List of Documents and Pamphlets for Use in the Smaller Libraries
Reading edition
Compiled by Miss Edna B. Gearhart, Documents Division, New York Public Library
Under the Direction of
MISS ADELAIDE R. HASSE
Accidents
Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. Lucian W. Chaney and Hugh S. Hanna. (U.S. Labor statistics. Bul. no. 216) 117p pa 25c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Accounting
Accounting records for country creameries. John R. Humphrey. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 559) 37p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Accounting, Farm
Use of a diary for farm accounts. E. H. Thomson. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 782) 19p ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Agricultural extension
County agricultural agent work in the northern and western states; status and results in 1916. W. R. Lloyd. (U.S. Agric. S.R.S. Doc. 60. Circular 5, Extension N.) 26p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Agriculture
Bean culture. A. L. Strausz. (Washington. Agric. Experiment station. Popular Bul. no. 111) 4p pa ‘17 Pullman, Wash.
Cabbage and cauliflower culture. C. B. Sprague. (Washington. Agric. Experiment station. Popular Bul. no. 110) 4p pa ‘17 Pullman, Wash.
Celery culture. F. W. Allen. (Washington. Agric. Experiment station. Popular Bul. no. 109) 4p pa ‘17 Pullman, Wash.
Farming on a war basis. O. R. Johnson. (Missouri. Agric. college. Extension service. Circular 31) 20p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Field bean production. (N.J. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 70) 4p pa ‘17 New Brunswick, N.J.
Field pea production. E. G. Schafer and E. F. Gaines. (Wash. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 140) 16p pa ‘17 Pullman, Wash.
Forcing of strawberries. Florence I. Kinnison. (Colorado. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 222) 8p pa ‘17 Fort Collins, Colo.
Grow beans; beans will be needed for our army and navy; they are now worth $9 a bushel. (Wis. Agric. College extension service. Circular 71) 4p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Lettuce growing in California. Stanley S. Rogers. (California. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 160) 16p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Soybeans and cowpeas. J: R. Fain and P. O. Vanatter. (Georgia. College of agric. Extension div. Circular 46) 8p pa ‘17 Athens, Ga.
Soybeans and cowpeas in Illinois. W. L. Burlison and O. M. Allyn. (Illinois. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 198) 20p pa ‘17 Urbana, Ill.
Soybeans: their culture and use. (Ohio. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 312) 600p pa ‘17 Wooster, O.
Tomato as a farm crop for the canning factory; prepared under the direction of C. G. Woodbury. H. J. Reed. (Indiana. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 59) 28p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
See also Corn; Crops; Dairying; Farm equipment; Farms; Feedstuffs; Foods; Gardening; Live stock; Milk; Poultry; Silos; Soils; Soybeans; Vegetables
Alaska
Information for prospective settlers in Alaska. C. C. Georgeson. (Alaska. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 1, rev.) 30p il pa ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Amusements
Things I like to do, for boys and girls; a list of books of amusements. Lillian A. Sutherland, Public Library, Kansas City, Mo. 16p pa ea 10c; 100 copies $2 ‘16 Wilson, H. W.
Apples
Packing
Barrel packing of apples. C. L. Burkholder. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Dept. of agric. Extension Bul. no. 59) 8p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Modern methods of packing apples. (Canada. Agric. dept. Fruit branch. Bul. 2) 60p pa ‘17 Ottawa, Canada
Packing of apples in California. Warren P. Tufts. (California. Univ. agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 178) 31p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Arbitration and conciliation
Railroad labor arbitrations; report of the U.S. Board of mediation and conciliation on the effects of arbitration proceedings upon rates of pay and working conditions of railroad employees; prepared under the direction of the Board, by William Jett Lauck. (U.S. 64th Cong., 1st sess. S. Doc. 493) 608p pa 45c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Railway strikes and lockouts; a study of arbitration and conciliation laws of the principal countries of the world providing machinery for the peaceable adjustment of disputes between railroads and their employees and laws of certain countries for the prevention of strikes. (U.S. Bd. of mediation and conciliation) 367p pa 30c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Art
National gallery of art. R: Rathbun. (U.S. National museum. Bul. 70) 189p il cl $1 ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Arts and crafts
Annotated list of books on the arts for the teacher and student; comp. by Mildred H. Lawson; rev. by Royal B. Farnum. (Univ. of the State of N.Y. Bul. 633) 87p pa ‘17 Albany, N.Y.
Art education; an investigation of the training available in New York city for artists and artisans. (Metropolitan museum of art, N.Y.) 46p pa 10c ‘16 New York, N.Y.
Some facts concerning manual arts and homemaking subjects in 156 cities. Joseph C. Park. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 36) 25p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
See also Basketry
Asparagus
Asparagus. H. C. Thompson. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 829) 20p pa U.S. Agric.
Babies
Baby health conferences; what they teach; comp. by Jessie P. Rich. (Texas. University. Bul. no. 1708) 18p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Goatsmilk for infant feeding. W. H. Jordan and G. A. Smith. (N.Y. Agric. Experiment station, Geneva. Bul. 429) 20p pa ‘17 Geneva, N.Y.
What about the babies; an appeal in their behalf. (Mich. State board of health) 8p pa n.d. Lansing, Mich.
What the baby health conferences teach; comp. by Jessie P. Rich. (Texas. Univ. Bul. 1708) 18p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
See also Children
626Basketry
Pine-needle basketry in schools. W: C. A. Hammel. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 3) 18p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Bees
Bees for the farmer. J. Troop and W. A. Price. (Indiana. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 61) 20p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Birds
Canaries, their care and management. Alexander Wetmore. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 770) 20p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
How to attract birds in northeastern United States. W. L. McAtee. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 621) 16p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
How to attract birds in the middle Atlantic states. W. L. McAtee. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 844) 16p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Book publication
Graphic survey of 1890-1916. Fred E. Woodward. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 14) 26p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Book selection
Best books of 1915; selected for a small public library. (Univ. of the State of N.Y. Bul. 619, Library Bibliography Bul. 58) 65p ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
List of books for elementary and rural schools; comp. by Mary Royce Crawford. (Idaho. Education board. Bul. vol. 3, no. 3) 82p pa ‘17 Boise, Idaho.
1,000 good books for children, classified and graded list revised, 1914; prepared by National congress of mothers’ literature committee, Alice M. Jordan, chairman. Reprint 1916 (U.S. Educ. Home education circular, no. 1; whole no. 634) 40p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Boys’ and girls’ clubs
Boys’ and girls’ clubs. (Missouri. Agric. extension service, Project announcement no. 9) 23p pa ‘16 Columbia, Mo. Apply to your senator or congressman or the U.S. Agric.
Boys’ and girls’ corn and cotton clubs. (Louisiana. Agric. and home economics extension work. Bul. no. 25) 28p pa ‘17 Baton Rouge, La.
Boys’ club work in Florida. G. L. Herrington. (Florida. Univ. div. of agric. extension. Cooperative demonstration work in agric. and home economics. Bul. 8) 16p pa ‘17 Gainesville, Fla.
Boys’ pig clubs. James E. Downing. (Georgia. College of agric. Extension div. Circular 44) 8p pa ‘17 Athens, Ga.
Buttermaking
Buttermaking on the farm. George H. Barr. (Canada. Agric. Dairy and cold storage branch. Bul. no. 53) 16p pa ‘17 Ottawa, Canada
Canning
Canned foods; modern processes of canning in the United States, general system of grading, and description of products available for export. (U.S. For. & dom. comm. Miscellaneous ser. no. 54) 79p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Canning by the cold pack method. C. H. Lee and R. M. Atkinson. (Manitoba. Agric. and immigration. Extension Bul. no. 12) 23p pa ‘17 Winnipeg, Canada
Canning for pleasure and profit. Elizabeth B. Kelly. (Wis. Univ. college of agric. Extension service. Circular 68) 16p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Preservation of food: home canning; comp. by Ethel M. Chapman. (Ontario. Dept. of agric. Women’s institutes. Bul. 252) 31p pa ‘17 Toronto, Canada
See also Gardening; Home economics
Canning clubs
Marketing of canning club products. Lewis B. Flohr. (U.S. Markets bur. Doc.—Markets 5) 8p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Cats
Domestic cat, bird killer, mouser and destroyer of wild life; means of utilizing and controlling it. Edward Howe Forbush. (Mass. State bd. of agric. Economic biology. Bul. no. 2) 112p pa ‘16 Boston, Mass.
Cattle
Breeds of dairy cattle. H. P. Dairs. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 893) 35p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Celery storage
Celery storage experiments. H. C. Thompson. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 579) 26p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Cheese
Home cheese making. H. F. Judkins and P. A. Downs. (Connecticut. Agric. college. Extension service. Bul. no. 9) 16p pa ‘17 Storrs, Conn.
Methods of making some of the soft cheeses. W. W. Fisk. (New York. Cornell agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 30) 62p pa ‘15 Ithaca, N.Y.
