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Formaldehyde, characteristics and properties, 1905, 477-478. 

 commercial, composition, 1905, 478^80. 



composition and uses, article by Bernard H. Smith, 1905, 477—182. 

 condition of unfitness for disinfection, 1905, 480. 

 danger in use in food products, 1905, 482. 

 disinfection, methods of use, 1905, 480-481. 

 for smut of oats, extensive use, remarks, 1902, 96. 

 fungicide use, 1905, 482. 

 preservative use, 1905, 482. 

 treatment of oats smut, 1902, 601. 

 use as deodorant, 1905, 481. 

 Fortune, Robert, travel in Japan, 1902, 163. 

 Fowls in United States, numbers, 1902, 295. 

 Foxglove, cultivation, 1905, 539. 

 France, butter, remarks, 1902, 152. 



dairy cattle, discussion, 1902, 147. 



exports of United States, surplus, 1903, 484, 486. 



irngation and rainfall, 1902, 635. 



Nancy, investigation of effect of deciduous forest on rainfall and evaporation, 



remarks, 1903, 282. 

 oleaginous seeds and nuts, imports, 1903, 419-420. 



production and exports, 1903, 421. 

 scenic attractions and profits, discussion, 1901, 531. 

 Frankenfield. H. C, article on "Extension of the river and flood Mev\'ir.-e of the 



Weather Bureau," 1905, 231-240. 

 "Floods and flood warning," 1901, 477-i86. 

 Fraukenthal, A. L., statements as to inducements for tourists in Switzerland, 1901, 530. 

 Freezes, Florida, effect on citrange, 1904, 231-232. 



citrus industry, notes, 1904, 223. 

 Freezing, effect on plant cells, note, 1901, 163. 



limit of resistance for domestic plums, remarks, 1902, 477. 

 temperatures, impairment of fruit prospects, 1903, 527. 

 Freight rates, Argentine, note, 1904, 281. 



at Pacific coast ports, 1901, 579, 580. 



average in cents per ton per mile, 1901, 791; 1902, 851; 1903, 678; 1904, 



719; 1905, 758. 

 Chicago to European ports, 1905, 759. 



New York, 1905, 758. 

 cotton, compressed, 1902, 850; 1903, 677; 1904, 718; 1905, 757,760. 

 export, com and wheat, western to southern points, 1905, 757. 

 grain, 1901, 788-791; 1902, 849,851,852; 1903, 676,678,679; 1904, 717, 

 ^ 719, 720; 1905, 756-760. 

 St. Louis to Liverpool, 1905, 756. 

 meats, 1901, 789; 1902, 849,850; 1903, 677; 1904, 718; 1905, 756,757. 

 ocean, com, wheat, cotton, and lard. United States to Liverpool, 1905, 



760. 

 packed meats, Cincinnati to New York, 1905, 757. 

 statistics, 1901, 788-791; 1902, 849-852; 1903, 676-679; 190^1 717-720; 



1905, 756-760. 

 tables, 1903, 676-679. 

 See also Transportation rates. 

 French market, fruit packing for trade, 1904, 43. 

 "Frenching," definition, 1905, 469. 



of tobacco, note, 1901, 167. 

 Fresno, center of raisin industry in California, note, 1902, 413. 

 FriedbergerandProhner, statement as to foot-and-mouth disease, 1902, 649. 

 Frost, Alaska, destruction of cereals in August at Copper Center, 1904, 100. 

 destructive agent in building sand-clay road, 1903, 261. 

 relation of forest belts on farm, 1904, 268. 

 to growing castor plant, 1904, 294. 

 resistance, breeding of oranges, 1901, 25. 

 spring and fall. See "Weather and crop conditions, 

 use of water to prevent injury to cranberry crop, 1903, 97. 

 Frosts, danger to com in elevated areas in Allegheny Moxmtains, 1905, 69. 

 Freedom of Argentina, note, 1904, 283. 

 killing, dates in Lake region, 1902, 127, 128 



