58 INDEX TO YEARBOOKS, 1901-1905. 



Fence, lines, objection to growing trees, 1904, 266. 

 ostrich farm, remarks, 1905, 405. 

 posts, preservative treatment, 1903, 439. 



reinforced cement, study by Roads Office, 1905, 110. 

 roofs, etc., use of concrete, 1904, 68. 

 treatment for preservation, notes, 1903, 432, 433. 

 use of living trees, notes, 1904, 260, 261. 

 wire investigation, 1905, 109. 

 Fermentation, loss of bread in making, 1903, 352. 

 slow, of wines, 1904, 372. 



tobacco, improved methods, remarks, 190], 54; 1903, 66; 1904, 75; 

 1905, 74. 

 Ferments, formation in seed, note, 1901, 175. 

 Fernow, Dr. B. E., statement regarding timber-testing of Department of Agriculture, 



1891, 1902, 534. 

 Ferret, method of catching prairie dog, 1901, 262. 

 Fertility, land, building up, by dairy, 1904, 183. 

 soil, methods of maintenance, 1905, 71. 

 Fertilization and cultivation of peach orchards, article by M. B. Waite, 1902, 607-626. 

 methods, Darwin's study, 1905, 385. 

 of peach orchard, discussion, l902, 621-626. 

 the soil in home adornment, 1902, 517. 

 Fertilizer factories, use of cotton-seed meal, 1901, 292. 

 overapplication, note, 1901, 172. 



potash from grinding rock, study by Roads office, 1905, 110. 

 requirements, tests. Soils Bureau methods, 1905, 71. 

 use of castor pomace, 1904, 291. 



cotton seed, notes, 1901, 289-290. 

 grape pomace, 1904, 378. 

 Fertilizers, commercial, feeding roses, 1902, 557. 



for apple orchard, 1901, 601. 

 map showing relation of value of crops, 1902, 852. 

 relation of live-stock farming, 1902, 353. 

 corn growing, discussion, 1903, 181-183. 

 dark tobacco, Virginia, 1905, 222-227. 

 experiment station work, discussion, 1902, 591-593. 

 for grapes, remarks, 1902, 410. 

 hemp, 1901, 544. 



lettuce as special crop, 1902^ 569. 



roses and forcing house crops generally, formulae, 1902, 558-559. 

 special crops, article by A. F. Woods and R. E. B. McKenney, 1902, 

 553-572. 

 composition, tables of analyses, 1902, 571-572. 

 formulas for forcing-house crops, 1902, 558-559, 566-570. 

 improvement in use, work of New Jersey Experiment Station, 1902, 95. 

 influence on yield and composition of beets, Wisconsin data, 1901, 316. 

 low estimate of manure in Western States, 1908, 447. 

 mineral, use on chrysanthemums, 1902, 562, 563, 564-566. 

 mixing, use of cotton-seed oil cake, note, 1901, 296. 

 movement in soils, method of trading, 1902, 67. 

 scarcity, relation to food supply, observation of Liebig, 1902, 334. 

 sugar-beet, remarks, 1904, 28-29. 

 tobacco, comparison of home-mixed with factory, 1905, 226. 



Virgmia experiments, composition and cost, 1905, 225-226. 

 use, reports m connection with crop rotation, 1902, 529-530. . 

 Fertilizing orchards, quantity and kind of material, 1904, 175. 



soils in California, problems, note, 1901, 45. 

 Pescvu', meadow, growing and handling of seed, 1901, 244. 

 Fever, splenetic, or Texas, in cattle, discussion, 1903, 505-506. 

 Texas; inspection, supervision, and dipping, 1903, 19. 



See also Texas fever, 

 typhoid, source and protection, 1901, 178. 

 yellow, spread by insects, discussion, 1901, 190. 

 Fiber, agave, use among Mexicans, remarks, districts of production, 1902, 318. 

 cotton, relation of character to soO, note, 1903, 126. 

 flax, cultivation and use, 1902, 421^22. 

 goat, influence of food and care of goats, 1901, 278. 

 long-staple cotton, strength, remarks, 1903, 131. 