Cheese factories
Correct payment for cheese factory milk by the Babcock test. J. L. Sammis. (Wisconsin. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. no. 276) 42p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Child labor
Child labor in warring countries; a brief review of foreign reports. Anna Rochester. (U.S. Children’s bur. Pub. no. 27. Industrial ser. no. 4) 75p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
List of references on child labor, compiled under the direction of H. H. B. Meyer, by Laura A. Thompson, librarian, Children’s bureau. (U.S. Children’s Bureau. Industrial ser. no. 3. Bureau pub. no. 18) 161p 20c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Rules and regulations made by the board consisting of the attorney general, the secretary of commerce, and the secretary of labor for carrying out the provisions of an act to prevent interstate commerce in the products of child labor, and for other purposes, approved Sept. 1, 1916. (U.S. Labor. Circular no. 1) 10p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Suggestive program for child labor day, January 29, 1917. (Univ. of the State of N.Y. Library ref. section) 12p pa ‘17 Albany, N.Y.
Child welfare
Child welfare research station. (Iowa. State univ. Bul. n.s. 107) 18p pa ‘16 Iowa City, Ia.
Summary of child-welfare laws passed in 1916. (U.S. Children’s bur. Miscellaneous ser. no. 7) 74p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Children
Foods
Food for growing children. Jessie P. Rich. (Texas. Univ. Bul. 1707) 20p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Suggestions for infant feeding. Anna E. Richardson. (Texas. Univ. Bul. 1706) 11p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
What to feed the children. Dorothy Reed Mendenhall and A. L. Daniels. (Wis. Univ. Agric. College extension service. Circular 69) 10p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Children’s library
Child in the library. (Riverside public library. Bul. 146) 10p pa ‘17 Riverside, Cal.
Citizenship
Proceedings of the first citizenship convention held at Washington, D.C., July 10-15, 1916. Raymond F. Crist. (U.S. Labor) 86p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Work of the public schools with the Bureau of naturalization in the preparation for citizenship responsibilities of the candidate for naturalization. (U.S. Bur. of naturalization. Extract from report of Comr., 1916) 50p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
City and county consolidation
Report of the Los Angeles realty board on city and county consolidation. 28p pa ‘17 Los Angeles, Cal.
City planning
City planning. Frank G. Bates. (Indiana. Bur. of legislative information. Bul. no. 8) 31p pa Dec. ‘16 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Coal
Economical purchase and use of coal for heating homes with special reference to conditions in Illinois; a non-technical manual for the householder and operator of small house-heating plants. (Illinois. Univ. Eng. Extension station. Circular no. 4) 58p pa 10c ‘17 Urbana, Ill.
627Commerce
Act to regulate commerce (as amended) including text or related sections; rev. to Jan. 1, 1917 (U.S. Interstate commerce comm.) 157p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Concluding chapter of the Federal trade commission report on cooperation in American export trade. (U.S. Federal trade comm.) 14p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Report on cooperation in American export trade. (U.S. Federal trade comm.) 2v pa $1.15 ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Commercial organization, German
German foreign-trade organization with supplementary statistical material and extracts from official reports on German methods. Chauncey Depew Snow. (U.S. For. & dom. comm. Miscellaneous ser. no. 57) 182p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Community and national life
Lessons in community and national life. (U.S. Educ. Community leaflets)
No. 1. Sec. A. Designed for use in the upper classes of the high school. 32p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
No. 2. Sec. B. Designed for use in the upper grades of elementary schools and the first year of high school. 32p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
No. 3. Sec. C. Designed for use in the intermediate grades. 32p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
These lessons will be issued each month during the school year, 1917-18. They will be edited by Charles H. Judd, director of the school of education of the University of Chicago, and Leon C. Marshall, dean of the school of commerce and administration of the University of Chicago. The lessons will be prepared in three sections, namely, Section A, for the upper classes of high schools; Section B, for the upper grades of elementary schools and the first class of high schools; Section C, for intermediate grades of elementary schools. Each section will contain three or four lessons. Eight numbers of each section will be issued, one number appearing on the first of each calendar month. Copies may be purchased from the U.S. Food administration, Washington, D.C., at the following prices: One copy, 5 cents; each additional copy in same order, 3 cents; 100 copies, $2; 500 copies, $5; 1,000 copies, $9.50; subscriptions for the series of any section, eight times the prices named. Such subscriptions are urged in order to assure prompt and regular delivery.
Conscription
Conscription in the Confederate states of America, 1862-1865. R. P. Brooks. (Ga. univ. Bul. vol. 17, no. 4) 442p pa ‘17 Athens, Ga.
Cooperation
Business practice and accounts for cooperative stores. J. A. Bexell. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 381) 56p 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Co operate! (Texas. Markets and warehouse commission. Bul. no. 37) 36p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Cooperative associations, organizing. James E. Boyle. (N.D. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 16) 24p pa ‘17 Fargo, N.D.
Cooperative retail delivery; the organization and methods of central delivery systems. Walton S. Bittner. (Indiana. Univ. Extension division. Bul. vol. 3, no. 1) 30p pa ‘17 Bloomington, Ind.
How farmers may improve their personal credit through cooperation. C. W. Thompson. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 654) 16p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Survey of typical cooperative stores in the U.S. J. A. Bexell. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 394) 32p 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Copyright
Copyright law of the United States of America; being the act of March 4, 1909, (in force July 1, 1909) as amended by the acts of August 24, 1912, March 2, 1913 and March 28, 1914, together with rules for practice and procedure under section 25 by the Supreme Court of the United States. (Copyright office. Bul. no. 14) 66p pa ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Corn
Corn. (N.J. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 69) 7p pa ‘17 New Brunswick, N.J.
Corporations
Service instruction
Service instruction of American corporations. Leonhard F. Fuld. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1916, no. 34) 73p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Cost of living
Food products report of Governor Beeckman’s committee on living costs in Rhode Island, pt. 2 21p pa Jan. 29, ‘17 Providence, R.I.
Country life
Country church; an economic and social force. C. J. Galpin. (Wisconsin. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 278) 48p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Crops
Preparing for a large corn crop. George A. Crabb. (Georgia. State college of agric. Extension div. Circular 43) 4p pa ‘17 Athens, Ga.
Dairying
Feeding and management of dairy calves and young dairy stock. W. K. Brainerd and H. P. Davis. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 777) 20p pa gratis ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Feeds for dairy cows; a comparative test of high silage and low mixed concentrates; low silage and high mixed concentrates; and silage and cotton seed meal rations. Milton P. Jarnagin and O. T. Goodwin. (Georgia. State college of agric. Extension circular 45) 8p pa ‘17 Athens, Ga.
How to keep a record of the dairy herd. C. H. Staples and C. W. Radway. (Louisiana. State univ. Extension division. Circular no. 19) 12p pa ‘17 Baton Rouge, La.
See also Milk
Danish West Indies
Danish West Indies; their resources and commercial importance. N. G. Brock, P. S. Smith, and W. A. Tucker. (U.S. Foreign and domestic commerce bur. Special agents ser.) 68p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Defective and delinquent classes
Mental aspects of delinquency. Truman Lee Kelley. (Texas univ. Bul. no. 1713) 125p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Municipal correction farms; a report from the new city Jail association of Los Angeles. 6p ‘17 Los Angeles, Cal.
Dependents
Care of dependents of enlisted men in Canada. S. Herbert Wolfe. (U.S. Children’s Bur. Miscellaneous ser. no. 10) 56p pa 10c Supt. of doc.
Digitalis
Activity of wild American digitalis. G: B. Roth. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint no. 391) 6p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Diplomatic service
Conference on training for foreign service called by the commissioner of education of the United States and held in the city of Washington, December 31, 1915. Glen Levin Swiggett. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 37) 67p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Divorce and desertion
Survey of the extent, financial and social cost of desertion and artificially broken homes in Kansas City, Missouri, during the year 1915. Eva M. Marquis. (Kansas City. Bd. of public welfare) 51p pa ‘16 Kansas City, Mo.
Drainage
Organization, financing, and administration of drainage districts. H. S. Yohe. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 815) 37p pa U.S. Agric.
Tile drainage on the farm. E. R. Jones and O. R. Zeasman. (Wisconsin. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 284) 32p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Drinking fountains
Drinking fountains; investigation of fountains at the University of Minnesota. H. A. Whittaker. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint no. 397) 10p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
628Dyes and dyeing
Artificial dyestuff used in the United States, quantity and value of foreign imports and of domestic production, fiscal year 1913-14; with bibliography. Thomas H. Norton. (U.S. Foreign and domestic commerce bur. Special agents ser. 121) 254p pa 30c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Education
Development of arithmetic as a school subject. Walter Scott Monroe. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 10) 170p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Digest of state laws relating to public education in force January 1, 1915; comp. by William R. Hood, and others. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 47, 1915) 987p pa 60c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Education; publications relating to the above subject for sale by the superintendent of documents, Washington, D.C. 6th ed Price list 31. 51p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Money value of education. A. Caswell Ellis. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 22) 52p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Rural-teacher preparation in county training schools and high schools. H. W. Foght. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 31) 71p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Selected list of books on the education of early childhood. (U.S. Educ. Circular no. 1) 14p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Vocational teachers for secondary schools; what the Land-grant colleges are doing to prepare them. Chester D. Javis. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 38) 85p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Negro
Study of the private and higher schools of colored people in the United States; prepared in cooperation with the Phelps-Stokes fund under the direction of Thomas Jesse Jones, specialist in the education of racial groups. (U.S. Educ.) 2v: v 1 (Bul. 1916, no. 38) 423p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.; v 2 (Bul. 1916, no. 39) 724p pa $1.25 ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Public service
University training for public service; a report of the meeting of the association of Urban universities, Nov. 15-17, 1915. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1916, no. 30) 94p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Education, Secondary
Reorganization of English in secondary schools; report by the National joint committee on English representing the Commission on the reorganization of secondary education of the National education association and the National council of teachers of English; comp; by James Fleming Hosic. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 2) 181p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Eggs
Breeding for egg production: Part I, A study of annual and total production. E. D. Ball, B. Alder, and A. D. Egbert. (Utah. Agric. college. Experiment station. Bul. no. 148) 60p pa ‘16 Logan, Utah
Breeding for egg production: Part II, Seasonal distribution of egg production with especial reference to “winter” egg production. E. D. Ball and Byron Alder. (Utah. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 149) 71p pa ‘17 Logan, Utah
Care of eggs for market. M. C. Kilpatrick. (Ohio. Agric. college. Extension service. Bul. vol. XII, no. 1) 20p pa ‘17 Columbus, O.
