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- The Adulteration of Forage-Plant Seeds
- Report discussing the adulteration of forage plant seeds, including for red clover, alfalfa, alsike clover, orchard grass, meadow fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, redtop, and brome grasses (bromus).
- The Advantage of Planting Heavy Cotton Seed
- Report discussing the importance of using heavy cotton seed and separating it for planting. Experiments have established that heavier seeds more reliably produce better plants. Methods of separating and testing the seeds are discussed, including the equipment necessary for seed separation.
- Alfalfa Growing
- Report discussing the cultivation of alfalfa and its potential as a crop for hay and pastures. Also includes a discussion of the various weeds, pests, and fungi which affect alfalfa.
- Bacteria in Milk
- Report discussing the effects of bacteria which grow naturally in milk, including their effects on both sugars and fats.
- The Basket Willow
- Report discussing improved cultivation techniques for willow trees used in basket-making.
- Beans
- "The member of this great family with which we have at this time to deal -- the bean -- is not so valuable from the standpoint of forage or soil renovation, but is among the most valuable members of the great group for the seed which it produces. While the seed is the most important and valuable factor, the power to gather nitrogen and to render the soil better for having been grown upon it is an important consideration and one which should not be overlooked by those interested in maintaining the nitrogen content of the soil." -- p. 6. Topics discussed include the various types of beans and the differences in cultivation between field beans and garden beans.
- Beans, peas, and other legumes as food.
- Describes several varieties of beans, peas, and other legumes. Discusses the composition and digestibility of legumes such as beans, peas, lentils, and peanuts. Discusses several different ways to prepare them for use in foods or other products.
- Beautifying the home grounds.
- Describes practical and aesthetic uses for trees, shrubs, and vines in home landscapes. Discusses the benefits of home landscape planning.
- Beneficial Bacteria for Leguminous Crops
- Report discussing the cultivation of legumes in nitrogen-poor soils that are nonetheless abundant in bacteria which uniquely benefit legumes. Significant attention is given to the topic of introducing these bacteria into soils through artificial methods.
- The Boll Weevil Problem, with Special Reference to Means of Reducing Damage
- Report summarizing the Department of Agriculture's previous publications on the boll-weevil problem and the unpublished results of the most recent investigations. Topics discussed include the life cycle of the boll weevil, its dissemination, and means of controlling it.
- Bread and the Principles of Bread Making
- Report discussing the different factors and principles behind bread making, including types of grain, yeast, dough, baking methods, chemical composition, and its nutritional values.
- The Brown-Tail Moth and How to Control It
- Report discussing the recent introduction of the European brown-tail moth into the Americas, its life cycle, and its possible impact on plant life, and methods to control it.
- Building Up a Run-Down Cotton Plantation
- "This paper is an account of the progress made in three years in changing a run-down cotton plantation into a profitable stock and hay farm. The results obtained from the use of cowpeas and other leguminous crops in restoring the fertility of the land have exceeded the expectations of those in charge of the work." -- p. 5
- Canadian Field Peas
- Report discussing the cultivation of the Canadian field pea, including its uses and adaptability to the United State.
- Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation
- Report discussing the proper techniques for canning and preserving fruit, including utensils needed, fruit selection and preparation, and methods for making jelly and juices.
- Cassava
- Report discussing the potential for cassava cultivation in the Gulf Coast States of the United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, fertilizers, common diseases, harvesting, crop yields, and marketing.
- The Cattle Tick in Its Relation to Southern Agriculture
- Report discussing the problems posed to cattle raising in the southern United States by the cattle tick (also known as the Texas fever tick). The report details the economic losses caused by tick infestation and explains the importance of eradication.
- Celery
- Report discussing the cultivation, storing, and marketing of celery as popular crop for home consumption in the United States.
- Cement Mortar and Concrete: Preparation and Use for Farm Purposes
- Report detailing the proper method for mixing concrete and the uses for which concrete is well adapted. The report focuses on the elementary principles of concrete construction.
- Cereal Breakfast Foods
- Report discussing the preparation, nutritional value, and digestibility of grains commonly used as breakfast cereals.
