Drying Fruits and Vegetables in the Home with Recipes for Cooking
"Fruits and vegetables may be dried in the home by simple processes and stored for future use. Especially when canning is not feasible, or cans and jars are too expensive, drying offers a means of...
View ArticleFarm Sheep Raising for Beginners
This bulletin describes methods for raising sheep to farmers who have no experience with sheep. Topics discussed include flock size, breeding, seasonal care and behaviors, and the lambing season.
View ArticleHome Canning by the One-Period Cold-Pack Method: Taught to Canning Club...
"Without previous experience, and with no other equipment than that to be found in almost every home, anyone, adult or child, should be able to can food satisfactorily by the method described in this...
View ArticleWintering Bees in Cellars
This bulletin gives instructions for keeping a colony of bees in a cellar during the cold winter months. It explains how to arrange the apiary in the cellar, transport the bees, maintain the cellar in...
View ArticlePractical Hints on Running a Gas Engine
"In this bulletin: General suggestions to inexperienced operators of gas engines on how to avoid or remedy the more common forms of engine trouble. Directions for making tests to locate trouble in the...
View ArticleThe Preparation of Bees for Outdoor Wintering
Revised edition. "One of the most vital parts of the beekeeper's work is the preparation of bees for outdoor wintering. No other phase of beekeeping has so direct an influence on the honey crop of the...
View ArticleThe Preparation of Bees for Outdoor Wintering
"One of the most vital parts of the beekeeper's work is the preparation of bees for outdoor wintering. No other phase of beekeeping has so direct an influence on the honey crop of the following season....
View ArticleThe Woolly White Fly in Florida Citrus Groves
"The rapid spread of the woolly white fly over a greater portion of the citrus-producing sections of Florida has caused some alarm among the owners of orange groves. This bulletin contains information...
View ArticleSaving Farm Labor by Harvesting Crops with Live Stock
"Farm labor often may be saved by using livestock to harvest and market part of the crops. By pasturing forage crops, and feeding down grain crops, much labor can be saved. Hay must be secured for...
View ArticleControl of the Onion Thrips
Revised edition. "The onion thrips, a minute, prolific insect almost invisible to the unaided eye, is the most serious menace to the onion-growing industry throughout the whole United States.... The...
View ArticleControl of the Onion Thrips
"The onion thrips, a minute, prolific insect almost invisible to the unaided eye, is the most serious menace to the onion-growing industry throughout the whole United States.... The thrips preys upon...
View ArticleThe Wheat Jointworm and Its Control
Revised edition. "The wheat jointworm is a very small grub which lives in stems of wheat, feeding on the juices of the plant and causing a slight swelling or distortion of the stem above the joint. The...
View ArticleThe Wheat Jointworm and Its Control
Revised edition. "The wheat jointworm is a very small grub which lives in stems of wheat, sucking the juices of the plant and causing a swelling in the stem. The egg from which it hatches is laid in...
View ArticleSweet Clover on Corn Belt Farms
"Sweet clover is now grown successfully on many farms in the corn belt, both in rotation and as a catch crop to be plowed under. It has proved excellent for hay and pasture, and is unequaled by any...
View ArticleThe Gas Tractor in Eastern Farming
This bulletin discusses gas tractors with regard to their operation and maintenance in relation to farming practices in the eastern United States, particularly in New York. "Tractors using gasoline or...
View ArticleHow to Control Billbugs Destructive to Cereal and Forage Crops
Revised edition. "Billbugs destroy or injure corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, timothy, blue grass, Bermuda grass, Johnson grass, rice, sugar cane, peanuts and chufa. The most conspicuous damage by the...
View ArticleHow to Control Billbugs Destructive to Cereal and Forage Crops
"Billbugs destroy or injure corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, timothy, blue grass, Bermuda grass, Johnson grass, rice, sugar cane, peanuts and chufa. The best-known form of injury is corn leaf...
View ArticleGrowing Fruit for Home Use
Revised edition. "This bulletin aims to furnish, in concise form, information that will be of practical help to the amateur fruit grower. It deals with the widely grown temperate-climate fruits, such...
View ArticleGrowing Fruit for Home Use
Revised edition. "This bulletin aims to furnish, in concise form, information that will be of practical help to the beginner in fruit growing. It deals with the widely grown temperate-climate fruits,...
View ArticleGrowing Fruit for Home Use
Revised edition. "This bulletin aims to furnish, in concise form, information that will be of practical help to the beginner in fruit growing. It deals with the widely grown temperate-climate fruits,...
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