Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Influence of Salt and Similar Substances on Soil Moisture, Extra-Early Potatoes, Rotting of Cranberries, Chestnuts, Low-Grade Paris Green, Crude Petroleum as an Insecticide, Skim Milk in Bread Making, Best Number of Hens in One Pen, Next Box for Egg Records, and Profitable and Unprofitable Cows.

This bulletin gives a broad overview of the livestock industry in the Pacific Northwest with respect to sheep and hogs; there is also a brief discussion of the horse industry. I. Sheep Husbandry. II. Hog Raising. III. The Horse Industry.

Report discussing the main features of the farmers' reading courses that have become popular in several states through agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The reading courses are designed to provide farmers with a systematic approach to their work through the study of a scientifically sound and accessible textbook curriculum.

Report discussing the different factors and principles behind bread making, including types of grain, yeast, dough, baking methods, chemical composition, and its nutritional values.

Report discussing the potential of California for developing a hops industry and successful practices for hops cultivation.

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Storing Apples Without Ice, Cold Storage on the Farm, Mechanical Cold Storage for Fruit, Keeping Qualities of Apples, Improvement of Blueberries, Transplanting Muskmelons, Banana Flour, Fresh and Canned Tomatoes, Purslane, Mutton Sheep, Effect of Cotton-Seed Meal on the Quality of Butter, Grain Feed of Milch Cows, and Protection Against Texas Fever.

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Liming Grass Lands, Early Plowing for Wheat, Grafting Grape Cuttings, Olives, Nuts as Food, Coffee Substitutes, the Working of a Pure-Food Law, Feeding Moldy Corn, Selling Eggs by Weight, Flavor of Eggs, Unfermented Grape Juice.

Discusses varieties of foreign and native salt-bushes, how they are grown, and their value as drought-resistant plants for livestock forage.