CONTENTS. 



Department Bulletin No. 371. — Patronage Dividends in Cooperative 

 Grain Companies: 



Introduction 1 



Cooperative organization in relation to patronage-dividend payments 2 



Accounting and business practice in relation to patronage-dividend pay- 

 ments 4 



Publications of the United States Department of Agricultiu'e relating to 



cooperative marketing 11 



Department Bulletin No. 372. — Commercial Production of Thymol from 

 Horsemint (Monarda Punctata) : 



Introduction 1 



Cultural methods for horsemint 3 



Harvesting 5 



Distillation 6 



Extraction of the thymol 8 



Yield per acre 10 



Commercial prospects 10 



Department Bulletin No. 373. — Brick Roads: 



Introduction 1 



The raw materials 2 



The manufactiu-e 3 



Physical characteristics 4 



Testing the brick 5 



Construction 8 



"Monolithic " brick pavements 21 



•Cost of brick pavements 22 



Maintenance for brick pavements 24 



Conclusion ,25 



Appendix A 26 



Appendix B 34 



Department Bulletin No. 374.— The Intrinsic Values op Grain, Cotton- 

 seed, Flour, and Similar Products, Based on the Dry-matter Con- 

 tent: 



Introduction 1 



Comparative values on a dry-matter basis 2 



Method of determining comparative values on a dry-matter basis 4 



Advantage of buying and selling on a dry-matter basis 6 



Other factors to be considered 6 



Relation of reduction of moisture content to shrinkage in weight 7 



Explanation of tables. 8 



Department Biilletin No. 375. — Disadvantages of Selling Cotton in the 

 Seed: 



Introduction ] 



Method of investigation 3 



Out-tiuns from seed cotton at gins 4 



Conversion of seed-cotton price to the equivalent of lint-cotton price 6 



Elements that determine the price of seed cotton 7 



Variations in prices of identical grade of lint cotton when sold unginned. . 9 

 Prices received for the lowest and highest grade bales in the same market 



during the same week 10 



Irregularities in prices received for the lint content of seed cotton 12 



Prices received for lint cotton compared with equivalent lint prices of seed 



cotton 14 



A study of conditions in a specific locality 16 



Conclusions .' 18 



Selected publications of United States Department of Agriculture relating 



to cotton 19 



