248 



INDEX 



B 



Bacterial activities increased by 

 drainage, 169 



Baluchistan, alkali in, 13 



Bancroft, R. L., 14, 57, 58 



Barley, 212 



Barnes, J. H., 103, 134, 139 



Barnyard grass, 208 



Bases, determination of, 92 



Bates, P. H., 190, 191 



Beam, W., 102, 103 



Becker, A., 120, 131 



Beeson, J. L., 149, 151 



Bemmeln, J. M. von, 121, 130 



Bicarbonates, determination of, 86 



Biological: 



activity, toxic limits for, 135' 

 conditions and alkali, 132 

 inactivity and soil sterility, 133 

 method of analysis, 103 



Birdsfoot clover, 200 



Black alkali: 



formation of, 108 

 neutralizing, 160 



Bluegrass, 203 



Blue-stem grass, 206 



Bombay Presidency, alkali in, 13 



Borates, effect on capillarity, 128 



Bordign, O., 238 



Bouyoucos, G. J., 102, 103 



Breazeale, J. F., 29, 32, 40, 50. 54, 

 58, 59, 117, 130, 160, 166 



Brazil, alkali in, 10 



Bridge method, 94 



Briggs, L. J., 80, 128, 129, 130, 131, 



144, 151 

 British Columbia, alkali in, 7 

 Brome grass, 202 

 Brown, C. F., 166, 174, 190 

 Brown, P. E., 15, 103, 136, 138, 139 

 Bryan, H., 104 



Bud-brush, as alkali indicator, 64 

 Buffum, B. C, 45, 5 1 , 54, 58 



Bulrush, 208 



as alkali indicator, 64 



Burd, J. S., 14 



Bureau of Soils publications, 9 



Bureau of Standards work on ce- 

 ment, 176 



Burgess, P. S., 118, 139 



Burke, E., 174, 190 



Bushy samphir, as alkali indicator, 

 63, 66 



Butt, N. L, 151, 237 



Buttercup, as alkali indicator, 64 



Cairo, rainfall of, no 

 Calcium : 



carbonate hardpan, 124 



chloride, solubility, 105 



determination of, 92 



effect on salts, 116 



sulphate antagonistic with so- 

 dium sulphate, 115 



sulphate, solubility, 105 

 Caldwell, J. S., 116, 117 

 California: 



alkali in, 8, 9 



method of alkali analysis, 84, 85 



sodium sulphate experiments, 

 108 

 Cameron, F. K., 20, 22, 28, 32, 44, 

 46, 104, 113, 118, 124, 131, 



15, 151 



Camphor tree, 221 



Canada, alkali in, 7 



Canadian soils, 114 



Canal lining, 32 



Capillarity affected by alkali, 128 



Carbonates: 



determination of, 86 

 effect on capillarity, 128 

 source of, 28 



Carrying capacity of drains, 180 



Carter, E. G., 136, 139 



