A HOMESTEADER'S SAMPLER OF U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

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SANITARY LANDFILL.U.S. Departmentof the Army. Training Manual 5-814-5. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973. Solid waste disposal can be a serious problem to a farmer whose isolated holding is beyond the reach of municipal systems. This manual discusses the selection of a landfill site, the effect of climate on such a facility, and the health considerations to be remembered in its management.

PART II: PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (OUT OF PRINT . . . CHECK YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY OR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE)

BEE KEEPINGby Frank Benton. U.S. Department of Agriculture. o Farmer's Bulletin No. 59. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1897. This bulletin for the novice beekeeper seeks to introduce the small farmer to a secondary means of increasing his income at very low initial cost. The contents include locations suited to bee culture, management of of the hive, extraction of honey, diseases of bees, and information on assorted topics (such as the all-important "how to avoid stings").

BUTTER MAKING ON THE FARM by C.P. Goodrich. U.S, Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 57. Washington ton, D.C.:Government Printing Office, 1897. The average modern city-dweller has come to think of home buttermaking as a magical folk art, and prefers to leave the whole business corporate enterprise. Not so long ago, however, the larger part of the butter produced in this country was homemade. This brief but thorough bulletin was written "for the farmer whose ignorance of correct methods . . . [and] careless and slovenly habits" result in a poor-quality spread. The author painstakingly describes the preferred technique and attacks a pressing problem of the day: "Shall butter be worked once or twice?"

CANNED FRUITS, PRESERVES AND JELLIESby Maria Parloa. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 203. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905 This turn-of-the-century work is surprisingly up to date (especially in its warnings against excessive use of sugar... most appropriate now that the refined sweetening has come under suspicion of serious damage to health). The bulletin includes a discussion of molds and bacteria, a list of utensils needed for home canning, a collection of recipes, and a short section on retail sale of preserves.

CHEESE AND ITS ECONOMICAL USES IN THE DIETbyC.F Langworthy and Caroline L. Hunt. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 487. Washington, D.C Government Printing Office, 1912. While this publication may contain outmoded information—which I'm not qualified judge—on the nutritive value of cheese, it also offers brief explanations of the making of this food in the home, along with a wealth of recipes for its use.

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