INDEX An Index to the Monthly catalogue is issued at the end of the fiscal year. This contains index entries for all the numbers issued from July to June, and can be bound with the numbers as an index to the volume. Persons desiring to bind the catalogue at the end of the year should be careful to retain the numbers received monthly, as duplicate copies can not be supplied. HOW TO REMIT Remittances for the documents marked with a star (*) should be made to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., by coupons, postal money order, express order, or New York draft. Currency may be sent at sender's risk. Postage stamps, foreign money, defaced or smooth coins, positively will not be accepted. For the convenience of the general public, coupons that are good until used in exchange for Government publications sold by the Superintendent of Documents may be purchased from his Office in sets of 20 for $1.00. Address order to Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office. No charge is made for postage on documents forwarded to points in United States, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, Samoa, or to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, or Shanghai. To other countries the regular rate of postage is charged, and remittances must cover such postage. CORRECTION FOR JANUARY, 1919, MONTHLY CATALOGUE For "(Bulletin 97.)" in the last line of next to the last entry on page 381, read "(Public health bulletin 97.)". CORRECTION FOR MAY, 1919, MONTHLY CATALOGUE For "the 1st page of Changes 3" in last line of 4th entry on page 620, read "p. 1 and 2 of Changes 11." No. 295 JULY 1919 AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT NOTE. Those publications of the Department of Agriculture which are for sale will be. supplied by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. The Department issues. a monthly list of publications, which is mailed to all applicants, enabling them to select such reports and bulletins as interest them. Agriculture. Business of agriculture during the war and after, discussion of the nation's most vital industry; by D. F. Houston, R. A. Pearson, and Clarence Ousley. Washington, D. C. [no publisher, 1919]. 35 p. † Agr 18-930 CONTENTS. Farmers' achievements; by David F. Houston.-War agriculture; by Raymond A. Pearson.-War banking and farming; by Clarence Ousley. Cattle. [Bureau of Animal Industry] order 262 [amendments 3 and 4], 263 [amendment 1]; July 3-15, 1919. 1919. Each 1 p. [Consist of orders concerning quarantine of cattle, etc.] † Cleaning. Saving materials and money by special cleaning. n. p. [1919]. [4] p. il. (Thrift leaflet 8.) [Prepared in cooperation with Treasury Department.] Clothing. Take care of your clothing. n. p. [1919]. [4] p. il. (Thrift leaflet 7.) [Prepared in cooperation with Treasury Department.] † Journal of agricultural research. Journal of agricultural research, v. 13, no. 13; June 24, 1918. 1919. cover-title, xvi+655-663 p. large 8° [Weekly.] * Paper, 5c. CONTENTS.-No. 13. [Title-page] contents, and index of v. 13. Agr 13-1837 Same, v. 17, no. 3; June 16, 1919. 1919. cover-title, 87-136+[6] p.+[3] leaves, il. 2 pl. 8 p. of pl. large 8° [Monthly.] * Paper, 25c.; subscription price, $1.50 a yr. CONTENTS. Relation of sulphates to plant growth and composition [with list of literature cited]; by H. G. Miller. Relation of weather to fruitfulness in plum [with list of literature cited]; by M. J. Dorsey.-Structure of maize ear as indicated in ZeaEuchlaena hybrids; by G. N. Collins. NOTE. This publication is published by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, with the cooperation of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. It is distributed free only to libraries of agricultural colleges and experiment stations, to large universities, technical schools, and to such institutions as make suitable exchanges with the Agriculture Department. Others desiring the Journal may obtain it from the Superintendent of Documents at the prices stated above. Laundry. Saving labor and materials by easier laundry methods. n. p. [1919]. [4] p. il. (Thrift leaflet 5.) [Prepared in cooperation with Treasury Department.] † Plums. Relation of weather to fruitfulness in plum [with list of literature cited; by M. J. Dorsey. 