Community egg circle. C. E. Bassett and W. H. Kerr. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 656) 8p pa 5c ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Egg production in cities, towns and villages. W. R. Graham. (Ontario. Agric. Circular no. 2) 7p pa ‘17 Toronto, Canada
Feed cost of egg production; results of three years’ experiments at the government poultry farm. Harry M. Lamon and Alfred R. Lee. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 561) 42p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Increasing the winter yield of eggs. W. Theodore Wittman. (Pa. Agric. Bul. no. 219) 114p pa ‘17 Harrisburg, Pa.
Marketing eggs by parcel post. Lewis B. Flohr. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 830) 23p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Preserving eggs for the home. Byron Alder. (Utah. Agric. college. Experiment station. Circular no. 25) 8p pa ‘17 Logan, Utah
Winter egg production. Alfred R. Lee. (U.S. Agric. Circular no. 71) 4p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Employment and unemployment
Proceedings of employment managers’ conference. (U.S. Labor statistics. Bul. no. 196) 82p 10c May ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Proceedings of the American association of public employment offices, annual meetings, 1st, 2d, and 3d of May, 1916. (U.S. Labor statistics. Bul. no. 192) 177p pa 20c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Unemployment in the United States. (U.S. Labor statistics. Bul. no. 195) 115p pa 15c June ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Engineering
Proper handling of clutches and gears. R. A. Leavell. (Ia. State college. Eng. extension dept. Bul. no. 26) 11p pa ‘17 Ames, Ia.
Etiquet
Suggestions for the teaching of good manners in the elementary schools, prepared by the commissioner of elementary schools. (California State Board of educ. Bul. no. 18) 39p ‘16 Sacramento, Cal.
Fairs
Community fair. J. Sterling Moran. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 870) 12p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Farm bureaus
Farm-bureau organization plan; more farm bureaus needed to federate agricultural forces for national defense. L. R. Simons. (U.S. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics. S.R.S. Doc. 54. Circular 4. Extension N.) 11p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Farm equipment
Concrete construction on the live-stock farm. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 481) 32p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Equipment for farm sheep raising. V. O. McWhorter. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 810) 27p pa U.S. Agric.
Farm lighting systems. E. W. Lehmann. (Missouri. Agric. college. Extension service. Circular 39) 12p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Minor articles of farm equipment. H. N. Humphrey and A. P. Yerkes. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 816) 15p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Self-feeder for hogs. F. G. Ashbrook and R. E. Gogwer. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 906) 12p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Self-feeders for fattening swine with directions for constructing a self-feeder. (Missouri. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 144) 22p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Farm labor
Plan for handling the farm-labor problem. (U.S. Agric. F. M. Circular 2) 31p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Farm loans
Farm loan primer; answers in brief form to questions most frequently asked about the Federal farm loan act. 2d ed. (Federal farm loan board. Circular no. 5) 12p Nov. 21, ‘16 Supt. of doc. Free if application is made to board
How the Federal farm loan act benefits the farmer. C. W. Thompson. (Farmers’ Bul. 792) 12p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
New mortgages for old; a story illustrating the practical application of the Federal farm loan act. (Federal farm loan board. Circular no. 3) 13p Oct. 10, ‘16 Supt. of doc. Free if application is made to board
Farm papers
Preparation for editorial work on farm papers. Nelson Antrim Crawford. (Kansas. State agric. college. Bul. v. 1, no. 5; Industrial journalism ser. 3) 35p pa ‘17 Manhattan, Kan.
Farming
Successful farm life; a suggestive list of books. (Ohio. Brumback library of Van Wert county) 37p pa ‘17 Van Wert, O.
629Suggestions concerning checking and tabulating farm management survey data; a desk manual for investigators. (U.S. Farm management) 40p pa ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Waste land and wasted land on farms. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 745) 18p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Calls attention to various ways through which non-productive land may be reclaimed on the average farm.
Feeding and feeding stuffs
Feeding of dairy cows. Helmer Rabild, H. P. Davis, and W. K. Brainerd. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 743) 27p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Feeding stuffs of minor importance. F. W. Woll. (California. Univ. agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 167) 7p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Growing crops to reduce the feed bill. W: L. Slate. (Connecticut. Agric. college. Extension circular. 13) 4p pa ‘17 New Haven, Conn.
Inspection of commercial feedstuffs. P. H. Smith. (Mass. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. no. 5) 69p Nov. ‘16 Amherst, Mass.
Utilization of farm wastes in feeding live stock. S. H. Ray. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 873) 12p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Fertilizers
Manure from the sea. E. H. Jenkins and John Phillips Street. (Conn. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 194) 13p pa ‘17 New Haven, Conn.
Finance
Control of corporate finance with proposed new corporation law and a history of “High finance” in Indiana. Louie H. Oberreich. (Indiana Bur. of legislative information. Bul. no. 10) 66p pa Jan. ‘17 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Flags
American flag; in prose, poetry and song. 2d ed, rev and enlarged (Michigan State library) 70p pa ‘16 Lansing, Mich.
Municipal flags; prepared under the direction of James A. Kearns. (Chicago municipal reference Bul. 6) 23p pa ‘15 Chicago, Ill.
Flies
House fly. L. O. Howard and R. H. Hutchison. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 851) 23p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Food
Food economics; a series of special bulletins for the housewife. (N.Y. City Bur. of public health educ.) 22p pa ‘17 New York, N.Y.
Food needs for 1918; agricultural program for the period beginning with the autumn of 1917. (U.S. Agric. Circular no. 75) 14p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Human food from an acre of staple farm products. Morton O. Cooper and W. J. Spillman. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 877) 11p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
News notes for public libraries. (U.S. Food administration. Food conservation division. Vol. 1, no. 1) 12p pa ‘17 The Administration, Washington, D.C.
Possibilities of food from fish. (U.S. Fisheries. Economic circular no. 30) 4p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Practical suggestions regarding food values and the proper selection of a nutritious and economical diet. (Maine. Agric. Bul. vol. xvi, no. 1) 36p pa ‘17 Augusta, Me.
Skim milk for human food. (U.S. Animal industry bur. A. I. 31) 2p pa ‘17 U.S. Animal industry bur.
See also United States—Food administration
Food conservation
Food conservation number. (R.I. Health dept. Bul. Jl 1917) 61p pa ‘17 Providence, R.I.
Ten lessons on food conservation; lessons 1 to 10. (U.S. Food administration) 64p pa ‘17 The Administration, Washington, D.C.
Food production
Essentials in larger food production. Cyril G. Hopkins. (Ill. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 197) 4p pa ‘17 Urbana, Ill.
Food supply
Food administration. H. C. Hoover. (U.S. Council of national defense) 32p pa ‘17
Food-supply and conservation by the farmers for the farmers and every one who grows food or eats food. (Conn. Agric. college, Hartford county league) 8p pa ‘17 The League
Some fundamental considerations affecting the food supply of the United States; memorandum prepared for the Committee on resources and food supply of the State council of defense. T: Forsythe Hunt. (Cal. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 163) 13p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Foods
Bread and bread-making in the home. Caroline L. Hunt and H. L. Wessling. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 807) 23p pa gratis ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Cottonseed flour as a human food. Anna E. Richardson; recipes by Jennie R. Bear. (Texas univ. Bul. no. 1727) 13p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Economical use of meat in the home. C. F. Langworthy and C. L. Hunt. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 391) 29p gratis ‘16 U.S. Agric.
Eggs and their value as food. C. F. Langworthy. (U.S. Agric Bul. 471) 29p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Food charts; set of 15 charts (24 by 18 in.) outlining the composition and functions of food. (State relations service) rev ed $1 per set Supt. of doc.
Food value and uses of poultry. H. W. Atwater. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 467) 29p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Grayfish, try it. (U.S. Fisheries. Economic circular no. 22) 8p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other starchy roots as food. C. F. Langworthy. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 468) 29p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Practical suggestions regarding food values and the proper selection of a nutritious and economical diet. A. M. G. Soule. (Maine. Agric. Quarterly Bul. v. 16, no. 1) 36p pa ‘17 Augusta, Me.
Preparation of vegetables for the table. Maria Parloa. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 256) 46p pa 5c ‘06 Supt. of doc.
Principles of nutrition and nutritive value of foods. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 142) 48p pa 5c ‘02 Supt. of doc.
Sablefish, alias black cod; an introduction to one of the best and richest American food fishes, with recipes for cooking it. (U.S. Fisheries. Economic circular 23) 6p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Use of corn, kafir and cowpeas in the home. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 559) 12p pa ‘13 U.S. Agric.
