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CONTENTS.
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 526.-EXPERIMENTS WITH SINGLE-STALK COTTON
CULTURE IN LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, AND NORTH CAROLINA:
Importance of single-stalk cotton culture...
Localities where experiments were made..
Methods of procedure....
Selection of cooperators..
Plan of the experiments.
Thinning single-stalk rows.
Recording the yields..
Results obtained...
Yields of seed cotton..
Yield and quality of lint.
Summary.....
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 527.-SOME EXERCISES IN FARM HANDICRAFT FOR
RURAL SCHOOLS:
Introduction...
Tools and their uses..
Terms used in woodworking..
Use of drawings........
Exercise
I. Nail box.
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DEPARTMENT BULLETIN NO. 528.-SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FARM LABOR
IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA.:
Part I.-Chester County (Pa.) data-
Territory surveyed and method used..
Labor efficiency as affected by soil, topography, and field arrange-
ment....
Available time for field operations.
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Types of farming..
Period of performing field operations..
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Succession of operations..
Crews and machinery..
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Summary of labor requirements of crops....
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