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 Department Bulletin No. 1242. — Marketing Cabbage: 



Development and changes 1 1 



Classes, types, and varieties 2 



Commercial production 3 



Principal commercial producing regions 4 



Growing and harvesting 10 



Financing 10 



Shipping seasons 12 



Country selling methods 15 



Packing, grading, and shipping 18 



Loading 2C 



Transportation problems 22 



Farm and commercial storage . 23 



Use in kraut 26 



Distribution of the commercial crop 27 



Sources of city supply 36 



Seasonal consumption 37 



Wholesale marketing 37 



Special features of great markets 39 



Market preferences and specialties 41 



Use of the market reports 42 



Price tendencies 43 



Cost of marketing 46 



Summary of facts and figures 47 



Publications on cabbage 59 



Department Bulletin No. 1243. — Studies op the Mexican Bean 

 Beetle in the Southeast: 



Introduction 1 



Description 3 



Distribution 4 



Natural spread _ 5 



Life history and habits 6 



Seasonal life history 11 



Food plants 14' 



Hibernation 17 



Natural control 25 



General methods of control 29 



Artificial control 30 



Summary of control recommendations 48 



Summary 49 



Department Bulletin No. 1244. — Forage Crops in Relation to 

 the Agriculture of the Semiarid Portion of the Northern 

 Great Plains: 



Introduction 1 



The region defined 2 



History 2 



Climate 3 



Soils 10 



Agricultural resources 12 



Experiments with forage crops 17 



Fodder and silage crops 18 



Hay and pasture crops 25 



Miscellaneous crops 44 



A summation of the possibilities of forage production 46 



Ratio of forage crops to grain and the size of the farm unit 50 



Possibilities of combining livestock production with grain farming 51 



Economic conditions and the need for a change in the type of farming. 52 



Summary , 52 



