A detailed review and summary of game laws for the 1936-37 season in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Describes various types of birdhouses, where to place them, how to maintain them, and how to protect them against enemies of birds.

A guide to growing and harvesting spring-sown red oats in the southern half of the United States.

Describes the damage caused by cattle grubs and provides methods for their control.

Describes the characteristics of the dasheen or taro; also provides marketing methods and dasheen recipes.

Provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for making American cheese at home.

Describes the varieties of grain sorghum, and provides methods for planting and cultivating it effectively.

Provides information about the causes of food spoilage and suggests methods for keeping foods in good condition.

Describes methods, ingredients, and equipment used for making cottage cheese at home. Includes several recipes.

Discusses Arbor Day as a holiday that recognizes the importance of United States forests and discusses a citizen's duty to preserve them and foster new growth of trees.

Describes methods for updating farmhouses with modern conveniences.

Describes insect pests of the avocado in Florida, and methods for their control.

Describes methods for preventing livestock starvation due to drought or overstocking on ranges in the southwestern United States.

Describes how to obtain bluegrass and use it to control gullies and soil erosion. Includes plans for constructing a sod cutter.

Describes ways that a farmer can support game on his land to make the best use of otherwise wasted land. Provides an overview of practical game management practices.

Describes the harvesting, packing, and handling of eastern grapes for the market. Discusses the leading production sections, the commercial varieties, inspection, packaging, and loading.

Presents the factors to consider when deciding whether to start a dairy farm. Discusses markets, feed, capital, buildings, herd selection, record-keeping, and labor requirements.

Describes how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and transport tomatoes to be sold at market.

Describes procedures and equipment used for dehorning, castrating, branding, and marking beef cattle. Explains the use of these procedures as means for loss prevention in the beef industry.

Describes the necessary equipment and procedures for making muscadine grape products at home on the farm.

A guide to starting and cultivating a farm garden.

"Cover crops are crops sown or planted in thick stands for the purpose of protecting and enriching the soil.... That the use of cover crops is a most efficient means for preventing soil erosion and increasing soil fertility is well known; yet this practice is not nearly so widely and extensively followed as it should be. The kinds of cover crops that should be used and the method of utilizing them to the best advantage varies in different regions, according to climatic conditions but almost everywhere cover cropping in some form can be profitably followed." -- p. 1. The bulletin considers cover crops as either legumes or non-legumes.

Revised edition. "Tractor plowing usually requires methods of laying out the land different from those followed when plowing with horses and an ordinary plow. Farmers plowing with a tractor for the first time are often at a loss for the most satisfactory methods of laying out their fields.... This bulletin describes the more common methods recommended by farmers who use tractors for plowing. Among these will be found methods suited to laying out fields of different shapes." -- p. ii

Revised edition. "Loco weeds are poisonous plants that have caused heavy losses of horses, cattle, and sheep in some parts of the West and Southwest. Three plants are known definitely to be locoes, a few others are probably injurious, and some suspected ones are harmless. The loco plants, their distribution, characteristics, and effects upon animals eating them, are described in this bulletin. Illustrations of the plants and of poisoned animals accompany the descriptions." -- p. ii