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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



farmers' bulletin 287. 



Poultry Management. By G. Arthur Bell, Assistant Animal 

 Husbandman, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 48, figs. 14. 

 This bulletin deals with chicken raising, containing suggestions 

 and directions for construction of poultry houses, selection of 

 breeds, treatment and care of chicks and capons, remedies for 

 diseases and bad habits of the fowls, methods of preserving eggs, 

 etc. It is designed to supersede Farmers' Bulletins 41 and 141, 

 entitled "Fowls: Care and Feeding'' and "Poultry Raising on the 

 Farm," respectively. 



farmers' bulletin 298. 



Food Value of Corn and Corn Products. By Charles D. Woods, 

 Director, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Pp. 40, 

 figs. 2. 



History of the maize plant, with studies on the digestibility and 

 food value of this cereal in its various uses. Corn breakfast 

 foods, pop corn and green corn receive attention, and the use of 

 raw corn and parched corn are considered. Milling and cook- 

 ing are also features of the bulletin. 



farmers bulletin 304. 



Growing and Curing Hops. By W. W. Stockberger, Expert, 

 Drug-plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry. Pp. 39, 

 figs. 20. 



This Bulletin gives the climatic and soil conditions essential to 

 successful hop growing, directions for propagation, cultivation, 

 pruning, training, picking, curing, and baling, with a statement 

 as to cost and yield of crop, and suggestions for marketing. 



farmers' bulletin 306, 



Dodder in Relation to Farm Seeds. By F. H. Hillman, Assistant 

 Botanist, Bureau of Plant Industry. Pp. 27, figs. 10. 

 Character and varieties of the dodder plant, its preference for 

 certain host plants, kinds of seeds infested, relation to seed trade, 

 directions for detection, description and illustrations of seed, buy- 

 ing and cleaning of clover and alfalfa seeds, detection and de- 

 struction of plants in the field, etc. 



farmers' bulletin 308. 



Game Laws for 1907. A Summary of the Provisions Relating 

 to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, and Licenses. Bv T. S. Palmer, 

 Henry Oldys, and Chas. E. Brewster, Assistants Biological 

 Survey. Pp. 52, figs. 4. 



