Lower coast gazette., 1914-07-04
fruit as there is plenty of 0 and a
good welcome for the right kind of
settler on the Lower Coast.
The 1918 Agricultural Year Book

The 1913 Agricultural Year Book.
The Yearbook Of the United States
Department of Agriculture for 1913
has just come from the presses and is
now being distributed to Congressman
and to correspondents of the Depart
ment entitled to receive copies. The
new volume differs in several respects
from it's predecessors. The articles
that it contains are in general of a
more popular and instructive charac-
ter, and although the book itself con-
tains a smaller number of pages, It is
safe to say that it has as much val
liable material in it as ever.
In addition to the Secretary's report
there are IA special articles by Depart
ment experts and an appendix contain
ing statistics Of the principal crops; a
table of the animals imported into the
United States for Drooding purposes
Tor which certificates Of pure breeding
have been issued, and lists of the agri-
cultural colleges and experiment sta
tons in the United States together
with the names of the state officials
in charge Of agriculture.
The book is illustrated by 81 full
page plates, of which a large number
are reproduced in /%colors, and by q
tables, maps and line drawings.
In the articles in the Yearbook the
cost of living plays a prominent part.
DIR. Pennington, for example, points
out that Americans neglect a valuable
source of food by failing to take adj
vantage of the immense supply Of fish
at their disposal. The protein content
Of fish is fully as high as that Of meat
and yet although meat prices rise
steadily little or no effort is made to
use the cheaper substitute. 1t is the
foreign population of the United States
which eats the greater part of the fish
consumed in this country. DR.. Pen
nington points out that the ordinary
American is completely ignorant OF
the great variety of fish at his dispos.
al. The cheapness of this food is also
scarcely realized. DR.. Pennington
names 10 staple varieties some OF
which it is safe to say can always BE-
purchased for less than 10 cents
pound, ever when prices are highest
and can usually be obtained for les!
than s cents.
Another article by W. F. Ware
shows how greatly the beef inddstr,
in the south has profted from thu
work Of Graduating the cattle tick
One indication OF the growing interes
in beef industry in this section is tn
large number Of farmers who for tn
first time are buying pure bred cattle
The business side of farming is con
sidered in two articles by w. j. Spill
man and T. N. Carver: Factors of Eff
ficiency IN Farming. and the Organiza
ton of Rural Interests. Prof. Spill
man finds that II the last analysis tn
farmer himself is the determining fac
tor in every successful agricultural en-
terprise. He is as quick to see tn
advantages Of a new system of man
agement as he is those in improve
methods Of tilling the soil o. feedia
his stock. Dr.. Carver tells with tn
aid Of graphic maps what has alread
been done in the way Of organizing &C
operative enterprises for the benefit 9
farmers. Mutual insurance compar
les, cooperative creameries. chees
J factories and elevators are anon
some of these widespread enterprise!
Other articles deal with varior
branches Of the work Of the Depar
mert ranging in subject from a di
cussion by c. F. Langwcrthy OF VIII
|, the Department does for the house
keeper to an article on the practic'
value Of entomology by F. M. Wei
ster.
Those of our readers desiring tn
! book should write to our distinguish
, Congressman, Gen. Albert Estopina
m. c. Washington, D. G. and copi'
will be promptly sent as long as h
supply lasts.
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