CONTENTS. 



Department Bulletin No. 726. — Farm: Practice in Growing Sugar 

 Beets for Three Districts in Colorado, 1914-15: Page- 

 Introduction 1 



Summary 3 



Method 4 



Development of industry 5 



Climatic conditions 7 



Size of farms 9 



Relation of beet acreage to irrigated area 10 



Crop rotations .. 11 



Man and horse labor 13 



Farm practice 14 



Cost of producing sugar beets 45 



Profit 50 



Summary of costs by tenure 51 



Cost in relation to acreage and yield 52 



Value of beet tops 55 



Relative importance of beet receipts 56 



Variations in farm practice 56 



Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture relating to 



sugar beets 60 



Department Bulletin No. 727. — Anthracnose of Cucurbits: 



Scope of the investigation 1 



The disease 2 



The causal organism ' 12 



Relation of the fungus to the host tissue 24 



Life history of the causal organism in relation to the disease 29 



Control 1 58 



Summary 62 



Literature cited 65 



Department Bulletin No. 728. — Certain Desert Plants as Emergency 

 Stock Feed: 



The necessity for emergency feeds 1 



The machines 4 



Kinds of feed 6 



Keys to plants described 9 



Other plants available 10 



Distribution and density 11 



Renewal after cutting , 13 



Quality of the feed 14 



Quantity fed 18 



Mechanical condition of the feed. .' 19 



Stock losses from using this feed 20 



Cost of feeding soap weed 20 



Importance of emergency feeds 22 



Argument for feeding range stock , 23 



Summary and conclusions 25 



Department Bulletin No. 729. — Suitable Storage Conditions for Cer- 

 tain Perishable Food Products: 



Introduction /. 1 



General considerations" 2 



Essentials of successful storage 3 



Apples 3 



Potatoes | , 4 



Sweet potatoes. . . ' 5 



Onions f. 5 



Cabbage /---.-. 6 



Eggs in the shell , - 6 



Frozen eggs. / .' 7 



Dressed poultry \z^t^ • 8 



Butter 9 



Fish.., 9 



