Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-12
THE 1910 YEAR BOOK.
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The seventeenth volume of the
Yearbook Q910) will soon be issued
by the U. S. Department of Agricul'
ture. In appearance and makeup 1t
differs but little from its predeces-
sors; it contains % articles; 40 full
page illustrations, of which s are col
ored, and 81 text figures.
The departments appreciation OF
the service Of the late Senator iona
than Prentiss Dolliver rendered to
agriculture during his public career
is expressed in the selection OF por.
trait of him as a frontispiece.
The fourteenth annual report of
the secretary, for the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1910, occupies the first
1856 pages and gives the general re-
port OF the operations of the depart
ment," which, under the law, must
form a part of the volume. This re-
port, supplemented by the statistical
matter found in the appendix, gives
a more complete and comprehensive
summary of agricultural conditions in
the United States than can be found
in any other single publication.
The next 800 pages, divided between
% articles contributed by many mem
bers of the scientific force of the de-
partment, contain data upon many of
the important questions now promi-
nent in the public eye, and equally
vital to the agricultural and urban
population both as producers and
consumers of the food stuff Of the
nation.
The Importance of the forests to
the residents Of the country and the
prominence of that subject in depart.
ment work is reflected in four papers,
namely, THE Management of Second
Growth Sprout Forest" Progress in
Saving Forest Waste" Fire Proven.
ton and Control on the National For
! ests," and Injuries to Forests and
Forest Products by Round-headed
Borers."
Settlers in many parts of the west
| will be interested in the two papers
relating to "The Agricultural Duty OF
! Water and Mountain Snowfall Oh
/ servations and Evaporation lnvestiga
tons in the United States" while ev'
| eryone will be interested in the two
| articles, one on the progress and
Present Status of the Good Roads
| Movement in the United States" and
! the other describing the Use of Bit
luminous Dust Preventives and Road
Binders"
| Those engaged in animal husbandry
will find the discussion OF Some OF
! the More Important Ticks of the
United States" most timely, and the
paper on the "Eradication of Cattle
Tuberculosis in the District of Col
! umbia" will not only engage the at
| tention OF those directly benefited
! by that accomplishment, but will en-
courage other communities to renew
ed efforts for greater success in the
same line "Grading of Cream and
| the Effect of the Present Method OF
Handling Eggs on the Industry and
Product" are two more papers which
| to dairymen and poultry raisers will
be valuable.
That the general farmer. the fruit
grower, the trucker. and the grower
of special crops hold deservedly
large space in the thought and &C
tivities of the department is demon
strated by the nine papers on Sup
ply and Wages Of Farm Labor" mi
trogen-gathering Plants" "1nsect En-
emies OF Tobacco in the United
States" Increased Yields of Corn
from Hybrid Seed" 1.-THE Utilization
of Crop Plants in Paper Making,
"Co-operation in the Handling and
Marketing of Fruit" "Precooling Of
Fruit" "Camphor Cultivation in the
United States" and the illustrated
article on promising New Fruits OF
the Year 1870"
The department does not leave the
farm product as soon as produced
but as its destiny is consumption
articles dealing with the proper, best
and most economical use of farm
products as food for man, are furn
ished on Cheese and Other Substi'
tutes for Meat in the Diet" THE
Respiration Calorimeter and the Re-
suits of Experiments with It," and
1.-THE Game Market OF Today"
As showing what the department ia
doing to further progressiveness in
the farming communities, and to en-
courage rural education and the in
struction of agricultural courses in
country schools, the article entitled
Community Work in the Rural High
School" will be Of interest and value.
Articles of peculiar interest to dwell
lers in the larger cities are one on
1.-THE Value of the Shellfish Industry
and the Protection of Oysters from
Sewage Contamination" and one on
"The Inspection Of Imported Food and
Drug Products" 'T@
1.-THE Migratory Movement of Bird"
in Relation to the Weather" Review
of Weather Conditions of the Year
1910" and "Seedtime and Harvest;
statistics as to the organization and
work Of the U. S. Department of Agri.
culture, the state departments, and
the agricultural experiment stations
in the states, compile the Yearbook.
The volume is distributed princi-
no11v nv sanators ronreSentatiVeS and