War bread. (Missouri. College of Agric. Circular 23) 4p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
War breads; how the housekeeper may help to save the country’s wheat supply. Ethel M. Chapman. (Ontario. Dept. of agric. Womens’ institutes. Bul. 254) 16p pa ‘17 Toronto, Canada.
The following bulletins are of interest in connection with Farmers’ Bulletin no. 807 available for free distribution by the Department of agriculture.
Cereal breakfast foods. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 249) 36p pa ‘06 U.S. Agric.
Corn meal as a food and ways of using it. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 565) 24p pa ‘14 U.S. Agric.
How to select foods: (1) What the body needs. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 808) 13p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.; (2) Cereal foods. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 818) U.S. Agric.
Foreigners, Books for
Books for new Americans. (Public library, Minneapolis, Minnesota) 12p pa ‘17 Minneapolis, Minn.
Fruits
Dependable fruits. (Ohio. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 313) 614p pa ‘17 Wooster, O.
Fuel
Economical firing of Tennessee and Kentucky coals underpower plant boilers. (Tennessee. University record. Vol. xx, no. 4) 16p pa ‘17 Knoxville, Tenn.
630Fur-bearing animals
Laws relating to fur-bearing animals, 1917; a summary of laws in the United States and Canada relating to trapping, open seasons, propagation, and bounties. David E. Lantz. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 911) 32p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Furnaces
Installation, care and operation of the house furnace. (Ia. State college. Eng. extension dept. Tech. service bul. 27) 16p pa ‘16 Ames, Ia.
Garbage
Disposal of city garbage by feeding to hogs. F. G. Ashbrook and J. D. Bebout. (U.S. Agric. Circular no. 80) 8p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Gardening
Educative and economic possibilities of school-directed home gardening in Richmond, Indiana. J. L. Randall. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 6) 25p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Flower gardening for school children in the elementary grades. (U.S. Educ. School home-garden. Circular no. 14) 4p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Garden making on vacant lots and the home vegetable garden. W. T. McCoun. (Canada. Dept. of agric. Dom. Exper. farms. Div. of horticulture. Circular no. 13) 16p pa ‘17 Ottawa, Canada
Garden primer; how to plant and care for a vegetable garden. (N.Y. City, Mayor Mitchel’s food supply committee) 8p pa ‘17 New York, N.Y.
Gardening in elementary city schools. 1. Why gardening should be introduced into the schools. 2. How gardening may be introduced into the schools. 3. How gardening may be promoted by the schools. C. D. Jarvis. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 40) 74p pa 15c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Have a backyard garden. (Wis. Agric. Extension service. Circular 72) 8p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Helps on gardening and canning; prepared by H. J. Reed and Lella R. Gaddis. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Agric. Extension. Bul. no. 54) 8p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Home garden, home garden plan, spray calendar, pruning and spraying, garden tillage tools. W. B. Nissley. (N.Y. State school of Agric. on Long Island. Bul. v 2, no. 1) 12p pa ‘17 Farmingdale, N.Y.
Home vegetable garden. W. R. Beattie. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 255) 47p pa 5c ‘06 Supt. of doc.
Home vegetable gardening. C. E. Durst. (Ill. Univ. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 198) 56p pa ‘17 Urbana, Ill.
Hotbeds and cold frames. T. F. Limbocker. (Colorado. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 221) 8p pa ‘17 Fort Collins, Colo.
School garden. L. C. Corbett. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 218) 41p pa 5c ‘05 Supt. of doc.
Small vegetable garden. (Missouri. Agric. v. 15, no. 7) 47p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Small vegetable garden; suggestions for utilizing limited areas. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 818) 44p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Vegetable garden for every home. S. C. Johnston. (Ontario. Agric. Circular no. 3) 12p pa ‘17 Toronto, Canada
Weeds; how to control them. H. R. Cox. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 660) 29p pa 5c ‘15 Supt. of doc.
See also Fruits; Pruning; Trees and gardening
Gasoline engines
Handbook on the care and operation of gasoline engines; prepared under direction of the captain commandant. (U.S. Coast guard) 92p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Glass
Glass industry; report on the cost of production of glass in the United States. (U.S. For. & dom. comm. Miscellaneous ser. 60) 430p pa 35c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Grapes
Vinifero grapes in New York. R. D. Anthony under direction of U. P. Hedrick. (N.Y. Agric. Experiment station, Geneva. Bul. 432) 105p pa ‘17 Geneva, N.Y.
Winter injury of grapes. F. E. Gladwin. (N.Y. Agric. Experiment station, Geneva. Bul. 433) 139p pa ‘17 Geneva, N.Y.
Greenhouses
Fumigation of ornamental greenhouse plants with hydrocyanic-acid gas. E. R. Sasscer and A. D. Borden. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 880) 20p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Guinea fowl
Guinea fowl. Andrew S. Weiant. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 858) 15p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Hardware
Far eastern markets for American hardware; prepared under the supervision of Julean Arnold. (U.S. For. & dom. comm. Miscellaneous ser. no. 50) 145p pa 25c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Health
Amusement for convalescent children. William B. Forbush. (N.Y. State division of public health education. Circular no. 19) 4p ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Conduct of an isolation period for communicable disease in a home. (N.Y. State division of public health education. Circular no. 154) 4p ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Hygiene of the printing trades. Alice Hamilton and Charles H. Verrill. (U.S. Labor statistics. Bul. 209) 118p pa 20c Supt. of doc.
Insects as possible carriers of poliomyelitis infection. C. T. Brues. (New York [city] Dept. of health. Reprint ser. no. 60) 43p pa ‘17 New York, N.Y.
Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health, 1915. (U.S. Public health. Reprint no. 364) 642p 50c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis); information for parents, physicians and health officers. (N. Y. State division of public health education. Circular no. 25) 7p ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis); present knowledge of its cause and manner of spread. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint no. 373) 4p 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Saving mothers. (U.S. Children’s bur.) 3p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Teachers and communicable disease. (N. Y. State division of public health education. Circular no. 13) 12p ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Trend of legislation for public health. Arthur Connors. (Indiana Bur. of legislative information. Bul. no. 9) 38p pa Dec. ‘16 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Typhoid fever; information for patients, physicians and health officers. (N. Y. State division of publicity and education. Circular no. 16) 8p ‘15 Albany, N.Y.
See also Public health
History
Opportunities for history teachers; the lessons of the great war in the classroom. National board of historical service. (U.S. Educ. Teachers’ leaflet no. 1) 22p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Hogs
Control of hog cholera; with a discussion of the results of field experiments. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 584) 18p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Hog and corn ratios; report of commission appointed by the United States Food administration to investigate the cost of producing hogs. (U.S. Food administration. Meat division) 17p pa ‘17 Chicago, Ill.
Hog cholera; prevention and treatment. M. Dorset and O. B. Hess. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 834) 32p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Prices of hogs; statement by Joseph P. Cotton. (U.S. Food administration. Meat division) 3p pa ‘17 The Administration, Washington, D.C.
Swine feeding; I. Barley vs. rye for fattening pigs, II. Barley vs. barley and meat meal for fattening pigs. A. D. Faville. (Wyoming. Univ. agric. Experiment station. Bul. 114) 8p pa ‘17 Laramie, Wyo.
Swine-judging suggestions for pig-club members. J. D. McVean and F. G. Ashbrook. (U.S. Agric. Circular 83) 14p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
631Swine management. George M. Rommel and F. G. Ashbrook. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 874) 38p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Holiday programs
Memorial day; Lincoln, Douglas, Grant; comp. by H. T. Swift. (Illinois. Public instruction dept. circular) 64p pa ‘16 Springfield, Ill.
Patriotic days ... February 12, February 22; comp. by Florence B. Bartlett. (New Mexico. Educ.) 27p pa ‘17 Santa Fé, New Mex.
Twenty-sixth annual program for the observation of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island. (R.I. Educational circular. May 11) 32p pa ‘17 Providence, R.I.
Home economics
Brief courses in home making for normal schools. (U.S. Educ. Circular Je 27, 1917) 11p pa Supt. of doc.
Corn meal as a food and ways of using it. C. F. Langworthy and Caroline L. Hunt. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 565) 28p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Dandelions as food. Lucile Brewer and Helen Canon. (Cornell reading course for the farm home. Vol. 5. no. 105) 91p pa ‘16 Ithaca, N.Y.
Drying fruits and vegetables. Addie D. Root. (Missouri. Agric. Extension service. Circular 23) 4p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Drying fruits and vegetables in the home, with recipes for cooking. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 841) 29p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Fats and their economical use in the home. A. D. Holmes and H. L. Lang. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 469) 27p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Handbook in sewing for girls. Agnes A. Hunt. (Arizona. College of agric. Extension service. Circular no. 18) 22p pa 17 Tucson, Ariz.
Hints to house wives on how to buy, how to care for food, etc. (New York city. Mayor Mitchel’s Food supply committee) 111p pa ‘17 New York, N.Y.
Home canning by the one period cold-pack method. O. H. Benson. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 839) 39p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Home canning of fruits and vegetables; as taught to canning club members in the southern states. Mary E. Creswell and Ola Powell. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 853) 41p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Home made fruit butters. C. P. Close. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 900) 7p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Home management. (Iowa. State college of agric. and mechanic arts. Home economic Bul. no. 6) 19p pa ‘17 Ames, Ia.
How to feed the family. Matilda Schroeder Liftman. (N.Y. Public health education. Keep well leaflet no. 2) 32p pa ‘16 New York, N.Y.