- Cheese Making on the Farm
- Report discussing the proper methods for making cheese on farms. Includes suggestions for making print, pot, Neufchâtel, English cream, French cream, and double cream cheeses.
- Citrus Fruit Growing in the Gulf States
- Report discussing best practices for cultivating a citrus orchard. Discussion includes possible grove sites, varieties of citrus trees, fertilizers, methods of cold protection, and nursery cultivation.
- Clearing New Land
- Report discussing methods of clearing forested land for the establishment of pastures and farms. Methods discussed include the use of dynamite, machinery, horses and chain, and oxen. Special attention is given to selecting a method based on the root system of the trees.
- Clover Farming on the Sandy Jack-Pine Lands of the North
- Report discussing techniques for treating soil in the Midwestern United States so that clover can be profitably grown in the region's sandy pine lands.
- Commercial fertilizers : composition and use.
- Describes different types of commercial fertilizers, their agricultural benefits, and indications for their use.
- Comparative Value of Whole Cotton Seed and Cotton-Seed Meal in Fertilizing Cotton
- Report discussing the possible uses of cottonseed meal as a fertilizer on farms, as compared to whole cottonseed from which the oil has not yet been extracted.
- The Computation of Rations for Farm Animals by the Use of Energy Values
- Report explaining the general dietary requirements of farm animals and methods for determining the food rations that will ensure that they receive necessary nutrients.
- Conditions Affecting the Value of Market Hay
- Report explaining the value of the different kinds and grades of market hay, which is a great source of confusion for many feeders and producers.
- Conformation of beef and dairy cattle.
- A guide to the judging of cattle, for use by breeders, farmers, stock feeders, or dairymen.
- The Conservation of Natural Resources
- This bulletin about the conservation of natural resources was originally an address delivered by the forester Gifford Pinchot to the National Geographic Society, in Washington D. C. on January 31, 1908. The address advocates for greater efforts at conservation by providing a broad overview of the state of America's natural resources with regard to forests, minerals, oil, natural gas, and soil. The failure to plan responsibly and regulate industry has led to the monopolistic practices which currently endanger the United States' natural resources. The state of the country's national resources calls for increased conservation.
- The control of the Boll Weevil, Including Results of Recent Investigations
- Report giving recommendations for controlling the boll weevil and discussing the efficacy of various methods for its extermination.
- The Control of the Codling Moth
- Report discussing the codling moth, its toll on the apple crop in the United States, and methods for combating it.
- The Control of the Codling Moth and Apple Scab
- Report discussing "the two principal enemies of the apple [...] the chief insect enemy, the codling moth, and the principal fungous disease, the apple scab.... The remedial treatment for both of these is of such a nature that the applications can be combined at a lessening of nearly one-half the cost of time and labor. The bulletin includes a brief but plain statement of the nature of the codling moth and the means of controlling it, followed by a similar portion relating to apple scab, and concluding with the combined directions for spraying, and a spray calendar." -- p. 3
- Controlling the Boll Weevil in Cotton Seed and at Ginneries
- Report discussing the role of cotton ginneries in the dissemination of the boll weevil and improvements to the ginning process which can control the boll weevil's spread.
- Corn Growing
- Report describing how simple improvements in farming practices can double the average production of corn per acre in the United States. Factors discussed include seed quality, soil conditions, and cultivation methods.
- Corn-Harvesting Machinery
- Report discussing the use of different machines for harvesting corn. Machines discussed include sled harvesters, binders, shockers, pickers, huskers, and shredders.
- The Corrosion of Fence Wire
- "The investigation of which this bulletin is in part a record has been carried on with a twofold purpose in view. The first object is to furnish information to the farmer which will enable him to exercise an intelligent judgment as to the difficulties involved in the manufacture of wire fencing which shall be low in price and at the same time resistant to rust and corrosion. The second object has been to determine, with the cooperation of progressive manufacturers and metallurgists, the causes which underlie the much too rapid corrosion of modern steel wire, and, if possible, to suggest improvements in methods of manufacture by means of which the difficulties may be at least partially, if not wholly, overcome." -- p. 5
- Cost of Filling Silos
- Report describing the costs associated with filling a grain silo, including information about labor, machinery, supplies, crops types and conditions, and partnership arrangements among farmers.
