Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-21
YEAR BOOK FOR THE
FARMERS HAS
BEEN ISSUED
Sixteenth Annual Publication of
Department of Agriculture.
Smaller in Size But Rich in.
Information,
Morning journal Bureau,
GLIB Munsey Building,

The year book for 1909, just issued
is the sixteenth volume under that
title from the United States depart
lnent of agriculture, The current vol
ume does not differ materially from
its predecessors except that its size
has been reduced-this issue show
irg about 200 pages less than the 1908
volume. This reduction was accom-
plished, not by reducing the number
tDi articles, but by the greatest pos
siblc condensation of the matter in
[those printed and the elimination
from the appendix OF certain less i'm
portant features. The urgent neces-
sltX Of economy in expenses from the
printing fund, the desire to have the
publication appear at the earliest pos
sible day. and the convenience of
handling n transmitting through
the mails, combined to emphasize the
advantages Of a less bulky volume.
1t is not believed that the value OF
the book is adversely affected by this
change. The department editor, in
the preface, summarizing the work,
shows that the statistics of produc-
ton, values and imports Of agricul-
tural products are given with even
greater fullness than usual tina the
tables showing domestic production
Of crops and farm animals by states
have been improved by grouping the
states in conformity with the meth
DDS of h federal census and that
tables for worlds production OF
wheat, corn, oats. rye. barley and
flaXseed are this year for the first
time given in the acreage as well ms
yield. The editor calls attention to
the new tables showing ocean freight
rates OF grain and cotton from sew
cral leading ports of the United States
to Europe, and showing the average
receipts per ton per mile for freight /
transportation on ten groups of the
railroads Of the United States; to
the two special tables-'Rice crops Of
United States, 1~712-1909," and HOU
crops of the United States. 1890
1909 giving data Of great value rep
resenting a large amount Of research:
ana also to the review Of the weather
conditions for the year 1909 which
though greatly condensed contains all
the important usual features.
In compliance with the law requir-
ing that the year book shall contain
q general report of the operations
Of the department. the sccrctary's
report for the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1903, is given first place,
although it has already been issued in
separate form, and is followed by
twenty three papers treating of 2
variety OF TOPICS All OF iHtSt dItittts
are new and are here published for
the first time. They are illustrated
by t~hirty-six fun page plates eleven
colored), and thirty-six text figures.
articles accupY 263 of the 652
pages, composing the Volumc-the
first 1872 pages being devoted to the
business report, and the
last 236 assigned to the appendix and
Carrying the department to the
farmcr Is discussed in The Farmers
cooperative Demonstration Work. }
the originator and director of that
phase of the departments efforts to I
the rural conditions of the ;
south. Under the caption. Methods !
Costs of Marketing" arc de J
causcs contributing TO the dif- I
'erences between the amount received
or a given product by the farmer and }
he price paid by the consumer for ;
hc same article. and such interest I
items as transportation and com ,
mission charges. middlemen's profits. Il
nd cooperative selling associations u
re discussed. The grower of sugar z
and the manufacturer of beet a
ugar. which constitutes about ~ D
cent of the sugar consumed M L
country. will lind much of inter- 3
ST ia the article. entitled Conditions "
Influencing the Production of sugar T.
sect Seed in the United States. and L
fruit grower in AN parts Of the
ountry will be Interested In the ar Do
on Plants Useful To Attract n
and Protect Fruit. and Pocket %
uphtrs as Enemies TO Tree In God
ic two articles On THE Problems vs.
an Irrigation Farmer and Meth %
Is 81 Applying Water 60 Crops athv IA