INDEX TO YEARBOOKS, 1901-1905. 125 



Rainfall, stations of United States, table, 1901, 484. 

 ■weather record in burglary case, 1903, 309. 

 See also Moisture; Precipitation. 

 Rainier, Mount, in Washington, note, 1901, 533. 

 Rains, crop season 1902, notes, 1902, 699-711. 

 effect on soils of South, 1903, 164. 

 importance in corn growing, 1903, 180. 

 scarcity, effect on Mexican cotton boll weevil, 1901, 375. 

 torrential, effect oil model farm, 1903, 364. 

 Raisin industry, origin and growth, 1902, 413^16. 

 production, California, notes, 1904, 368. 



United States, article by George 0. Husmann, 1902, 407-420. 

 Raisins, exports, production, and imports, 1902, 415. 

 Rampart, Alaska, experiment station, remarks, 1904, 100. 



work, 1903, 88. 

 Ranchers, forage problems. Department assistance, 1904, 39. . 

 Randolph apple, value, origin, qualities, and description, 1902, 472-473. 



John, influence against cotton manufacturing, 1903, 465. 

 Range and woods, methods and effects of running stock, 1901, 340. 

 firing the woods in western mountains, remarks, 1901, 346. 

 for sheep in western mountains, time of entering, 1901, 341. 

 improvement, remarks, 1901, 30; 1902, 28. 

 investigations, remarks, 1903, 37; 1904, 38. 

 occupation, variations in manner, 1901, 343. 

 Ranges, in West, error as to condition, note, 1901, 346. 



improvement of forage conditions, remarks, 1902, 228. 

 some results of grazing, 1901, '345. 

 methods of "running" stock, and effects, 1901, 340. 

 of forest reserves, cattle grazing, 1901, 347. 

 stock, sheep poisoning, new remedy, 1902, 22. 

 Ransom, B. H., article on "How parasites are transmitted," 1905, 139-166. 

 ■ Rape, broom, injury in hemp field, remarks, 1901, 546. 

 growing and handling of seed, 1901, 251. 

 seed. United Kingdom, imports, 1903, 418. 

 remarks 1901 670 

 -Baspberry, diseases,' 1901, 670; 1902, 717; 1903, 551; 1904, 584; 1905, 606. 



improvement, note, 1901, 432. ' 



Rates of freight at Pacific coast ports, 1901, 579, 580. 



transportation, on grain, live stock, meats, etc., 1901, 788-791. 

 Ration allowance, relation to physiological demands, 1901, 400. 

 ^Bations for stock, "balancing," remarks, 1902, 603. 

 Rats, relation to transmission of trichinae, 1905, 153, 154. 

 Rattlesnake, method of catching prairie dogs, 1901, 262. 

 Reapers, use in harvesting hemp, 1901, 547. 

 Reclamation, alkali land, discussion, 1904, 72-75. 



Recommendations of Secretary, 1903, 88, 105-108; 1904, 55, 90, 104, 113. 

 Red clover seed, production and handling, discussion, 1901, 238. 

 suggestion for improvement by breeding, 1901, 223. 

 oak, chemical study, 1902, 324-325. 

 pepper, capsicum, experiments in cultivation, 1903, 344. 

 River Valley, alfalfa growing, use of wind break, 1904, 269. 

 Redi, Francesco, experiment with pepper, ginger, and hellebore, 1903, 252. 

 Redstarts, migration, note, 1903, 380. 

 Redtop, growing and handling of seed, 1901, 246. 

 Reed, tall, use in home adornment, 1902, 514. 



Reeling establishments for silk, in United States, remarks, 1903, 141, 142. 

 Reels, silk, Berthaud, importation from France, and use, 1903, 145. 

 Refrigeration, fruit, cooling cars from cold-storage plant, 1905, 359. 



in transportation, early devices, 1905, 350. 

 Refrigerator car, conditions of temperature, etc., 1905, 356. 

 Reindeer, numbers in several countries, 1905, 736. 

 Renovated butter. See Butter, renovated. 

 Reports, soil, requirements of Soils Bureau, 1901, 123. 



survey, publication, 1904, 73. 

 Reprinting Department books, 1904, 114. 

 Rescue grass, growing and handling of seed, 1901, 249. 



