CONTENTS. 



Department Bulletin No. 401.— Marketing and Distribution of Western 



MusKMELONS IN 1915: Page. 



Introduction 1 



Imperial Valley Distirict. California 2 



Salt River Valley District, Arizona 22 



Maopa District. Nevada 28 



Tvu-lock District, California 29 



Colorado District 31 



Department Bulletin No. 402. — Cereal Experiments at the Akron Field 

 Station, Akron, Colo.: 



Introduction 1 



Description of the district 2 



The Akron Field Station 10 



Experiments with wheat 14 



Experiments with oats 24 



Experiments with barley 28 



Experiments with minor cereals 31 



Summary 33 



Department. Bulletin No. 403.— A System of Accounts for Live-Stock 

 Shipping Associations: 



Introduction 1 



Types of shipping agencies 2 



Financing shipping associations 3 



Account sales 3 



Description of the Office of Markets and Rural Organization live-stock ship- 

 ping system. .". 4 



Conclusion 13 



Department Bulletin No. 404. — Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material: 

 The production and handling of hemp hurds, by Lyster H. Dewey— 



What hemp hurds are 1 



Pith, wood, and fiber 2 



Character of hurds affected by retting 2 



Proportion of hm'ds to fiber and yield per acre 3 



Hurds available from machine-broken hemp 3 



Present uses of hemp hurds 4 



Present supplies of hurds available 5 



Baling for shipment 5 



Cost of baling 5 



Summary 6 



The manufacture of paper from hemp hurds, by Jason L. Merrill — 



Introduction 7 



Factors justifying an investigation of hemp hurds 8 



Character of the material 11 



Character of the tests 12 



Operations involved in a test 13 



Description of tests 16 



Comparison of the tests and commercial practice 21 



Physical tests of the paper produced 24 



Conclusions 25 



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