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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD 



Beetles— 



bark-boring, notes, (26) 456. 

 cerambycM.l, injurious to flgs, (26) 147. 

 cocciiioUid — 



fuiniKation, (:W) 163. 

 parasiliu o;i citru.s mealybug, (26) 149. 

 hydropliili.i, new, (40) 265. 

 in sutjar plantations in Java, (35) 467. 

 injurious— 



in Porto liiro, (34) 753. 

 to babul, (27) 863. 



coconut palm, (29) 8.5S; (33) 154; («) 15y. 

 cotton in .\rizona, (38) 61. 

 fruit and flowers, (36) 654. 

 /ruit buds, (35) 363. 

 persimmons, (27) 458. 

 sugar cane, (28) 752; (29) 858. 

 longicorn, in Australia, (36) 360. 

 of PhiUppines, (36) 2.57. 

 predaceous— 



as insect destroyers, (27) 560. 

 packing for shipment, (26) 350. 

 respiratory activity in sunlight, (34) 30. 

 treatise, (40) 552. 



anomalies in, (35) 436; (37) 28. 

 as affected by — 



fertilizers, (29) 332. 



smoke and Que dust, (26) 38. 



spacing, (31) 633. 

 as source of alcohol, (36) 503. 

 assimilation of carbohydrates by, (26) 626. 

 atavistic, composition, (29) 430. 

 breeding experiments, (35) 442; (39) 542. 

 canning, (39) 165. 

 catalytic fertilizers for, (30) 627. 

 cell size in, (36) 229. 



characteristics and variations in, (28) 538. 

 color zones in, (36) 837. 

 combined fungus attacks on, (35) 245. 

 composition — 



and yield as affected by sodium salts, (29) 

 420. 



as affected by fertilizers, (28) 124. 



of offspring of, (29) 833; (31) 529. 

 cooperative experiments, (29) 138. 

 crude fat of, (28) 201. 

 culture, (26) 393. 



culture experiments, (29) 331; (34) 228. 

 culture for feeding purposes, (.32) 220. 

 Cytospora batata attacking, (39) 456. 

 determination of marrow content, (26) 117. 

 dry matter content, (26) 436. 

 effect on — 



following crop, (32) 223; (40) 624. 



milk, (34) 671. 



soil moisture, (34) 17. 

 electrical stimulation, (26) 136; (40) 428. 

 fermenting power, (31) 413. 

 fertilizer experiments, (26) 43, 522, 817, 819; 

 (27) 125, 137; (28) 723, 735; (29) 23, 25, 127, 

 632; (30) 124, 435; (31) 29, 31, 36, 820; (33) 

 219; (34) 431, 517, .532, 622, 723; (35) 126, 218, 

 325, 425, 427, 519; (36) 132, 217; (38) 218, 820; 

 (39) 130. 

 field, see Mangels, 

 fodder, analvses, (26) 267. 

 following alfalfa, (39) 130. 

 food value, (36) 863. 

 for dairy cattle, (34) 873. 

 fresh and ensiled, feeding value, (30) 371. 

 from same seed ball, characteristics, (31) 633. 

 fungicidal treatment, (29) 326. 

 genetic studies, (27) 33. 



germination as affected by fertilizers, (29) 327. 

 green manuring experiments, (39) 31. 

 growth as affected bv— 



fertilizer salts, (29) 329. 



manganese salts, (32) 725. 



sulphur, (29) 215. 

 hail injury to, (35) 734. 

 in silage, (33) 468. 

 inheritance of — 



characters in, (29) 832. 



form and color in, (29) 332. 



shortened development, (39) 734. 

 inoculation, (29) ;}26. 



insects affecting, (26) 454; (31) 58; (32) 818. 

 invertase in, (31) 524. 

 irrigation experiments, (32) 186; (33) 827. 



Beets — Continued. 



leaf growth and sugar formation, relationship, 

 (30) 638; (31) 8:54. 



liming experiments, (40) 134. 



methods of analysis, (31) 18. 



methods of variety testing, (26) 4.36. 



mother, isolation of flower stalk, (33) 832. 



muck and lime for, (40) 134. 



mulching v. clean culture, (33) .534. 



nematodes affecting, (27) 352; (28) 547; (30) 244« 



nitrogen appropriation by descendants, (29) 832. 



nitrogen content, (30) 209. 



phosphatic fertilizers for, (35) 23. 



plant lice affecting, (28) 354. 



pollination of sugar beets by field beets, (26) 332. 



pollination studies, (36) 522. 



potassium fertilizers for, (26) 526. 



preservation by pressure, (32) 416. 



radioactive fertilizers for, (35) 628. 



reducing sugars in, (36) 731. 



relative yielding capacity, (40) 625. 



resistance to cold, (39) 525. 



root deformation affecting, (27) 544. 



root systems, (31) 515. 



Russian, sugar content, (26) 738. 



seed production of different sizes, (30) 2.34 



steamed, composition and digestibility, (31) 467. 



steaming and ensiling, (31) 467. 



storage, formation of invert sugar in, (30) 15. 



storage, winter, (38) 442. 



sugar, see Sugar beets. 



sugar content — 



in relation to weight, (35) 640. 

 of root and character of descendants, (29) 

 832 



sulphur as fertilizer for, (28) 740; (30) 138; (34) 

 331. 



top-dressing with sodium nitrate, (32) 323. 



V. silage for milk production, (34) 670. 



variabHity of descendants, (29) 832, 833. 



varieties, (26) 733; (32) 528; (36) .36, 837. 



wild, selection experiments, (31) 330. 



yields, (28) 533. 



yields in relation to rainfall, (34) 319. 

 Befri, culture, (32) 226. 

 Beggar weed- 

 culture, (30) 335; (32) 226. 



culture experiments, (30) 229, 632. 



culture in Philippines, (26) 361. 



culture under dry farming, (30) 435. 



hay, analyses, (26) 362. 



hav, ground, analyses, (34)767. 



varieties, (30) 229, 434. 

 Beggiatoaspp., investigations, (28) 728. 

 Begonia — 



flowers, abnormal, studies, (34) 225. 



leaf blight nematode, (36) 52. 



spot disease, notes, (27) 848. 

 Behar hairy caterpillar, notes, (27) 54. 

 Behenic acid, notes, (31) 312. 

 Belah as lignum vitae substitute, (40) 640. 

 Belascaris marginata, studies, (40) 186. 

 Belgian League of Family Education, (40) 699. 

 Belladonna- 

 alkaloids in, distribution, (31) 201. 



alkaloids in, selection for, (34) 237. 



alkaloids in, variation, (30) 44. 



as affected by composition of soils, (34) 18. 



breeding experiments, (30) 631. 



breeding for atropin, (37) 44. 



culture, (36) 538. 



improvement by selection, (32) 143; (35) 449. 



leaf miner, see Pegomyia hvoscyami. 



root disease, (40) 844. 



seed, germination, (32) 626; (37) 545. 

 Belle Fourche— 



project in 1917, (40) 391. 



reservoir as a bird reservation, (37) 355. 

 Bellwort, seed formation in, (31) 225. 

 Belostoma (=Zaitha) flumineum, death feigning, 



(27) 457. 

 Belts— 



and pulleys, selection, (31) 590. 



pulling power, (29) 389. 



transmitting power, (28) 187; (30) 190. 



use and care, (30) 89, 488. 

 Bembex spp., bionomics, (35) 468. 

 Bembicini, revision, (40) 2G4. 