1919. cover-title, 103-126+[2]+1 leaf, il. 3 p. of pl. large 8° [From Journal of agricultural research, v. 17, no. 3, June 16, 1919.] Quarantine. Quarantine on account of flag smut and take-all diseases, Notice of quarantine 39, with regulatios, effective Aug. 15, 1919. [1919.] 6 p. (Federal Horticultural Board.) † Quarantine on account of gipsy moth and brown-tail moth, Notice of quarantine 33, with regulations (revised), effective July 1, 1919. [1919.] 4 p. (Federal Horticultural Board.) † Roads. War material for improving highways, in response to resolution directing report of quantity of war supplies required for improvement of highways authorized to be distributed under Post Office act Feb. 28, 1919. July 21, 1919. 8 p. (S. doc. 55.) ‡ Rootrot. Influence of soil environment on rootrot of tobacco [with list of literature cited]; by James Johnson and R. E. Hartman. 1919. cover-title, 41-86+[7] p.+[1] leaf, il. 8 p. of pl. large 8° [Prepared by Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station in cooperation with Plant Industry Bureau. From Journal of agricultural research, v. 17, no. 2, May 15, 1919.] Stains. How to remove stains. n. p. [1919]. [4] p. il. (Thrift leaflet 6.) [Prepared in cooperation with Treasury Department.] † Sulphates. Relation of sulphates to plant growth and composition [with list of literature cited] by H. G. Miller. [1919.] 87-102+[3] p.+[1] leaf, 4 p. of pl. large 8 [From Journal of agricultural research, v. 17, no. 3, June 16, 1919.]. Weekly es efter, v. 6, no. 48-52; July 2-30, 1919. [1919.] Each 8 p. or 16 p. il. -4° *Paper, 50c. a yr. Agr 14-310 Yearbook of Department of Agriculture, [calendar year] 1918. 1919, 760 p. il. 6 pl. 56 p. of pl. and maps. * Cloth, 85c. Agr 7-1035 CONTENTS. Report of Secretary [fiscal year 1918].-Black stem rust and barberry; by E. C. Štakman.-Cattle loans and their value to investors; by Charles S. Cole.--Better poultry through community breeding associations; by J. W. Kinghorne. Composition and food value of bottle soft drinks; by J. W. Sale and W. W. Skinner. Old and new in_corn culture; by H. Howard Biggar.-Drainage movement in United States; by S. H. McCrory.--Rabbit growing to supplement meat supply; by Ned Dearborn.-How dairying built up community by J. C. McDowell.-Place of rye in American agriculture; by Clyde E. Leighty.-Home mixing of fertilizers; by C. C. Fletcher.-Less cholera, more hogs; by O. B. Hess.-Some effects of the war upon seed industry of United States; by W. A. Wheeler and G. C. Edler,-Accreditedherd plan in tuberculosis eradication; by J. A. Kiernan.-Electric light and power from small streams; by A. M. Daniels. Some results of Federal quarantine against foreign live-stock diseases; by G. W. Pope.-Thrashing ring in corn belt; by J. C. Rundles. Rediscovery of an old dish [with list of Agriculture Department publications on cottage cheese]; by Herbert P. Davis.-Following produce markets; by G. B. Fiske. Live stock and reconstruction; by George M. Rommel.-Federal protection of migratory birds; by George A. Lawyer.-Farm woodlands and the war; by Henry S. Graves. How weevils get into beans; by E. A. Back.-Farmer and Federal grain supervision; by Ralph H. Brown.-Housing worker on farm; by E. B. McCormick.-Sisal and henequen as binder-twine fibers; by H. T. Edwards.-Commercial apple industry in United States; by J. C. Folger.-Government market reports on live stock and meats: by James Atkinson.-Cotton warehousing, benefits of adequate system, with discussion of receipt under warehouse act; by Roy L. Newton and James M. Workman.-Arable land in United States; by O. E. Baker and H. M. Strong.-Appendix.-Index. NOTE.-Appendix contains statistical and other information. ANIMAL INDUSTRY BUREAU Cattle. Trend of dairy-cattle industry in United States and other countries, simple charts with interpretations: [by] T. R. Pirtle. June, 1919. 