300 MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



FARMERS' BULLETINS— FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. 



No price is quoted for Farmers' Bulletins for the reason that the depart- 

 ment's supply of the current numbers is ordinarily sufiicient to make it possible 

 to send them free to all applicants. 



Measuring and Marketing Woodlot Products. By Wilbur R. Mattoon and Wil- 

 liam B. Barrows, Forest Examiners. Pp. 48, figs. 13. Contribution from 

 the Forest Service. June 29, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 715.) 



Suitable for general distribution, and will be helpful to farmers in selling 

 woodlot products. 



Management of Sandy-Land Farms in Northern Indiana and Southern 

 Michigan. By J. A. Drake, Agriculturist, Office of Farm Management. Pp. 

 28, figs. 3. Contribution from the Office of Farm Management, Office of 

 the Secretary. June 9, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 716.) 



This bulletin, while applying particularly to areas where sandy lands 

 occur in southern Michigan, northern Indiana and a part of northwestern 

 Ohio, should prove of interest to farmers occupying sandy lands in other 

 portions of the country not too far north to permit of maturing the crops 

 recommended. 



Prevention of Losses of Live Stock from Plant Poisoning. By C. Dwight 

 Marsh, Physiologist in Poisonous-Plant Investigations, Pathological 

 Division. Pp. 11. Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry. 

 June 2, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 720.) 



Of especial interest to western ranchers and stock raisers. Supersedes 

 Farmers' Bulletin 536 on Stock Poisoning Due to Scarcity of Food. 



The Feeding of Grain Sorghums to Live Stock. By George A. Scott, Scientific 

 Assistant, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 15, figs. 5. Contribution from 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry. June 7, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 724.) 



This bulletin will be of interest to cattle feeders and farmers generally in 

 the semiarid regions where grain sorghums do better than corn. 



Natal Grass: A Southern Perennial Hay Crop. By S. M. Tracy, Agronomist, 

 Forage Crop Investigations. Pp. 16, figs. 4. Contribution from the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. June 8, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 726.) 



Suitable for distribution in South Atlantic and Gulf States and south- 

 w'estern California and New Mexico. 



Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area. By H. P. Gould, Pom- 

 ologist in Charge of Fruit-Production Investigations, Office of Horticultural 

 and Pomological Investigations, and Oliver J. Grace. Supterintendent, 

 Akron Field Station, Dry-Land Agi'iculture Investigations. Pp. 40, figs. 

 25. Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry. June 30, 1916. 

 (Farmers' Bulletin 727.) 



Is intended especially for those in the Great Plains area who are in- 

 terested in growing fruit for home use, but some parts of it, especially the 

 discussion about pruning and shaping trees, are of general interest to 

 people living in other sections of the country. 



Dewberry Culture. Bj' George M. Darrow, Scientific Assistant, Office of Horti- 

 cultural and Pomological Investigations. Pp. 19, figs. 12. Contribution from 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. June 12, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 728.) 

 For general distribution. 



Button Clover. By Roland McKee, Assistant Agrostologist, Forage-Crop In- 

 vestigations. Pp. 11, figs. 3. Contribution from the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. June 2, 1916. (Farmers' Bulletin 730.) 



Suitable for distribution in the South Atlantic and Gulf States and the 

 Pacific Coast States. 



