruit trees 561 



effect on plants 316 



water, analyses . . 462 



Me : 165 



Sodium — 



and potassium, similarity in behavior. . . 627 



arsenite, analyses, N. Dak 414 



lienzoate — 



as a preservative, studies 767 



effect on metabolism, U.S.D.A 257 



bicarbonate, absorption in the large in- 

 testine 265 



carbonate, analyses, R.I 212 



casein , absorption in the large intestine ... 265 

 chlorid. (See Salt.) 



effect on composition of plants, R.1 212 



growth of cereals, R.I 224 



in river and rain water 712 



nitrate. (See Nitrate of soda.) 

 phosphate, acid, effect on l)arnyard ma- 

 nure 720 



salts, destruction of Weeds by, Iowa 737 



effect on grasses 128 



rennet 76 



solubility of potash, N.II.. 715 



reaction with soils, N.H 713 



sulphite, effect on metabolism 260 



Soil acidity as affected by superphosphate, 



Ohio 223 



detection 703 



determination 107 



analysis, value of "18 



bacteria as affected by lime 417 



sterilization 417 



bacteriology, studies 118,619 



N.C 119 



climate, relation to nitrogen fixation 119 



erosion in Cape of Good Hope 18 



prevention 143 



fatigue, studies 22 



fertility- 

 address on 620 



as affected by disinfectants, P.R 620 



improvement. Wis 218 



