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- Cucumber growing.
- A guide to growing table cucumbers or slicing cucumbers in cold frames and as a field crop.
- Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing
- Report discussing the use of frames in growing the crops lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, parsley, eggplant, peppers, beets, and beans. Topics discussed include types of frames, soils and fertilizers, and control of insects and diseases.
- The Home Production of Onion Seed and Sets
- Report discussing best practices for cultivating onions from which to collect onion seed and establish onion sets. Also discusses fungal diseases common to the onion.
- The Home Vegetable Garden
- "By means of the home garden the production of the vegetable supply for the family is directly under control, and in many cases is the only way whereby clean, fresh produce may be secured. The home vegetable garden is worthy of increased attention, and a greater number and variety of crops should be included in the garden. Suggestions are herein given as to the location of the garden, the soil and its preparation, fertilizers, seeds, and plants, with brief cultural methods for a number of the more important crops." -- p. 5-6
- Hotbeds and Coldframes
- This bulletin describes the uses of hotbeds and coldframes in starting early plants. The hotbeds discussed include manure hotbeds, fuel-heated beds, and electric heating in beds and greenhouses. Coverings and care and maintenance are also discussed. Possible plants for early growth include tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, squashes, cucumbers, muskmelons, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and celery.
- Lettuce growing.
- A guide to lettuce growing, including soil preparation, planting, cultivation, control of insect pests; also discusses the lettuce market.
- Okra: Its Culture and Uses
- Report discussing best practices for the cultivation of okra and its potential uses in cooking, especially in soups and salads. Discussion includes soil preparation, varieties, and common insect enemies of okra.
- Onion Culture
- Report discussing the cultivation of onions, including Bermuda onions and green onions. Topics covered include climate and soil requirements, fertilizers, harvesting, storage and marketing.
- The Peanut
- "It is the purpose of this bulletin to give full cultural directions for growing [peanuts], together with some of the uses of the peanut." -- p. 6. Topics discussed include soil preparation, fertilizers, seed selection, and varieties.
- Peanut Growing for Profit
- Report discussing best practices for growing a profitable crop of peanuts. Peanuts have become a valuable cash crop in the United States, primarily in southern states, and increased demand is due in part to the market for peanut oil. Topics discussed include seeding, cultivation, harvesting, picking and cleaning, and varieties.
- Peanuts
- Report discussing the cultivation of the peanut and its value as a forage plant and source of oil.
- The Repair of Farm Equipment
- Report discussing the proper care and maintenance of farm equipment, including tools necessary for repair work and shop facilities capable of repair work. Contains illustrations of tools.
- The Russian Thistle and Other Troublesome Weeds in the Wheat Region of Minnesota and North and South Dakota.
- Report discussing the Russian thistle in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; its growth habits; and methods for destroying it. A brief appendix of notable weeds in the region follows.
- The Storage and Marketing of Sweet Potatoes
- Report discussing best practices for storing and effectively marketing sweet potatoes. Topics discussed include construction of storehouses, varieties of sweet potatoes, and harvesting and marketing the roots.
- Sweet Potatoes
- Report discussing best practices for growing sweet potatoes, including climate and soil requirements, use of fertilizers, harvesting methods, and common diseases and insect enemies of the sweet potato.
- Tomatoes as a truck crop.
- Describes how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and transport tomatoes to be sold at market.
- Peanut growing.
- Describes the steps farmers should take when growing peanuts, including preparing the soil, planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
- Permanent fruit and vegetable gardens.
- Provides instructions for planning a permanent garden that yields both annual and perennial vegetables, as well as small fruits; lists the best plants to use.
- Subsistence Farm Gardens
- "Fruits and vegetables will naturally form an important part of the diet of families undertaking subsistence farming as a means of supplementing their food supplies and occupying their spare time. The supply of fruits and vegetables in most cases will be produced by methods differing more or less from those employed in regular farm gardens. This bulletin has been prepared with the limitations clearly in mind, under which the average subsistence homesteader is working, and includes brief cultural directions for about 20 of the most important garden vegetables, 5 of the small fruits, and 5 of the standard or tree fruits. The information contained herein applies mainly to climatic and other conditions prevailing in the Northern and Eastern States; the bulletin is not intended for distribution in the Cotton States, the Great Plains area, or the Pacific coast region." -- p. 1
- Farm Practice in the Use of Commercial Fertilizers in the South Atlantic States
- Report discussing the use of fertilizers on the more important soils of the South Atlantic States in the growing of staple farm crops. Factors which influence the use of commercial fertilizers such as crop rotation, legumes, and manure are discussed. In addition, methods for fertilizing cotton, corn, oats, wheat, and cowpea are discussed.
- Castrating and Docking Lambs
- Report discussing the advantages of castrating and docking lambs to promote health and growth. Procedures for castration and docking are discussed in detail.
