440 
Seeds, vitality influenced by age, 5, 56, 
weight of, 1, 82. 
Seely, H. H., Assistant Chemist, 13, V. 
Seius pomi, n. sp., description of, 25, 
318. 
enemy of leaf blister mite, 25, 317. 
Selandria cerasi, notes on, 18, 451. 
Self-fertile grapes, list of, 14, 321, 17, 
547; partially, 14, 322, 323,17, 547. 
Self-fertility of grapes. (‘See Grapes, 
self-fertility. ) 
Self-fertilization of grapes, productive- 
ness affected by, 14, 320. 
sterile grapes, 14, 324, 325; 
potency of pollen, 21, 366, 372, 
375, 37T. 
Self-sterility of grapes, cause, 17, 559. 
Selling price and commercial valuation 
of fertilizers, 17, 98, 282, 18, 225, 
236, 21, 411, 22, 21; and cost of in- 
gredients of fertilizers, 16, 32, 34, 
137; of fertilizers, 16, 140. 
Separates, methods of, for determining 
specific gravity of seeds, 23, 340. 
series of, for determining specific 
gravity of seeds, 23, 348. 
Separator, centrifugal, for creaming 
milk, 10, 391. 
loop, 22, 355. 
Septoria cerasina, figures, 5, 277, 6, 
348. 
(See Plum leaf fungus.) 
helianthi on sunflower, 15, 455. 
lactucae, figure of perithecium, 4, 
278. 
(See Lettuce rust.) 
of chrysanthemum, 11, 557. 
petroselini var. apii. (See Celery 
septoria. ) 
piricola, notes on, 18, 445. 
ribis. (See Leaf-spot, currant.) 
ribis on gooseberries, 15, 342. 
rubi. (See Leaf-spot, blackberry.) 
Setting milk, experiment showing dif- 
ference, 10, 159. 
Seventeen year locust. 
periodical. ) 
Sexual development of striped beetle, 
LS 20 b 
status of grape, 21, 397. 
Seymour, P. H., Assistant Chemist, 9, 
V. 
Shade, effect on evaporation, 23, 236; 
humidity, 23, 235; intensity of light, 
23, 236; potatoes, 3, 77; soil moist- 
ure, 23, 234; temperature of air, 23, 
232; temperature of soil, 23, 234; 
vegetative growth, 23, 237; wind, 23, 
236: 
Shading, applicability in plant culture, 
23, 248. 
(See Cicada, 
INDEX TO FirsT TWENTY-FIVE REPORTS. 
Shading as frost protection, 28, 237. 
effect on general quality of straw- 
berries, 23, 243; plants, 23, 246; 
pollination of strawberries, 23, 
240; size of strawberries, 23, 
248; strawberry diseases, 23, 
239; strawberry yields, 23, 240. 
strawberries, 23, 23, 229; cost, 23, 
231; effect on earliness, 23, 242; 
effect on plant environment, 23, 
232; effect on yield, 23, 240; re- 
suits, 238, 245. 
Shaw, Walter B., potato spraying ex- 
periment by, 25, 152. 
Sheedy, J. T., Assistant Chemist, 11, V. 
Sheep dip for codling moth, 6, 98. 
feeding experiment, 7, 300. 
for fat and lean, 7, 300. 
fescue, notes on, 1, 77, 2, 147, 5, 
138. 
manure, 14, 75, 82. 
silage for, 15, 647. 
Ship stuff, wheat, composition, 6, 434. 
Shorthorn cows, quantity and composi- 
“tion of feed, 9, 434, 443. 
Shorts, composition of, 2, 109. 
Shot-hole disease, occurrence, 18, 211. 
fungus on cherry, 20, 17, 146. 
Shriveling of apples in storage, 23, 273. 
Silage, analysis of, 10, 40. 
and milk production, 15, 648. 
roots, 15, 644. 
silos, 15, 641. , 
best stage of corn for, 7, 264, 8, 83, 
86. 
variety of corn for, 8, 80. 
clover, analysis of, 10, 40. 
for, 15, 643. 
composition of, 2, 109. 
corn, 15, 31. 
composition of, 15, 670. 
for, 10, 491, 15, 642. 
crops for, 15, 642. 
effect on lactic acid in milk, 2, 157. 
experiments with, 11, 163. 
for different classes of stock, 15, 
647. 
for milch cows, 14, 393. 
for swine, 9, 141. 
from alfalfa, 16, 560. 
in open air stacks, 6, 73. 
notes on, 7, 324. 
oat-and-pea, 15, 644. 
-vetch, 15, 644. 
preparation of, 4, 43. 
preservation without silo, 6, 73. 
soja bean for, 15, 644. 
stack, 7, 326. 
apparatus for making, 6, 73, 
study of, 6, 37. . : 
summary of feeding trials with, 14, 
451. 
