DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 451-475. 



Department Bulletin No. 455. — The Drying for Milling Purposes 



of Damp and Garlicky Wheat — Continued : Page. 



The quantity of garlic before and after cleaning 4 



Tempering the dried wheat 5 



Commercial milling test . 5 



Drying and milling tests of garlicky wheats having a high, medium, 



and low moisture content 6 



Drying wheat at different temperatures 7 



The drying of wheat at 140° F 9 



Summary 9 



Department Bulletin No. 456. — Marketing Creamery Butter: 



Introduction 1 



Uniform quality of butter an important market requirement 2 



Packages for bulk butter 3 



Preparing packages for bulk butter 5 



Consumers' packages 8 



Transportation facilities for butter 13 



Wholesale trade organizations 16 



Market grades of creamery butter 17 



Market inspection of creamery butter 20 



Butter quotations 21 



Market distribution of creamery butter ; 26 



Cold-storage methods and facilities 28 



Brands and trade-marks for butter jfe. 31 



Advertising and salesmanship 35 



Summary 36 



Department Bulletin No. 457. — Relation Between Primary Market 

 Prices and Qualities of Cotton : 



Introduction 1 



Method of investigation 2 



Average prices of cotton by months for the States covered by the 



survey 2 



Variations in the price of middling cotton in the same market on the 



same day in different States in the cotton belt 6 



" Round-lot " sales 7 



Average staple lengths and average prices for each length of staple 



for the different States and for the entire belt 8 



Marketing tinged and stained cotton 10 



Suggested economies in handling and marketing cotton 12 



Department Bulletin No. 458. — Handling and Marketing Durango 

 Cotton in the Imperial Valley : 



Introduction 1 



Necessity for clean picking . , 2 



Care of seed -cotton 4 



Ginning Durango cotton , 5 



Necessity for good baling and adequate covering 6 



Tagging, marking, branding, and weighing 8 



Storage facilities 9 



Sampling 11 



Classing Durango cotton , 12 



Length and character of Durango cotton 14 



Transportation facilities and rates 17 



Department Bulletin No. 459. — The Use of Energy Values in the 

 Computation of Rations for Farm Animals : 



General principles 1 



Components of the animal body 1 



Components of feeding stuffs 3 



The animal body as a machine 4 



Feed requirements : 14 



The computation of rations 19 



General considerations . 19 



Total feed required 20 