- Steam Sterilization of Seed Beds for Tobacco and Other Crops
- "The tobacco seedling is subject to injury in the seed bed by weeds and a number of parasitic enemies, among which is a fungus root-rot. It is of the utmost importance to secure beds free from weeds and to avoid the use of diseased or weak seedlings. Methods of sterilization have been developed to control seed-bed conditions.... This bulletin describes the necessary equipment and method of operation, with certain special features of seasonal convenience and seed-bed preparation. The method is applicable for working on either small or large seed-bed areas and can be used in all tobacco-growing districts. With necessary modifications in the apparatus which will readily suggest themselves to the truck grower, the method can be used very successfully to control soil conditions in the greenhouse, in cold-frames, or in the field." -- p. 2
- Breeds of Draft Horses
- "The purpose of this publication is to present to the reader in a concise manner the most important features regarding the breeds of draft horses in this country." -- title page
- Poultry Management
- "This paper is confined entirely to the chicken industry, as it was found that to treat thoroughly all phases of poultry raising would make a bulletin of undue length, and furthermore, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowls, etc., are covered in a satisfactory manner by other publications of the Department. The bulletin has been prepared from the practical standpoint, and technicalities have been avoided as much as possible. In all respects the effort has been made to bring the discussion of methods and appliances down to date, including such subjects as dry feeding, curtain-front houses, colony houses, etc.... The methods used on some of these farms are described, and some of the houses and appliances are illustrated." -- p. 2
- Feeding Horses
- "This bulletin explains the computation of rations for horses, suggests certain feed combinations which approximately meet the needs of horses under differing conditions, and reviews such factors of feeding as tend to make the horse more efficient." -- p. 2
- Feeding Horses
- Revised edition. "This bulletin explains the computation of rations for horses, suggests certain feed combinations which approximately meet the needs of horses under differing conditions, and reviews such factors of feeding as tend to make the horse more efficient." -- p. ii
- Feeding Horses
- Revised edition. "This bulletin explains the computation of rations for horses, suggests certain feed combinations which approximately meet the needs of horses under differing conditions, and reviews such factors of feeding as tend to make the horse more efficient." -- p. ii
- Feeding Horses
- Revised edition. "This bulletin explains the computation of rations for horses, suggests certain feed combinations which approximately meet the needs of horses under differing conditions, and reviews such factors of feeding as tend to make the horse more efficient." -- p. ii
- Ginning cotton.
- Describes the importance of the ginning process, and the means for ginning the highest quality cotton.
- Home Canning by the One-Period Cold-Pack Method: Taught to Canning Club Members in the Northern and Western States
- "Without previous experience, and with no other equipment than that to be found in almost every home, anyone, adult or child, should be able to can food satisfactorily by the method described in this bulletin. By this method various vegetables, soups, meat, fish, and practically any other foods or combination of foods can be canned, as well as fruits and tomatoes, the products most commonly canned. The few simple, general rules necessary for successful canning, by the one-period, cold-pack method, and specific directions covering practically all foods that may be canned, are set out in the following pages." -- p. 2
- Cattle Ranges of the Southwest: A History of the Exhaustion of the Pasturage and Suggestions for Its Restoration
- Report giving "a history of the exhaustion of the pasturage of central Texas, with suggestions for its restoration. The general features of the country are described; the early conditions of the ranges and the causes which have led to their deterioration are graphically portrayed. The obstacles in the way of the improvement of the ranges and how the value of the stock ranges may be renewed are topics discussed in detail. The report closes with brief descriptions of a few other of the most important native grasses and forage plants which may be utilized in improving the pasturage or increasing the production of forage." -- p. 2.
- A Successful Southern Hay Farm
- "In localities where a one-crop system has prevailed for a number of years farms which deviate from this system are of special interest, because they show what types of farming are possible in the section in which they are located. In the cotton-growing States such farms are of unusual interest for the reason that so few of them exist. Much of the hay consumed on Southern farms and plantations is shipped from the North. As a result, hay is high priced in the South. There is room for a considerable number of hay farms in that section. That such farms can be made to pay handsomely is demonstrated by the experience of the farmer who work is described in these pages. Not every hay grower can follow the methods here described. It is not necessary, however, that a farmer should feed steers for their manure, as is done on this farm, in order to be able to grow hay. While nothing else is quite equal to manure, land can be kept in good heart by plowing under an occasional green crop and then using lime and commercial fertilizers. A brief discussion of hay growing under more usual conditions on southern farms will be found at the end of this bulletin." -- p. 7. The farm discussed in this bulletin is in South Carolina.
