The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-16
OF INTEREST 70 FARMERS.
Contents OF the Year Book of Dept.
Agriculture Aboutt 70 De Issued.

Contents OF the Year Book Of Dept. o
Agriculture Aboutto De Issued.
In view Of the approaching session OF
Congress, and OF the fact that the Year
book OF the department OF agriculture
will soon be ready for distribution among
Senators and Representatives., to the en-
tent OF over 1000 copies each, the accom-
panying table OF contents may be of In
terest to dairymen, horticuiturists, ana
farmers genersllyi II 10 accordingly fur-
nished kr the accommodation OF the
agricultural press:
Report of the Secretary OF Agriculture;
Federal Meat Inspection, by ID Il. BAL
mon; The Dairy Herd; It's Formation and
Management, by ii. Il. Alvordi Some
Practical Suggestions for the Suppression
and Prevention of Bovine Tuberculosis,
by Theobald Smith The Pasteurizstion
and Sterilization OF Milk, by III. L, de
Schwienitz; The Truck Lands OF the At
lantic Seaboard, The Tobacco Soils OF
Connecticut and Pennsylvanis and the
Soil Conditions of the Arid Regions, by
Milton Whitney; Mineral Phosphates as
Fertlizers, by ii. W. Wiley; Fertilization
OF the Soil az Affecting the Orange In
Health and Disease, by II. j. Webber;
Grasses as Sand and Soil Binders. by +.
Lamson- -Scribner; Water as q Factor In
the Growth OF Plants, by B. L. Galloway
and A. +. Woods; Pure Seed Investiga-
tion, by @. II. Hicks; Drain SHUTS: Their
Causes and Prevention, by w. L. swingle |;
L. tk..tt LON of
Plants in North America, by Z. Hart
Merriam; Hawks and Owls ~ Related to
the Farmer, by A. X. Fisher; Crow Black
birds and their Food, by r. II. L. Besl
Some Scale Insects OF the Orchard, by L.
o. Howard; The More Important Insects
Injurious to Stored Grain, by +. IL. Chit
tenden; What Meteorology can do for
the Farmer. by NJ. w. Harrington; The
Value OF Forecasts, by ii. III. Q. Dun
woody; How Trees Grow, How to Plant
Forest, How to Treat the Wood Lot, and
How to Cultivate the Wood Crop, by b. r.
Fernow; Relationship between American
and Eastern Asian Fruits, by l. II, Bailey
Facts Concerning Ramie, by {. X. Dodge
Best Roads for Farms and Farming Dis
trlctb, Uy noy ctohot otato AAs -
Massachusetts,, by q. A. Perkins; I'm
provement OF Public Roads in North Car
olina, by j. A. Holmes; Education ant
Research in Agriculture in the UniteS
States, by A. G. True; Food aud Diet, b!
w. o. Atwater.
In an appendix OF sixty-eiRht page
are published tables OF the wholesal
prices of the principal agricultural pro
ducts In leading cities OF the Unite'
States from 1890 to 1894, inclusive; OF th
exports and imports of agricultural pro
ducts during the same period; OF freigh
rates; of the composition and nutrimen
properties of human foods, and Ikewis
of feeding stuns for snimals; OF the fei
tilizing constituents OF feeding stuffsi c
the constituents Of commercial fertiliz
ers; OF 100 principal weeds and the BET
methods of eradication; OF the method
OF controlling injurious insects, wit
formulas for insecticides, of the weigh
cost, best time to SOW, ETC., OF the seed
of the principal grasses and forage plant
OF the fungous diseases OF plants and the
treatment, etc. The book contains II
illustrations.