399 
Drought, provision against effects upon 
yield of milk, 15, 62. 
Drying, effect on germ of cabbage black 
rot, 238, 69. 
nitrogen content of feces, 
16, 501. 
seed corn, effect on germination, 4, 
95. 
Dryness, effect on new apple rot, 21, 
159. 
Ducklings, animal food for, 
tion, 23, 31. 
experiment with, 24, 28. 
fed animal meal, gain, 17, 60. 
vegetable food, gain, 17, 61. 
feeding experiments with, 18, 92, 
investiga- 
LOZ. 
food and growth under rations 
varying in animal protein, 23, 
33, 37, 38, 39, 40. 
rations fed, 25, 34, 36, 24, 31, 32, 
33. 
results from use of concentrated 
by-products, 24, 34. 
Duggar, B. M., bulletin by, 19, 97. 
Dunn, Robert, potato spraying experi- 
ment, 24, 110. 
Duplication studies of wheat, 6, 41. 
Dusen, C. W., potato spraying experi- 
ment, 24, 148. 
Dusenbury, Edgar G., on Board of Con- 
trol, 19, V. 
Dust sprayers, 22, 384; manufacturers, 
22, 386. 
Dwarf orchards, location of tests, 25, 
13. 
Dwelling houses, need for, 25, 11. 
Earliness of strawberries, effect of shad- 
ing, 23, 242. 
Early Harvest group of apples, 25, 344, 
Eastern Plateau of New York, apples 
for 25, 361. 
Eau celeste and soap formula, 22, 332. 
for plum leaf-spot, 15, 385. 
soap mixture and bordeaux mixture 
for plum leaf-spot, compari- 
son, 15, 394, 16, 209. 
formula, 15, 393. 
Eclipse spray pump, description, 16, 
218. 
Economic importance of leaf blister 
mite, 25, 311. 
Edam cheese, addition of rennet to milk 
in making, 12, 246; analyses of, 12, 
254; curing, 12, 248; curing room 
for, 12, 249; cutting of curd in mak- 
ing, 12, 246; definition of, 12, 245; 
dressing, 12, 247; experiments relat- 
ing to manufacture of, 12, 244; fill- 
ing molds in making, 12, 247; kind 
of milk used in making, 12, 245; 
INDEX TO First TWENTY-FIVE REPORTS. 
Edam cheese — Continued. 
loss of casein and albumen in making, 
12, 256; loss of fat in’ making, 2, 
257; loss of milk constituents in mak- 
ing, 12, 256; method of manufacture 
of, 12, 245; qualities of, 12, 251; 
relation of fat to casein in, 12, 260; 
salting, 12, 248; treatment of milk 
before adding rennet, 12, 245; uten- 
sils employed in making, 12, 251. 
Editor and Librarian, appointment, 16, 
Sy. 
Education in road building, 16, 23. 
Effect of abnormal conditions in cheese 
ripening, 22, 207. 
of fertilizers on yield of sugar beets, 
17, 441. 
Ygg plant, classification of varieties, 6, 
273; description of varieties, 6, 273; 
fertilizers for, 14, 104; germination 
of, 2, 60; index to varieties, 6, 278; 
notes on, 2, 192, 12, 566; plant food 
constituents in, 24, 374; root system 
of, 5, 158; variety test, 5, 243. 
Egg-plants from seeds of different 
specific gravity, 23, 371. 
Egg production on dry whole grain, 15, 
686; on moistened ground grain, 
15, 686; with nitrogeneous and 
carbonaceous rations, 9, 124. 
shells, lime from oyster shells, 190, 
186. 
Eggs, analyses, 8, 60. 
brown shell and white shell, com- 
position, 7, 69. 
change of specific gravity in keep- 
ings 7. Gis 
keeping in dry packing, 9, 139. 
loss of weight in keeping, 7, 66. 
preservation of, 9, 139, 10, 201. 
production from hens kept with- 
out and with males, 11, 271, 
273-280, 282. 
weight and specific gravity, 7, 64. 
Itlectrie service, need of, 21, 12. 
Elementary composition of plants, 14, 
3%. 
Elements, acid-forming, 14, 40. 
air-derived, 14, 39. 
chemical, 14, 37. 
soil-derived, 14, 39. 
Mimbryos, double, in seed, 2, 387. 
Emery, Frank E., report as Acting 
Meteorologist, 8, 874; reports as 
Farm Superintendent, 7, 316, 8, 215, 
97.352: 
Emphytus maculatus, notes on, 18, 465. 
Empire Queen spray pump, description, 
16, 220. 
State, agriculture of, 10, 17. 
grape, effect of ringing, 17, 
518, 514. 