19 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 7.) [Includes list of Agriculture Department publications relating to dairying.] * Paper, 5c. Agr 19-666 Grazing. Fattening steers on summer pasture in Dan T. Gray, and E. R. Lloyd. July 10, 1919. Bulletin 777.) * Paper, 5c. Service announcements. Service and regulatory announcements, June, 1919; [no.] 146. July 21, 1919. p. 59-68. [Monthly.] * Paper, 5c. single copy, 50c. a yr. the South; by W. F. Ward, 24 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Agr 19-680 Agr 7-1658 NOTE. The free distribution of this publication will be limited to persons in the service of the Animal Industry Bureau, to proprietors of establishments at which the Federal meat inspection is conducted. to public officials whose duties render it necessary for them to have such information, and to journals especially concerned. Others desiring copies may obtain them from the Superintendent of Documents at the price stated above. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY BUREAU Lead poisoning in waterfowl: by Alexander Wetmore. July 31, 1919. 12 p. 2 p. of pl. (Agriculture Dept. Bulletin 793.) Paper, 5c, Agr 19-704 Service announcements, Service and regulatory announcements 28: Regulations for protection of game in certain localities in Alaska. July 12, 1919. 3 p. Paper, 5c. Agr 16-60S CROP ESTIMATES BUREAU Monthly crop reporter, July, 1919; v. 5, no. 7. [1919.] p. 61-72, 4°. Agr 15-616 NOTE. Consists largely of tabular statements relating to agriculture, including estimates of acreage, condition, etc., and prices and values of crops and live stock. ENTOMOLOGY BUREAU Compsilura concinnata. Study of Compsilura concinnata, imported tachinid parasite of gipsy moth and brown-tail moth [with bibliography]; by Julian J. Culver. July 10, 1919. 27 p. il. map. (Agriculture Dept. Bulletin 766.) * Paper, 10c. Agr 19-679 Agr 19-698 Honey. Commercial comb-honey production; [by George S. Demuth]. [June, 1919.] 40 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Farmers' bulletin 1039.) [This bulletin is a revision of Farmers' bulletin 503.] * Paper, 5c. Rice moth [with list of literature cited]; by F. H. Chittenden. July 14, 1919. 15 p. il. 5 p. of pl. (Agriculture Dept. Bulletin 783.) * Paper, 10c. FARM MANAGEMENT OFFICE Agr 19-703 Alfalfa on corn-belt farms; [by J. A. Drake, J. C. Rundles, and Ralph D. Jennings]. [July, 1919.] 32 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Farmers' bulletin 1021.) * Paper, 5c. Agr 19-697 Dry farming for better wheat yields, Columbia and Snake River basins; [by FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD Service announcements. Service and regulatory announcements, May, 1919; [no.] 63. July 25, 1919. p. 65-75. * Paper, 5c. FOREST SERVICE Agr 14-383 (Agriculture Agr 19-667 Arbor day; by L. C. Everard. [June, 1919.] 24 p. il. oblong 48° Agr 9-1401 Forest fires. Uncontrollable fire; by Roy Headley. [1919.] [4] p. il. [Issued by Forest Service for its California Office and intended for distribution at county fairs, etc.] Forest Service, 114 Sansome St., San Francisco, Calif. Forest reserves (national forests). Out-door life in Colorado national forest. [1919.] 20 p. il. map. (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 34.) * Paper, 5c. Agr 19-696 [1919.] 20 p. Out-of-door playgrounds of San Isabel national forest. il. map. Agr 19-664 16 p. il. map. Agr 19-665 16 p. il. map. Agr 19-695 Summer vacation in Sopris national forest. [1919.] (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 6.) * Paper, 5c. Vacation trips in Holy Cross national forest. [1919.] (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 29.) * Paper, 5c. Forests and forestry. Forestry and agriculture; by R. F. Hammatt. [4] p. il. [Issued by Forest Service for its California Office and intended for distribution at county fairs, etc.] Forest Service, 114 Sansome St., San Francisco, Calif. [1919.] Messages from abroad from American Expeditionary Forces, Division of Construction and Forestry, [in] France. [1919.] [4] p. il. [Issued by the Forest Service for its California Office and intended for distribution at county fairs, etc.] Forest Service, 114 Sansome St., San Francisco, Calif. Wood. Relation of shrinkage and strength properties of wood to its specific gravity; by J. A. Newlin and T. R. C. Wilson. July 16, 1919. cover-title, 35 p. il. 5 p. of pl. 1 tab. (Agriculture Dept. Bulletin 676.) [Prepared in cooperation with University of Wisconsin.] * Paper, 10c. Agr. 19-701 Cheese. Suggestions for marketing of cottage cheese; [by] Delos L. James. June, 1919. 