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cubic feet of air space, square feet of window opening; number and kind 

 of fowls inclosed. Draw end view, front view, ground plan and show 

 construction of walls, kind of roof, straw loft, etc. Blank forms will be 

 furnished. 



VII. Dairy Industry 



(R. A. Pearson) 



No. 80. Churning. To churn cream from fresh and stripper cows 

 to determine best methods of handling the cream from cows far advanced 

 in the period of lactation. 



No. 81. Small-top milk pails. To determine their practical ad- 

 vantages and disadvantages. 



No. 82. Period of ripening. A comparison of long and short periods 

 of cream ripening. 



No. 83. ]Vashing cream. The effect of this treatment upon the 

 flavor and grain of butter. 



No, 84. Whey bntter. Best method of handling whey and cream 

 for making whey butter. 



No. 85. Sanitary dairying. To determine cost in labor and cash 

 outlay necessary to improve the sanitary condition of a dairy, using score 

 card to report conditions existing. 



No. 86. Over-run in Churning. To determine effect of temperatures 

 of churning and temperatures of wash water. 



VIII. Plant Diseases 

 (H. H. Whetzel) 



No. 90. Loss from corn smut. To determine the loss from any 

 given field to see if it will pay to eradicate smut from corn-fields. 



No. 91. Loose smut of wheat. Special hot water treatment of seed 

 wheat to determine to what extent smut in the succeeding crop may be 

 reduced. 



No. 92. Bean anthracnose or pod spot. Spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture to determine: (i) number of sprayings that will give maximum 

 returns; (2) stages in the growth of the bean plants at which these spray- 

 ings should be made to get the best results ; (3) strength of the Bordeaux 

 mixture that will give maximum results; (4) cost of spraying per acre; 

 (5) average increased yield per acre. 



No. 93. Bean blight. To determine the value of Bordeaux mixture 

 as a preventative of this disease. 



No. 94. Formalin. Its value for sterilizing soil in green-house 

 beds. 



No. 95. Plans for treating fungus diseases in any crop in which you 

 are interested will be prepared if possible and furnished upon application 



