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Report of Dr. D. W. Voyles 421 



Rhode Island, acreage, yield, and value of crops 2G0, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270 



Richmond, dried-fn lit trade in , 593 



Root-borer ( TorckiUum ruhi) 208 



Rotation in cropping _ 200 



Russia, agricultural statistics of .' 319 



Rye, analysis of 148,150 



crop of 1878 259 



experiments in cultivating _ 82 



seed distributed 37 



Saint Louis, dried-fi'uit trade of 593 



market prices of farm products in 1878 304 



live stock in 1878 308 



Sandomirka wheat, results of sowing - 37 



San Francisco, market prices of farm products in 1878 306 



peninsula covered with sea-drift 484 



San Joaquin Valley, full crops two years out of five without irrigation 479 



Saponin, estimate of 133 



Sauk County, Wisconsin, hop culture in ...,. .., 278 



Scale insect (Mylilaspis sp.) - 208 



Schleime _ 107 



Seed, best localities for maturing ._ 572 



distribution of 32 



abuses of 33 



reports of cultivation.. . . .. ...... .... .... ...... . . 34 



tabular statement of 38 



to the best farmers 33 



value of - 34 



influence of latitude upon 573 



should be carefully selected .... 121 



Semi-tropical fruits in the Gulf and Pacific States 580 



Sheep in Europe . 319 



numbers, prices, and aggregate values of , 272,274 



Siliceous diatoms 143 



Silk culture in California 495 



North Carolina 19 



the family 20 



losses from transient causes 19 



reasons for backwardness of...- 2l5 



insects, new si)ecies from Japan ....^ 19 



reeling 215,232 



worm and silk production, instructions in regard to 215 



choking the chrysalis 229 



diseases of 221 



egg laying 230 



eggs, profits in raising .... .. . 216,218 



wintering and hatching . 224 



enemies of 221 



feeding and rearing 225,235 



four different stages of 219 



preparations for spinning cocoons 228 



(Sericaria mori), nature of... ...... .- 218 



the chrysalis ....... .. ... . . .. .. 221 



cocoon ._ 220 



egg 219 



larva 219 



moth 221 



varieties or races of ... 223 



Slate-dust fertilizer. 141 



Small-fruit regions of the United States 578 



Soil, analysis of 138 



of California 482 



the Mojave Desert 485 



Sorghum, ash analysis of 110 



early amber . 8 



experiments in making sugar from 98 



molasses, process of eliminating gum 108 



nutans, analysis of 191 



sugar gum or zucherschloim 107 