- The Cotton Bollworm: A Summary of Its Life History and Habits with Some Results of Investigations in 1905 and 1906
- Report discussing the life cycle of the cotton bollworm, favorable conditions for its spread, the nature of damage that can cause, and means of controlling it.
- The Cotton Bollworm: An Account of the insect, With Results of Experiments in 1903
- Report describing the cotton bollworm, an enemy of the cotton plant, especially in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Discussion includes the bollworm's consequences for both cotton and corn as well as effective and ineffective methods of controlling it.
- The Cotton Bollworm: Some Observations and Results of Field Experiments in 1904
- Report discussing the cotton bollworm, which is very destructive to the cotton plant, especially in the Southwestern states in the Cotton Belt of the United States. Contains reports on fieldwork conducted at two stations in Texas and a discussion of effective and ineffective methods of control.
- Cowpeas
- "The cowpea is the most valuable legume for the Southern States and its use would be much more extensive were it not for the relatively high price of the seed, most of which is still picked by hand. Particular attention is therefore given to the matter of harvesting seed by machinery now in very successful use in several communities. These methods are so far perfected that the cowpea seed crop should receive much greater attention in favorable localities." -- p. 5. This bulletin also discusses the use of cowpeas for hay, seed mixtures of cowpeas and other crops, the nutritional value of cowpeas in animal feeds, growing practices, and the several different varieties of cowpea.
- The Cream Separator on Western Farms
- Report discussing the use of the cream separator on farms in Kansas and Nebraska, which have substantial dairy industries but are not typically considered dairy-producing states. Advantages of the cream separator, its care and management, milk and cream production on the farm, and delivery of cream to markets are discussed.
- Cropping Systems for New England Dairy Farms
- "This paper gives the results of three years' study of the cropping systems on a number of the most successful dairy farms in New England. This study point[s] out the elements which go to make a satisfactory cropping system in that section and to make definite recommendations concerning crops to plant and the relative acreage of these crops on dairy farms." -- p. 3
- Cucumbers
- Report discussing the cultivation of cucumbers, including for early markets and pickling. Also discussed are the use of cold frames and forcing-house cucumbers, which are grown under glass.
- The Cultivation of Tobacco in Kentucky and Tennessee
- Report discussing the cultivation of tobacco in Kentucky and Tennessee. Topics discussed include soil selection and preparation, fertilizers, harvesting, curing, and methods of insect control.
- The Dairy Industry in the South
- Report discussing the state of dairy farming in the southern United States and efforts to improve upon common practices on the farm and for distribution.
- Dairying in the South.
- A guide to dairy farming for new farmers in the South, for the purpose of improving the quality of their products.
- Declaration of Governors for Conservation of Natural Resources
- "The Declaration of Governors contained in this bulletin was adopted by the conference of governors of the States and Territories called by the President to consider the conservation of our natural resources, and which met at the White house May 13, 14, and 15, 1908.... Papers which discussed the present state of our various natural resources were read by experts and specialists in each respective line, and these were followed by an open discussion among the governors of the points brought out. The conference then appointed a committee to draft a declaration, consisting of the following: Governor Newton C. Blanchard, of Louisisna; governor John Franklin Fort, of New Jersey; Governor J. O. Davidson, of Wisconsin; Governor John C. Cutler, of Utah, and governor Martin F. Ansel, of South Carolina. This committee prepared and submitted the declaration which follows, and it was unanimously adopted by the conference of governors as embodying their conclusion on the question of conservation." -- p. 5. The bulletin contains both the declaration and short introduction to it.
- Deer Farming in the United States
- "As a result of the growing scarcity of game animals in this country, the supply of venison is wholly inadequate to the demand, and the time seems opportune for developing the industry of deer farming, which may be made profitable alike to the State and the individuals engaged therein. The raising of venison for market is as legitimate a business as the growing of beef and mutton, and State laws, when prohibitory, as many of them are, should be so modified as to encourage the industry. Furthermore, deer and elk may be raised to advantage in forests and on rough, brushy ground unfitted for either agriculture or stock raising, thus utilizing for profit much land that is now waste. An added advantage is that the business is well adapted to landowners of small means." -- p. 4