6 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 676-700. 



Department Bulletin No. 690. — Marketing Practices of Wisconsin and 



Minnesota Creameries — Continued. Page. 



Shrinkage of butter from creamery to market , 7 



Market methods of weighing 8 



Marketing of butter by creameries 10 



Market distribution of creamery butter 11 



Conclusions 15 



Department Bulletin No. 691. — Typical Specifications for Bituminous 

 Road Materials: 



Introduction 1 



Specifications •. 4 



Methods of testing 47 



Samples and sampling 58 



Department Bulletin No. 692. — The Agricultural Species of Bent 

 Grasses: 



General summary 1 



Part I.— Rhode Island bent and related grasses: 



Introductioji 3 



Redtop *. 4 



Fiorin 5 



Rhode Island bent 7 



Colonial bent 10 



Velvet bent, or brown bent 11 



Carpet bent 11 



Summary 12 



Literature cited 14 



Part II. — The seeds of redtop and other bent grasses: 



Introduction 15 



Trade conditions 15 



Distinguishing the seeds 17 



Impurities of commercial seed 22 



Summary 25 



Department Bulletin No. 693. — Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets 

 FOR Three Districts in Utah and Idaho, 1914-15: 



Summary of results 1 



Object 2 



Procedure 3 



Cooperation 4 



Areas studied 4 



Size of farm in relation to beet acreage 8 



Relation of beet acreage to irrigated area 9 



Comparison of farm estimates with factory records 10 



Method of presenting data 11 



, Crop rotation 11 



Value of man labor and horse labor 14 



Farm practice in the production of sugar beets, and related costs 15 



Cost of producing sugar beets 35 



Value of tops 40 



Beet acreage per farm and yield per acre in relation to cost 41 



Comparison of beet receipts with other farm receipts 42 



Relation of yield to cost of production 42 



Department Bulletin No. 694. — A Study of Farm Management Prob- 

 lems IN Lenawee County, Michigan: 



Object of study 1 



Summary 2 



Description of area studied 4 



Distribution of farm capital 7 



Utilization of land 8 



Crops 10 



Live stock 10 



Sources of income 11 



Factors of organization and management 12 



Cropping systems ' '. 25 



Special crops 28 



Owner and tenant farms compared 31 



