3606 
plant food constituents 
374. 
salt as fertilizer for, 3, 193. 
sugar in, 12, 176. 
sugar. (See Sugar beets.) 
Lost sOLeVvarictics.. tu, Llodee er milGG, -<s: 
ISIE U3 (au seco: weeue ile 
Belden, George W., potato spraying ex- 
periment, 24, 166. 
“Belted ’’ apples and pears, 14, 544. 
Ben Davis group of apples, 25, 343. 
Benching tomatoes, 16, 248. 
Bending grape canes, influence on self- 
fertility, 21, 381. 
Berkshire pig, details of 
with, 14, 482. 
Bermuda grass, notes on, 5, 138. 
Bermuda lily disease, 14, 522; experi- 
ments, 14, 5238; prevention of, 14, 
524, 
Beets, in, 24, 
experiments 
Bibliography of army worm, 15, 593; 
currant rust fungus, 25, 196; 
Eriophyes pyri, 25, 331; forest | 
tent-caterpillar, 18, 312; peach 
tree borer, 15, 567; pear blight, 
, Dig Sot PCALMERCA Dee Latmens Iie 
pistol-case-bearer, 15, 556 ; 
specific gravity seed selection, 
23, 385; woolly louse of the 
apple, 15, 577. 
partial, of Hyalopterus pruni, 16, 
484; Myzus ribis, 16, 487. 
Biennials, seeding first season, 1, 
2, 39. 
Biological and dairy building, 
priation for, 16, 7; contracts 
for, 7,99 s.dedieation, 172.18 
departments in, 17, 12; equip- 
ment, 17, 12; facilities in, 16, 
8; general construction, 17, 10; 
heat, gas and water, 17, 11; his- 
tory of, 17, 7; refrigeration, 17, 
af We 
143, 
appro- 
factor necessary in normal cheese 
ripening, 22, 186. 
Birch, cut-leaved, spraying for thrips, 
16, 466. 
Birds as enemies of tent-caterpillar, 17, 
376. 
feeding upon forest tent-caterpillar, 
18, 307. 
Bisulphide of carbon for weevil, 14, 386. 
Bitter flavor in neufchatel cheese, 19, 
38. 
rot of grape, description, 9, 325. 
skin in stored apples, 23, 273. 
Black currant, description of varieties, 
14, 290, 291, cultivation of, 14, 
281, 295; European, 14, 289. 
currants, discussion of, 10, 460; 
native, 14, 292; yield of, 14, 
291. 

INDEX TO First TWENTY-FIVE REPORTS. 
Black Gilliflower 
343. 
Black, Gov. Frank S., on Board of Con- 
trolaelG Ave 
Langshan fowls for capons, 11, 
237, 248, 244, 245, 248, 249. 
group of apples, 25, 
raspberries. ~ (See Raspberries, 
black. ) 
Blackberries, 4, 257, 10, 472, 11, 694, 
14, 302. 
fertilizers for, 14, 100. 
percentage winter-killed, 14, 303. 
cultural directions, 25, 445. 
descriptions of varieties, 25, 4386-— 
444, 
desirable kinds, 25, 436. 
earliness, notes on, 25, 435. 
fertilizers for, 25, 445. 
hardiness, notes on, 25, 435. 
leafy-cluster, notes on, 25, 436. 
long-cluster, notes on, 25, 436. 
loose-cluster, notes on, 25, 443. 
notes on varieties, 6, 337, 9, 281, 
12, 626-630, 15, 344-347, 16, 
2918292) LOT: 
plant food constituents in, 24, 3871. 
preparation of land for, 25, 445. 
propagation and selection of plants, 
25, 446. 
pruning, 25, 447. 
selection of varieties, 25, 446. 
short-cluster, notes on, 25, 439. 
soil for, 25, 445. 
treatment of plantations, 25, 447. 
varieties and culture, notes on, 25, 
415. 
varieties tested, 4, 253, 7, 96, 100, 
8, 311) 20,472) 1533470 
variety tests, 5, 256, 12, 626, 14, 
303, 304, 17, 492, 25, 22, 448. 
winter protection, 25, 22. 
yields) '12,°6315 "L792 50 
Blackberry anthracnose, 14, 351. 
bulletin, 10, 13. 
eane knot, 19, 185. 
diseases in the Hudson valley, 18, 
194; notes on anthracnose, 
18, 419; leaf-spot, 18, 419; 
rust, 18, 419. 
prevalence of, 19, 182. 
fall rust of, 19, 182. 
insect enemies of, 10, 472. 
insects, 18, 419. 
orange rust, 19, 182. 
plants, setting, 25, 446. 
rust of, 14, 351. 
sand, notes on, 25, 
“ Black Death,’ 
456. 
knot, cherry, 14, 351, 18, 196, 19, 
185; grape, occurrence, 18, 207; 
law, 14, 3638; plum, 14, 362, 18, 
444. 
analysis, 18, 244, 19, 
