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IMPORTANT  AGRICULTURAL  MEETINGS. 
Tiie  next  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Association  of  Farm- 
ers’ Institute  Workers  will  be  held  at  Portland,  Oregon,  August 
16  and  17,  1909.  At  the  same  place  and  beginning  August  18 
will  be  held  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  of  American 
Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experiment  Stations. 
This  is  the  first  time  that  the  Association  of  Farmers’  Institute 
Workers  has  met  upon  the  Pacific  coast,  and  it  is  desired  that  as 
many  will  attend  as  possible  in  order  that  the  work  of  the  farmers’ 
institutes  in  the  various  States  and  Provinces  may  be  fully  rep- 
resented. 
NEW  FARMERS’  BULLETINS. 
Experiment  Station  Work,  L.  Compiled  from  the  Publications 
of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Stations.  Pp.  32,  figs.  14. 
(Farmers’  Bulletin  353.)  Contents:  Commercial  clover  seed — 
Dodder  in  alfalfa  seed — Growing  potatoes  under  straw — Hens 
versus  incubators — Preparing  fowls  for  market — Preservation  of 
eggs — The  mound-building  prairie  ant — Coagulation  of  milk  in 
cheese  making — Effect  of  alkali  on  cement  structures — Silo  con- 
struction— A cheap  and  efficient  sterilizer — A cheap  and  efficient 
ice  box — The  power  laundry  for  the  farm. 
Onion  Culture.  By  W.  R.  Beattie,  Assistant  Horticulturist, 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry.  Pp.  36,  figs.  20.  (Farmers’  Bulletin 
354.)  This  bulletin  is  published  to  supersede  Farmers’  Bulletin 
39  on  the  same  subject  and  discusses  some  late  methods  of  grow- 
ing onions,  including  a short  treatise  on  the  Bermuda  onion  in- 
dustry. 
A Successful  Poultry  and  Dairy  Farm.  By  W.  J.  Spillman. 
Pp.  40,  figs.  7.  (Farmers’  Bulletin  355.)  This  Bulletin  describes 
the  methods  of  conducting  an  80-acre  dairy  and  poultry  farm  in 
western  Washington  and  marketing  the  products. 
The  Repair  of  Farm  Equipment.  By  W.  R.  Beattie,  Assistant 
Horticulturist,  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry.  Pp.  32,  figs.  23. 
(Farmers’  Bulletin  347.)  This  Bulletin  contains  lists  and  illus- 
trations of  the  tools  adapted  to  repair  work  on  wood,  iron,  leather, 
etc.,  with  suggestions  for  shop  facilities  and  material  required. 
Experiment  Station  Work,  XLIX.  Compiled  from  the  Publi- 
cations of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Stations.  Pp.  32,  figs.  3. 
(Farmers’  Bulletin  342.)  Contents : Conservation  of  soil  re- 
sources— Potato  breeding — Disc-harrowing  alfalfa — The  Mon- 
treal muskmelon — Storage  of  Hubbard  squash — Fig  culture  in 
the  South — Mushroom  growing — Preserving  wild  mushrooms — 
Cooking  beans  and  other  vegetables — A model  kitchen. 
