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BETTER FRUIT 



July 



The Value of Milk as Food 



In the educational exliibits of tlie 

 Iowa Dairy and Food Department dif- 

 ferent articles of food are on exhibition 

 and placards stating the cost of each as 

 compared with one quart of milk. In 

 one exhibit the following information 

 was given : 



A quart of milk, costing 8 cents, is 

 equal in value to any of the following: 



Seven ounces of full-cream cheese 

 costing 9% cents. 



Ten eggs costing 20 cents. 



Eleven ounces of fat round beef 

 costing 15 cents. 



Fifteen ounces boneless codfish cost- 

 ing 14 cents. 



Six and one-half ounces white bread 

 costing 2V-2 cents. 



Five ounces of cornmeal costing 1 

 cent. 



Nine and one-half ounces of pota- 

 toes costing 2yi cents. 



Four pounds and two ounces of cab- 

 bage costing 10 cents. 



Five ounces of dried beans costing 2 

 cents. 



Eight oranges costing 2.3 cents. 



One dozen apples costing 9 cents. 



Five bananas costing 5 cents. 



Six and one-half ounces of prunes 

 costing 6 cents. 



Four and one-half ounces of walnuts 

 costing 17 cents. 



A few good books that have been 

 issued recently: 



"Citrus Fiuits," by .T. E. Colt, published by 

 MacMillan & Co.. New Yoik. 



"An American Fruit-Farm," by Francis 

 Newton Thorpe, published by G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons, New York. 



"Farm Management." by G. F. Warren, pub- 

 lished by MacVillan Ji: Co., New York. 



"Manual of I'ruit Insects," by Slingerland i«: 

 Crosby, published by MacMillan & Co., New- 

 York. 



"Management and lireedini; of Horses," by 

 Merrill W. Har'ier. nublished by Orange Judd 

 Company, New Y'ork. 



"Management and Breedins? of Sheen," by 

 Thos. Shaw, published by Orange Judd Com- 

 pany, New Yoi-k. 



"California Fruits and How to Crow Them." 

 by E. .T. Wickson, published by Pacific Rural 

 Press, San Francisco. 



"American Fruit Culturist, 21st Edition," by 

 ,Tohn .1. Thomas, published by Orange .ludd 

 Comuany, New- York. 



"Fungous Diseases of Plants," by Benj. M. 

 DuRgar. published by C.inn & Co., New York. 



"The Potato," by C.rubb & Guilford, pub- 

 lished by noubleday. Page Co., New York. 



"Productive Orcharding." by Professor F. C. 

 Sears, published by .1. B. Lippincott & Co., 

 Philadelphia. 



"The American Peach Orchard," by F. A. 

 Waugh, nublished by Orange Judd Company, 

 New Y'ork. 



"How to Make an Orchard in British Colum- 

 bia," by J. T. Bealby, published by Adam and 

 Chas. Black. London. 



"The Work of the Rural School," by Eggle- 

 son * Brucre, published by Harper & Bros., 

 New York. 



"Insects of Economic Importance," by Glenn 

 W^ Herriek, nublished by Carpenter & Co., 

 Ithaca, New- Y'ork. 



"Key to the Families of North American In- 

 sects," by A. L. Melander, Pullman, Washing- 

 ton, and Chas. T. Brues, Harvard Fniversity, 

 published by the authors, 



A list of publications for fruitgrow- 

 ers who arc eni-'a.ning in diversified 

 lines: 



American Swineherd, Chicago. 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture. Medina, Ohio. 

 Kimball's Dairy Farmer, Waterloo, Iowa. 

 Hoard Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson, Wisctjusin. 

 Norlhw-est Poultry Journal, Salem, Oregon. 

 Breeders' Gazette, Chicago. 

 Rural Spirit, Portland. 

 Angora Journal, Portland. 



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