AGRICULTURAL INDEX 



441 



Fess home economics amendment. See Fess 



vocational education bill 

 Fess vocational education bill 

 Hearing on the home economics amendment 

 to the Vocational education act. J Home 

 Econ 13:121-6 Mr '21 

 Present status of the home economics amend- 

 ment to the Vocational education bill. L. 

 Stanley, map J Home Econ 12:535-40 D 

 •20 

 Sovereicrn states and the Fess home eco- 

 nomics amendment. L. Stanley. J Home 

 Econ 13:305-8 Jl '21 



Festivals 



Country fair up-to-date: a garden party, har- 

 vest festival and sculpture display com- 

 bined at Hartsdale, New York. 11 Touch- 

 stone (1 W. 47th st, N.Y. 35c) 6:136-42 D 

 '19 

 Garden .'season's climax. W. F. Purdy. il Gard 

 M 30:135-6 N '19 



See also Flower festivals; Pageants 



Feterita , ^, . . ^ 



New feterita to be tested this year; has ad- 

 vantages over other varieties. Weekly N L 

 6:2 Ap 16 '19 



Varieties 

 Spur feterita. A. B. Conner and R. E. Dick- 

 son, il Tex Ag Exp B 275:1-28 '21 

 Fever. See Hay fever; Malaria; Malignant 

 catarrhal fever; Typhoid fever 



Fiber industry , ^. ^. 



Fabrics from fibres; skilful and artistic use 

 of nature's grasses. A. B. Brown, il Lon- 

 don Times Trade Sup Japanese Sect: 6 Ap 

 16 '21 



Fibras texteis e cellulose. P. Correa. il Brazil 

 Min Ag 276p '19; Review. J For 19:71-3 

 •la '21 



Fibre plant investigations: 2, Report of sur- 

 vey of the coastal districts of Natal Prov- 

 ince. E. Holmes-Smith. South African J Ind 

 (Dept. of Mines & Industries, Industries 

 Section, Pretoria 6d) 2:969-83 O '19 



German vegetable-fiber industry. Am Fert 

 54:114 Ja 1 '21 



Vegetable fibres: hemp, jute, flax, cotton. 

 Pietro Lanino. Anglo-Italian R (10-12 

 Orange st, London, W.C. 2 Is 6d) 5:335-46 

 F '20 



Prices 

 Regulation 

 Textiles and fibers. (In Govt, control over 

 prices, p. 680-728) '20 U.S. War trade bd., 

 Washington, D.C. 



Fibers 



Alcruns dados sobre fibras brasileiras. J. 

 Arthaud-Berthet. (In Fibras texteis e cellu- 

 lose) Brazil Min \g d lOn-15 '19 

 Brazilian fibers. J. E. Agan. il Pan Am 

 Union B (17th and B sts, N.W., Washington, 

 D.C. 25c) 50:394-404 Ap '20 



Convenient and efficient digestion apparatus 

 for the determination of crude fiber. H. D. 

 Spears, il J Industrial & Eng Chemistry 

 (Am. Chemical Society, Easton, Pa. 60c) 

 11:140-1 F '19 



Cultivation of fibre plants in Indo-China: 

 agave cantala. A: Chevalier. Int R Sci & 

 Prac Ag 11, no 2:192-6 F '20 



Description of the standard grades of Philip- 

 pine fiber.s; with statistics. M. M. Saleeby. 

 il Philippine Ag R 11, no 3:173-99 '18 



Extraction and utilisation of the te.xtile fibres 

 of mulberry bark. M. J. Dantzer. Int R Sci 

 & Prac Ag 11, no 6:788-9 Je '20 



Fabrics from fibres; skilful and artistic use 

 of nature's grasses. A. B. Brown, il Lon- 

 don Times Trade Sup Japanese Sect: 6 Ap 

 16 '21 



Fibre crops show increase; growing methods 

 developed. Weekly N L 8:5 O 20 '20 



Fiber division: report, il Philippine Ag R 11, 

 no 2:135-7 "18 



Fibre from the straw of flax. Ag Gaz of 

 Canada 7:857 N '20 



Fiber studies of Philionine dipterocarps. L. 

