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Department Bulletin No. 296 — Continued. Page. 



Packing-house products 9 



Other animal products .' 18 



Cotton 23 



Grain and grain products 24 



Sugar -.-... 29 



Coffee and coffee substitutes 30 



Cocoa and chocolate 31 



Tea 31 



Tobacco 32 



Oil cake and vegetable oils 33 



Nuts 35 



Alcoholic liquors 36 



Seeds 38 



Spices 39 



Vegetables 40 



Fruits 41 



Vegetable fibers 44 



Minor agricultural products 45 



Logs, lumber, and timber 46 



Naval stores 47 



Gums _ 47 



Minor forest products 48 



Reexports 49 



Transportation 50 



Department Bulletin No. 297. — Cereal Investigations on the Belle 

 Fourche Experiment Farm: 



Introduction 1 



Description of the field station 2 



Experimental methods 10 



Interpretation of experimental results 13 



Experiments with wheat 14 



Experiments with oats 29 



Experiments with barley 34 



- Experiments with minor cereals ; 38 



Experiments with flax 39 



Summary 40 



Department Bulletin No. 298. — Peach Supply and Distribution in 1914: 



Introduction : 1 



Preliminary inquhy : . . 3 



Second inquiry — sources of information 3 



The shipping season 3 



Areas of commercial production 5 



Presentation of data 6 



Work under way 7 



Principal shipping States 7 



Explanation of map 8 



Prospective shipments for 1915 8 



Peach shipments, 1914 9 



Department Bulletin No. 299. — The Ashes: Their Characteristics and 

 Management: 



Importance 1 



Lumber cut 2 



Use by industries 4 



Groups and species 6 



Silvicultural significance 9 



Relative importance of species 11 



Occurrence 13 



Soil, moisture, and light requirements 17 



Reproduction 19 



Injuries 23 



Form and development 25 



Yields 32 



Value of standing timber - 34 



Forest management 36 



Rotation 39 