- The Control of the Root-Knot
- "Attention should be directed to the continual spread of a common disease of plants generally known under the names of root-knot, root-gall, big-root, etc. It occurs as an out-of-doors pest in all except the most northern Sates, but it is most abundant in the South and Southwest and is everywhere prevalent in greenhouses. It is the cause of serious damage to many crops. The extent of this damage is difficult to estimate, since it is both direct and indirect and in many cases is overlooked entirely. The direct damage is that caused to the growing crops. The indirect damage results from the fact that the presence of the disease makes it impracticable to grow certain crops." -- title page
- Planning the Farmstead
- "The object of this bulletin is to set forth general principles involved in planning the arrangement of the buildings of the farmstead in their relation to one another.... The main considerations influencing the determination of the farmstead site are its location with respect to the rest of the farm and to public utilities, the elevation and drainage of the proposed site, the available water supply, the nature of the soil, the relation to the points of the compass, and the prevailing breezes and protection from heat and cold." -- p. 2
- Rammed Earth Walls for Buildings.
- Describes how to construct a building that uses rammed earth for walls.
- Small Concrete Construction on the Farm.
- Describes how to plan and build small concrete structures on the farm.
- Systems of Farming in Central New Jersey
- Report discussing different cropping systems used on New Jersey farms, including the three-crop rotation system, small grain cropping systems, and alfalfa rotation systems. Includes an analysis of tenant farm which has successfully employed a four-crop system.
- Farm poultry raising.
- Describes how to efficiently and successfully produce profitable poultry on the farm.
- Some Common Mammals of Western Montana in Relation to Agriculture and Spotted Fever
- "Since it is known that spotted fever is communicated from wild animals to human beings by the bite of infected wood ticks and that the two younger stages live almost entirely on small native rodents -- from which they occasionally contract the infection -- it is evident that these tick hosts should be destroyed, at least around ranches. The extensive damage done by the same animals to agricultural interests is another important reason for their destruction. The chief purpose of this publication is to point out the best methods of destroying these native animals." -- p. 6. Among the rodents discussed in the bulletin are squirrels, chipmunks, woodchucks, mice, rats, gophers, rabbits, badgers, and weasels.
- The Bollworm or Corn Earworm
- "Cotton bollworm, corn earworm, tomato fruitworm, and false budworm of tobacco are common names applied to one and the same insect when it is found attacking these various crops. In fact the insect is a very general feeder, attacking many wild plants as well as garden vegetables, alfalfa, cowpeas, and the crops indicated above. The bollworm, or corn earworm as it is most widely known, occurs as a pest in practically all parts of the United States." -- p. 3. This bulletin discusses the life cycle of the insect, its distribution, and measures for its control.
- Fleas and Their Control
- "Of the approximately 500 species of fleas known to exist, less than one dozen are of special interest as pests to many and domestic animals, but any individual of one of these few species, when bent upon satisfying its appetite, fully occupies the attention of its chosen host. The human flea, dog flea, cat flea, sticktight flea or chicken flea, and the rat fleas (which carry the bubonic plague), are the principal species that annoy man and domestic animals in the United States. The main steps in control, as described in this bulletin, are the elimination of breeding places and the destruction of fleas on the infested animals. If breeding places receive proper attention the premises often will be cleared of fleas, even though little or no attention is given to the animals themselves." -- p. 2
- Fleas as Pests to Man and Animals, With Suggestions for Their Control.
- "Fleas are of importance to main in two ways: First, as disease carriers and, second, as parasites or annoyers of man and animals.... In many instances they have been known to render houses uninhabitable for a time, and certain species cause considerable loss among poultry as well as annoyance to other animals." -- title page. This bulletin discusses the life cycle of the flea, its habits, its role as a carrier of bubonic plague, and the injuries it causes to domestic animals. Methods of destroying and controlling the flea are also discussed.
- Flytraps and Their Operation
- Report discussing different trapping methods useful for catching common houseflies.
- The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It
- Report discussing the fowl tick, which commonly affects chickens but also other poultry. Topics discussed include fowl tick distribution, effects of tick attacks or infections, life cycle, and methods of combating the tick.
- The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It
- Revised edition. Report discussing the fowl tick, which commonly affects chickens but also other poultry. Topics discussed include fowl tick distribution, effects of tick attacks or infections, life cycle, and methods of combating the tick.
- The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It
- Revised edition. Report discussing the fowl tick, which commonly affects chickens but also other poultry. Topics discussed include fowl tick distribution, effects of tick attacks or infections, life cycle, and methods of combating the tick.
- The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It
- Revised edition. Report discussing the fowl tick, which commonly affects chickens but also other poultry. Topics discussed include fowl tick distribution, effects of tick attacks or infections, life cycle, and methods of combating the tick.
- The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It
- Revised edition. Report discussing the fowl tick, which commonly affects chickens but also other poultry. Topics discussed include fowl tick distribution, effects of tick attacks or infections, life cycle, and methods of combating the tick.
- The Stable Fly: How to Prevent Its Annoyance and Its Losses to Live Stock
- Revised edition. Report discussing the stable fly and methods for controlling it. Topics discussed include its distribution, life cycle, and breeding habits as well as natural and artificial methods of control.
- The Stable Fly: How to Prevent Its Annoyance and Its Losses to Live Stock
- Revised edition. Report discussing the stable fly and methods for controlling it. Topics discussed include its distribution, life cycle, and breeding habits as well as natural and artificial methods of control.