The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-22
1911 YEARBOOK
NOW READY
UNCLE SANS BIG VOLUME READY
FOR Observation-Disclosures
MANY ARTICLES OF INTEREST
TO FARMERs-suPPLY is LINZ
TIED.

The eighteenth volume Of the Year
book (1911) has just been issued by
the United States department OF agri-
culture. In appearance and makeup
1T difers but little from its predeces-
sors. 1t contains thirty-one articles,
sixty-seven full-page Illustrations, OF
which nine are colored, and twenty
text figures,
The departments appreciation of the
services Of Seaman Asahel Knapp rem
dered to agriculture during his long
career is indicated in the selection Of
his portrait as a frontispiece, and in
printing his biography as the first ar
ticle in the volume.
The fifteenth annual report of the
secretary for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1911, occupies the first l42
pages n gives a general report of
the operations of the department."
which under the law must form a part
of the volume. This report supple
mented by the statistical matter found
in an appendix of 200 pages gives a
more complete and comprehensive
summary of agricultural conditions in
the United States than can be found
in any other single publication.
The 354 pages comprising the body
Of the volume contain the thirty arti-
cles contributed by the members of the
scientific force of the department, and
present data upon many OF the i'm
portant questions now occupying the
attention Of a~griculturists, topics
equally vital to the agricultural and
urban population, both as producers
and consumers of the food-stuffs of
the nation.
The Importance OF the forests to
the agricultural welfare Of the country
and the prominence of forestry in the
departments work are reflected in two
papers, entitled Tree Planting by
Farmers, and The Business Aspect of
National Forest Timber Sales.
Closely connected with this work
and especially interesting to the resi-
dents of many parts Of the west is the
c~ultivating of the arid and semi-arid
soils of that region; hence the papers
relating to dry farming and irrigation,
entitled Some misconceptions Com
corning Dry Farming, The Water
Economy Of Dry Land Crops, Pos
sibilities and Need OF Supplemental Ir-
rigation in the Humid Region, and
The Present Outlook for Irrigation
Farming, will prove of value to farm
ers and other dwellers in that section
Of the country.
The two papers on the Primary
Principles in the Fermentation and
Treatment of Disease in Poultry, and
The Handling and Marketing of Eggs.
together with the articles on The Re-
duction of Waste in Marketing, and
%In Ua~o~~n,.gaT AEzkE~5- -
Meats, will prove of interest not only
to the general public but to those
whose occupations are more directly
connected with some phase of that
work. The desarvedly large place
which the general farmer, the fruit
grower, the trucker, and the grower Of
special crops hold In the thought and
activities of the department is DEM
onstrated by the articles on the Prom
Using New Fruits, Seasonal Distribu-
ton Of Labor on the Farm. Some Re-
suits of the Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work, Rotations in the
Corn Belt, Cotton Improvement on a
Community Basis, The Weather Bu-
reau and the Cranberry Industry,
Plant Introduction by the Plant
Breeders, Relation Between Rotation
Systems and Insect Injury in the
South, and The Value of Predaceous
Beetles in Destroying Insect Pests.
Decomposition and It's M-icroscopicaI
Detection in Some Food Products,
Green Vegetables and Their Use in
Diet, and "A New Respiration Calori-
meter for Use in the Study OF Prob
LENS of Vegetable Physiology, will ap
peal very strongly to the student of
methods of improving the food con-
sumed by the people.
Other papers Of Current interest
submitted by different bureaus, en-
titled Our Mid-Paciac Bird Reserva-
tion, Bird Enemies OF the CoddIing
Moth, Crawfish as Crop Destrnyers,
Fibers Used for Binder Irvine, Inns
portant American Soils. the Subsoil
Waters Of Central United States, and
The Winds Of the United States and
Their Economic Uses, complete the
departments current contribution in
the new Yearbook.
The larger part of the edition OF this
volume is reserved by congress for
distribution by senators, representa-
tives, delegates. la congress, and resi-
dent commissioners, and the depart
ment's limited quota is reserved prIn-
cipally for its voluntary correspon~
dents Tor whom its entire supply liz
insufficient to furnish "a copy to
each.