The record-union., 1897-05-26
FARMERS BULLETINS.
Interesting Documents That Can Now be
Obtained.
List of Important and Interesting Bull
IetinS to be Sent to Those
Who Want Them.

The United States Department Of Ag-
riculture issues, at intervals, bulletins
that are exceedingly valuable to farm
ers and places them in the hands of the
Congressman for distribution. If they
are sent out at random many receive
what they do not care for, while others
might desire exactly that material. The
department therefore issues, from time
to time, lists of the bulletins, like the
following. showing the contents OF
each. Though the latest list is quite
long we publish it in full for the bene-
fit of our readers. Anyone of these bull
letins will be sent promptly without
cost, on application to Hon. Marion De
Vries, Congressman from this district
The list of documents now ready
for distribution is as follows
No. 15-"Some Destructive Potato
Diseases-What They Are and How to
Prevent Them PIP. s, figs. 3. Con-
tents: How the diseases may be dis
tinguished = Fungicides or preventives
to be used-When and how to apply
the fungicides-Cost of the work.
No 16-'Leguminous Plants for
Green Manuring and for Feeding. PIP.
"a. Contents: Green manuring-How
plants get nitrogen from the air-Some
crops for green manuring-Composit
of green legumnous crops-Green ma
nuring compared with feeding the crop
Alfalfa and crimson clover for feed
ing-Cowpea for feeding-Advantage of
soiling-Value of leguminous crops for
feeding.
No. 1S-"Forage Plants for the
South" Pp. 80 Contents: Forage
crops for different soils-Formation and
care of meadows and pastures-Forage
plants successfully grown in the South.
No. 19-"ImpOrtant Insecticldes-Dl-
rections for Their Preparation and
Use" PIP. %. Contents: Relation of
food habits to remedies-Insecticide
for external biting insects food poi
sons)-Insecticides for external sucking
insects Contact poisons)-Dusting ana
spraying pparatus-Remedies for sub
terranean insects-Remedies for insects
affecting grain and other stored pro-
duets-Control Of insects by cultural
methods-Proft in remedial measures.
No. 20-"Washed SoilS-How to Pre-
vent and Reclaim Them" PIP. -. Figs.
6. Contents: Chemical relations of the
soil to surface washing-Methods TO
prevent washing-Recovering quilted
hillsides by restration-Recovery OF
washed soils-Preparation for planting
forests-Grasses and similar vegeta-
ton to prevent washing of land
No 21-'Barnyard Manure" PIP. 81,
figs Z. Contents: Manure as a farm
resource-Amount value and compost
ton of manures produced by different
animals-Influence of age and kind of
animal, of quality and quantity of food,
of the nature and proportion of litter
Management and use of manure-Last-
ing or cumulative effect of barnyard
manure.
No. 22-''The Feeding of Farm AMI
mails" Pp. 32 Contents: Principles
of feeding-Compositio of the animal
body-Composition of feeding stuffs-
Digestibility of feeding stuffs-Feeding
standards for different kinds of animals
Value of feeding standards-Calcula-
ton of ADMINISTRATION of feeding
stuffs-Preparatio of food for ami
mals-Feeding for fat and for lean
Wheat as a food for animals-Tables
showing composition of feeding stuffs.
No. 23- -"Foods-Nutritive Value and
Cost" PIP. 30, charts >. Contents:
Nutriment in food and how it is used
in the body-Chemical composition of
food materials-The fuel value of food
Definition of food and food economy
Nutritive values of different food mate
rials-Digestibility of food-Calculation
of daily dietaries-Pecuniary economy
of food-Food and health.
No. 24-"Hog Cholera and Swine
Plague" PIP. is. Contents: General
characters ymptoms-Appearanc on
post-morIem examination-The cause
OF these iseases-Diagnosis and prog
nosis-Formula for remedy of hog chol-
era and swine plague-Sanitary meas
ures to prevent the introduction Of hog
cholera and swine plague-Prevention
of disease by proper breeding and feed
ing.
No. 26-"Sweet Potatoes-Culture and
Uses" PIP. 80. figs. 4. Contents:
agation-Character and prepara-
ton of planting-Cultivati
-Manuring-Har and storing
Varieties-Fungus diseases and insect
enemies-Cses-Co of production.
No. 21-"Flax for Seed and Fiber in
the United States" PIP. 16. Contents:
Can both seed and fiber be saved p
Soil selection and preparation-Fertil-
ng-Rotation-Sowing the seed-Kind
and quantity Of seed to sow-Meteoro-
logical considerations - Weeds - Har-
vesting the fber-Saving the seed-Ret-