Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-12
PROGRESS SHOWN
Of The YEAR
Year BooE OF the Department
Of Agriculture Has Many
Articles OF Popular Interest
Within Its Covers.
especial Correspondence to IN. Herald,

tccnth volume oft thr Yearbook Ig10b
VIII soon bc ISSUED hy the United
states department Of agriculture IN
appearance ana Wak,-up 1t differs
but little from ITS predecessors u
contains rs articles, - full-pagc H.
Illustrations, of which eight ate coi-
orcd and 81 text figures
The departments appreciation 0f
the service the late senator iona
than Prcnu- Deliver rendered to
agriD allure o. oppressed ia the sel,v-
ton ot portrait of him as a fronts
piece
The fourteenth annual report OF tho
secretary fot tho fiscal year ended
juno 30. 1910. occupies the first 100
page. aud gives the general report
| "f the operations of tho department
which, under the law. must form -
part of tuc volume This report. sup-
plrmut"d by tho statistical matter
found u the appendix. giVcs muro
complete ana yomprchcnsNv Eum-
mary of agricultural conditions iu the
United states than can hc found lu
any other single publication.
Tho noXt 500 pages. divided be-
tween - articles contributed by many
members of the scientific force ot IA"
| department contain data upon nltnv
| oi tho important questions now prom
| mont IA me public ESQ. ana equally
/ vital 60 the agricultural ana urban
/ population both ~ producers ana CON
| SINNERS of the foodstuff of the ma
| ton.
| The Importance of the forests to
the residents of the country ana the
prominence of tina, subject IN depart
| m'nt work is reflected in four pa
! pcrs namely; The Management of
| second Growth Sprout Forests
| Progress in saving Forest Waste"
| Fire Prevent ana Control on the
| National Forests and Injuries To-
Forests and Forest Products by
| Round-hoddcd iiorcis.'
! settlers in many parts of the west
viii bc Interested IN she two papers
relating To- The Agricultural Duty Of
| Water and Mountain Snowfall OBJ
srrvations and Evaporation Invest
| CATIONS in the United states" while
| Everyone viii be Interested IN the two
! articlcs, one on The prorgcss and
Present status Of the Good Roads
| Movement IN tn. United States and
| the other describing the use of btu
minous dust pr.vcn,iGes and road
binders.
Those engaged IN animal husbandrN
| viii lind the discussion of some of
| the more important ticks of the INIT
ed states most timely. and the paper
on the eradication OF cattle tuDcrcu-
losis IN the District OF Columbia VIII
not only engaged the attention OF
/ l.aH
cumplishmcnt but viii encourage 9TH
cr communities To- renewed efforts FOR
greater success in the same line
| Grading OF cream and the effect ot
tho present method of handling eggs
on the industry and product are two
more paprrn which To- dairymcn and
| poultry raiscrs viii be- valuable,
| That the general farmer. the fruit
grower, the trucker and the grower Of
special crops hold Il dcs"rNedly large
space i'm the thought and activities oil
| the department iH demonstrated by
the nine papers on supply ANA wages
| of farm labor. nitrogen gathering
| plants, insect enemies OF tobacco In
| the United states, increased Yields ~
| corn from hybrid seed thr utilization
| ~ crop plants in paper making, coz
| operation In the handling ana mar
| keting OF fruit. proceeding 81 trult
| cnmphor cultivation in IN, United
| States ana the illustrated article on
promising new fruits vi the year 1919.
| Tho department does not leave the
| farm product as soon as produced.
! but, IA It's destiny Is consumption
articles dealing with the proper. best
| and most economical use 81 farm
| products as food for man arc fur
nish"d oH cheese and other suhsll-
tutcs for meat IN IN" dict. the Trspira-
ti0u ,llnrimctcr ANA the results of
experiments with 1t, ana the game
market ui today.
A. showing what tn department s
doing to- further progrossiycnos ia
the farming communities. and to en-
,,urag" rural education ana }h" in
.ttuction uf agricultural COURSES in
country schools. the article entitled
| "Cummunity Work Ia the Rural lligh
school viii Dee nf interest ana value.
| Articles Of peculiar interest to
jewellers IN the largvr cities are one
len tho value 81 the shollfish industry
and Tia, protection ot oysters irom
IscNagg contamination and ON, ou the
Inspection OF imported food and drug
Iproducts
| The migratory movement of birds
In relation To- IA, weather. rvNltH ui
weather conditions of tn year l'lo,
and seed time and harvest. statistics
as Ia the organization aud Wurh OF
the United states department oi agrl-
culture. the state departments ana
the agricultural experiment stations
IN the Statos complete the new Year
book.
| Tho volume is distributed principal
liy bS senators, representative and
delegates In congress, the depart
lment's quota being reserved tor IT,
volunteer correspondents.