Powdery mildew of the yy 373-380, 
Prairie dogs, description of, 439-441. 
Preserving, clarifying, and storing beer, 187.- 
Prickly-pear, as food for stock, 283, 284, 
Propagating nut trees, 647. 
Pruning grapes, time for, 683, 
Purslane, 306. 
Q. 
Quail as enemy of Chinch Bug, 67. 
Quarantine of neat cattle at Garfield Station, N. J., 521. 
Littleton Station, Mass., 521, 
Patapsco Station, Md., 521, 
in the United States, 520, 
R, 
Railroad construction, 1887, by States, 602. 
Rain-fall and temperature, crop year 1887, 525, 
tables for 1885, 1886, and 1887, 74. 
Ramie, conditions of growth, 689. 
Ranunculus sceleratus, 307. 
Rape-Butterfly, 168. 
Raspberry, anthracnose of the, 357-861. 
Red-legged Ham-beetle, 95, 
Scale, 124 
Spider, 144. 
Report of Botanist, 301-321. 
Chemist, 181. 
Chief of Forestry Division, 605-616. 
~ . Seed Division, 653-671. 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, 457-522. 
CLIFFORD RICHARDSON, on the investigation of food products, 282, 
E. B. COWGILL, on Sorghum, 223-226. 
Entomologist, 48-179. 
experiments with Sorghum and Sugar-cane, 213-281. 
H. A. HUGHES, on experiments at Rio Grande, N. J., 246. 
MAGNUS SWENSON, 213, 
Micrescopist, 617-625. 
Ornithologist, 399-456, 
Pomologist, eh pte ; 
results of ornithological investigations in Minnesota and Dakot 4 
NON BAILEY, 426-454, 5 ; CODY 
Statistician, 523-602. 
Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds, 673-690. 
the Vegetable Pathologist, 323. 
W. J. THOMPSON, on cane-juice filtration, 268-281. 
W. L. PARKINSON, on operations at Fort Scott, 226,228, 
preliminary, of the Commissioner, 7-47. 
Reports from correspondents on seeds, etc., 662. 
on miscellaneous seeds and field crops, 660. 
Resin compound, 50. 
experiments on Aphide, 146. 
Rhubarb, different species of, 685. 
RICHARDSON, CLIFFORD, report of, 282. 
Rocky Mountain Locust in Nebraska in 1887, 167, 
Rose leaves, black-spot on, 866-369, 
phragmidium, 372, 
rust, 369-371, 
Rust of beets, 350. 
Rye, acreage, product, and value, 1886, by States, 558, 
price per bushel, 1886, by States, 560, 
y.eld per acre, 1886, by States, 560, 
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