G DEPAET-MEXT OE AGEICUI^TUKE BULS. 701-725. 



Department Bulletin No. 713. — A Study of Farming in Southwestern 



Kentucky: Page. 



How to measure success in farming 1 



Factors which make some farms more successful than others 2 



Good farming increases the vahie of the land 9 



The practical value of standards of farm organization 9 



Standard jdelds and farm values for important crops and productive ani- 

 mals 10 



A study of five indiAidual farms which, in general, illustrate good stand- 

 ards for the organization of farms in the areas studied 11 



Department Bulletin No. 714. — Spoilage op Cranberries After Har- 

 vest: 



Introduction 1 



Causes of cranberry spoilage 2 



Bruising 2 



Drying out '. 3 



Natiu-al ripening process 4 



Smothering 4 



Conditions which cause smothering 4 



Water storage 5 



Prevention of smothering 5 



Fungi 6 



Importance 6 



Principal cranberry fungi which cause fruit rots 6 



Control of fungous diseases 7 



Summary 18 



Practical suggestions 19 



Literature cited 20- 



Department Bulletin No. 715. — Attracting Birds to Public and Semi- 

 public Reservations: 



National resen^ations 2 



Attracting waterfowl 3 



Improving coverts for upland game birds 4 



State, municipal, and other parks 5 



Zoological gardens 8 



Botanical gardens 8 



Parkways, boulevards, and roadsides 9 



Reservoirs 10 



College and other school grounds 10 



Cemeteries 11 



Right of ways 11 



Conclusions 12 



Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture relating to the 



protection and attraction of wild birds 13 



Department Bulletin No. 716. — A Five-year Farm Management Survey 

 in Palmer Township, Washington County, Ohio, 1912-1916: 



General nature of the area and the study 1 



Objects of the study 1 



Siunmary of results 2 



General description of area 3 



IMethod of study 10 



A five-year study of 25 farms 11 



A study of 73 farms, by size and quality of business 47 



Department Bulletin No. 717. — Digestibility of Protein Supplied by 

 Soy-bean and Peanut Press-cake Flours: 



Introduction 1 



Investigations of digestibility of common legumes 2 



Source and available supply of soy-])oan and peanut press-cake 3 



Factors considered in determining food value of a protein 4 



The amino acids supplied by soy-bean and peanut proteins as compared 



with those suppli(;d by common cereal proteins 5 



Biologic value of soy-bean and peanut proteins as compared with that of 



common cereal proteins 3 



Digestibility of soy-bean and peanut proteins , 12 



