The evening times., 1901-05-20
CONTENTS OF THE YEARBOOK.
The Publication soon to BE Issued
by the Agricultural Department.

by the Agricultural Department..
The Yearbook of the Department of
Agriculture for Isyy is now in press and
viii shortly be ready for distribution In
addition to the report OF the Secretary
and the appendix, this volume contains
thirty-one articles, FIVE more than last
year. While the Yearbook for 1909 is not
specially devoted to review of the work
Of the several divisions, it is distinctiveiy
representative of the work of the depart
ment- With one exception, every article
was prepared by an employe of the de
partment, and each division of original
work is represented by one or more arti-
cles. Every article. except those pre-
pared in the Division of Publications,
covers some important line of work car
ried on in the bureau, division, or office
from which it emanatad- The two articles
prepared in the Division of Publications,
while not relating directly IL the work of
the department or to practical agricul-
ture, will, it is believed, be found of great
interest to American agriculturists-
As provided by law. the first part con-
sists of the report of the Secretary of
Agriculture
The articles which comprise the second
part of the volume are as follows: "Smyr-
ma Fig Culture in the United States by
l. 0. Howard; "AmpIifcation of Weather
Forecasts by Alfred ]. Henry; '.AgTi
cultural Education in France by c B.
Smith; Commercial Plant Introduction"
by Jared G. Smith: Forest Extension in
the Middle West" by William L. Hall;
The Worlds Exhibit of Leaf Tobacco at
the Paris Exposition of $780," by Marcus
l. Floyd; Influence of Rye on the Price
Of Wheat" by Edward T. Peters; Noun
tain Roads, James w. Abbott: "FuugOus
Diseases Of Forest Trees" by Herman
Won Schrenk; Rabies: It's Cause, Ere
QuenCy, and Treatment" by D. E. Sal
mon; The Scale Insect and Mite Enc
mics of Citrus Trees by c. l. MaTlatt.
How Birds Affect the Orchard" by T.
E L BeaI; Some Poisonous Plants of
the Northern Stock Ranges" by V K.
Chestnut: Hot Waves: Conditions Which
Produce Them and Their Effect on Ag-
riculture" by Alvin T. Burrows: The
Value of Potatoes as Food by C. f.
Langworthy. The Selection of Materials
for Macadam Roads," by Logan Waller
Page; Practical Forestry in the South
eru AppalachIans," by Overton W. Price;
Commercial Pear Culture" by NJ 3.
Waite; Objects and Methods of Investi-
eating Certain Physical Properties of
Soils" by Lyman J. Briggs; THE Food
of Nesting Birds" by Sylvester D Judd;
Development of the Trucking Interests,
by p 6 Earle: 1.-THE Date Palm and Its
Culture by Walter T. SwingIe; ''Prac-
tical Irrigation" by c. T Johnston and
J. D. Stannard; Free Delivery of Rural
Mails by Charles H. Greathouse; Sue
cessfuI Wheat Growing in Serni-Arid Dis
tricts," by Mark Alfred Carleton; Test
ing Commercial Varieties of Vegetables.
r.rrz
Of Food Preservatives," by w D Bige-
low; The Influence of Refrigeration on
the Fruit Industry by William A Tay-
In-, Our Native Pasture Plants" by F.
I,amson-Scribner; Dairy Products at
the Paris Exposition of 1906" by Henry
E. AIvord; and William Saunders, by
the editor.
The appendix contains the directory Of
the department, the directory OF coliegeS
and experiment stations. lists OF state ON
cials in charge OF agriculture secretaries
Of State Agricultural Societies. ofIicerS of
various agricultural and kindred associa-
tions, statistics Of farm crops. and other
information Of interest to the farmer
A new feature of the appendix IS the
publication of~requirements for admission
to the agricultural department OF the
laEd-gTaEt colleges, and the cost OF Ak
tendance The Yearbook Is a volume OF
SIS pages ard is Illustrated with 'front.'
ispiece s. plates. of which are cOIoFed.
and IS text figures The regular edition IS
50eO6 copies. Of which 1900 are by law
reserved for the exclusive use OF Senators,
Representatives. and Delegates IN Con
gress and 5000 are allotted to the De
partmeut of Agriculture This allotment
is fully consumed in the distribution to
crop correspondents and others co-opera-
ting with the department or rendering Il
some service.
The comparatively small number of
YearbO1ks at the disposal OF the Secretary
of Agriculture renders It impossible TO
make distribution as liberal as IS de-
sirabi even to coTTeSpOT dents All per
sors. therefore, other than crop CORE
spondents viii have to apply to their Sen
ators or Representatives in Congress.
while crop correspondents viii please ap-
ply is.ctIy to the Statistician-