CONTENTS. 5 



Department Bulletin No. 359. — Comparative Spinning Tests op the Dif- 

 ferent Grades of Arizona-Egyptian with Sea Island and Sakellar- 



iDis Egyptian Cottons — Continued. Page, 



Comparative spinning tests of the crop of 1913-1914 17 



Summary 18 



Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture relating to 



the subject 21 



Department Bulletin No. 360. — ^Mistletoe Injury to Conifeb||jin the 

 Northwest: 



Introduction 1 



General nature of the mistletoe injury 2 



Result of infection on the branches 13 



Result of infedtion on the trunk 20 



Relation of mistletoe injury to fungous attack 25 



General suppression and fungous attack 27 



Relation of mistletoe injury to insects 28 



Influence of mistletoe injury on the seed production of the host 30 



Host affinities in relation to silviculture 31 



Suggestions for control 33 



Summary 37 



Literature cited 39 



Department Bulletin No. 361. — Comparison of the Bacterial Count of 

 Milk with the Sediment or Dirt Test: 



Utility of the sediment test 1 



Object of the work 2 



Outline of experiment 2 



Method of collecting samples 3 



Details of the experiments 3 



Conclusions 6 



References to literature 6 



Publications of United States Department of Agriculture relating to bac- 

 terial content of milk 7 



Department Bulletin No. 362. — A System op Accounts for Primary Grain 

 Elevators: 



Introduction 1 



Types of elevator accounting systems 2 



Office equipment .' 2 



Taking an inventory : 3 



Auditing the books ; 3 



Hedging 4 



Insurance of elevators 4 



Description of the office of Markets and Rural Organization grain elevator 



accounting system 4 



Instructions for operating the system 8 



Conclusion 19 



Blank forms Nos. 1 to 15, following. 20 



Department Bulletin No. 363.— The Pink Corn- worm: An Insect De- 

 structive TO Corn in the Crib: 



Introduction 1 



Nature of injury 2 



Description 3 



Distribution 6 



Records of injury 6 



History and literature 12 



Associated insects 14 



Natural enemies 15 



Methods of control 15 



Summary •. 18 



Bibliography 19 



Department Bulletin No. 364. — Forest Conservation for States in 

 THE Southern Pine Regions: 



The situation summed up 1 



What the lumber industry means to the southern pine States 3 



Pore'st fireg 4 



Unre^ricted grazing 7 



Forest management 8 



