4 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 401-425. 



Department Bulletin No. 407.- — Progress Reports op Experiments in 

 Dust Prevention and Road Preservation, 1915 — Continued. 



Supplemental reports on experiments previously reported — Continued. Page. 



Supplementaiy report of experiments made at Jamaifa. X. Y., 1911. . 65 



Supplementary rejDort of experiments made at An:es. Iowa, 1910. . 67 



Supplementary report of experiments made at Knox^ille, Tenn. . 67 



Supplementary report of experiments at Youngstown, Ohio, 1910. . ... 68 

 Supplementary report of experiments at Garden City, Bucklin, Ford, 



and Dodge City, Kans., 1908 69 



Supplementary report of experiments made at Bowling Green, Ky., 



1907 ., '...- 71 



Department Bulletin No. 408. — Experiments During 1915 in the De- 

 struction OF Fly Larvae in House Manure: 



Introduction ' - — 1 



Methods ^-- 2 



General account of substances used 3 



Summary 17 



Literature cited . . - - - 20 



Department Bulletin No. 409. — Factors Affecting Interest Rates and 

 Other Charges on Short-Time Farm Loans: 



Introduction 1 



Importance of natm'al conditions 2 



Distance from financial centers 6 



Characteristics of the borrower 6 



Method, and character of farming 7 



Characteristics of the loan ■ 8 



Relation of the farmer to the loan agency 10 



Department Bulletin No. 410. — Value to Farm Families op Food, Fuel, 

 AND Use op House: - 



Facts brought out. - 1 



S Dm-ces of data 2 



Regions studied 3 



The farmer's income , 4 



The farmer's living , 4 



Food 7 



Fuel \ 29 



Use of house on the farm ., 31 



The size of the hou§e. -. .., , 32 



Household labor - 33 



Value of board on the farm 34 



Department Bulletin No. 411.: — Systems of Renting Truck Farms in 

 ' Southwestern New Jersey: 



Results 1 



Location and description of the area 2 



'■ Relation of profits in 1913 to a normal year ■. ■ ..^ 3 



I Classification of farms ..... 3 



Acreages and values of crops -.-.-. 4 



Early-truck farms let for half of the crops 5 



Late-truck farms let for half of the crops 10 



Farms let for half of the crops and half of the milk 13 



Farms let for a share other than a half 16 



Cash renting , ^ 17 



Variation in income 18 



