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Standard Varieties of Chickens: I. The American Class
This report describes the American chicken and the characteristics of several of its breeds and varieties, including the Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Java, Dominique, Rhode Island Red, and Buckeye.
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The Drainage of Irrigated Farms
"Methods of draining irrigated farms are described in this bulletin." -- p. 2. Drainage requirements; types of drains; sizes of drains; constructions methods, devices, and costs; and maintenance are...
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Aphids Injurious to Orchard Fruits, Currant, Gooseberry and Grape
"The present bulletin treats of the aphids injurious to fruit and foliage of apple, quince, pear, plum, cherry, peach, currant, gooseberry, and grape. Thirty-two species of aphids in all are discussed....
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Horse-Breeding Suggestions for Farmers
This report gives suggestions to farmers for breeding strong and productive horses. Topics discussed include selecting mares and stallions, mating conditions, and feeding and caring for foals.
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Classification of American Upland Cotton
This report discusses the classification system and standards for American Upland cotton with regard to grade, color, length, and character.
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Grains for the Dry Lands of Central Oregon
"This bulletin discusses the production of small grains on non-irrigated lands in central and southeastern Oregon at elevations between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. The important crops for these dry-farmed...
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Carbon Disulphid as an Insecticide
"This bulletin gives the necessary facts regarding the nature of carbon disulphide and the general principles involved in the safe, economic, and effective use of this valuable insecticide." -- p. 2
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The Sheep Tick and Its Eradication by Dipping
This report discusses the sheep tick and gives instructions for eradicating it by dipping. Topics discussed include the sheep tick's life cycle, habits, and spread as well as methods for detecting...
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The Domesticated Silver Fox
"In the following pages are considered facts relative to the development of silver fox farming; the precautions necessary to be taken with the animals in breeding and in sickness and health; the...
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Citrus-Fruit Improvement: How to Secure and Use Tree-Performance Records
"Many California citrus growers have reported in recent years that they were securing lower yields of fruit per acre than in the earlier history of their industry. Complaint also has been made that an...
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How the Federal Farm Loan Act Benefits the Farmer
This report discusses the disadvantages of the present farm mortgage loan system in the United States and the advantages of the new federal land bank system recently created by the Federal Farm Loan...
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Turkey Raising
This report discusses the turkey industry in the United States and best practices for raising turkeys. Topics discussed include turkey breeds, brooding, marketing, and diseases.
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Contagious Abortion of Cattle
"Contagious abortion in cattle is a germ disease which causes the death of unborn calves and occasions annual losses of millions of dollars.... A bull may spread the germ from a diseased cow to healthy...
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Mushroom Pests and How to Control Them
"The insect and other pests which usually attack cultivated mushrooms, and those of which complaints are most frequently made, may be divided roughly into four classes, namely, mushroom maggots, mites,...
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Sea Island Cotton
This report discusses the cultivation of Sea Island cotton, which is a variety of cotton that differs from Upland cotton and is commonly grown in Florida, South Carolina, and southern Georgia. It is...
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Fall-Sown Grains in Maryland and Virginia
"For the best results, fall-sown grains in Maryland, Delaware, and the Virginias require -- A well-drained, fertile soil, well-supplied with humus and lime. An abundance of available plant food,...
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Anthrax or Charbon
"Anthrax or charbon, is an acute infectious disease affecting animals and occasionally man. Cattle and sheep are most susceptible, and none of the domestic animals are exempt.... The most effective...
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Laws Relating to Fur-Bearing Animals, 1916.
Report discussing laws relating to fur-bearing animals in the United States and Canada in 1916. Contains sections on legislation passed in 1916, U.S. federal laws, and state and provincial laws.
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The Use of a Diary for Farm Accounts
"It is the purpose of this bulletin to explain the different types of diaries available and the methods of utilizing them for farm records, attention being given to a discussion of such accounts as can...
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Tuberculosis of Hogs
"Hog raisers should be well-posted as to the nature and prevalence of hog tuberculosis and how to prevent and get rid of it, so that financial losses may be avoided. This bulletin contains such...
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Castration of Young Pigs
"This publication deals with castration, or the removal of the essential organs of male pigs. The objects of castration are to prevent reproduction, to increase fattening propensity, to better the...
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How to Select a Sound Horse
"An understanding of the desirable and undesirable conditions found in horses, together with a knowledge of their relative values, will enable the purchaser to select a better animal with a...
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Powder-Post Damage by Lyctus Beetles to Seasoned Hardwood
"The sapwood of seasoned hardwood material of all kinds, both finished and unfinished, especially of hickory, ash, and oak, is often ruined by yellowish-white grubs from one-eighth to one-fifth inch in...
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Feeding and Management of Dairy Calves and Young Dairy Stock
This report discusses feeds and feeding techniques for dairy calves as well as diseases that affect calves in preparation for their separation from their mothers.