How to make cottage cheese on the farm. K. J. Matheson and F. R. Commack. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 850) 15p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
How to select foods:
1. What the body needs. Caroline L. Hunt and H. W. Atwater. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 808) 14p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
2. Cereal foods. Caroline L. Hunt and H. W. Atwater. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 817) 23p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
3. Foods rich in protein. Caroline L. Hunt and H. W. Atwater. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 824) 19p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Jelly making. Alma L. Garvin. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Dept. of agric. Extension leaflet no. 86) 4p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Partial substitutes for wheat in breadmaking. Hannah L. Wessling. (U.S. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics. S.R.S. Doc. 64, Extension S. No. A-91) 11p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Peppers; growing and canning. (U.S. State relation service. Doc. 39; Extension ser. no. A-84) 8p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Pickles and relishes. Carrie L. Pancoast. (Missouri. Agric. college. Extension service. Circular 35) 4p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Planning and serving meal. (Iowa State college of agriculture and mechanical arts. Home economics bul. no. 1) 32p ‘16 Ames, Ia.
Planning of meals. Lelia McGuire. (Ohio Agric. college. Extension service. Bul. v. 12, no. 3) 16p pa ‘17 Columbus, O.
Planning the costume. (Iowa State college of agriculture and mechanical arts. Home economics bul. no. 9) 35p pa ‘16 Ames, Ia.
Preservation of foods; canning and drying fruits and vegetables. Mrs E. B. Binz. (Pa. Agric. Bul. No. 298) 18p pa ‘17 Harrisburg, Pa.
Preserves, relishes and pickles. Sadie R. Guseman. (W. Va. College of agric. Extension dept. Girls’ club instruction circular 73) 8p pa ‘16 Morgantown, W.Va.
Preserving fish for domestic use. (U.S. Fisheries. Economic circular 28) 2p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Removal of stains from clothing and other textiles. Harold L. Land and Anna H. Whittelsey. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 861) 35p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Serving of meals. Rhoda E. Dick. (Ohio. State univ. Agric. extension service. Bul. vol. 13, no. 2) 16p pa ‘17 Columbus, O.
Sugar-beet sirup. C. O. Townsend and H. C. Gore. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 823) 13p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
A simple process for home use with garden grown beets.
Three short courses in home making. Carrie Alberta Lyford. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 23) 104p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Use of corn, kafir, and cowpeas in the home. C. F. Langworthy and Caroline L. Hunt. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 559) 15p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Using dried beans, peas and other legumes as food. Mary L. Matthews. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Dept. of agric. Extension leaflet no. 85) 6p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Ways of using rhubarb. Lucile Brewer. (Cornell reading course for the farm home. Vol. 5. no. 107) 107p pa ‘16 Ithaca, N.Y.
Why and how to use salt and smoked fish; sixty-one ways of cooking them. (U.S. Fisheries. Economic circular no. 29) 8p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
See also Vegetables
Horses
How to select a sound horse. H. N. Reese. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 779) 27p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Judging horses as a subject of instruction in secondary schools. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 487) 31p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Immigration
Immigration laws (Act of February 5, 1917); rules of May 1, 1917. (U.S. Immigration) 97p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Immigrants
Public facilities for educating the alien; prepared by F. E. Farrington. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 18) 49p pa 10c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Education
Rochester plan of immigrant education; prepared by C: E. Finck; reprint from the twelfth annual report. (N.Y. [state] Dept. of educ.) 26p pa ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Industrial relations
Final report and testimony submitted to Congress by Commission on industrial relations created by act of Aug. 23, 1912. (U.S. 64th Cong., 1st sess. S. Doc. 415) 10v cl ea $1 ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Insects, Injurious
Aphids injurious to orchard fruits, currant, gooseberry and grape. A. L. Quaintance and A. C. Baker. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 804) 42p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Insects injuring stored food products in Connecticut. W. E. Britton. (Conn. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 195) 21p pa ‘17 New Haven, Conn.
Bulletins of this station are mailed free to citizens of Connecticut who apply for them, and to others as far as the editions permit.
Plant lice injurious to apple orchards; II. Studies on control of newly-hatched aphides. H. P. S. Parrott, H. E. Hodgkiss, and F. H. Lathrop. (N.Y. Agric. Experiment station, Geneva. Bul. 431) 79p pa ‘17 Geneva, N.Y.
Suggestions for the control of injurious insects and plant disease. G. M. Bently. (Tenn. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 117) 123p pa ‘17 Knoxville, Tenn.
632Insurance, Health
Its relation to the public health. B. S. Warren and Edgar Sydenstriker. (U.S. Public health service. Bul. 76) 76p pa. 10c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Insurance, War risk
Uncle Sam’s insurance for soldiers and sailors; answers to questions you will ask. (U.S. Treasury. Official bul. no. 4) 7p ‘17 U.S. Treasury
Irrigation
Construction and use of farm weirs. Victor M. Cone. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 813) 19p pa U.S. Agric.
Jewish life
Bibliography of Jewish life in the fiction of America and England. Rebecca Schneider. (Univ. of the State of N.Y.) ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Journalism
Iowa desk book of newspaper practices. Conger Reynolds. (Iowa. University extension. Bul. no. 27) 60p pa ‘17 Iowa City, Ia.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten legislation. Louise Schofield. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 45) 30p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Labor
Industrial unrest in Great Britain. (U.S. Labor statistics. Bul. no. 237) 240p pa 25c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Liberty bonds
United States government bonds of the Second liberty loan; what they are and how to buy them. (U.S. Publicity. Second liberty loan. 1917) 8p pa ‘17 The Bureau, Washington. D.C.
Liberty loan
The Liberty loan; an address of Hon. W. G. McAdoo ... delivered at a meeting of business men and bankers of Iowa in Des Moines, May 21. (U.S. 65th Cong. 1st sess. Senate doc. no. 40) 13p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Libraries
Plan of organization for small libraries; methods of work, list of supplies and aids. Mrs M. C. Budlong. (N.D. Public library comm.) rev ed 65p pa ‘16 Bismarck, N.D.
See Children’s libraries
Libraries as community centers
Where neighbors meet; an account of the use of assembly and club rooms in the St Louis public library. Margery Quigley. 59p pa ‘17 Public library, St Louis, Mo.
Lightning, Protection
Modern methods of protection against lightning. Roy N. Covert. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 842) 32p pa U.S. Agric.
Literature
Naming of characters in the works of Charles Dickens. Elizabeth H. Gordon. (Univ. of Neb. Studies in language, literature, and criticism, no. 1) 35p pa ‘17 Lincoln, Neb.
Live stock
Community live stock breeding. S. T. Simpson. (Missouri. Agric. college. Extension service. Circular 33) 4p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
How to feed live stock successfully. C. A. Willson. (Tennessee. Univ. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 106) 106p pa ‘16 Knoxville, Tenn.
Louisiana
Hand-book of Louisiana giving general and agricultural features; together with crops that can be grown and description of each parish, climate, health, education, industries, etc. il 208p ‘17 Louisiana. State board of agriculture and immigration, Baton Rouge. Free; Write Comr. Harry D. Wilson
Lumber
Substitution of other materials for wood; studies of the lumber industry, part 11. Rolf Thelen. (U.S. Agric. Report no. 117) 78p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Lumber industry
Some public and economic aspects of the lumber industry, pt 1. Studies of the lumber industry. W: B. Greeley. (U.S. Agric. Rept. no. 114) 25p pa 25c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Manual training
Some facts concerning manual arts and homemaking subjects in 156 cities. J. C. Park and C. L. Harian. (U.S. Educ. Bul. no. 32) 25p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Meat
Meat situation in United States; Part 1. Statistics of live stock meat production and consumption prices and international trade. G. K. Holmes. (U.S. Agric. Report 109) 307p pa 35c July ‘16 Supt. of doc.
—Same; Part 2. Live stock production in 11 far western range states, based on reports from stockmen and country correspondents. William C. Barnes and J. T. Jardine. (U.S. Agric. Report 110) 100p pa 15c July 1, ‘16 Supt. of doc.
—Same; Part 3. Methods and cost of growing beef cattle in corn belt states. J. S. Cotton, and others. (U.S. Agric. Report 111) 64p pa 15c July 1, ‘16 Supt. of doc.
—Same; Part 4. Utilization and efficiency of available American feed stuffs. W. F. Ward and S. H. Ray. (U.S. Agric. Report 112) 27p pa 5c June 8, ‘16 Supt. of doc.
—Same; Part 5, Methods and cost of marketing live stock and meats. L. D. Hall, and others. (U.S. Agric. Report 113) 98p pa 25c Oct. 7, ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Preservation of meat. (North Dakota. Agric. college. Extension Bul. no. 12) 22p pa ‘17 Agricultural college, N.D.
Production of baby beef. S. H. Ray. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 811) 22p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Mexico
Mexico; a review and a forecast. John Barrett. (Pan-American union) 15p pa ‘17 Washington, D.C.
Military training
Military training of youths of school age in foreign countries. W. S. Jesien. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 25) 35p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Universal military training; bibliography and selected arguments, ed. by E. D. Shurter. (Texas. University. Bul. 1916, no. 2) 50p pa ‘16 Austin. Tex.
Milk
Commission on milk standards; third report of the commission on milk standards appointed by the New York milk committee. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint no. 386) 28p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Cost of distributing milk in six cities and towns in Massachusetts. Alexander E. Cance and Richard Hay Ferguson. (Mass. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. no. 173) 54p pa ‘17 Amherst, Mass.
