﻿14 BULLETIN 7, 17. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Unfortunately this list is incomplete in sonie subjects on which no 

 publications of a popular character are now available. For example, 

 there are few bulletins to be listed dealing with cattle, none with 

 horses, and none of a general nature treating of cotton. Doubtless 

 these and similar deficiencies in this list will be supplied at some time 

 in the future by the department. In the meantime in many of the 

 States bulletins may be obtained from the State agricultural college 

 or experiment station to supplement this list. 



With but few exceptions the publications listed are Farmers' Bulle- 

 tins, since they are generally less technical in character than the 

 bureau circulars and bulletins, and the intention is to select only pub- 

 lications more or less popular in style which may be comprehended 

 easily by the ordinary reader. Even as it is, the Farmers' Bulletins 

 are themselves unsatisfactory in many instances for this kind of use, 

 since they are more adapted for reference purposes than for general 

 reading and study. 



On a number of the topics for which publications have been selected 

 and classified in this list additional publications dealing in a more 

 detailed manner with particular phases of the general topic can be 

 obtained if desired. For example, under the subject of " Horticul- 

 ture — Fruits," there are available in addition to those listed a number 

 of Farmers' Bulletins dealing with particular kinds of fruits, such as 

 strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, and others. Information as 

 to these bulletins may be obtained by reference to the complete list 

 of available Farmers' Bulletins issued by the Division of Publications, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



All the publications listed may be obtained free of cost on applica- 

 tion to the United States Department of Agriculture, so long as 

 they are available. Should it happen that any are not available for 

 free distribution when requested they may generally be obtained 

 by purchase from the Superintendent of Documents, Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, D. C. His price for all Farmers' Bulle- 

 tins and circulars is 5 cents each, but bureau bulletins have various 

 prices, depending upon the cost of publication in each instance. 



Perhaps the best method to be followed by the individual reader 

 in using these bulletins as a systematic reading course is to secure 

 the bulletins listed under some single topic, such as "Soils," for 

 example, and thoroughly master all' that the publications contain 

 on this subject before going on with the next topic. It will be found 

 very helpful, and a good way to fix important information in the 

 mind as well as to test the reader's understanding of what he has 

 read, if the student prepares an outline of the important points 

 gleaned from the text matter as the reading proceeds. It is impor- 

 tant, however, that this outline be made in the reader's own language, 

 avoiding a mere copying of extracts and quotations from the text, 

 since the benefit to be derived from this exercise lies in the possi- 



