INDEX. 



579 



Sirups, tables of analysis, 54, 55. 



smith. .T. B., report upon insects affecting the bop an<l the cranberry, 3U3. 

 Snake-root, 135. 



Snout-beetle, the imbricated, 300. 

 Snowy tree-cricket, 309. 



abundant in Nebraska in 1834,399. 

 Soils, Louisiana, examination of, 12. 

 Soldier-bug on wheat, 391. 

 Sorgbnm, analyses of, 25, 26, 33, 34. 



cane, per cent, of -water in, 28. 

 sugar in, 28 to 31. 



practically same as in bagasse, 31. 

 culture, effect of cold weather on,2U. 

 limits of, 20. 



difficulties in developing the manufacture of, 20to24. 

 enemies of, 27. 



experience with, in Indiana, 2C. 



Washington, 24. 

 preservation of, in silos, 20. 

 seed, 21. 



sugar, loss in bagasse, 28. 

 Speckled cut-worm, 296. 

 Sphevopltorus, 413. 

 Sphex apioalU. 400. 

 Sphinx catalpw, 415. 



Spblers transporting scale insects, 353. 

 Spruce-bud J'ortrix, 374. 



worm, the reddish-vellow, 378. 

 Stalk-borer, 392. 



destructiveness in Missouri, 417. 

 Statistics. Bureau of, work of, 5. 



collection of statistics for, 9. 

 Statistician, report of, 419. 

 steganopty ratzeburgiana, 37 3. 

 Stictonotus isosomaiis, 387. 

 StinMugyew; Savin, 126. 

 Streaked cottonwood leal-bee lie, 336 to 402. 

 Striped flea-beetles, 301, 304, 416. 

 Stock, Chicago movement of, 150 to 452, 



condition, diseases, an. I losses of, 1883-'84, 445. 



distribution, 449. 



imports of, 453-54. 



increase and decrease of, iu 1883, 441. 



proportion of breeds imported, 454. 



shipment of, abroad, 452. 



streams, Government aid in reforesting, 162. 



values of, 442. 

 Sugar, consumption and production, 489. 



industry, Northern, 1883, 19. 

 notice of. 12. 



maple, 53. 



borer, 382, 383. 

 Sulphur, as remedy for rust -mite. 370. 

 Swine plague, investigation of, 258 to 267. 

 Syngamvs trachealis, explanation of plates, 268. 



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Tables showing the average < ask value of farm produce for 1833, 439,440. 



yield per acre, and price of farm products for 1883, 438. 



estimated number of animals on farms, their value and average 

 price, 443 to 445. 



produce of each principal crop for 1883, 426 to 440. 



yield of cereals, &c, in Russia, 529 to 531. 

 Tachina parasite of wheat saw-fly, 3:9. 

 Tarnished plant-bug, 312, 313, 314, 391. 

 Taxus Floridana, 127. 

 Tea-plants, progress of product of, 8. 

 Telegraph mileage, 517. 



