INDEX. 

 Beets — Continued. Bulletin 



sugar- 



No. 



acreage relation to irrigated area 726 10-11 



acreage, relation to tillable area and costs 748 42-44 



f 14 



blocking and thinning, methods and costs 726^ qn_q2 57 



cost of production 726< 5V52 



f 32-34 



cultivation data, Colorado, acreage, labor and costs 726< . kqkq 



cultivation, methods, times, and cost 735 20-22 



cultural practices, Michigan and Ohio 745 10-33 



development of industry, Michigan and Ohio 748 5 



growing, and costs, summary 726 3-4 



growing, charges on land; insurance, taxes, interest 748 36-37, 38 



growing in Billings region, Montana, cost and profits 735 36 



growing in Billings region, Montana, farm practice, bulletin 



by S. B. Nuckols and E. L. Currier..: 735 1-40 



growing in Colorado, farm practices in three districts, 1914- 



15, bulletin by L. A. Moorhouse, R. S. Washburn, T. H. 



Summers, and S. B. Nuckols 726 1-60 



growing in Michigan and Ohio, farm practice, bulletin by 



R. S. Washburn, L. A. Moorhouse, T. H. Summers, and 



C O. Townsend 748 1-45 



f 4,13-14, 



growing, labor costs and requirements 726< 30-32, 



[ 45,49-50 



growing, labor requirements per acre 748 45 



hauling and unloading, data, costs, etc 726 42-45 



hoeing, details and cost 726 30, 32 



irrigated area, Billings region, 1915, and previous crop. .. . 735 4-6 



r 726 37—39 



lifting, topping, and hauling, data < yoc 26-29 



pitting cost 726 40-41 



production, Billings region, acreage and yields, 1906-1915.. 735 4 



production costs, labor, materials, seed, etc 748 33-39 



publications of Department, list 726 60 



receipts, comparison with other crops 748 44 



returns and yields, relation to costs 748 39-42 



rotation crops 748 3, 8-10 



soils adaptable 726 10-11 



soils in Michigan and Ohio 748 7 



topping, directions and cost 726 39-40 



tops — 



farm value and prices 726 4, 55 



use as feed 726 4, 55-56 



value as feed and green manure •! 74 q ' a-iZao 



yields, effect of use of manure 735 10 



Benders, cotton, origin of name, and misuse 733 5 



Benick avocado, origin and description 743 57-58 



"Bicho grande, " enemy of tobacco beetle, description and occur- 

 rence 737 32-35 



"Big bug," enemy of tobacco beetle, description and occurrence 737 32-35 



Billings region, Montana, description, area, and development of 



sugar-beet industry 735 3-5 



Bin burn, wheat, distinction from other impurities 734 7 



Birds, feeding on avocados 743 5 



f 12—17 



Blastophaga, life history, habits, and importance in fig growing 732< 21-22 



Blastophaga psenes. See Blastophaga. 

 Blocking, sugar beets — 



and thinning, methods and costs 748 3, 23-25 



methods and costs 726-j , fl „„ si 



Blue brush, browse for goats 749 3 