 J. Reyes. J For 19:97-104 F '21 



Fibras te.xteis e cellulose. P. CorrSa. il Braizil 

 -Min Ag 276p '19; Review. J For 19:71-3 

 Ja '21 

 Fibres and fibre cultivation. C. F. Wicker. 

 il Pan Am M (70 5th av, N.Y. 25c) 30:13-24 

 N '19 

 Four large scale textile crops: jute, crota- 

 hiria, hibiscus, sesbania, with a note on 

 abroma. L. Hautefeuille. Int R Sci & Prac 

 Ag 9. no 12:1443-6 D '18 

 Gelso-lino (mulberry flax), in Italy. A. San- 

 sone. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 9.no 9:1108-9 

 Q *18 

 Investigation of marine fibre, the fibre of 

 posidonia australis. J. Read and H. G. 

 Smith. Int R Sci & Prac Ag ll.no 3:326-7 

 Mr '20 

 Length of wood fibers. Sci Am Monthly (233 



Broadway. N.Y. 60c) 1:517 Je '20 

 Native fibre plants. A. J. Ewart. J Dept Ag 



Victoria 16:747-50 D "18 

 Paper making qualities of Hawaiian bagasse. 

 A. D. Little. (Ag. & chem. ser. B. 46) 51p 

 '19 Hawaiian Sugar planters' assn., Hono- 

 lulu ._ 

 Philippine fiber plants. W: H. Brown. (B. 

 19) 15p il '19 Philippine Islands Bur. of 

 forestrv, Manila 

 Possibilities of developing roselle fibre as a 

 cottage or other industry in the Federated 

 Malav States. F. W. South. Ag B Fed Malay 

 States 9:23-6 Ja "21 ^ ^^ 

 Report on an investigation into some of the 

 possibilities of the recovery and utiliza- 

 tion of the fibre from the straw of flax, 

 gi-own for seed production purposes on 

 the Canadian prairies. J. H. Grisdale. 

 14p '20 Canada Ag 

 Some principal fibre-bearing plants or 

 Florida. Fla Ag Dept Quar B v 30:7-15 

 Jl '20 

 Strong world demand for food and fiber fore- 

 casted; summary given of reports by agri- 

 cultural commission to Europe. Weekly N L 

 6:1 Ja 15 '19 

 Tropical fibres for paper manufacture. A. C. 

 Heinv. il Paper (251 W. 19th st, N.Y. 25c) 

 28:24-5-f Ap 27 '21 , , • 

 U.S. Department of agriculture develops new 

 sources of fibers for binder twine. Weekly 

 N L 6:2 Ja 15 '19 

 Western Australian products. Austrahan For 



J 4:85 Mr '21 ., , , . 



Work on the retting of textile plants m 

 Italv. D. Carbone. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 

 10,no 4:477-9 Ap '19 



See also Agaves: Aloes: Ananas brac- 

 teatus: Binder twine; Caesar weed; Cecro- 

 pia: Cotton; Flax; Hemp; Hibiscus; Indi- 

 an hemp: Jute; Nettle fiber; New Zealand 

 flax; Pita fiber; Ramie; Roselle; Sida; Silk 

 grass; Sisal hemp; Textile fibers; Thy- 

 melasacese; Typha; Wool; Zapupe 



Analysis 



Alsruns rlados aobre fibras brasileiras. J. 

 Arthaud-Berthet. (In Fibras texteis e cellu- 

 lose) Brazil Min Ag p 109-15 '19 



Report on crude fiber. G. L. Bidwell. Assn 

 Offic Ag Chem J 5:55-7 Ag '21 



Report on crude fiber. C. K. Francis. Assn 

 (Dffic Ag Chem J 3:256-60; 4:39-41 N '19, 

 Ag '20 



Studv of the details of the crude fiber 

 method. G. L. Bidwell and L. E. Bopst. 

 Assn Offlc Ag Chem J 5:58-70 Ag 21 



Suggested modification of the method for 

 crude fiber. L. D. Haigh. Assn Offic Ag 

 Chem J 4:336-9 F '21 



Prices 

 History of prices during the war; prices of 

 fibers and fiber products. J. Coates. (Price 

 B. 32) 29p '19 U.S. War industries bd., 

 Washington, D.C. 



Ficus doliaria , ,. • -ri/r \ (Tn 



Figueira branca (ficus doliaria M ). (In 



Fibras texteis e cellulose) il Brazil Mm Ag 



u 231-3 '19 

 Ficus elastica. See Rubber plants 

 Ficus stipulata. See Creeping fig 



