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AGRICULTURAL INDEX 



Bamboo — Continued 



Diseases and pests 

 See also Bamboo smut 

 Bamboo smut 

 Bamboo smut fungus in Cuba. D. Fairchild. 



Int R Sci & Prac Ag 7, no 3:450 Mr '16 

 Occurrence of bamboo smut in America. 

 F. "W. Patterson and V. K. Charles, il Phyt 

 6:351-6 Ag '16 

 Bambusa. See Bamboo 

 Banana flour 

 Banana flour to help fortify America against 

 a bread famine. Current Opinion (63 W. 

 36th St, N.Y. 25c) 63:355 N '17 

 Superior bread baked from banana flour. Sci- 

 entific Am (233 Broadway, N.Y. 10c) 117:92 

 Ag 4 '17 

 Banana root borers 

 Some pests we do not want, why we do not 

 want them, and how they may arrive; the 

 banana root borer. D. B. Mackie. il Cal 

 State Comm Hort B v 7:498-502 Ag '18 



Banana stalks 

 Banana stalks as a source of potash. H. E. 



Billings and A. W. Christie. J Industrial 



and Engineering Chemistry (Am. Chemical 



Soc, Easton, Pa. $6 per yr) 9:153-4 F '17 

 Potash in banana stalks and skins. R. H. 



Ellis. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 7, no 7:950-1 Jl 



•16 

 Banana wilt 

 Banana wilt (Panama disease). E. W. 



Brandes. il Porto Rico Ag Exp Rep 1916:29- 



31 '18 

 Bananas 

 Alcoholic fermentation of banana must. R. 



Peratti and V. Riviera. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 



9,no 5:610-12 My '18 

 Banana: a food of exceptional valvie. S: C. 



Prescott. Scientific Monthly (Science Press, 



Garrison, N.Y. 30c) 6:65-75 Ja '18 

 Banana as a food. Scientific Am Sup (233 



Broadway, N.Y. lOc) 85:52 Ja 26 '18 

 Banana culture in the Tweed district. C. E. 



B. Welsh. Ag Gaz of New South Wales 29: 



731-6 O '18 

 Bananas an important source of the nation's 



food supply. Ag Digest 2:549 Jl '17 

 Cook your bananas. Lit Digest (354 4th av, 



N.Y. 10c) 56:22 F 16 '18 

 Dvestuffs from bananas; report from Eng- 



"land. Textile World J (461 8th av. at 34th 



St., N.Y. $3 per yr.) 53:993-F S 8 '17 

 Food value of the banana. 35p '17 United 



Fruit company, 131 State st., Boston 

 Native bananas of the Hawaiian Islands. V. 



MacCaughey. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 9, no 5: 



571-3 My '18 

 Ripening bananas by gas. Gas Age (52 Vander- 



bilt av., N.Y. $3 per yr) 39:251 Mr 1 '17 

 When food costs soar; bananas still stay at a 



reasonable price. G. V. Gray. • Country Gent 



82:750 Ap 14 '17 

 Wonderful growers. Green's Fruit Grower 36: 



23 My '16 



See also Banana flour 



Composition 



Changes in composition of peel and pulp of 

 ripening bananas. H. C. (xore. bibliog J Ag 

 Research 3:187-203 D '14 



Diseases and pests 

 Banana as a host fruit of the Mediterranean 



fruit fly. E. A. Back and C. E. Pemberton. 



bibliog il J Ag Research 5:793-804 Ja 24 '16 

 Banana diseases. 11 Hawaii Ag Exp Rep 1917: 



40-2 '18 

 Mediterranean fruit-fly (ceratitis capitata 



Wied.) breeds in bananas. H: H. P. Sev- 



erin. bibliog J Econ Entom 10:318-21 Je '17 

 Tylenchus similis, the cause of a root disease 



of sugar cane and banana. N. A. Cobb. J 



Ag Research 4:561-8 S '15 



Sec also Banana root borers; Banana wilt 

 Band boxes 

 Band-box gay. il Country Life 30:98 Je '16 



Bands (music) 

 Boys' military bands to meet war needs. 

