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Ducks and geese: standard breeds and management.: Describes the standard breeds of ducks and geese, and provides instructions for their care and management.
Earth Roads.: Discusses earth roads, and methods of drainage that are essential to maintaining them.
Eggs and Their Uses as Food.: A summary of the research and data available at the turn of the 20th century, regarding the production of eggs, their composition, and their use as food.
Emmer : a grain for the semiarid regions.: Discusses the value of emmer wheat, a weather-resistant grain crop, for the semi-arid regions of the United States.
Facts about milk.: Describes methods for the sanitary production and transport of milk.
The farmer's interest in good seed.: Discusses the importantance of high quality seeds when farming, and how to secure good seed. Presents the results of tests of seven different types of seeds.
The Feeding of Farm Animals.: Describes the basic principles of livestock feeding, based on results of agricultural experiments as well as the practices of successful feeders.
Fish as food.: Describes the composition, cost, and nutritive value of fish and other seafoods. Includes sample menus. Discusses methods of preparing seafood for market.
Grape growing in the South.: Describes methods of grape culture used in the South. Intended for use by small farmers or large wine-makers.
Home Manufacture and Use of Unfermented Grape Juice.: Discusses the grape, causes of its fermentation and methods of prevention. Describes the composition, flavors, uses, and qualities of unfermented grape juice.
Horseshoeing.: Describes the anatomy and characteristics of a horse's foot and hoof. Discusses proper shoeing methods, with the intention of helping horse owners avoid the consequences of improper shoeing.
Household Tests for the Detection of Oleomargarine and Renovated Butter.: A consumer guide explaining the differences between "genuine" butter, margarine, and renovated butter. Provides instructions for tests which can be conducted at home to distinguish the three types of products.
Importation of Game Birds and Eggs for Propagation.: Provides information and statistics regarding various species of game birds and eggs brought into the United States since the passing of the Lacey Act (1900) and the Egg Act (1902).
Insecticides and Fungicides: Chemical Composition and Effectiveness of Certain Preparations.: Describes several pest-control products sold at the turn of the 20th century, including branded products and generic mixtures in use at the time. Provides buying advice to merchants and potential purchasers of those pesticides and fungicides.
Insects affecting the cotton plant.: Describes certain insect pests of cotton, their life cycles, and methods for control.
Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture.: Discusses the insects that affect the cranberry market and methods for controlling them.
Irrigation in field and garden.: Discusses crop irrigation methods for use by individual farmers.
Irrigation in fruit growing.: Discusses various methods and options for irrigation of orchards.
The manufacture of sorghum sirup.: A guide to simple methods of sorghum syrup production, for farmers with limited facilities.
Marketing Live Stock.: A guide to buying and selling practices in livestock markets, domestic and foreign. Includes an overview of stock transport methods.
Meats: Composition and Cooking.: Discusses the composition of different types of meat, their texture and flavor, the cuts, and how to prepare them. Includes detailed composition and calorie charts.
The Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil.: Describes the life cycle of the cotton boll weevil, the damage it causes, and methods for its control.
The peach twig-borer: an important enemy of stone fruits.: Describes the European twig-borer, its life cycle, and methods for its control.
Pineapple Growing.: A guide to pineapple farming, including planting, gathering, disease control, shipping, and selling.
Poultry as Food.: Discusses the use of poultry in the American diet.
Poultry Raising on the Farm.: A guide for the poultry breeder. Discusses bird varieties, care and housing, feeding, and the advantages of farm poultry raising.
Practical suggestions for farm buildings.: Contains simple instructions for building modest but comfortable farm houses that can be expanded.
The Principal Insect Enemies of Growing Wheat.: Describes several insect pests affecting wheat crops, and how to control them.
The principal insects affecting the tobacco plant.: Describes various insect pests affecting tobacco crops. Also warns of possible future risks from foreign insects.
Principles of nutrition and nutritive value of food.: Discusses the general principles of nutrition. Includes the results of studies carried out by the Department of Experiment Stations.
Protection of Food Products From Injurious Temperatures.: A guide to the safe transportation and storage of perishable food items. Describes measures to protect against both intense cold and intense heat.
Raising sheep for mutton.: A guide to raising sheep for mutton, including a discussion of meat cutting and production costs.
Red clover seed: information for purchasers.: A guide to buying quality clover seed.
Saltbushes.: Discusses varieties of foreign and native salt-bushes, how they are grown, and their value as drought-resistant plants for livestock forage.
Sheep Feeding.: Discusses in brief the feeding of breeding ewes, lambs, and rams for the market.
Silos and silage.: Discusses the construction and costs of silos as well as the selection, costs, and usage of silage crops.
Some essentials in beef production.: A guide to the selection of beef cattle for breeding and fattening.
Sorghum sirup manufacture.: Describes the results of experiments conducted with the intention of increasing the production and the quality of sorghum syrup.
The Soy Bean as a Forage Crop.: Describes soybean varieties, how to grow and harvest them, and their uses.
Squab Raising.: Discusses squab raising in detail, including the varieties of pigeons, methods of breeding, feeding, management, housing, disease control, killing, dressing, and selling.
Standard varieties of chickens.: Lists and describes 11 different classifications of chickens as well as the several breeds within them. Includes illustrations.
Strawberries.: Provides instructions for the propagation, culture, and shipping of strawberries. Includes a discussion of forcing for winter fruit and a list of varieties suited for various geographical areas of the United States.
Sugar as food.: Discusses the sources of sugar, its uses, and its chemical composition.
Thirty poisonous plants of the United States.: Discusses thirty different poisonous plants, where they are found, and the poisoning symptoms associated with them.
Three insect enemies of shade trees.: Describes some major pests of shade trees, the damage they cause, and methods of control. Discusses efforts to control shade-tree insects in cities and towns.
Tobacco soils.: Discusses tobacco growing in terms of soil, climate, and distribution.
Tree planting on rural school grounds.: Discusses the importance of planning for successful Arbor-Day tree plantings on rural school grounds and churchyards. Includes suggested study topics for teachers to use in school lessons.
Turkeys : standard varieties and management.: A guide to raising and selling domestic turkeys.
Usefulness of the American Toad.: Describes the beneficial characteristics of the toad.
Weeds; and How to Kill Them.: Describes methods of eradicating weeds in general, as well as ten specific weeds that require special attention.

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