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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



[Vol. 41 



Water — Continued. 



drinking, of Quebec, analyses, 483. 



duty of, in Nevada, Nev., 728. 



examination, 8^8. 



ground, of California, 785, 881. 



hard, softening, 484 ; N.Dak., 89. 



irrigation, measurement, 481. 



irrigation, of L'tah, composition, 288, 

 583. 



lactose-fermenting bacilli in, 888. 



of Utah, phosphorus, potassium, and 

 nitrogen content, TiSS. 



purification, 483, 583, 614. 



rain. (See Rain.) 



rate of solution of atmospheric nitro- 

 gen and oxygen, 321. 



removal of iron and manganese from, 

 484. 



supply, influence of forests on, 7S5. 



supply of Egypt, 483. 



supply of Hawaii, 883. 



supply of lower Mississippi River Basin, 

 883. 



supply of Nevada, Nev., 728. 



supply of Pacific slope basins, 289. 



systems for farm homes, 484. 



tap, zinc content, 464. 



velocity in open channels, tables, 582. 



weed, Canadian, as silage plant, 737. 

 Waterfowl, lead poisoning in, U.S.D.A., 581. 

 Watermelon disease, studies, Mo., 654. 

 Water-soluble B. {See Vitamin.) 

 Water-soluble C. {See Antiscorbutic fac- 

 tor.) 

 Waterworks, biology of, 583. 

 Wattle insects, studies, 354. 

 Waxes, chemistry of, progress in, 614. 

 Weather — 



as affecting alfalfa seed production, 

 , U.S.D.A., 716, 732, 



as affecting corn crop, U.S.D.A., 810. 



as affecting fruitfulness in the plum, 

 445. 



as affecting winter wheat, U.S.D.A., 

 810. 



Bureau, report, 417. 



in relation to plant development, 222. 



notation. Beaufort, 808. 



of Canada, 211. 



of Great Britain, 809. 



of United States, 1917, U.S.D.A., 417. 



popular fallacies, 810. 



{See also Meteorological observations 

 and Meteorology.) 

 Webbing clothes moth, notes, 661, 757. 

 Webworm. fall — 



notes, U.S.D.A., 462. 



remedies, 662. 

 Weed seeds — 



analyses, Can., 565. 



buried, viability, Iowa, 227. 

 Weeds — 



control. 228, 537, 538, 638, 644. 737, 

 833; Colo., 646. 



control in rice fields, Tex., 38. 



control, law in Idaho, Idaho, 236. 



Weeds — Continued. 



effect on soil moisture and nitrate for- 

 mation, Kans., 33, 

 Identification of fruits and seeds, 537. 

 introduction into Michigan, 646. 

 of Argentine wheat fields, 646. 

 of Colorado, Colo., 646. 

 of North Carolina, 833. 

 relation to plant disea.ses, 537. 

 silage from, Colo., 646. 

 study in elementary schools, 298. 

 transpiration, Iowa., 227. 

 treatise, 442. 



utilization in feeding, 537. 

 {See also specific plants.) 

 Weevil, broad-nosed, notes, Fla., 548. 

 Weevils of superfamily Curculionoidea, 261. 

 West Virginia — 



Station, notes, 100. 

 University, notes, 300, 500. 

 Whale meat as food, G5. 

 Wheat — 



amino-acid content, 367. 



and rye hybrid, fertile, 645. 



antineuritic vitamin in, 466. 



as affected by alkali salts, 320, 623. 



as affected by manganese, 521. 



as affected by sodium arsenite, 625. 



as dry-farm crop, culture, U.S.D.A., 



442. 

 as dry-farm crop, fall-sown, Ariz., 332. 

 as hay crop, Alaska, 30. 

 as nurse crop, N.J., 35. 

 as phytometer, 327. 

 Australian, weevils in. 758. 

 bearded and smooth, comparative 



yields, Del., 39. 

 black chaff, notes, Iowa, 245. 

 black chaff, studies, 246. 

 blooming time, 440. 

 bran, analyses, Ariz., 367 ; Can., 564 ; 



Conn.State, 176; Ind., 564. 868; 



N.H., 68 ; N.Y.State, 868 ; R.I., 564. 

 bran, Canadian, composition, 565. 

 bran, digestibility, U.S.D.A., 64. 

 bran, feeding value, Mass., 276. 

 bran protein, nutritive value, 262. 

 breeding experiments, 235, 338 ; 



Alaska, 31; Ariz., 332; Kans., 48; 



Minn., 730 ; N.C., 638. 

 bunt, notes, 843. 



climatic requirements, U.S.D.A., 417. 

 continuous culture, 825 ; N.Dak., 139, 



822. 

 cost of production, Minn., 91. 

 culture experiments, 229, 334, 529, 



639. 729 ; Can., 528 ; Idaho, 226 ; 



HI., 832 ; Kan.s.. 33 ; Mo., 637 ; N. 



Dak., 139, 822, 824 ; Nebr., 36, 433. 

 culture in Argentina, 645, 646. 

 culture in Burma, 529. 

 culture in South Africa, 528. 

 culture on sandy soils. Wis., 18. 

 diseases, bacterial, studies, 543. 

 diseases in Java, 544. 



