436 
‘Resin wash, formula, 21, 340; use 
against San Jose scale, 21, 340; with 
ammonia, formula, 21, 341. 
Resistant varieties of asparagus, 19, 
130. 
Respiration as source of carbon dioxide 
in cheese, 22, 181. 
Reverted phosphate, availability of, 14, 
87. 
of lime, 14, 66. 
phosphoric acid, availability of, 14, 
87. 
Rhagoletis cingulata, notes on, 18, 422. 
pomonella, notes on, 18, 414. 
Rhizoctonia as a cause of plant diseases, 
19, 97. 
in America, 19, 103. 
Europe, 19, 101. 
on asparagus, ornamental, 19, 115; 
bean, 19, 104; beet, 19, 105; 
cabbage and cauliflower, 19, 106; 
carnation,, 19, 116; carrot, 19, 
107; celery, 19, 107; china aster, 
19, 116; coreopsis, 19, 118; cot- 
ton, 19, 108; lettuce, 19, 108; 
miscellaneous hosts, 19, 119; po- 
tato, 19, 110; radish, 19, 114; 
rhubarb, 19, 114; sweet william, 
19, 117; violet, 19, 118. 
parasitism of, 19, 120. 
partial description, 19, 100. 
Rhopalosiphum ribis attacking currants, 
16, 487. 
Rhubarb, plant food constituents in, 24, 
374. 
Rhizoctonia on, 19, 114. 
varieties grown, 3, 23. 
Ribes aureum, notes on, 4, 259, 14, 292. 
cynosbati, botanical features, 15, 
308. 
floridum, notes on, 4, 259. 
grossularia, botanical features, 15, 
306. 
nigrum, 14, 289. 
oxyacanthoides, botanical features, 
15, 307. 
rubrum, 14, 282, 287. 
Rice, E. S., cheeses made by, 22, 222. 
meal, composition, 20, 382; heat 
value of, 20; 54. 
Ringing grape-vines, experiments, 17, 
510; investigation, 17, 34. 
Ripeness and specific gravity of seeds, 
23, 376. 
Ripening of cheese, chemical changes of, 
10, 279; influence on acidity, 190, 
285; on casein, 10, 283; on fat, 10, 
282; loss of weight in, 10, 281, 12, 
278; study of, 12, 276, 22, 165, 187, 
243. 
Road building, education, 16, 23. 
Rock guanos, 14, 69. 
Rods, extension, description, 22, 358. 
INDEX TO First TWENTY-FIVE REPORTS. 
Roestelia, notes on, 18, 401. 
(See also Rust.) 
Rogers, Lore A., appointments, 18, 8, 
19, 9; Assistant Bacteriologist, 19, 
V; bulletins by, 18, 127, 19, 29; 
resignation, 21, 10; Student Assistant 
in bacteriology, 18, V. 
Rolfs, Fred M., appointment, 18, 8; 
bulletin by, 19, 167; Student Assist- 
antes," Ve 
Romanite group of apples, 25, 348. 
Rome group of apples, 25, 348. 
Room, curing, for edam cheese, 12, 249.” 
for gouda cheese, 12, 265. 
Rooms, cheese-curing, use of hygrometer 
in, 12,269. 
Roosevelt, Gov. Theodore, on Board of 
Control, 18, V. 
Root, character of, 2, 219. 
distribution and soil treatment, 5, 
168. 
galls, raspberry, occurrence, 18, 
2138. 
growth, influence of pruning, 5, 
162; observations on, 5, 157, 6, 
90; of young corn plants, 6, 90. 
pruner, figure, 7, 175. 
pruning and cultivation, 
barley, 2, 142; corn, 
1, 58, 2, 134, 6, 93. 
rot, gooseberry, occurrence, 18, 203. 
grape, occurrence, 18, 205. 
studies, of grasses and clover, 4, 
261, 265; of vegetables, 4, 262, 
266. 
Roots, advantage in ration, 8, 146. 
analyses, 4, 333. 
and silage, 15, 644; tops of sugar 
beets, influence of manure, 20, 
234; tubers, composition, 5, 342; 
tubers, digestibility, 5, 346. 
beet, analysis of, 10, 40. 
bulbs, ete., composition and value 
of, 14, 146; manurial value of, 
10, 422, 14, 146. 
composition, 5, 342, 6, 459, 8, 94, 
9, 57, 14, 146. 
value and fertilizer value, 9,. 
57. 
digestibility in ration, 8, 145. 
factor governing position in soil, 6, 
94. 
fertilizer constituents in, 
14, 146. 
fibrous, near surface of soil, 5, 164. 
influence of tillage on depth, 7,171. 
of different plants, character, 3, 
805. 
relation of depth to maturity of 
variety, 5, 162. 
tubers, ete., fertilizing value of, 10, 
422. 
7; A103 
effect of, 
10, 422, 
