6 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 651-675. 



Department i'.miiii-. No. 665.- Status of Farming in the Lowee Rio 



win: [rrioated District 01 Texas: Page. 



ription of area 1 



I 'arm fails 3 



I lependahilit} irises 7 



Llity of tj-pes of farming 13 



Farm business illustrated 14 



< ieneral conditions 18 



Conclusions 28 



Department Bulletin No. 666.— The Effect of Alkali Treatment in 

 Cocoas: 



Purpose of the investigation 1 



Description of investigational samples 3 



\n;i!\ sea of untreated and treated cocoas 4 



Water-soluble matter in untreated and treated cocoas 9 



I omposition of the water-soluble matter in untreated and treated cocoas.. 14 



Ash ratios in untreated and treated cocoas 16 



A nil in of various alkalies on cocoas 18 



Appearance of the cocoas 1.9 



Conclusions 20 



Department Bi cletin No. 667. — Car-lot Shipments of Fruits and Vege- 

 tables in the United States in 1916: 



Explanatory statement 1 



Total shipments b} States '. C> 



Index of shipping si at ions with key to index 14 



Tables of shipments of — 



i deciduous Eruits 51 



I tried fruits 90 



< itrns fruits 94 



Subtropical fruits 98 



Berries 99 



1 Jucurbitous crops 107 



Solanaceous crops 120 



Tuber crops 125 



Bulb on ips 159 



R > 'i crops 165 



Brassicas 170 



178 



innials 182 



Pulse crops 183 



Dry pulse crops 183 



M iscellaneous crops 189 



DsPi Bi LLETiK No. 668. — Nurse Planting Select Cotton Seed: 



The waste of selecl cotton seed 1 



Planting distincl types of cotton 3 



Plant ing < I with beans or peas 3 



• : com ining cotton with other seeds 5 



Delinting cotton 3eed for nurse planting 6* 



Method of plant in'.' in hills 7 



. I of planting in drills 8 



tntages in nurse planting 10 



Summary 12 



Departmi Bulletin No. 669.— The Manufacture of Neufchatel and 

 < Ire \m ' in 1 - 1 I-. tin. Factory: 



ltnp.rt.it,! factors in successful production 1 



The manufacturing process 2 



Methods < 11 



Yield of cheese per hundred pounds of milk 12 



Experimental work on the manufacl uring process 12 



Experimental work on keeping qualities of the cheese 21 



Summary 27 



