76G ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUHK. 



New Famiers' Bulletins issued during tJie fiscal year ended June SO, 1912 — Continued. 



Bulle- 

 tin No. 



Title of bulletin. 



Total 

 number 

 of copies. 



476 

 477 

 478 

 479 

 480 

 481 

 482 

 483 

 484 



485 

 486 

 487 

 488 

 489 

 490 

 491 

 492 



493 

 494 

 495 

 496 

 497 

 498 

 499 

 500 



The Dying of Tine in the Southern States: Cause, Extent, and Remedy 



Sorghum Sirup Manufacture 



liow to Prevent Typhoid Fever 



Kxperiment Station Work-LX VII 



Practical Methods of Disinfecting Stables 



Concrete Construction on the Live-stock Farm 



The Pear and How to Grow It 



The Thornless Prickly Pears 



Some Common Mammals of Western Montana in Relation to Agriculture and Spotted 



Fever 



Sweet Clover 



Experiment Station Work-LXVIII 



Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the Diet 



Diseases of Cabbage and Related Crops and Their Control 



Two Dangerous Imported I'lant Diseases 



Bacteria in Milk 



The Profitable Management of the Small Apple Orchard on the General Farm 



The More Important Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Fruit and Foliage of the 



Apple 



The I'nglish Sparrow as a Pest 



Lawns and Lawn Soils 



-Mfalfa Seed Production 



Raising Belgian Hares and Other Rabbits 



Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man 



Methods of Exterminating the Texas-Fever Tick 



Experiment Station Work-LXIX 



The Control of the Boll Weevil 



Total 



30,000 

 30,000 

 130,000 

 30,000 

 50,000 

 90,000 

 50,000 

 25,000 



30,000 

 .W.OOO 

 30,000 

 179,000 

 30, (XK) 

 15,000 

 30,000 

 50,000 



30,000 

 30,000 

 20,000 

 20,000 

 30,000 

 20,000 

 30,000 

 30,000 

 30,000 



2,550,000 



The appropriation for Farmers' Bulletins is carried in the appro- 



Eriation for printing for the Department of Agriculture under the 

 eading "Government Printing OfFice" in the act making appro- 

 priations for sundry civil expenses of the Government, that for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, occurring on page 95, Public Xo. 525, 

 approved March 4, 1911, being $125,000. 



With the present appropriation it is possible to make an allotment 

 to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate of a])proximately 

 12,500 copies, which is admittedly insufficient in view of the increasing 

 requests received by them, with many of which they are unable to 

 comply. Under the law only one-fifth of the Farmers' Bulletins 

 printed are available for distribution by the fle])artment, and this is 

 not sufficient to permit it to comply with half of the requests it re- 

 ceives and makes it necessary to constantly refer applicants to their 

 Senators, Representatives, or Delegates, who themselves in many 

 instances are unable to supply the bulletins. 



It is obviously desirable that the congressional and the department 

 allotments be increased, and it should be borne in mind that the appro- 

 priation for printing Farmers' Bulletins has not been iacreased for five 

 years, during which time the popular demand for them has more than 

 doubled, due to the fact that the people all over the country have 

 learned not only through the press, but from the lists w^hich are sent 

 out by Senators. Representatives, and Delegates, as well as by the de- 

 partment, the value of these ]:)amphlets. The demand comee from all 

 sections and from all classes, as the 500 difl'erent bulletins cover a great 

 variety of subjects, among which are some sure to be interesting to 

 every one. There is now a great demand from schools in which agri- 

 culture is now being taught, and from corn clubs and associations of 

 all kinds, which was not originally contemplated, but which should 