14 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 1.) [Includes lists of publications of Agriculture Department relating to marketing of farm products.]* Paper, 5c. Agr 19-663 Corn. Factors influencing carrying qualities of American export corn; by E. G. Boerner. July 5, 1919. cover-title, 99 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Bulletin 764.) * Paper, 20c. Agr 19-702 Seed reporter, July 12, 1919; v. 3, no. 1. [Chicago, Ill., 1919.] 8 p. il. 4° [Monthly.] Seed Reporting Service, 59 Board of Trade Building, Chicago. Ill. Agr 17-1165 Service announcements. Service and regulatory announcements, no. 50: Government control of wool clip of 1918, review of regulations and interpretations thereof. May 20, 1919. 13 p. * Paper, 5c. Agr 15-199 Same, no 52: How to take an appeal to Secretary of Agriculture from licensed inspector's grading to determine true grade of grain under grain standards act. May 23, 1919. 20 p. il. * Paper, 5c. PLANT INDUSTRY BUREAU. Corn. Inheritance of waxy endosperm in maize [with list of literature cited]; by J. H. Kempton. June 26, 1919. cover-title, 99 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Bulletin 754.) * Paper, 15c. Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum); [by Lyman Carrier]. (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 44.) * Paper, 5c. Agr 19678 [1919.] 2 p. Agr 19-670 (AgriculAgr 19-671 (Agriculture Dept. Para grass (Panicum barbinode); [by S. M. Tracy]. [1919.] 2 p. * [1919.] 2 p. PUBLICATIONS DIVISION Agr 19-669 Agriculture Department. Monthly list of publications [of Agriculture Department], June, 1919. [1919.] 4 p. † Agr 9-1414 Farmers' bulletins [available for distribution]. July 15, 1919. [4] p. † SOILS BUREAU Barbour County, W. Va. Soil survey of Barbour and Upshur counties, W. Va.; by W. J. Latimer. 1919. 51 p. il. map. [Prepared in cooperation with West Virginia Geological Survey. From Field operations, 1917.] * Paper, 15c. Caldwell County, N. C. Soil survey of Caldwell County, N. C.; by W. B. Cobb and S. F. Davidson. 1919. 29 p. il. map. [Prepared in cooperation with North Carolina Department of Agriculture. From Field operations, 1917.] * Paper, 15c. STATES RELATIONS SERVICE Diseases of plants. Boys and girls club work: Diseases & insects of home garden; [by W. W. Gilbert and C. H. Popenoe]. n. p. [1919]. 32 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Department circular 35.) * Paper, 5c. Agr 19-668 Experiment station record, v. 40, no. 7; May, 1919. 1919. cover-title. xi+601-700 p. Paper, 15c. single copy, $1.00 per vol. (2 vols. a yr.). Agr 9-832 NOTE.-Mainly made up of abstracts of reports and publications on agricultural science which have recently appeared in all countries, especially the United States. Extra numbers, called abstract numbers, are issued, 3 to each volume. These are made up almost exclusively of abstracts, that is, they contain no editorial notes and only a limited number of current notes. WEATHER BUREAU Aerology. Papers on aerological work: Aerological work of Weather Bureau during the war, [by] W. R. Gregg; Some scientific aspects of meteorological work of Signal Corps, [by] R. A. Millikan; Military meteorological service in United States during the war, [by] B. J. Sherry and A. T. Waterman; Two-theodolite plotting board, [by] W. C. Haines and R. A. Wells; Some observed irregular vertical movements of pilot balloons, [by] I. R. Tannehill; Work of aerographic section of Navy. [by] A. McAdie; Work of Naval Observatory in connection with naval aerography, [by] C. T. Jewell; Meteorology in naval aviation service overseas, [by] R. H. Finch; Blue Hill methods of pilot ballooning, [by] I. Mall; British pilot-balloon methods, Shoeburyness system. 1919. [1]+205-231 p. il. 3 pl. 2 p. of pl. [From Monthly weather review, Apr. 1919.] † |