AGRICULTURAL INDEX 



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Protestant school board associations, Canada 



Proposed school trustees associations. S. 



Laird. J Ag (Quebec) 20:218 My '17 

 Prothailia. See Gametophytes 

 Protoplasm 



Action of Schumann rays on living organ- 

 isms. W: T. Bovie. bibliog Bot Gaz 61:1-29 



Ja '16 

 Collocation of plasmas within the cell. L. Le- 



grand. Scientific Am Sup (233 Broadway, 



N.Y. 10c) 85:60-4. 76-7 Ja 26-F 2 '18 

 Methods of studying permeability of proto- 

 plasm to salts. S. C. Brooks, bibliog Bot 



Gaz 64:230-49 S '17 

 Reaction of plant protoplasm. A. R. Haas. Bot 



Gaz 63:232-5 Mr '17 

 Studies of protoplasmic permeability by 



measurement of rate of shrinkage of turgid 



tissues; the influence of temperature on the 



permeability of protoplasm to water. E. M. 



Delf. Ann Bot 30:283-310 Ap '16 

 Protozoa. See Flagellata; Soil protozoa 

 Proverbs 



Agricultural sayings of the United Provinces. 



V. N. Mehta. Ag J of India 11:301-7; 12:90-4 



Jl '16. Ja '17 

 Useful weather proverbs. J Ag (Quebec) 21: 



182 Je '18 

 Prune and apricot qrowers' information bureau 

 Future of the prune industry: what shall we 



make it? H. C. Dunlap. Cal State Comm 



Hort B v 6:149-51 My '17 

 Organization for California prune and apricot 



growers. G: E. Merrill, il Cal State Comm 



Hort B v 6:143-8 My '17 

 Preparedness and the prune. W. V. Woehlke. 



il Country Gent 81:1427 Jl 29 '16 

 Prune and apricot growers. (In Report Cal. 



state market director, 1916, p 27-37) '16 Cal. 



State market director, Sacramento 

 Prune and apricot growers information bvi- 



reau. J. C. Shinn. Cal State Comm Hort 



B V 6:152-4 My '17 

 Prunes 



Commercial prune in the Snake River valley. 



L. G. Dunn. Better Fruit 12:10 Je '18 

 Common lioney bee as an agent in prune 



pollination. A. H. Hendrickson. il Cal Ag 



Exp B 274:127-32 '16 

 Common honey bee as an agent in prune pol- 

 lination. A. H. Hendrickson. il Cal Ag Exp 



B 291:215-36 '18 

 Cultural methods and pruning for plums and 



prunes. G: H. Howe, il N Y Ag Dept B 79, 



pt 2:1172-82 Ja '16: Same. N T Ag Dept 



Rep 1916,pt 3:1172-82 '17 

 Early history of the Oregon prune industry. 



H. S. Gile. Better Fruit 13:11 O '18 

 Evaporation of prunes. C. I. Lewis and others. 



il Ore Ag Exp B 145:1-36 '17 

 Evaporation of prunes and economical sug- 

 gestions. A. F. Barss. Better Fruit 13:7 



A.^ '18 

 Growing prunes for market. J: Steel. Fruit- 



Grower 27:264 Ap 15 '16 

 Preparedness and the prune. W. V. Woehlke. 



il Country Gent 81:1427 Jl 29 '16 



Prune evaporation. F. R. Brown. Better Fruit 

 12:21 Mr '18 



Prune growers advertise. Country Gent 81: 

 1302 Jl 1 '16 



Prune industry in Douglas county. E. Percy. 

 Better Fruit 13:22 Ag '18 



Prunes in Renmark. .T. M. Smith. J Dept Ag 

 S Australia 20:919-21 Je '17 



Pruning the bearing prune tree. V. R. Gard- 

 ner, il Better Fruit 10:9-11 Mr '16 



Diseases and pests 



Brown-rot of prunes and' cherries in the Pa- 

 cific Northwest. C: Brooks and D. F. Fisher, 

 il U S Ag B 368:1-10 '16 



Lead arsenates, stone fruits, and the weather. 

 G: P. Gray, il J Econ Entom 10:385-92 Ag 

 '17 



Root disease of prunes. M. A. Willis. Phyt 6: 

 368-9 Ag '16 



Spraying prvines and plums. H. P. Barss and 

 A. L. Lovett. Ore Ag Ext B 194:1-4 '17 



Marketing 

 Handling and shipping fresh cherries and 



prunes from the Willamette valley. H. J. 



