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BUREAU OF SOILS 1908, ADVANCE SHEETS. 



SOIL SURVEY OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. By 

 Macy H. Lapham and Party. Pp. SO, pis. 6 fg. 1. map. 



BEFOBTS. 



VICAR BOOK OF U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL- 

 TURE. 1909; Pp. 652 pis. 36 fg. 36. Price, cloth, $1. The 

 Yearbook contains the annual report of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 152 pages and 23 miscellaneous papers. 263 

 pages, covering a wide variety of subjects thoroughly repre- 

 sentative of the varied scientific work conducted by the de- 

 partment; also an appendix, 202 pages, and index, 34 pages. 

 The appendix contains the annual statistical tables covering 

 production and prices of the principal crops and farm animals, 

 and the imports and exports of agricultural products. Among 

 the new features in the portion devoted to agricultural sta- 

 tistics are tables showing the rice crops of the United States 

 from 1712 to 1909, and the crops from 1790 to 1909, ocean 

 freight rates on grain and cotton from United States to 

 European ports, and average receipts for freight transporta- 

 tion on railroads in the United States from 1890 to 1908. 



TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU 

 OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 1908 Pp. 502 pis. 11, fgs. 72. Price, 

 cloth, 70 cents. 



BULLETINS. 



SOME INSECTS INJURIOUS TO TRUCK CROPS: Con- 

 tents and Index to Bulletin 68, Bureau of Entomology. Pp. 

 x, 99-108. Price 5 cents. 



THE CLOVER-ROOT CURCULIO. By V. K. Wildermuth, 

 Agent and Expert. Pp. 29-38 fgs. 5 Bulletin 85, Part 3, 

 Bureau of Entomology. Price 5 cents. 



TECHNICAL RESULTS FROM THE GIPSY MOTH PAR- 

 ASITE LABORATORY. II. Descriptions of Certain Chalcidokl 

 ASITE LABORATORY, II. DESCRIPTIONS OF CERTAIN 

 CHALCIBOLD PARASITES. By J. C. Crawford, Assistant 

 Curator, Division of Insects U. S. National Museum. Pp. 13-24 

 (Bulletin 19, Part II, Technical series, Bureau of Entomology). 

 Price 5 cents. 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, Vol. XXII. Index 

 Number. F. W. Allen, Ph. D., Editor. Pp. xiii. 801-911. 

 Price 15 cents. 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, Vol. XXII, No. 3, 

 March 1910. E. W. Allen, Ph. D., Editor. Pp. ix, 201-300. 



Same, Vol. XXII, No. 4, Abstract Number. Pp. ix, 301-400. 



Same, Vol. XXII, No. 5, April 1910. Pp. viii, 401-500. 



[The record contains numerous abstracts of the publications 

 of the agricultural experiment stations and kindred institu- 

 tions, in this and other countries, articles and editorials on 

 topics of special interest in agricultural science by American 

 and foreign experts, and notes on the experiment stations. 

 Note For the convenience of those who desire to receive 

 this publication regularly the Superintendent of Documents 

 has fixed the price of this serial, which is now issued in two 

 volumes a year, 8 numbers each at $1 per volume, payable in 

 advance. Current numbers are not sold separately.] 



TRACTION PLOWING. By L. W. Ellis, Assistant, Of- 

 fice of Farm Management. Pp. 45 fg. 1. (Bulletin 170, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry.) Price 10 cents. 



SEASONAL NITRIFICATION AS INFLUENCED BY 

 CROPS AND TILLAGE. By C. A. Jensen, Agriculturist. Pp. 

 31, fgs. 7. (Bulletin 173, Bureau of Plant Industry.) Price 

 10 cents. 



THE CONTROL OF THE PEACH BROWN-ROT AND 

 SCAB. By W. M. Scott, Pathologist, and T. Willard Ayers, 

 Scientific Assistant, Fruit-Disease Investigation. Pp. 31, pis. 

 4. fg. 1. (Bulletin 174, Bureau of Plant Industry.) Price 

 10 cents. 



A PROTECTED STOCK RANGE IN ARIZONA.. By David 

 Griffiths. Agriculturist, Office of Farm Management. Pp. 28, 

 pis. G, fg. 1. (Bulletin 177. Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 Price 15 cents. 



CIBCULAKS. 



THE PREVENTION OF LOSSES AMONG SHEEP FROM 



STOMACH WORMS (Haemonchus Contortus). Pp. 10. (Cir- 

 cular 157, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



IMPROVED METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 

 MARKET MILK BY ORDINARY DAIRIES. By C. B. Lane, 

 Senior Dairyman, and Karl E. Parks, Architect, Dairy Division. 

 Pp. 12, fgs. 11. (Circular 158, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



THE HORN FLY (Haematobia serrata Rob. Desv.). By 

 C. L. Marlatt, Assistant Entomologist. Pp. 13, figs. 6. (Cir- 

 cular 115, Bureau of Entomology.) 



THE CLOVER ROOT-BORER. By F. M. Webster, in 

 charge of Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations. Pp. 5, 

 figs. 4. (Circular 119, Bureau of Entomology.) 



THE CONTROL OF THE BROWN-ROT AND PLUM 

 CURCULIO ON PEACHES. By W. M. Scott of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, and A. L. Quaintance, of the Bureau of 

 Kntomology. Pp. 7. (Circular 120, Bureau of Entomology.) 