Guide for formulating a milk ordinance. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 585) 4p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Progress report of the production and distribution of milk. Elwood Mead. (California. Univ. agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 175) 16p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Pure milk and how to get it. (Texas. Univ. Bul. 1711) 6p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Report on the more economic distribution and delivery of milk in the city of Chicago. Committee on health, Chicago city council. (Municipal reference library. Bul. no. 8) 15p pa ‘17 Chicago, Ill.
Safe milk an important food problem. Ernest A. Sweet. (U.S. Public Health. Supplement no. 31) 24p pa 5c Supt. of doc.
Some suggestions in connection with the milk problem; the cost of producing milk. (N.Y. Cornell extension. Bul. 12) 457p pa ‘17 Ithaca, N.Y.
Study in the cost of producing milk on four dairy farms, located in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Morton O. Cooper, C. M. Bennett, L. M. Church. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 501) 35p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Milling tests
Practical milling tests. E. F. Ladd. (N.D. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 15) 11p pa ‘17 Fargo, N.D.
Moles
Common moles of eastern United States. Theodore H. Scheffer. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 583) 12p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
633Trapping moles and utilizing their skins; with especial reference to the Pacific coast states. Theodore H. Scheffer. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 832) 14p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Monetary systems
Monetary systems of the principal countries of the world. (U.S. Mint) 75p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Mortality statistics
Maternal mortality from all conditions connected with childbirth in the United States and certain other countries. Grace L. Meigs. (U.S. Children’s bur. Misc. ser. no. 6; Bur. Pub. no. 19) 65p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Moths
Gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth and their control. A. P. Burgess. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 845) 28p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Municipal government
Ashtabula plan of municipal government; the commission manager form with proportional representation; charter and account of first election, Nov. 2, 1915. 15p gratis n.d. Chamber of commerce, Ashtabula, Ohio (obtainable through National short ballot organization, 381 Fourth av., N. Y.)
City manager plan for Chicago; draft bill for the reorganization of the municipal government with explanatory statement. (Chicago. Bur. public efficiency) 60p pa ‘17 Chicago, Ill.
City manager plan of municipal government; prepared by J. H. Quire. (Cal. Univ. Extension division. Bul. n.s. v. 1, no. 18) 22p pa ‘16 Berkeley, Cal. Bibliography.
Research progress facts; a year of governmental research with certain facts about our city, county and schools, their progress during 1916-17. (Dayton. Bur. of research) 39p pa ‘17 Dayton, O.
What is the city-manager plan? Herman G. James. rev ed (Univ. of Texas. Bul. no. 1702; Municipal research ser. no. 14) 33p pa ‘17 Austin, Tex.
Municipal markets
City markets; how to start and operate a city public retail market. Frank T. Stockton. (Indiana univ. Extension division. Bul. vol. 2, no. 11) 16p pa ‘17 Bloomington, Ind.
Munitions factories
Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. (U.S. Labor. Bul. 230) 203p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Mushrooms
Some common edible and poisonous mushrooms. Flora W. Patterson and Vera K. Charles. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 796) 24p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Muskrat
Muskrat as a fur bearer with notes on its use as food. David E. Lantz. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 869) 23p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
National defense
Selected list of books on national defense, military and naval science and law in the public library. (Boston public library. Brief reading list. no. 1) 28p pa ‘17 Boston, Mass.
National guard—United States. See United States—Militia.
Naval training
Lectures delivered to civilian volunteers; naval training cruise for civilians, 1916 (U.S. Bur. of navigation) 77p pa 10c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Painting
Rules and regulations pertaining to the painting business. (Massachusetts. Board of labor and industries. Industrial bul. no. 13) 7p pa ‘17 Boston, Mass.
Panama canal
Treaties and acts of Congress relating to the Panama canal, 1917. 180, xxxviiip pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Paper
Report of the Federal trade commission on news-print paper industry. 162p pa 10c Supt. of doc.
Studies on paper pulps. W. H. Smith. (U.S. Stand., Technological paper no. 88) 13p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Parks
National parks portfolio; a collection of nine separate pamphlets, each describing one of our national parks: “a panorama of our principal national parks set side by side for their study and comparison.” June ‘16 U.S. Interior.
Town common. In Planning and commons. (Mass. Agric. college. Extension service bul. no. 7) 12p June ‘16 Amherst, Mass.
Pavements
Report upon pavements recently built. Ira O. Baker. (Chicago Bd. of local improvements) 49p pa ‘16 Urbana, Ill.
Pensions
Governmental provisions in the United States and foreign countries for members of the military forces and their dependents. (U.S. Children’s bur. Pub. no. 28, Miscellaneous ser. no. 11) 236p pa 25c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Laws of the United States governing the granting of army and navy pensions together with regulations relating thereto; comp. under the direction of Commissioner of pensions. (U.S. Bur. of pensions) 187p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
State pension systems for public school teachers with bibliography, prepared for Committee on teachers’ salaries, pensions, and tenure of National education association by W. C. Ryan, jr. and Roberta King. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 14) 46p pa 10c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Physical training
Training; general plan and syllabus for physical training in the elementary and secondary schools of the State of New York. (Univ. of the State of N. Y.) 46p pa 10c ‘16 Supt of doc.
Pike
Pikes; their geographical distribution, habits, culture and commercial importance. William Converse Kendall. (U.S. Fisheries. Doc. no. 853) 42p pa 5c Supt. of doc. Bibliography.
Pilots and pilotage
Pilotage in the United States; summary of laws, and regulations relating to pilotage in the several states. Grosvenor M. Jones. (U.S. For. & dom. comm. Special agents ser. no. 136) 102p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Poisons
Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. Alice Hamilton. (U.S. Labor. Bul. 219) 141p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Poles
Preservation
Butt treatment of wooden poles. (Iowa, State college of agric. and mechanical arts. Tech. service Bul. 28) 19p pa ‘17 Ames, Ia.
Political science
Documents and debates relating to initiative, referendum, recall, elections, prohibition, woman suffrage, political parties, District of Columbia. (Price list 54. 4th ed., Dec. 1916) 32p pa ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Ports
Ports of the United States. Grosvenor M. Jones. (U.S. Foreign and domestic commerce bureau. Miscellaneous ser. no. 33) 431p pa 75c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Potatoes
Potato grades recommended by the United States Department of agriculture and the United States Food administration. (U.S. Markets bur. Doc.—Markets 7) 4p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Poultry
Brooding and feeding little chicks. Horace Atwood. (West Virginia. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 26) 15p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Chicken management on the farm. R. M. Sherwood, W. A. Lippincott, and others. (Kansas. Agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 60) 23p pa ‘17 Topeka, Kan.
634Crate-feeding poultry for market. F. E. Mussehl. (Wis. Univ. college of agric. Extension service. Circular 66) 8p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Farm poultry; with the results of some experiments in poultry houses and fattening chickens. W. R. Graham and F. N. Marcellus. (Ontario. Agric. college. Bul. 247) 80p pa ‘17 Toronto, Canada.
Feeding and housing winter layers. (U.S. Agric. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics. S.R.S. Doc. 61. Extension N.) 4p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Feeding for egg production. Horace Atwod. (West Virginia. Agric. Experiment station. Circular 27) 32p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Poultry facts expressed briefly. C. T. Patterson. (Missouri. State poultry. Experiment station) 39p pa ‘17 Mountain Grove, Mo.
Poultry house. (West Virginia. College of agric. Extension dept. Circular 148) 4p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Poultry-keeping in town and country. F. C. Elford. (Canada. Dept. of Agric. Dom. exper. farms. Poultry division. Bul. no. 89) 47p pa ‘17 Ottawa, Canada.
Poultry on the farm. J. E. Dougherty. (California. Univ. agric. Experiment station. Circular no. 186) 4p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Raising ducks, geese and turkeys; suggestions for teachers in secondary schools. H. P. Barrows. (U.S. Agric. States relation service. S.R.S. doc. 57) 10p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Rearing of chickens. Milligan C. Kilpatrick. (Ohio. Agric. College. Extension service. Bul. v. 12, no. 6) 24p pa ‘17 Columbus, O.
Some common poultry parasites. C. A. Lueder. (West Virginia. College of agric. Extension dept. Circular 142) 8p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Standard varieties of chickens: the American class. Robert R. Slocum. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 806) 19p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Start a flock; Uncle Sam’s egg basket is low. J. B. Hayes and F. E. Mussehl. (Wis. Univ. Agric. Extension service. Circular 73) 8p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Study of the effect of cottonseed meal vs. beef scrap upon the egg production, fertility and vitality of poultry. (Oklahoma. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 112) 20p pa ‘17 Stillwater, Okla.
Turkey raising. Andrew S. Weiant. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 791) 26p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
War rations for poultry. (Connecticut. Agric. college. Reprint from press Bul. May 7) 1p pa ‘17 New Haven, Conn.
Poultry houses
Farmers’ poultry house. J. G. Halpin and L. M. Schindler. (Univ. Wis. Circular 62) 4p pa plans, specifications ‘16 Madison, Wis.
Poultry houses. W. F. Schoppe. (Montana. Agric. college. Experiment station. Circular 72) 69p pa ‘17 Bozeman, Mont.