Ramsey. Country Gent 81:506 Mr 4 '16; 



Same cond. Better Fruit 11:11 Jl '16 

 Marketing plums and prunes. G: H. Howe. 



N Y Ag Dept B 79,pt 2:1200-3 Ja '16; Same. 



N Y Ag Dept Rep 1916,pt 3:1200-3 '17 



See also California prune and apricot 



growers; Prune and apricot growers' in- 

 formation bureau 



Packing 

 Standardization of plum and prune pack. C: 

 Rayburn. Cal State Comm Hort B v 6:330- 



1 Ag '17 



Statistics 



Commercial stocks of prunes, Jan. 1. U S Food 

 Surveys 1:4-6 Jl 27 '18 



Commercial stocks of prunes, July 1. U S 

 F'ood Surveys 2:4-6 O 5 '18 



Table showing number of trees and produc- 

 tion in bushels of plums and prunes in 

 New York state. N Y Ag Dept B 79,pt 2: 

 1204-5 Ja '16; Same. N Y Ag Dept Rep 

 1916,pt 3:1204-5 '17 

 Pruning 



Apple as affected by varying degrees of dor- 

 mant and seasonal pruning. W. H. Alder- 

 man and E. C. Auchter. bibliog il W Va 

 Ag Exp B 158:1-56 '16 



Apple culture in Victoria. J. Farrell. il J 

 Dept Ag Victoria 14:711-27; 15:24-35, 140- 

 57, 277-94 D '16-Ja, Mr, My '17 



Apple pruning. C. B. Durham, il Purdue Ag 

 Ext B 45:1-8 '16 



Bring up a tree in the way it should grow. 

 P. S. Lovejoy. il Country Gent 82:1634-5 

 O 27 '17 



Bringing up an orchard. F. L: Marble, il 

 Country Life 29:74 Ap '16 



Building an apple tree. F. W. Allen, il Coun- 

 try Gent 81:100 Ja 15 '16 



Consideration of the bulk pruning question. 

 V. R. Gardner. Better Fruit 11:5-6 D '16 



Cultural methods and pruning for plums and 

 prunes. G: H. Howe, il N Y Ag Dept B 79, 

 pt 2:1172-82 Ja '16; Same. N Y Ag Dept 

 Rep 1916,pt 3:1172-82 '17 



Dehorning old apple trees. F. H. Ballou. 

 Country Gent 81:344 P 12 '16 



Does summer pruning pay? Fruit-Grower 28: 

 321 Jl 15 '17 



Effect of prvming peach trees at different 

 heights previous to planting in the orchard. 

 M. A. Blake, il N J Ag Exp B 293:1-30 '16 



Effect of various dressings on pruning wounds 

 of fruit trees (B. 396 j. G. H. Howe. N Y 

 State Ag Exp Rep 1915:506-17 '16 



Ethics of rose pruning. Gard Chron Am 20: 

 306 Jl '16 



Evergreen pruning. Gard Chron Am 22:58 F 

 '18 



Fall pruning peach trees. M. A. Blake. Rural 

 N Y 77:1183 O 19 '18 



Flowering hedges. Gard Chron Am 22:58 F '18 



Fundamentals that determine peach prvming 

 practice. E. W. Bailey. Ill State Hort Soc 

 Trans 1917:114-21 '18 



Further observations on the effects of prun- 

 ing, root pruning, ringing and stripping on 

 the formation of fruit buds on dwarf apple 

 trees. A. W. Drinkard, jr. il Va Ag Exp 

 Tech B 17:137-46 '17; Same. Va Ag Exp Rep 

 1915-1916:137-46 '17 



Grape pruning. F. H. Beach, il Purdue Ag 

 Ext Leaflet 68:1-6 '16 



Growing fruit for home use in the great 

 plains area. H. P. Gould and O. J. Grace, 

 il Farmers' B 727:19-27 '16 



Helpful suggestions. J. S. Underwood, il 

 Green's Fruit Grower 36:18 Ja '16 



How to prune fruit trees, grapevines and 

 berry bushes. Country Gent 82:438 Mr 3 '17 



How to root-prune fruit trees. Gard Chron 

 Am 21:403 N '17 



Influence of pruning on fruit-spur system of 

 apple. V. R. Gardner. Better Fruit 11:14- 

 15-1- Ja '17; Same. (In 8th annual report, 

 1916, p. 66-72) '17 Oregon state hort. soc, 

 C. D. Minton, sec, Portland, Ore. 



