INDEX TO YEARBOOKS, 1901-1905. 131 



Rust-resistant wheats, varieties, breeding, note, 1902, 224. 



Rusts, cereal, remarks, 1901, 672; 1902, 718; 1903, 554-555; 1904, 585-586; 1905, 608- 

 609. 

 study and treatment, remarks, 1904, 125-126. 

 resistance of macaroni wheats, 1903, 330. 

 wheat, methods of treating, and remedy, losses, 1902, 224. 

 Rye, acreage, production, prices, exports, etc. See Rye, statistics, 

 bread, demand decadence, 1904, 430. 

 crop of certain countries, 1900-1904, 1904, 674-675. 



rotation in several States, 1902, 522. 

 experimental growing on Yukon River, 1901, 69. 

 exports, 1901, 801; 1902, 866; 1903, 696; 1904, 737; 1905, 778. 

 flour, value and use as food, 1902, 401. 

 grass seed, note on importation, 1901, 249. 

 growing in Alaska, notes, 1904, 100. 



imports, 1901, 794; 1902, 858; 1903, 686; 1904, 726; 1905, 768. 

 improvement, discussion, 1902, 225. 

 prices, wholesale, leading markets, United States, 1901, 736-737; 1902, 800-801; 



1903, 627; 1904, 668-669; 1905, 693-694. 

 statistics, 1901, 731-737; 1902, 795-802; 1903, 620-628; 1904, 662-669; 1905, 688- 



694. 

 use as crop on model (dairy) farm, 1903, 367. 



in bread making, remarks, 1903, 348. 

 visible supply, United States and Canada, 1896-1905, 1904, 675-676; 1905, 688- 

 689. 



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Saddle horse, demand and points in selection, 1902, 466^68. 

 Sage, cultivation, prices, etc., 1903, 346. 

 Sagebrush, removal in preparation for irrigation, 1903, 239. 

 Sailcloth, usefulness of mohair, 1901, 283. 



Sajo, Prof. Charles, assistance to Division of Entomology, note, 1901, 98. 

 Salad, fruit, avocado, uses, etc., 1905, 439, 509. 



Salaries (in Department), inadequacy, remarks by Secretary, 1901, 113-115. 

 Sale of Department books, 1904, 114. 

 Salinas Valley, soil survey, remarks, 1902, 50. 



Salmon, D. E., article on "Animal breeding and feeding investigations by the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry," 1904, 527-538. 

 "Foot-and-mouth disease," 1902, 643-658. 

 "Relations of Federal Government to control of contagious 



diseases of animal," 1903, 491-506. 

 "The tuberculin test for tuberculosis," 1901, 581-592. 

 summary of legislation on animal diseases in 1904, 1904, 581. 

 Salt, common, as evidence of urine in water, 1902, 283. 



use on soils rich in nitrogen, remarks, 1901, 165. 

 Lake City, reclamation of alkali lands, remarks, 1904, 73. 



district, Utah, soil survey, remarks, 1901, 131. 

 lands. See Alkali, 

 use with dairy cows, note, 1903, 366. 

 See also Sodium chlorid. 

 Saltbush, Australian, use on alkali lands, 1904, 39. 

 Saltbushes, growing and handling of seed, 1901, 251. 

 Salton Sink, California, note, 1902, 51. 



Saltpeter, use in wheat producing, supply of nitrogen, 1902, 334, 335. 

 Salts, alkali, rise in lands as a result of irrigation, and consequent injury, 1902, 237. 

 chemical, other than nitrates, production of nitrogen, 1902, 335. 

 effect of cultivation on availability for crops, 1903, 161. 

 in irrigation water, amount allowable, 1902, 290. 



effect on soil, with remedies, 1902, 287-291. 

 plant food, retention in soil solution, study, 1903, 166, 167. 

 water-soluble, in soils, study in Bureau of Soils, 1903, 169. 



phosphates and sulphates, influence of lime and manure, 1903, 

 170-174. 

 See also Plant food. 

 Samar, resistance to alkali, or salt in soil, 1902, 584. 



time and method of sowing; use in manufactures, 1902, 585. 

 use in reclamation of alkali lands in Egypt, 1902, 583-585. 