Poultry products
Increase and conserve poultry products. R. E. Jones. (Connecticut. Agric. college. Extension service. Circular 12) 4p pa ‘17 New Haven, Conn.
Prices
Wholesale prices, 1890-1915. (U.S. Labor. Bul. 200; Wholesale price ser. 5) 295p pa 25c July ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Wholesale prices of leading articles in United States markets, January, 1914 to December, 1916. (U.S. For. & dom. comm., Miscellaneous ser. no. 52) 14p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Profit sharing
Profit sharing in the United States. Boris Emmet. (U.S. Labor statistics, whole no. 208) 188p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Pruning
Pruning. L. C. Corbett. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 181) 35p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Pruning fruit trees. W. H. Alderman and E. C. Auchter. (West Virginia. Dept. of horticulture. Bul. 164) 40p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Public health
Principles of administrative control of communicable diseases in large cities. John S. Billings. (New York [city] Dept. of health. Reprint ser. no. 46) 7p pa ‘16 New York, N.Y.
State laws and regulations pertaining to public health adopted during the year 1915. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint no. 338) 612p pa 70c. ‘16 Supt. of doc.
See also Sanitation
Rabbits
Raising Belgian hares and other rabbits. David E. Lantz. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 496) 16p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Railways
Address delivered at the annual meeting of the National association of railway commissioners, held at Washington, D. C., on Nov. 14, 1916. Robert R. Prentis. (U.S. 64th Cong., 2d sess. S. Doc. 639) 19p 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Rats
House rats and mice. David E. Lantz. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 896) 24p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Reading courses
Reading course for the elementary schools of the State of New York; prepared by a committee of the State association of district superintendents; reprint from 12th annual report. (Univ. of the State of N. Y. School libraries division) 14p ‘16 Albany, N.Y.
Suggested readings for history classes, 1916-17; prepared by Avery W. Skinner. (Univ. of the State of N. Y. Examination and inspection division) 16p ‘17 Albany, N.Y.
Recreation
List of references on play and grounds. (U.S. Educ.) 8p gratis ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Plays for the rural community. Bernard Sobel. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Dept. of agric. Extension leaflet no. 84) 4p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Recreation movement in Iowa schools and communities; plans prepared by Mrs. E. B. Wilson. (Iowa Dept. of public instruction) 58p pa Dec. ‘16 Des Moines, Ia.
Red cross
Red cross; a reference list. (Riverside public library. Bul. 147) 23p pa ‘17 Riverside, Cal.
Regulations governing the employment of the American Red cross in time of war. 11p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Roads
Earth, sand-clay, and gravel roads. Charles H. Moorefield. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 463) 68p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Public road mileage and revenues in the central, mountain and Pacific states, 1914. (U.S. Agric. Bul. 389) 56p appendix 75p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Width of wagon tires recommended for loads of varying magnitudes on earth and gravel roads. (U.S. Agric. Circular 72) 6p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Safety-first
Safety-first train. John L. Cochrane. (U.S. Interior) 46p ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Sanitation
Public and home sanitation. (Iowa. State college of agric. and mechanic arts. Home economics Bul. no. 5) 24p pa ‘16 Ames, Ia.
School children
Mental status of rural school children; report of preliminary sanitary survey made in New Castle County, Delaware, with a description of the tests employed. E. H. Mullan. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint no. 377) 30p ‘16 Supt. of doc.
School gardens. See Gardening
School libraries
Library and laboratory equipment for classified high schools. W. F. Doughty. (Texas. Dept. of educ. Bul. 55) 82p pa ‘16 Austin, Tex.
School lunches
Bibliography of school lunches; comp. by Lucy Condell. (U.S. Agric. Circular) 25p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
635Cold school lunches. Bab Bell. (Univ. of Mo. Agric. Extension division service. Circular 10) 7p July ‘16 Columbia, Mo.
Suggestions for basket lunch and noon meal at home, with recipes for school lunches, (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 712) 26p pa 5c Supt. of doc.
Schools
Current practice in city school administration. W. S. Deffenbaugh. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 8) 98p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Handbook for rural school trustees. J. C. Werner. (Idaho. Education board. Bul. vol. 3, no. 3) 44p pa ‘17 Boise, Idaho.
One-room and consolidated country schools of Illinois, 1917. (Illinois. Public instruction. Circular no. 124) 112p pa ‘17 Springfield, Ill.
Open-air schools. Sherman C. Kingsley and F. B. Dresslar. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1916, no. 23) 283p pa 50c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Practical application of cooking lessons given in the running of a regular cafeteria with report of social work in connection with continuation school work in Kenosha. Laura E. Hahn. (Wisconsin. State board of industrial education. Bul. no. 9) 17p pa ‘14 Madison, Wis.
Reorganization of the public school system. Frank Forest Bunker. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1916, no. 8) 186p pa 20c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
School house plans; one room buildings. (Idaho. Education board. Bul. vol. 3, no. 2) 5 plans ‘17 Boise, Idaho.
Use of activities in the elementary school; a report of the first annual meeting of the National council of primary education, Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22, 1916. (U.S. Educ. Elementary education circular no. 1) 14p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Seeds
Saving vegetable seeds for the home and market garden. W. W. Tracy, Sr. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 884) 16p pa U.S. Agric.
Sewage
Sewage disposal for village and rural homes. C. S. Nichols. (Iowa State college of agriculture and mechanical arts. Official Bul. vol. 15, no. 9; Engineer experiment station Bul. 41) 31p pa Aug. ‘16 Ames, Ia.
Sewage pollution of streams; its relation to public health. Wade H. Frost. (U.S. Public health. Reprint 362) 14p pa 5c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Sheep
Farm sheep raising for beginners. F. M. Marshall and R. B. Millin. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 840) 24p pa ‘17 U.S. Agric.
Sheep feeding: VII. Fattening western lambs. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Dept. of agric. Experiment station. Bul. 202, Vol. 20) Popular ed. 7p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Sidewalks
Concrete sidewalk construction. (Ia. State College. Eng. extension dept. Tech. service. Bul. 21) 23p pa ‘17 Ames, Ia.
Silos
How to build the wooden-hoop silo. (Alabama. Polytechnic institute. Extension service. Circular 9) 12p pa ‘17 Auburn, Ala.
Pit silos. T. Pryse Metcalfe and George A. Scott. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 825) 14p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Silos and silage. S. T. Simpson. (Missouri. College of agric. Extension service. Circular 32) 8p pa ‘17 Columbia, Mo.
Smoke-houses
Practical small smokehouse for fish; how to construct and operate it. (U.S. Fisheries. Economic circular no. 27) 7p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Social agencies
Survey of social agencies of Alameda county, California; based on 1915-1916 reports; prepared by Jean Howard McDuffie. (Alameda county. Board of public welfare and Board of supervisors) 56p pa ‘17 Oakland, Cal.
Social surveys
Delinquency and density of population. J. Harold Williams. (Cal. Whittier state school. Dept. of research. Bul. no. 4) 18p pa ‘17 Whittier, Cal.
Scale for grading neighborhood conditions. J. Harold Williams. (Cal. Whittier state school. Dept. of research. Bul. no. 5) 17p pa ‘17 Whittier, Cal.
Whittier scale for grading home conditions; a preliminary report, with some tentative results of its use in grading the homes of delinquent and non-delinquent children. J. Harold Williams. (Cal. Whittier state school. Dept. of research. Bul. no. 3) 14p pa ‘16 Whittier, Cal.
Soils
Important soils of the United States. 28p gratis Dec. ‘16 Issued to accompany a collection of soils and sub-soils (in 13 boxes) for use in schools and colleges teaching agriculture and physical geography. Bureau of soils.
Soldiers
Desirability of vocational education and direction of disabled soldiers. Elizabeth G. Upham. (Wisconsin. Univ. of Wis. Extension Division. Bul. ser. no. 876; Gen. infor. and welfare vocational ser. no. 2) 20p pa ‘17 Madison, Wis.
Soy beans
Harvesting soy-beans seed. W. J. Morse. (U.S. Farmers’ Bul. 886) 8p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Tests of soy beans, 1916; note on the plant food in a corn crop. E. H. Jenkins, and others. (Connecticut. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 193) 12p pa ‘17 New Haven, Conn.
State police
Report of the special commission on constabulary and state police, January, 1917. (Mass. General assembly. House no. 539) 43p pa ‘17 Wright & Potter Prtg. co. Boston, Mass.
Street name signs
Street-name signs. (Ia. Eng. extension dept. Tech. service. Bul. 20) 47p pa ‘16 Ames, Ia.
Sugar
Production of sugar in the United States and foreign countries. Perry Elliott. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 473) 70p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Sugar Industry
Cane sugar industry; agricultural, manufacturing, and marketing costs in Hawaii, Porto Rico, Louisiana, and Cuba. (U.S. Commerce. Miscellaneous ser. no. 53) 461p pa 50c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Taxation
Property exempt from taxation in the forty-eight states. W. E. Hannan. (N.Y. State univ. Bul. 638. Library, Legislation Bul. 42) 239p pa ‘17 Albany, N.Y.
Teaching
Bulletin for teachers of German. Carl Schlenker. (Univ. of Minnesota. Current problems no. 8) 41p 25c Aug. ‘16 Minneapolis, Minn.
This is the third of a series of bulletins on high school subjects, each 25c.
Course of study in geography, history and civics for elementary schools with suggestions and directions to teachers. (Indianapolis public schools) 252p Sept. ‘14 Indianapolis, Ind.
