Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-07-11

the year by experts in the respective
bureaus of the del tment, and have
not heretofore been published, will
De Issued as separates or extracts,
SO as to make the Unavailable for a
vide distribution to those not secur-
ing copy of the yearbook.
These subjects are not treated
with exhaustive detail as the articles
are restricted in length in order that
the number might be increased and
a wide range of information covered.
The table of contents of the new
yearbook comprises titles of articles
on Promising New Fruit, by William
A. Taylor and H. p. Gould; Our
Meadow Larks in Relation to Agri-
culture, f. E. L. Beal; The Handling
OF Dressed Poultry a Thousand Miles
from the Market, by Mary E. Penn
lngton; Some Results Obtained in
Studying Ripening Bananas with the
Respiration Calorimeter, by G. F.
Langworthy and R. d. Miner; Crop
Safety on Mountain Slopes, by ]. Ce-
ell Alter; Insects Injurious to the
Onion Crop, by f. II. Chittenden;
Condensed and Desicated Milk, by
Levi Wells; How the Produce Dealer
May Improve the Quality of Poultry
and Eggs, by H. G. Pierce; A Sue
cessful Method of Marketing Vege-
table Products, by L. G. Corbett; The
Chestnut Bark Disease, by Haven
Metcalf; Some Useful Weather Pro-
verbs, by w. ]. Humphreys; Some
Important Insect Enemies of Live
Stock in the United States, by F. G.
Aphides, by W. l.. McAtee; National
Forest Timber, for the Small Oper-
ator, by William B. Greeey; Truck
Soils of the Atlantic Coast Region,
by Jay A, Bonsteel; Seed Collection
on Large Scale, by Henry H. Far
quhar; Improved Methods of Han
ding and Marketing Cotton, by
Charles J. Brand Dairying and It's
Relation to Agriculture in Sem-iarid
Regions, by A. K. Riser; Agriculture
in Public High Schools, by Dick j.
Crosby; The Settlement of Irrigated
Lands, by Carl S. Scofield; Some
New Grasses for the South, by R. A.
Oakley; Raisins, Figs and Other
Dried Fruits and Their Use, by c. F.
Langworthy Possible Sources of Pot
ash in the United States, by Frank
X. Cameron; and The Commercial
| Weather Map of the United States
Weather Bureau, by Henry L. Heis-
kell.
The portion devoted to the appen-
dix comprises the review of weather
conditions, the names of the officials
of the agricultural colleges and ex-
pertinent stations and state officials
in charge of agriculture, statistics re-
lating to agriculture in aspects of
production, acreage and value of
crops, of the number and value of
farm animals, of price of farm pro-
ducts at the farm and in the whole
sale market, of foreign trade in farm
and forest products, and of railroad
rates for the transportation of prin
cipal farm products.
Beginning with the earliest years
for which statistics were obtained,
tables are given exhibiting the acre
age production, value, prices, eX-
ports and imports of the corn crops
OF the United States, and for all or
most of the items mentioned of the
crops of wheat oats, barley, rye,
buckwheat, potatoes, cotton, tobacco,
flaXseed rice and cane and beet
sugar.
These statistics provide a great va
riety of information for investigat-
ors and workers in m any lines of en-
/ deayor, and are original compilations
Oh crops and animals, their import
and exports, for most of the coun-
| tries of the world.
The new volume should. prove in
! teresting and helpful to persons in
! terested in agriculture as an occupa-
ton or in its products as the founda-
ton of the industry and commerce
of the world.