100 INDEX TO YEAEBOOKS, 1901-1905. 



Meats, exports, .prices, 1902, 855, 863, 871, 873. 

 freight rates, 1904, 718. 



Chicago to New York and Cincinnati to New Yorli, 1902, 849, 850. 

 imports, prices, 1902, 855, 863, 871, 873. 

 influence of names on demand, 1904, 422-423. 

 inspection for export, cost, etc., 1902, 12-14. 

 import, cost, etc., 1902, 12-14. 

 packed, Ciiicinnati to New York, by rail, 1901, 789. 



freight rates, Cincinnati lo New York, 1905, 757. 

 provisions, freight rates Chicago to Europe, 1902, 852. 

 prepared, study by Chemistry Bureau, remarks, 1905, 58. 

 preserved, relation of food inspection, 1904, 158. 

 study, remarks, 1901, 59. 

 Mechanic arts high school, Springfield, Mass., courses of study, 1902, 484. 

 Mechanical devices and meihbds of applying water in Colorado, 1904, 318-322. 

 Mechanics, farm, interest of agricultural colleges, 1903, 98. 

 Medicinal plants, and drug, experiments and study, 1903, 33. 

 Melon louse in 1902, damage, 1902, 730. 



See also Cantaloupe; Watermelon. 

 . MeloTphagus ovinus, parasite, remarks, 1905, 144. 

 Memphis, Term., castor oil manufacture, note, 1904, 296. 

 Mennonites, planting of mulberry trees and raising of silk cocoons, 1903, 140. 

 Mercerized cotton fabrics, remarks on character and use, 1901, 197. 

 Merchants, influence for road improvement, 1903, 454. 

 Mercuric chlorid. See Corrosive sublimate. _ 



Merbiam, C. Hart, article on the "Prairie dogs of the Great Plains," 1901, 257-270. 

 Mesa, Black, of Arizona, grazing of sheep, remarks, 1901, 341, 342. 

 Mescal, alcoholic drink of Mexico, note, 1902, 316. 

 Messengers, Weather Bureau, requirements, 1903, ll5. 



Metabolic alctivity of plants, variation with season by reason of light, 1902, 567. 

 Meteorological conditions, influence upon composition of wheat, 1901, 306. 



observations, transmission by telegraph, American beginning, 1903,109. 

 records at Manila, remarks, 1901, 519. 



service. United States, origin and development, 1903, 109-110. 

 • summaries, regular mailing to attorneys and others, 1903, 303. 

 work, transfer from Navy Department to Weather Bureau, 1904, 17. 

 Meteorologists, expert testimony in law suits, 1903, 311-312. 

 Meteorology, advance by Weather Bureail in 1902-3, 1903, 15. 

 education, interest of Dej)artment, 1904, 18. 

 encouragement of study, remarks, 1903, 119. 

 in schools, 1905, 24. 

 Metric weights and measures, 1902, 754. 



Mexican cotton boll weevil in the United States, article by W. D. Hunter, 1901, 



369-380. 

 See also Boll weevil, cotton. 

 Mexicans, national drink, remarks, 1902, 315. 

 Mexico, Biological Survey work, remarks, 1905, 85. 



cotton boll weevil, persistence, note, 1903, 212. 

 Gulf of, birds' flight, problem of keeping course, 1903, 373. 

 destruction of migrating birds, 1903, 374. 

 miration of birds, routes, 1903, 375, 376. 

 imports of live stock, 1903, 22. 

 imgation, remarks, 1902, 636. 

 production of istle, 1903, 397. 

 valley, growth of Pulque Maguey, note, 1902, 315. 

 weather reports for United States, daily forecasts, 1903, 111. 

 Miami Valley, soil survey in tobacco district, 1901, 125. 

 Mice, field, h.is.torical notes on destnictiveness, 1905, 364. 

 name, note, 1905, 364. 

 meadow, description, distribution, and habits, 1905, 365-368. 

 fecundity, 1905, 367. 

 infectious diseases as remedy, 1905, 375. 

 measures for destruction, 1905, 373-376. 

 natural enemies, 1905, 370-373. 

 preventive measures, summary^ 1905, 376. 



relation to agriculture and horticulture, article by D. E. Lantz, 1905, 

 363-376. 

 plague, Scotland, 1892, causes, 1905, 371. 



