16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETINS 26-50. 



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 Senvre. See Mustard, white. 

 Serenoa semdata. Sec Palmetto, saw. 

 Sheep — 



grazing on depleted mountain ranges, management, 31, 12-13, 14. 

 raising, Alaska, discussion, 50, 25-27. 

 slaughter, 1912, estimates, 37, 10, 11. 



use in eradication of Rocky Mountain spotted-fever tick, experiments, 45, 1-11. 

 Shepherd 's-club. See Mullein. 



Sherman, Wells A., and others, bulletin on "Studies of primary cotton market con- 

 ditions in Oklahoma," 36, 1-36. 

 Shipping California table grapes, packing, loading in car, etc., 35, 13-18. 

 Shoe-make. See Sumac, smooth. 

 Shipping, shelled corn, shrinkage in transit, relation to moisture content, temperature, 



etc., investigations, 48, 1-21. 

 Shrinkage, shelled corn, in cars in transit, 48, 1-21. 

 Sinapis alba. See Mustard, white. 

 Sinapis, nigra. See Mustard, black. 



Sitka experiment station, Alaska, line of work, note, 50, 11. 

 Sixty-day oats- 

 description, test at Dickinson, N. Dak., 33, 29-30, 31. 

 origin, description, yield, experiments in South Dakota, 39, 25-26. 

 Skinner, J. H., and others, bulletin on "The action of manganese in soils," 42, 1-32. 

 Sleek sumac. See Sumac, smooth. 



Smith, Erwin F., statement on fruit of peach trees affected with yellows, 40, 7, 9. 

 Smooth sumac. See Sumac, smooth. 

 Snakeweed, poison. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Sodium nitrate- 

 commercial, nitrogen per cent, 37, 3. 

 occurrence in Chile, 37, 2. 



production of Chilean beds, exports, etc., 1911, 37, 2. 

 use in various industries in United States, 1910, 37, 3. 

 Soil- 

 culture, application of manganese compound, work of foreign investigators, 42, 2-9 . 

 hyacinth growing, requirements, comparison of Netherlands type with Belling- 



ham type, 28, 4. 

 improvement, value of potato growing, 47, 3-4. 

 provinces, Virginia, areas, descriptions and use, 46, 1-21. 

 survey, Virginia, catalogue of soils identified, 48, 1-21. 

 Soils — 



Alaska, characteristics, need of drainege, etc., 50, 9-10. 

 aqueous extracts, preparation, properties, etc., different soils, 42, 11. 

 manganese, occurrence, 42, 1-2. 



peach orcharding in West Virginia, types suitable, 29, 4. 

 South Dakota, character, value for cereal production, 35, 5-6. 

 Virginia, catalogue of soils identified in soil survey, 48, 1-21. 

 Sorghums, grain, tests at Dickinson, N. Dak., 33, 38. 

 Soup, meat and vegetable, preparation, nutritive value and cost, 27, 6. 

 South Carolina, paprika pepper growing, experiments, 43, 12-21. 

 South Dakota — 



barley, production, acreage, yield, 39, 1. 

 climatic conditions, relation to cereal production, 39, 2-3, 7. 

 experiments with wheat, oats, and barley, 39, 1-37. 

 oats, production, acreage, yield, 39, 1. 



soil conditions and types, relation to cereal production, 39, 5-6. 

 wheat production, acreage, yield, 39, 1. 

 Southern prickly ash. See Prickly ash. 

 Spanish paprika, description, note, 43, 2. 

 Spotted conium. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Spotted Hemlock. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Spotted parsley. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Spotted-fever tick — 



Rocky Mountain, use of sheep in eradication, experiments, 45, 1-11. 

 see also Tick, spotted-fever. 

 Spraying orchards, practices in West Virginia, cost, equipment, etc., 29, 9-11. 

 Spruce, Alaska, occurrence, value, 50, 8. 



"Square head" barlov, doserpt ; on, value for South Dakota, 39, 33-34. 

 St. Bennet's-herb. See Hemlock, poison. 



