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Industrial Alcohol : Sources and Manufacture. By li. W. 

 Wiley, Chief, lUircau of Chemistry. Pp. 47, figs. 10. (Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin No. 268.) 



This bulletin is issued in response to the numerous incjuiries 

 sent to this Department regarding the manufacture of indu'^- 

 trial or denatured alcohol, and contains the Federal law rela- 

 ting to its manufacture and use, the sources from which it 

 may be obtained, and methods of manufacture. 



Indr.strial Alcohol: Uses and Statistics. By H. W. Wiley, 

 Chief, Bureau of Chemistry. Pp. 32, figs. 10. (Farmers' Bul- 

 letin No. 269.) 



This bulletin gives a number of uses of industrial or dena- 

 tured alcohol, especially those of direct interest to the farmer ; 

 also statistics on its production in the United States, Great 

 Britain, France, and Germany. It is designed to supplement 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 268.- 



Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home. By Elmina T. 

 Wilson, formerly Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 

 Iowa State College. Prepared under the direction of the 

 Office of Experiment Stations. Pp. 48, figs. 26. (Farmers' 

 Bulletin No. 270.) 



Suggestions and directions for installing in the farm home 

 modern plumbing, heating plants, and lights, and for disposing 

 of the wastes and sewage, with plans and illustrations of build- 

 ings and grounds. 



A Successful Hog and Seed-corn Farm. By AV. J. Spill- 

 man, Agriculturist in Charge of Farm Management Investiga- 

 tions, Bureriu of Plant Industry. Pp. 16, figs. 5. (Farmers' 

 Bulletin No. 272.) 



This bulletin explains the system of management of a farm 

 of 100 acres devoted to raising hogs and growing seed corn. 

 It gives the feeding value of the different crops grown, care 

 and feeding of pigs and hogs, and the average yearly outlay 

 and income. 



Experiment Station Work, XXX-VIII. Compiled from the 

 publications of the Agricultural Experiment Stations. Pp. 

 332. figs. 4. (Farmers' Bulletin No. 273.) 



Contents: Loss of nitrogen from soils — Manure as affected 

 by food — Continuous corn culture — Pasturing wheat — Storage 

 of sweet potatoes — Rotting of potatoes in storage — Hog cots — 

 The disinfection of stables — The effect of horsetail weeds on 

 horses — Treatment of .calf scours — Preserving eggs — Wheat 

 bran — Testing- individual covv^s — Clean milk — Cleanliness in 

 the dairv — Grading cream — Paraffin in dairying. 