THE OYSTER SHELL SCALE AND THE SCURFY 

 SCALE. By A. L. Quaintance, in charge of Deciduous Fruit 

 Insect Investigations, and E. R. Sasscer, Scientific Assistant. 

 Pp. 15, figs. 2. (Circular 121, Bureau of Entomology.) 



EXPERIMENTS IN SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION 

 AVITH SMALL WATER SUPPLIES AT CHEYENNE, WYO., 

 IX 1909. By John H. Gordon, Irrigation Farmer, in charge. 

 Prepared under the Direction of Samuel Fortier, Chief. Irri- 

 gation Investigation. Pp. 11, fig. 1. (Circular 95, Office of 

 Experiment Stations.) 



HOW TO TEST SEED CORN IN SCHOOLS. Pp. 7, figs. 



4. (Circular 96, Office of Experiment Stations.) 



FRUIT GROWING FOR HOME USE IN THE CENTRAL 

 AND SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS. By H. P. Gould, Pomolo- 

 gist in charge of Fruit District Investigations. Pp. 23, figs. 



5. (Circular 31, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



WART DISEASE OF THE POTATO: A DANGEROUS 

 EUROPEAN DISEASE LIABLE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO 

 THE UNITED STATES. By W. A. Orton, Pathologist, and 

 Ethel C. Field, Scientific Assistant. Cotton and Truck Diseases 

 ;md Sugar-Plant Investigations. Pp. 11, pis. 2. (Circular 52, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



THE SUBSTITUTION OF LIME-SULPHUR PREPARA- 

 TIONS FOR BORDEAUX MIXTURE IN THE TREATMENT 

 OF APPLE DISEASES. By W. M. Scott, Pathologist in charge 

 of Orchard-Spraying Experiments. Pp. 15, figs. 3. (Circular 

 54, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



AMERICAN EXPORT CORN (MAIZE) IN EUROPE. By 

 John D. Shanahan, Crop Technologist in charge, and Clyde E. 

 Leighty, and Emil G. Boerner, Assistants, Grain Standardiza- 

 tion. Pp. 42, figs. 7. (Circular 55, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



MONTHLY LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, MARCH 1910 

 (FOREIGN). Pp. 4. (Document 706, Division of Publication.) 



SAND-CLAY AND EARTH ROADS IN THE MIDDLE 

 WEST. By W. L. Spoon, Superintendent of Road Construc- 

 tion, Office of Public Roads. Pp. 31, figs. 6. (Circular 91, 

 Office of Public Roads.) 



CROP REPORTER, vol. 12, No. 3, March, 1910. Pp. 

 17-24. (Bureau of Statistics.) 



Same, Vol. 12, No. 4, April 1910. Pp. 25-32. (Bureau of 

 Statistics.) The Crop Reporter is a two column quarto pub- 

 lication devoted to agricultural statistics. 



FARMERS' BULLETINS. 



THE PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT OF FARM TIM- 

 BERS. By C. P. Willis, Forest Assistant, Forest Service. Pp. 

 13, figs. 5. (Farmers Bulletin 387.) 



EXPERIMENT STATION WORK. LVL. Compiled from 

 publications of the agricultural experiment stations. Pp. 32, 

 figs. 7. (Farmers Bulletin 388.) 



Contents. Incompatibles in fertilizer mixtures Principles 

 of dry farming Methods of seeding oats Rolling vs. har- 

 rowing winter wheat Destruction of eelworms in soil Prun- 

 ing Bean authracnose or pod spot Animal feed for farm 

 stock Feeding the pig Jelly and jelly making. 



BREAD AND BREAD MAKING. By Helen W. Atwater. 

 Pp. 47, figs. 7. (Farmers Bulletin 389.) This Bulletin dis- 

 cusses the important place of bread in the dietary, the dif- 

 ferent grains and flours used, yeast and other leavening 

 agencies and the making, composition, and digestibility of 

 different kinds of bread. 



ECONOMICAL USE OF MEAT IN THE HOME. By C. 

 F. Langworthy, Expert in charge of Nutrition Investigations, 

 and Caroline L. Hunt, Expert in Nutrition, Office of Experiment 

 Stations. Pp. 43. (Farmers Bulletin 391'.) 



This bulletin has been issued as a result of the wide- 

 spread interest in the utilization and preparation of the 

 cheaper cuts of meats. It discusses the food value and pro- 

 portional cost of different meats, and contains a number of 

 recipes for simple and inexpensive dishes. 



IRRIGATION OF SUGAR BEETS. By F. W. Roeding, 

 Irrigation Manager, Office of Experiment Stations. Pp. 52, 

 figs. 14. (Farmers Bulletin 392.) 



This Bulletin contains information in regard to the early 

 manufacture of beet sugar in European countries and the in- 

 troduction of the sugar beet and the manufacture of beet 

 sugar in the United States. It describes soils and climate 

 suited to sugar beet growing, gives directions for the prepaia- 

 tion and irrigation of the lands, describes implements neces- 

 sary to the cultivation and harvesting of the crop, and con- 

 tains statements as to the cost and returns of the crop. 



SEFABATES. 



From Twenty-fifth Annual Report, Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry 1908. 



THE CONTROL OF HOG CHOLERA BY SERUM IM- 

 MUNIZATION. By A. D. Melvin, Chief, Bureau of Animal 



lTldU STATE LEGISLATION REGULATING THE STANDING 

 OF STALLIONS AND JACKS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. By 

 Roy A. Cave, Herdbook Assistant, Bureau of Animal Industry. 

 Pp.' 335-344. 



