INDEX TO YEARBOOKS, 1901-1905. 127 



Rice, production and value, 1905, 11. 



development as new industry, 1904, 26. 

 encouragement, 1905, 44-45. 

 proiliisihg tropical crop, 1901, 362. 

 protection by birds, 1901, 110. 

 resistance to salt, or alkali, in soil, 1902, 583. 

 rice meal, etc., exports, 1901-1905, 1905, 780. 

 shortage in Philippines, note, 1901, 520. 

 soils, study, remarks, 1905, 67. 

 statistical investigation, prospective, 1904, 91. 

 statistics, 1901,797, 803; 1902,860,868; 1903,688,698; 1904,729,739- 1905 721- 



723, 770, 780. 

 superficial qualities, influence on demand, 1904, 426. 

 trade, international, 1900-1905, 1905, 722. 

 use in reclamation of alkali lands in Egypt, varieties, 1902, 582-583. 



of special varieties, 1903, 27. 

 value and use as food, 1902, 400. 

 Richards, Mrs. Ellen H., studies of dietary standards, 1901, 401. 

 Richardson, Clifford, study of composition of cereals, 1901, 301. 



R. W., article on " Progress of road building in Middle West, " 1903, 453- 

 . 462. 

 Riley, Prof. C. V., interest in and efforts for silk culture, 1903, 139-140. 



report on silk culture in 1884, 1903, 141. 

 Rinderpest in Philippines, note, 1901, 524. 

 Ripening, fruit, effect on composition, 1905, 313. 



of plants, effect of potassium, 1901, 163. 

 Risler, conclusion as to use of^ water by forest, 1903, 283. 

 River and flood service. Weather Bureau, benefits, 1905, 23, 236. 



demands of public, 1905, 235. 



extension, article by H. C. Frankenfield, 



1905, 231. 

 present organization, 1905, 233-234. 

 remarks, 1904, 15-16. 



work, 1903, 16. 

 work of Weather Bureau, relation to business interests, 1901, 485. 

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

 forecasts, distribution, means and methods, 1905, 240. 

 freight rates, table, 1903, 676. 



rates on freights, St. Louis to New Orleans, 1901, 788. 

 stages, forecasting, subjects of study for perfecting, 1905, 237. 



Government work in forecasting, 1901, 483. 

 stations of United States, table, 1901, 484. 

 systems, Atlantic and Mississippi, remarks, 1901, 478. 

 underflow, relation to river-stage forecasting, 1905, 238. 

 valleys and creek bottoms, desirability for corn growing, 1903, 178. 

 Rivers cotton, resistance of wilt disease, note, 1904, 37. 



for irrigation, problems of division, notes, 1901, 84. 

 Road building, conditions at Jackson, Tenn., 1904, 323-324. 



in Middle West, progress, article by R. W. Richardson, 1903, 453-462. 

 investigations and meetings at Jackson, Tenn., 1904, 324, 325. 

 Jackson, Tenn., cooperation of railway companies, 1904, 328. 



cost of material and construction, 1904, 333-337. 

 materials available, 1904, 327. 

 materials, study in Bureau of Chemistry, 1901, 61. 

 national school, remarks, 1904, 69. 



practical, in Tennessee, article by Sam C. Lancaster, 1904, 323-340. 

 reasons for lack of progress, 1903, 455-456. 

 school, remarks, 1904, 69. 

 State aid plan, main featiures, 1904, 92. 



and national aid, discussion,. 1903, 456-457. 

 with convict labor, examples, 1901, 327. 



in Southern States, article by J. A. Holmes, 1901, 

 319-332. 

 commission at Jackson, Tenn., creation by court, 1904, 326. 

 conditions, several States, 1903, 458-460. 

 construction, present work of National Government, etc., 1901, 412, 



