﻿28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BULLS. 1-25. 



Roads — 



brick-paved, advantages, 23, 1. 



brick-paved, typical specifications for construction, 23, 21-27. 



country, paving with vitrified brick, 23, 1-34. 



subgrade, preparation for brick paving, 23, 8-9. 

 Robertson, H. C, and others, bulletin on " The refrigeration of dressed poultry in 



transit," 17, 1-35. 

 Rodents — 



injury to cottonwoods, 24, 15. 



poisoning, notes, 13, 58-59. 

 Rolling land, day's work, 3, 17-18. 



Root crops, feeding to sheep, value, caution, etc., 20, 41-42. 

 Root-rot, tobacco, control by acid fertilizers, 6, 12. 

 Rootworm — 



■beetle, southern corn, food plants, 5, 3. 



beetle, southern corn, oviposition, habits, 5, 6-7. 



beetle, western corn, description, habits, distribution, etc., 8, 1-2, 5, 8. 



southern corn, description and distribution, 5, 1-2. 



southern corn, food plants of larvse, 5, 2-3. 



southern corn, habits of larvae, 5, 5-6. 



southern corn, natural enemies, 5, 9-10. 



southern corn, or budworm, 5, 1-11. 



southern corn, remedial and preventive measures, 5, 10-11. 



southern corn, seasonal history, 5, 7-9. 



southern corn, similarity to western corn rootworm, 8, 1 . 



western corn, discussion, 8, 1-8. 



western corn, habits, distribution, etc., 8, 1-2. 



western corn, history, ravages, etc., 8, 2-5. 



western corn, losses from ravages in different localities, 8, 2, 3-5. 



western corn, natural enemies, 8, 6. 



western corn, preventive measures, 8, 6-7. 



western corn, relation to southern corn rootworm, note, 5, 1. 

 Rotation — 



cottonwood stands, management, 24, 42-45. 



crop, tobacco districts, 16, 5-10. 

 Roughage, sheep feeding, 20, 37. 



Rudbeckia occidentalis, occurrence on Wallowa Mountain range lands, note, 4, 24. 

 Rust, cottonwood, cause, damage, etc., 24, 14. 

 Rutabagas, feed for sheep, 20, 42. 



Rye— 



acid-tolerant crop, 6, 8. 



grass, perennial, reseeding depleted range, value, 4, 7. 



mixture with hairy vetch, note, 6, 10. 



pasture for sheep, 20, 41. 



sowing with acacia seed as sand binder, 9, 11. 



value in rotation for growing flue-cured type of tobacco, 16, 6. 



Salacin, acacia, 9, 34. 



Salmon-canning industry, extent, waste, etc., remarks, 2, 46. 



Salting — 



poultry, effect, experiments, 21, 16. 



sheep, practices, caution, etc., 20, 46. 

 Simpson, Arthur W., bulletin on "The reseeding of depleted grazing lands to culti- 

 vated forage plants," 4, 1-34. 