Terminals
Report on a proposed marine terminal and industrial city on New York Bay at Bayonne, N.J., Nov. 1916. (N.J. State bd. of commerce and navigation) 114p pa ‘16 Bayonne, N.J.
Thrift
Teaching of thrift; prepared by H. R. Bonner under the direction of M. P. Shawkey. (West Virginia. Dept. of free schools) il 54p ‘17 Charleston, W.Va.
Tin cans
Substitutes for tin cans; how to offset any possible shortage. (U.S. Bur. of foreign and domestic commerce) 4p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Torrens system
Torrens system of land title registration; containing a definition, a brief history, some comparisons and a plea for the proper safeguarding of the standards of surveying under the proposed Pennsylvania act. (Philadelphia. Dept. of public works) 10p ‘16 Philadelphia, Pa.
636Traffic signs
Use of traffic signs. (Ia. Eng. extension dept. Tech. service Bul. 17) 12p pa ‘16 Ames, Ia. (Brooklyn public library) 3p pa ‘17 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Trees
Red spruce; its growth and management. Louis S. Murphy. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 544) 100p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Shade trees and gardening. (Detroit public library) 10p pa ‘17 Detroit, Mich.
A list of books on trees and gardening.
Trucking
Manuring of market garden crops with special reference to the use of fertilizers. Frank T. Shutt and B. L. Emslie. (Canada. Dept. of agric. Dom. exper. farms. Bul. no. 32—2d ser.) 36p pa ‘17 Ottawa, Canada
United States, Interior, Dept. of
General information regarding the Department of the Interior. (U.S. Interior) 24p pa gratis ‘17 Supt. of doc.
United States. Labor statistics, Bureau of
Monthly review of the United States Bureau of labor statistics. (Vol. 4, no. 3) 496p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Includes articles on: Women in industry in Great Britain during the war; Extension of employment of women in Great Britain in 1916; Employment of women and boys in munition works in Italy; Retail prices in the United States, etc.
United States
Army
Engineer training manual. ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Pt. 1—Preface, introduction, principles of training. 97p pa 10c
Pt. 8—Intensive training and mobilization for war. 104p pa 15c
Appendix no. 4—Carpentry manual. 60p pa 10c
Appendix no. 5—Masonry manual. 83p pa 10c
Appendix no. 6—Manual for blacksmiths. 30p pa 10c
Pt. 3—Engineer training manual: engineer officers’ reserve corps optional training. 42p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Appendix no. 2—Instruction for the use of company and regimental forms. 224p pa 30c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Appendix no. 3—Instruction for the use of engineer department forms. 78p pa 20c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Engineer training manual; appendix no. 1, Elements of administration. (U.S. Chief of engineers) 77p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Home-reading course for citizen-soldiers. (War information ser. no. 9) 62p pa ‘17 Committee on public information.
Report on mobilization of the organized militia and national guard of the United States, 1916. (U.S. Militia Bur.) 169p pa 15c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Technical equipment of the signal corps; manual no. 3. (U.S. Signal office) 554p cl $1 ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Food administration
Creation of United States food administration; plans for wheat, flour, and bread control; personnel announcements; food, an international problem. (U.S. Food Administration. Bul. no. 6) 32p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
[Statement of Hon. Herbert Hoover, director of food control, Washington, D.C., before Senate agricultural committee, June 19, 1917.], and other articles on food control. (U.S. Food administration. Bul. 2) 15p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Militia
Mobilization of the National guard, 1916; its economic and military aspects. (Report of the executive committee of the Mayor’s committee on national defence) 35p pa ‘17 New York, N.Y.
Navy
Bluejackets manual; revised November 1916 by Lieutenant Norman R. Van der Veer. (U.S. Navigation bur. (Navy)) 821p cl ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Diving manual, July, 1916. (U.S. Navy) 122p cl 75c ‘16 Supt. of doc.
Handy book for hospital corps, Navy, 1917; revised by J. B. Kaufman. (U.S. Medicine and surgery bur.) 386p cl 50c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Naval militia cruises, 1916; reports by officers of the United States navy. (U.S. Division of naval militia affairs) 170p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Statistics
Statistical abstract of the United States, 1916. (U.S. Commerce) 773p pa ‘17 50c Supt. of doc.
Vegetables
Experiments in keeping asparagus after cutting. F. W. Morse. (Mass. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 172) 307p pa ‘17 Amherst, Mass.
Harvesting and storing vegetables for home use. J. J. Gardner. (Colorado. Experiment station. Bul. 232) 7p pa Fort Collins. Col.
Potato and tomato diseases. N. J. Giddings. (West Virginia. Agric. Experiment station. Bul. 165) 24p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Storage of vegetables; prepared under the direction of C. G. Woodbury, F. C. Gaylord. (Indiana. Purdue univ. Dept. of agric. Extension Bul. no. 58) 8p pa ‘17 La Fayette, Ind.
Storing vegetables. A. L. Dacy. (West Virginia. College of agric. Extension dept. Circular 153) 4p pa ‘17 Morgantown, W.Va.
Vinegar
Vinegar from waste fruits. W. V. Cruess. (California. Univ. agric. Experiment station. Bul. 287) 184p pa ‘17 Berkeley, Cal.
Vital statistics
Enforcement of registration of births and deaths in metropolitan areas; history, methods, results and checks. William H. Guilfoy. (New York [city] Dept. of health. Reprint ser. no. 61) 7p pa ‘17 New York, N.Y.
Vocational diseases
Studies in vocational diseases; the effect of gas heated appliances upon the air of workshops. Charles Weisman. (U.S. Public health. Bul. no. 81) 83p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Vocational education
Demand for vocational education in the countries at war. Anna Tolman Smith. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, No. 36) 16p pa 5c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Department-store education; an account of the training methods developed at the Boston school of salesmanship under the direction of Lucinda Wyman Prince. Helen Rich Norton. (U.S. Educ. Bul. 1917, no. 9) 79p pa 15c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Some exercises in farm handicraft for rural schools. H. O. Sampson. (U.S. Agric. Bul. no. 527) 38p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Vocational education survey of Minneapolis, Minn., made by the National society for the promotion of industrial education. (U.S. Labor statistics, no. 199) 592p pa 65c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Reprints from the report of the Minneapolis survey (see previous entry) for Vocational education. (Minneapolis Bd. of educ., Occupational ser. Bul.) ‘16 Minneapolis, Minn.
Baking
Kneading the dough; what vocational education is needed for the baking business? (Bul. no. 7) 347p pa
Dressmaking and millinery
Hats, gowns and wraps; what vocational education is needed for dressmaking and millinery? (Bul. no. 10) 434p pa
Garment trade
Ready to wear; what vocational education is needed for the garment trade? (Bul. no. 9) 406p pa
Industry
In perfect taste; what vocational education is needed in industry? (Bul. no. 13) 560p pa
Relates especially to arts and crafts.
637Knitting mill
Thousand needles; what vocational education is needed for the knitting mill? (Bul. no. 11) 463p pa
Laundries
Modern washtub; what vocational education is needed for the laundries? (Bul. no. 8) 375p pa
Metal trade
Men of metal; what vocational education is needed for the metal trades? (Bul. no. 3) 276p pa
Public evening schools
Chance for promotion; the public evening school. (Bul. no. 17) 96p pa
Salesmanship
Over the counter; what vocational education is needed for salesmanship in the department stores? (Bul. no. 12) 515p pa.
Vocational guidance
Vocational guidance bibliography prepared for school and public libraries and arranged especially for youths, teachers and specialists; comp. for the Comm. of industrial and vocational educ. (California State bd. of educ. Bul. no. 12) 24p pa ‘16 Sacramento, Cal.
War
Great war; from spectator to participant. Andrew C. McLaughlin. (U.S. Committee on public information) 16p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Aids
Book helps for munition workers. (Brooklyn public library) 11p pa ‘17 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Doing your bit at home; some library books that will help you. (Brooklyn public library) 23p pa ‘17 Brooklyn, N.Y.
National defense; a select list of books. (Brooklyn public library) 27p pa ‘17 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Ship-builder’s library; books on naval design and construction (to be found in the Brooklyn public library) 3p pa ‘17 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Cost accounting
Uniform contracts and cost accounting definitions and methods; recommendations by interdepartmental conference consisting of delegates from the departments of war, navy, and commerce, the Federal trade commission and the Council of national defense. 45p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Education
Educational program for the war. (Missouri. Kirksville normal school. The rural school messenger, Sept. 1917. Vol. 7, no. 1) 39p pa ‘17 Kirksville, Mo.
United States
American loyalty by citizens of German descent. (U.S. Committee on Public information. War information. Ser. no. 6) 24p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Commission on training camp activities. (U.S. War) 29p pa ‘17 The Commission, Room 149, Old Land Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.
First session of the War Congress. Charles Merz. (U.S. Committee on public information. War information. Ser. no. 10) 48p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Nation in arms. Franklin K. Lane and Newton D. Baker. (U.S. Committee on public information) 13p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
United States at war; organisations and literature; comp. under the direction of Herman H. B. Meyer, with cooperation of members of the Library staff. (Library of Congress) 115p pa 10c ‘17 Supt. of doc.
War message and facts behind it; annotated text of President Wilson’s message, April 2, 1917. (U.S. Committee on public information. War information. Ser. no. 1) 28p pa ‘17 Supt. of doc.
Welfare
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