DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 226-250. 



Beets — 



seed bed, float for leveling 



sugar — 



acreage and production 



distance between plants, requirements, studies 



growing, management for better stands 



losses from drying 



losses in culture, bulletin by Harry B. Shaw 



losses in growing, sources 



stand and yield , correlation, table 



variations in local yield 



Belgium, sugar beets, acreage and production 



Beta naphthol, use against fly larvae in horse manure, ex- 

 periments 



Betts, H. S.,and A. W. Schorger, bulletin on "The naval 



stores industry " 



Betula spp. See Birch. 



Bigtree, range, note 



Birch, range and output 



Bird flea, life cycle and longevity 



Bishopp, F. 0.,' bulletin on "Fleas'' 



Bitternut hickory, note 



Black flea. See Sticktight flea. . 



Black gum, range 



Black walnut, range 



Blackberry juice, preparation, sterilization, and concentra- 

 tion, experiments 



Boll weevil, cotton. See Cotton and Weevil. 



Boll weevil, Mexican cotton, recent studies, bulletin by 



B . R. Coad : 



Borax, use against fly larvee in .horse manure, comparison 



with hellebore •. 



Bottles, milk, testing for pasteurizing milk, directions 



Bottling milk — 



and pasteurizing milk in bottles, bulletin by S. Henry 



Ayers and W. T. Johnson, jr 



commercial conditions, process 



Brewers' pitch, nature and use 



Brick — 



color, variation, and comparisons 



crushing strength, notes 



making, methods 



pavements — 



cost factors 



maintenance 



paving — 



cost 



inspection and testing methods 



raw materials and manufacture 



requirements 



shapes for special work 



testing, purpose and methods 



vitrified, pavements for country roads, bulletin by Ver- 

 non M. Peirce and Charles H. Moorefield. 



Briggs, Lyman J., and H. L. Shantz, bulletin on "Effect 

 of frequent cutting on the water requirement of alfalfa and 



its bearing on pasturage " '. 



Bookkeeping, a system of accounts for farmers' cooperative 

 elevators, bulletin by John R. Humphrey and W. H. Kerr. . 



Brush, disposal in lodge-pole pine forests 



Bubonic plague — 



outbreaks, mortality from, source, etc 



transmission by fleas 



Buckeye, range, and lumber output 



Burmeister, C. A., E. F. Chilcott, and W. D. Griggs, 

 bulletin on "Corn, milo, and kafir in the Southern Great 

 Plains area: Relation of cultural methods to production " . . 

 Butternut, range and lumber output 



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