 A. V. Chamberlain. Rural Manhood 9:151-3 

 Ap '18 



Banker-farmer (periodical) 



What the American bankers' association has 



done and is doing in farm development 



work. B. F. Harris. (In Agricultural exten- 

 sion, p 96-102) '16 National implement & 



vehicle assn., 76 W. Monroe st., Chicago 

 Banking law. See Agricultural credit — United 



States — Law 

 Banks and agricultural development 

 Agriculturist for each bank — the day is surely 



coming! Banker-F 3:3 Ja '16 

 Backing up the county agent. A. D. Cobb, il 



Banker-P 5:10-11 Ja '18 

 Bank-agriculturist's work. M. D. Lincoln, il 



Banker-F 5:2-4 N '18 

 Bank assistance to agriculture. Ag Gaz of 



Canada 3:179-80 F '16 

 Bank with a heart. G: K. Turner, il Coun- 

 try Gent 82:1903-4-1- D 8 '17 

 Bank with a vision. F. H. Jeter, il Country 



Gent 83:2 O 12 '18 

 Banker and agriculture. C. Ousley. il Banker- 



P 5:2-4 O '18 

 Banker and farmer: dealers in pork and 



beans. M. T. Herrick. Outlook (287 4th av.. 



N.Y. 10c) 116:21-2 My 2 '17 

 Banker and food production. J. Hirsch. il 



Banker-P 5:2-4 Ag '18 

 Banker and his relations to his customer and 



the community. F. N. Shepherd, il Banker- 



F 4:4-5 Mr '17 

 Banker boosts fruit-growing. H. L. Spooner. 



il Fruit-Grower 28:44 Ja 15 '17 

 Banker dairy booster. Wallaces' F 42:823 My 



18 '17 

 Banker-farmer war program. J. Hirsch. 



Banker-F 5:5-7 O '18 

 Banker who saw ahead. W. Harper. Country 



Gent 83:26 Ja 19 '18 

 Bankers' activities for a better agriculture. 



R. H. Smith. Penn State F 9:337-8 Mr '16 

 Bankers and the farm loan act. H. Quick. 



Banker-F 4:14-15 Ap '17 

 Banker's viewpoint: Wisconsin farm man- 

 agement demonstration work. B. M. Smith. 



Hoard's D 54:764 D 21 '17 

 Banking wisdoiTi and purebred stock. F. D. 



Tomson. Breeder's Gaz 72:139 Ag 2 '17 

 Bank's ag man. R. A. Blanchard. Banker-F 



6:16 D '18 

 Banks hasten to cooperate to bring increased 



food production. Banker-F 4:15 My '17 

 Be a banker-farmer — these bankers point out 



the way. il Banker-F 3:12 Mr '16 

 College calls New England bankers to the 



banker-farmer banner. Banker-F 3:13 Jl '16 

 Conditions adverse — but the bank brought 



milk cows and hogs. C. M. Kraemer. il 



Banker-F 3:13 Ja '16 

 Country banker's opportunity to bring a safer 



agriculture. J. Hirsch. Banker-F 3:2-5 O '16 

 County agent and banker. R. A. Ward, il 



Banker-F 5:10 N '18 

 Financing the farmers of a community that 



is just developing. D. W. Davis. Banker-F 



3:6 Mr '16 

 Foster interest in livestock by helping to 



form calf, pig and sheep clubs, il Banker-F 



4:6-7 My '17 

 Get behind the farmer! Banker-F 5:9-10 O 



'18 

 Getting the farmers and bankers together. Ag 



Digest 2:693 N '17 

 How a Georgia bank placed $6,000 worth of 



hogs among farmers. R. C. Dunlap. il 



Banker-F 4:10 Jl '17 

 How a letter from a farmer aroused the 



bankers of California. H. C. Carr. Banker- 



F 3:12-13 Ag '16 

 How bankers state associations work for ag- 

 riculture. Banker-F 3:14 Ap; 2-4 Je; 11-16 S 



'16 

 How eleven banks cooperate to bring better 



cows and bigger milk checks. H. I. Wood. 



il Banker-F 4:6-7 Ja '17; Same cond. Ag 



Digest 1:295-6 F '17 

 How Indiana banks build up their communi- 

 ties — and themselves. C. Henry, il Banker- 



F 4:10-11 S '17 



