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

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CLEARING NEW LANDby Franklin Williams, Jr. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 150. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902. The author discusses what land should be cleared, examines the various types of plant growth and foliage, and tells the small farmer of modest means how to deal with them by low-cost methods (including pasturing, the use of oxen and horses, and blasting with dynamite).

DRYING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE HOME.U.S. Departmentof Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 841. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917. Home drying is almost a lost art today, and apparently was so even in 1917 when this most useful and interesting bulletin was printed. Food preservation by this method, says the author, "may seem strange to the present generation but was no novelty to our grandmothers". The contents include reasons for drying vegetables, principles and methods of dehydration, apparatus needed, and recipes and directions.

DUCKS AND GEESEby George E. Howard. US Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 64. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1897. This bulletin should provide all the information you'll need to get started in the production of ducks and geese. The standard breeds of the period are illustrated with good drawings and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. A lengthy treatment of care and management covers every aspect of domesticated waterfowl production, including plans forshelters and instructions on killing and dressing.

FARM RESERVOIRSby Samuel Fortier. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No, 828. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917. The main purpose of the reservoirs described in this bulletin is the storage of water for the irrigation of gardens, orchards, etc., but the impoundments may also be used for watering livestock, fish farming, or recreational purposes. While not every farmer (or small group of farmers) needs such a setup, those that do may find essential information here.

FARM SHEEP RAISING FOR BEGINNERSby F.R. Marshall and R.B. Millin. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 840. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917. This introductory overview for novices deals with the care and management of sheep from birth to marketing, but doesn't address the more complicated techniques such as shearing or butchering.

HOME STORAGE OF VEGETABLESby James H. Beattie, U.S, Department of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 879. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917. When considerable quantities of vegetables are grown, storage for the winter months becomes a problem. Bulletin No. 879 shows how to modify existing structures for this purpose, or build new ones of any type from the crude to the palatial. Numerous illustrations give construction details, floor plans, and other information.

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