4 DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE BULLETINS 26-50. 



Department Bulletin No. 29 — Continued. p agei 



General scheme of orchard planting 5 



Cost of various orchard operations 6 



Labor problems 12 



Horse labor 13 



Methods of transportation 14 



Cost of equipment. 14 



Relation of the size of the orchard to successful management 15 



Distance of orchard from shipping point 15 



Life period of peach orchards 16 



Summary of costs in peach orcharding 17 



History of } r ields of representative orchards 19 



Estimated profits 20 



Principles of economy in orchard management 22 



Some conclusions 24 



Department Bulletin No. 30. — Cereal Investigations at the Nephi 

 Substation. 



Introduction 1 



Description of substation 2 



Location 2 



Physical factors 3 



Experimental work 11 



Plat experiments 11 



Wheat 14 



Oats. -. 26 



Barley 29 



Emmer 31 



Nursery experiments 32 



Tests of the value of different sizes of seed 36 



Treatment of seed wheat for bunt 43 



Summary 48 



Department Bulletin No. 31. — Behavior, Under Cultural Conditions, 

 of Species op Cacti Known as Opuntia. 



Introduction 1 



Spine variation 1 



Adaptability to conditions 7 



Excessive development of spicules 9 



Locality variations 10 



Effect of housing 12 



Longevity 13 



Effect of low temperatures 16 



Coloration 18 



Proliferation of fruit 19 



Habits of the plants 20 



Moisture requirements 22 



Summary 23 



DeAjbtment Bulletin No. 32. — An Example op Successful Farm Man- 

 agement in Southern New York. 



Introduction 1 



How the owner became a farmer 2 



Influence of farm educational agencies 3 



Building up the valley farm 3 



Management of the hill land 10 



Making a run-down hill farm profitable 16 