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Growing Cherries East of the Rocky Mountains
This report discusses best practices for growing cherries in the eastern United States. Pruning the trees, picking and handling the fruit, and the different varieties of cherries are discussed.
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Losses from Selling Cotton in the Seed
This report discusses the disadvantages of selling cotton in the seed (i. e. cotton that has not been processed in a cotton gin) and the lost profits that farmers incur as a result.
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Corn Growing Under Droughty Conditions
"For 50 years new settlers from the East[of the United States] have attempted to grow corn in the semiarid West. The seed used and the methods employed were often those with which the settlers had had...
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Control of the Sugar-Beet Nematode
This report discusses the sugar beet nematode (a parasite also known as the roundworm, threadworm, or eelworm) and measures for controlling it.
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Homemade Fireless Cookers and Their Use
This report describes how to make a homemade fireless cooker and how to use it. Includes recipes for use with the cooker.
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Canaries: Their Care and Management
"This bulletin, intended to meet the requests continually received for information on the care of canaries in sickness and health, is compiled from numerous sources, and includes also some personal...
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Growing Grain on Southern Idaho Dry Farms
"In this bulletin a brief description of the climate and soils of southern Idaho is given. The equipment of the dry farm is then discussed, followed by directions for growing the principal grain crops...
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Dwarf Broom Corns
This report discusses dwarf broom corn (a type of sorghum) and its cultivation. Varieties, planting and harvesting practices, market preparation, diseases, and profit and loss are discussed.
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The Common Cabbage Worm
This report discusses the common cabbage worm, the caterpillar of the white butterfly (pieris rapae), which feeds upon and destroys cabbage in the United States. Topics discussed include this insect's...
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Breeds of Swine
This report gives an overview of different breeds of swine, focusing on the distinction between lard hogs and bacon hogs.
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Cotton Ginning Information for Farmers
This report gives an account of the cotton gin as a machine and pays special attention to its various parts and how they operate together. Bale preparation is also discussed.
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The False Chinch Bug and Measures for Controlling It
This report discusses the false chinch bug, which is common to the plateau region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States (especially in Kansas and Colorado), and methods for controlling it.
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Management of Muck-Land Farms in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan
This report discusses the management of muckland farms under cultivation in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Among the crops most successfully grown in this region are celery, onions, cabbage,...
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Commercial Evaporation and Drying of Fruits
This bulletin gives methods and instructions for drying and evaporating fruits. Among the methods discussed are drying by kiln, artificial heat, and the sun. Details for market preparation are also...
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Everbearing Strawberries
"Strawberries may now be had throughout the summer and autumn month in the northern United States. Plants of the everbearing sorts may be set in the spring and a crop secured in the summer and autumn...
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Standard Varieties of Chickens: II. The Mediterranean and Continental Classes
This bulletin describes the Mediterranean and Continental classes of chicken, especially with regard to their egg production. Leghorn, Minorca, White-faced Black Spanish, Blue Andalusian, Ancona, and...
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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...
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Growing Winter Wheat on the Great Plains
"This bulletin is intended to answer the requests for information on the production of winter wheat on the Great Plains under dry-farming conditions that arise from the stimulus of a present and...
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Rye Growing in the Southeastern States
"Rye should be grown much more widely than at present in many parts of the Southeastern Stats. In any consideration of the expansion of the acreage of bread grain and in any encouragement given for the...
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Spring Oat Production
"Oats rank next to corn and wheat in crop acreage and value in the United States. But, notwithstanding this, less attention has been given to the production of oats than to any other important grain,...
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How Insects Affect the Cotton Plant and Means of Combating Them
"The cotton plant is unusually attractive to insects and probably no other cultivated crop has as large a list of insect enemies. Among these are some of the most destructive pests in the history of...
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Advice to Forest Planters in the Plains Regions
"Advice about tree planting to provide a windbreak and a supply of firewood, fence posts, and wood for repairs should be especially valuable to the settler in the Plains region. This bulletin gives...
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Raspberry Culture
"The raspberry is grown not only in small plantations for the home and local market, but in some sections as the principal commercial crop. In these localities the raising of raspberries has become...
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Harvesting Soy-Bean Seed
This bulletin gives best practices for harvesting soy beans. Soy beans can be harvested manually using farm equipment -- such as the corn knife, mower, reaper, and binder -- or with machines. Before...
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Wheat Growing in the Southeastern States
This bulletin discusses best practices for growing wheat in the southeastern United States, which has loamy soils containing sand, silt, and clay that are well-suited to wheat production, although it...
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Saving Vegetable Seeds for the Home and Market Garden
"With the present urgent necessity for producing increased quantities of food, the seed supply becomes very important. Where the seed itself is used for food the high prices have tended to throw...
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