The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-28
Raleigh, N. c., May %, 1901.

the department. With one exception,
every article was prepared by an en-
ployee of the department., and each
division of original work is repre-
sented by one or more articles.
Every article, except those prepared
in the division of publications, COW
ers some important line Of work car
ried on in the bureau, division, or
Office from which it emanated. The
two articles prepared in the division
of publications, while not relating
directly to the work of the depart
ment or to practical agriculture, will,
it is believed, be found of great in
terest to American agriculturists.
As provided by law, the first part
consists of the report of the Secre.
tary of Agriculture.
The articles which comprise the
second part of the volume are as fol-
lows: Smyrna Fig Culture in the
United States" by L. O. Howard !;
"Amplication of Weather Fore
CASTS" by Alfred J. Henry; "Agri-
cultural Education in France" by c..
B. Smith Commercial Plant Intro
duction, by Jared G. Smith; "ror-
est Extension in the Middle West, :"
by William L. Hall; "The World s
Exhibit of Leaf Tobacco at the Paris
Exposition of 19OO," by Marcus L.
Floyd; "Infuence of Rye on the
Price of Wheat by Edward T.
Peters; Mountain Roads,, by
James W. Abbott ''Fungous Dis.
eases of Forest Trees" by Hermann
Won Schrenk; Cradles It's Cause,
Frequency and Treatment" by D.
E. Salmon "The Scale Insect and
Mite Enemies of Citrus Trees,'' by
G. L. Marlatt; Chow Birds Affect
the Orchard" by F. E. L. Beal !;
''SomeP Poisonous Plants of the North
ern Stock Ranges" by V. K. Ches-
nut; "Hot Waves Conditions Which
Produce Them and Their Effect on
Agriculture" by Alvin T. Burrows :;
''The Value of Potatoes as Food, by
c. F. Langworth "The Selection of
Materials for Macadam Roads," by
Logan Waller Page; practical
Forestry in the Southern Appalacb-
ians," by Overton w. Price; "Com-
mercial Pear Culture" by NJ. B.
Waite "Objects and Methods of In
vestigating Certain Physical Proper
ties of Soils" by Lyman J. Briggs !;
1.-The Food of Nesting Birds" by
Sylvester d. Judd; development
of the Trucking Interests" by F. S.
Earle; "The Date Palm and It's Cul-
ture, by Walter T. Swingle "Prac-
tical Irrigation" by c. T. johnson
and J. D. Stannard; Free Delivery
of Rural Mails" by Charles II.
Greathouse; Successful Wheat
Growing in Semiarid Districts" by
Mark Alfred Carleton; "Testing
Commercial Varieties of Vege-
tables, by w. w. Tracy, Jr. "The
Use and Abuse of Food Preserva-
tives," by W. D. Bigelow; "The In
fuence of Refrigeration on the Fruit
Industry" by William A. Taylor !;
"Our Native Pasture Plants, - by F.
Lamson- -Scribner "Dairy Products
at the Paris Exposition of 1900" by
Henry E. Alvord; and civilian
Saunders" by the Editor
The Appendix contains the direct
DRY of the department., the directory
of colleges and experiment stations,
lists of state officials in charge of
agriculture, secretaries of State agri-
cultural societies, officers 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 depart
ment of the land grant colleges, and
the cost of attendance. The Year
book is volume of 888 pages, and is
illustrated with a frontispiece, 81
plates, of which nine are colored, and
So text figures. The regular edition
is 1000 copies, of which 100000
are by law reserved for the exclusive
use of Senators, Representatives,
and Delegates in Congress. Pro
gresslve Farmer readers desiring
copies should apply immediately to
their Congressman. The Yearbook
is free to all applicants while the
snnn1v lasts