CONTENTS. 5 



Department Bulletin No. 735.— Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets 



in the Billings Region op Montana: . Page. 



Basis of the study 1 



Procedure 2 



Description of the region studied 2 



Development of the sugar-beet industry in the Billings region 4 



Irrigated area in beets m 1915 4 



Previous crop 6 



Value of labor 7 



Manuring practice 7 



Plowing practice 11 



Crowning alfalfa sod in preparing land for beets 13 



Disking practice • 14 



Floating practice '. 14 



Harrowing practice 16 



Rolling practice 17 



Ditching practice 17 



Planting beet seed 18 



Rolling land after beets are planted 19 



Cultivation of beets 20 



Furrowing for irrigation 22 



Irrigating the sugar-beet crop 23 



Lifting practice 26 



Hauling beets 26 



Hand or contract labor 29 



Cost of seed for sugar beets 31 



Cost of machinery 31 



Prorating interest on the investment 32 



Cost of land for sugar beets 32 



Relation of yields to cost and profit 34 



Summary 36 



Department Bulletin No. 736. — The Open Shed Compared with the 

 Closed Barn for Dairy Cows: 



Present dairy practice regarding open and closed barns 1 



Review of previous work 2 



The experimental work 3 



Description of the open shed 3 



The closed barn 4 



The cows 4 



Production records 4 



Feed records 5 



Discussion of results 5 



La*bor required 10 



Preparing cows for milking 10 



Removing manure and flushing out milk room 11 



Bedding — time required, pounds needed, etc 11 



Health and contentment of the cows 12 



Manure — preservation, handling, etc 13 



Summary 13 



Publications on care of cattle 15 



Department Bulletin No. 737. — The Tobacco Beetle: An Important 

 Pest in Tobacco Products: 



A pest in cured and manufactured tobacco: Its common names 1 



The character of its injury 2 



Classification and synonymy 4 



Food substances of the tobacco beetle 5 



Food habits of beetles related to the tobacco beetle : 7 



Losses due to the tobacco beetle 7 



Distribution and dissemination 9 



Origin and history 10 



Economic history 11 



Description of stages 12 



Life history and habits 14 



Seasonal history 26 



Insects likely to be mistaken for the tobacco beetle 27 



