6 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE BULS. 951-975. 



Department Bulletin No. 961. — Standards of Labor on the Hill Farms 



OF Louisiana: Page. 



Introduction 1 



Scope and method of study 2 



Summary of results 2 



Significance of crew duty and labor requirements 4 



Soil preparation 5 



Operations on indi\ddual crops 10 



Department Bulletin No. 962. — The Production of the Easter Lily in 

 Northern Climates: 



The choice of method of propagation 1 



Production on a seedling basis 3 



Production on a vegetative basis 16 



Methods of propagation 21 



Controlling bulblet formation 24 



Soil for Easter lilies 24 



Soil fertility 25 



Storage of bulbs 26 



Sizes of merchantable bulbs 27 



Varietal selections 28 



The Easter lilv in beds and borders 29 



Lengthening the flower season out of doors 30 



Reducing the cost of heat in forcing 30 



Resistance to cold 31 



Department Bulletin No. 963. — Cost of Producing Sugar Beets in Utah 

 and Idaho, 1918-1919: 



Introduction 1 



Scope and method of study 2 



Areas studied 4 



Size of farm 6 



Tenure of farms surveyed 7 



Distribution of farm and crop area 7 



Comparison of farm estimates with factory records 8 



Value of labor 9 



Cost of producing sugar beets 9 



Crop rotation 21 



Labor requirements 22 



Comparison of beet receipts with other farm receipts 41 



Department Bulletin No. 964. — Garden Flea-hopper in Alfalfa and Its 

 Control: 



Introduction 1 



Origin and distribution 2 



Svnonymy 3 



History of the species and its injuries 3 



Recent injuries 5 



Damage to alfalfa 6 



Host plants 8 



Description 11 



Adult 11 



Egg 14 



Nvmph 14 



Life history and habits 17 



Natural enemies 24 



Remedial and preventive methods 24 



Dusting and spraying tests in the field 24 



Summary 26 



Literature cited 27 



