INDEX TO YKAKBOOKS, 1901-1905. 13 



Arkansas, farm lands, prices, 1905, 528. 

 rice territory, study, 1904, 108. 

 road conditions and proposed legislation, 1903, 460. 

 soils, areas surveyed, 1905, 618. 

 Arsenate, lead, use against moths, brown-tail, and gypsy, 1905, 128. 

 Arsenical poisons, use against cotton boll--worm, note, 1904, 81. 



on peach against curculio, 1905, 329. 

 Arsenious acid, investigation, purpose, 1902, 79. 



Artesian wells, increase of farm land prices m South Dakota, 1905, 526. 

 Arthropoda, kinds parasitic on domestic animals, 1905, 139-148. 

 Ascaris lumbricoides transmission, 1905, 150. 

 Ash in wheat, influence of environment, 1901, 306. 

 of oat plant, elements, 1901, 157. 

 trees. Forestry Bureau experiments, 1904, 453. 

 use in home adornment, details, 1902, 511. 

 Ashes, coal, use for growing carnations, 1902, 562. 



with peat, foundation soil for tomatoes, 1902, 507-568. 

 wood, use against peach aphides, 1905, 343. 



for potash in feeding plants, 1902, 557. 

 Asiatic ladybird, description, compared with American species, 1902, 171. 

 Asparagus, diseases, 1901, 671; 1902, 717; 1903, 553; 1904, 584; 1905, 606. 



growth under grapevine, note, 1901, 442. 

 Asphalt, base for oil for road improvement, 1902, 453. 



value of presence in road-making oils, note, 1902, 444. 

 Asphaltene, constituent of asphalt, properties, 1902, 443. 

 Asphaltum lor roads, study, 1903, 58. 

 Aspidiotus perniciosv^, native home, investigation, 1902, 80. 



See also Scale, San Jose. 

 Asses, numbers in several countries, 1905, 736. 



Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. See Agriculture, Assistant Secretary. 

 Associations, agricultural, lists, 1901, 620-641; 1902,670-693; 1903,519-526; 1904,549- 



556; 1905, 578-580. 

 Asterionella, cause disagreeable odor and taste in drinking water, 1902, 182 

 Astrakhan, use of mohair in manufacture, 1901, 283. 

 Atlantic forecasts of weather, remarks of Secretary, 1901, 14. 



South, coastal plains, porosity and granulation, 1903, 162-164. 



cotton farming diversified, article by W. J. Spillman, 1905, 193-200. 

 States, South, levees on rivers, 1901, 482. 

 system of rivers, features, 1901, 478. 

 Atmosphere, relation to food and physiological processes of plants, 1904, 122-123. 

 Atropa belladonna, remarks, 1903, 345. 



use, cultivation, etc., 1905, 538-539. 

 Atwatek. W. 0., and F. G. Benedict, article on "The respiration calorimeter," 

 1904, 205-220. 

 article on "Dietaries in public institutions," 1901, 393^08. 

 Auction, tobacco, relation to prices, note, 1905, 230. 

 Audubon societies, chart showing location by States, 1902, 210. 



cooperation on game law enforcement, 1905, 556-558. 

 historic account, 1902, 209-211. 

 list, 1901, 636; 1902, 689. 



membership and protection to bobwhite, note, 1903, 203. 

 relation to farmer, article by Henry Oldys, 1902, 205-218. 

 Australia, agricultural officials, 1901, 640; 1902, 692. 

 irrigation and rainfall, 1902, 636. 



study of fupgous cultures as insect destroyers, 1901, 462, 463. 

 Austria, scenic attractions and profits, discussion, 1901, 531. 

 Austrian cigar wrapper tobacco, requirements, 1905, 222. 

 Avalanche, dangers in Europe and America, comparison, 1901, 534. 

 Avery, J. Dixon, statements as to consumption of eggs, 1902, 303. 

 Avocado, commercial importance, names, etc., 1905, 508-509. 

 grafting and budding, note, 1905, 441. 



name, food value, uses, propagation, marketing, etc, 1905, 440-444. 

 Trapp, origin, name and description, 1905, 509-510. 

 Azores, meteorological observatory, note, 1901, 15. 



weather report for U. S. daily forecasts, 1903, 111. 

 Aztecs, utilization of agaves, note, 1902, 317. 



