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Excerpt from Index to the Yearbooks of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1894 1900 Blight, disease of the pineapple, 1895, 282. Increased susceptibility of pearby reason of high fertilizing, 1900, 380. Leaf, of pear, treatment, 1894, 578. Tree, immunity of northern United States, 1900, 388. Susceptibility of certain fruits, 1897, 109. Methods of combating, 1897, 105. Of pear and apple, note on cause and remedy, 1899, 193. Effect of high fertilization and pyramidal form of pruning, 1900, 380, 381. Remedies discussed, 1895, 295; 1900. 390. Potato, treatment, 1894, 578. Blights of fruit and leaf, notes for 1898, 1898, 652. Blissus leucoptorus, and blister beetles, remedies, 1894, 573. Blister beetles, notes on history and remedies, 1898, 2494251. Blizzard, effect on development of Texas fever in cattle, 1898, 466. Blood corpuscles, red, study in Texas fever investigation, 1899, 132. Remarks on efforts to discover circulation, 1899, 94. Use in inoculations of anthrax, 1899, 115. Blossom, apple, description, 1898, 175. Buds, point of attack of scab of pear tree, 1900, 388. Of pear, description, 1898, 168. Quince, description, 1898, 178. Blount, A. E., improvement of wheat, 1899, 487. Blow-out grass, range and value, 1900, 592. Blue grama and side oats, remarks, 1899, 357. As means of reclaiming range lands, 1899, 29. Distribution and usefulness, 1900, 590. Grass, Kentucky, usefulness, 1897, 358; 1900, 584. Sand, usefulness, as sand binder, 1898, 419. Seaside, description; usefulness for binding sands, 1898, 416. Note on use, 30. Recent discovery of Division of Agrostology, 1899, 354. Seed, Kentucky, yield, notes, 1898, 482, 483 progress in methods of cleaning, 1899, sowing for grazing in woodland, 1899, 421. Grasses, notes on varieties and value, 1899, 355. Gravel, note on use on roads, 1898, 321. Gum tree of Australia, introduction by Mr. Saunders, 1900, 628. Hill Observatory, kite ascensions, 1898, 201. Jay and its food, article by F. E. L. Beal, 1896, 197. Characteristics and geographical distribution, 1896, 197 examination of stomachs, 1896, 199. Fondness for nuts, 1896, 204. Summary as to usefulness, 1896, 206. Susceptibility of training, etc., 1896, 198. Saltbush, notes, 1898, 543. Stem grass as soil binder, 1894, 435. Grasses, range, and value, 1900, 589, 593. Value as a forage plant, 1895, 318. Bluebird, food of nestlings, 1900, 413. Boards of trade, list for United States, 1900, 752. Publication of movements, etc., of agricultural products, 1899, 322. That publish commercial news, list, 1899, 758. Bobwhite, destruction of weed seed, 1898, 231. Boehm, R., note on isolation of cicutoxin, 1900, 313. Bogart, Eugene R., growing of vegetables in Alaska, 1898, 519. Bo1ling, effects upon potatoes, 1900, 343. Boleti, edible toadstools, notes on less common species, 1897, Bollworm, or corn-ear worm, remedies, 1894, 573; 1898, 255. Bones as manure, value recognized by Davy, 1899, 212. Books. (see Libraries.) Boophilus bovis, investigation of connection with Texas fever, 1899, 131. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.