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Langworthy, C. F. Food customs and diet in American homes. 1911. 32 p. (Agriculture dept. Experiment stations office. Circular 110) 5 cts.

An interesting popular discussion of our food habits and their origin; the American diet as compared with that of foreigners'; its adequacy, etc.

The functions and uses of food. Revised, 1906. 11 p. (Agriculture dept. Experiment stations office. Circular 46) 5 cts.

A brief popular discussion of the principles which should underlie one's choice of diet. Sample menus, tables showing composition of foods, etc.

Potatoes and other root crops as food. 1907. 45 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 295)

Discusses nearly 20 vegetables.

Use of fruit as food. 1907. 38 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 293)

"A summary of the composition, food value, and place in the diet of fresh and preserved fruits, particularly those of temperate regions commonly grown in the United States." Nontechnically written.

and Hund, Caroline L.

40 p. (Agriculture dept.

Cheese and its economical uses in the diet. 1912.
Farmers' bulletin 487)

The food value of cheese; kinds used in America; its care; recipes, etc.

Economical use of meat in the home. 1910. 30 pp. (Agriculture

dept. Farmers' bulletin 391)

Value of meat a food; real cost of different cuts; how to reduce expense for meat in the diet; recipes.

Mutton and its value in the diet. 1913. 32 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 526)

Also discusses care, cuts, and economy; gives many good recipes.

Lessons in cooking for the sick and convalescent. 1913. 32 p. (Interior dept.) 5 cts.

The only publication entirely devoted to this subject.

Milner, R. D. The use of milk as food. 1909. 44 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 363)

Discusses composition; digestibility; care of milk in the home; use in cooking; and economy as compared with other foods. There is also a summary of some general information on milk products. Mitchell, Margaret J. Course in cereal foods and their preparation for movable schools of agriculture. 1908. 78 p. (Agriculture dept. Experiment stations office. Bulletin 200) 10 cts.

Syllabus of 15 lectures, with an equal number of practice exercises; list of reference works; neces sary apparatus, etc.

Outline lessons in housekeeping, including cooking, laundering, dairying, and nursing, for use in Indian schools. 1911. 23 p. illus. (Interior dept. Indian affairs office) 5 cts.

Contains also estimates for equipment and lists of reference and textbooks. The outlines consist only of subject heads.

Parloa, Maria. Canned fruit preserves and jellies: household methods of preparation. 1905. 31 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 203) 5 cts.

Practical directions for home canning.

Preparation of vegetables for the table. 1906. 48 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 256)

A general discussion, followed by specific instructions and receipts covering about 45 vegetables. Patrick, G. E. Household tests for the detection of oleomargarine and renovated butter. 1901. 11 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 131)

Tells also how renovated butter is made.

Rogers, L. A. Bacteria in milk. 1912. 23 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farm

ers' bulletin 490)

Sources of bacteria in milk; factors favoring their development; what they do; the proper handling and care of milk. Especially useful in rural high and agricultural schools.

Some things that girls should know how to do and hence should learn how to do when in school. 1911. 23 p. (Interior dept. Indian affairs office) 5 cts.

Suggestions in equipment; outlines of 41 exercises in equipment and preparation of food; of 8 in care and equipment of bedrooms; of 6 in housekeeping suggestions; of 13 in cleaning; of 13 in sewing; of 10 in laundering; of 8 in dairying; of 7 in care of the sick; and of 3 in the care of camp animals.

Synopsis of course in sewing.

office) 10 cts.

1911. 38 p.

illus. (Interior dept. Indian affairs

Illustrated directions for 17 sewing operations, from hemming to tucking; followed by outline lessons to cover 6 terms.

Teaching rudiments of cooking in classroom, primary methods and outlines for use of teachers in Indian schools. 1906. 62 p. (Interior dept. Indian affairs office) 10 cts.

Indicates the correlation of cookery, nature study, and hygiene. Specific directions for each of the first four years; general directions for fifth year and upward. A combination of syllabus questionnaire, outline, and directions to teachers. An appendix contains syllabi of similar courses given in 3 other schools.

Webster, Edwin H. Butter making on the farm. 1905. 31 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 241)

Well-defined rules, "which, if followed, will insure success."

Whittaker, George M., Rogers, L. A., and Hunt, Caroline L.

and its use in the home.

413)

1910. 20 p.

(Agriculture dept.

The care of milk Farmers' bulletin

How to care for milk in the home; home pasteurization; food value. Very practical and useful in any domestic science course.

Woods, Charles D. Food value of corn and corn products. 1907. 40 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 298)

Deals with digestibility, wholesomeness and economy of corn and all manner of corn foods. Nontechnical.

Meats: composition and cooking. Revised, 1904. 31 p. illus. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 34)

Structure, texture, flavor, digestibility, and food values of meats; diagrams of the various cuts. Exhaustive tables. Useful both as text and reference work.

and Snyder, Harry. Cereal breakfast foods. 1906. 36 p. (Agriculture dept. Farmers' bulletin 249)

Grains used; value and cost as compared with other foods; how to make home-made cereal foods and coffee substitutes.

ECONOMICS.

Abstracts of reports of Immigration commission.

1910. 2 vols. 902+900 p. (61st

Cong. 3d sess. Senate doc. no. 747) Each vol. 60 cts.; buckram, 75 cts.

Includes Commission's complete reports on immigration conditions in Hawaii, immigration and insanity, immigrants in charity hospitals, alien seamen and stowaways, contract labor and induced and assisted immigration, the Greek padrone system in United States, and peonage. A digest of some 40 volumes of reports.

Anderson, G. E. Railway situation in China. 1911. 32 p. (Commerce dept. Foreign and domestic commerce bureau. Special consular reports, no. 48) 5 cts.

A general survey of conditions; detailed study of the five principal groups, and statement of opportunities for Americans. An informative and very interesting paper.

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The bulletins of the 13th census (1910) were issued in the following series: Population, 2 series, one giving population of cities, counties, and minor civil divisions with comparative statistics for 1890, 1900, and 1910, and the other giving composition and characteristics of population, namely, color, nativity, sex, illiteracy, etc.; Agriculture, 2 series, one giving statistics for states and counties, and the other giving statistics concerning farms and farm property, live stock, principal crops and farm expenses; Manufactures; Irrigation. Each bulletin in the several series contains statistics for one state or territory, and is sold for the uniform price of 5 cents. Bulletins and other publications not included in these series are listed below:

Abstract of census, statistics of population, agriculture, manufactures, and mining for United States, states and principaì cities; with supplement for Maine containing statistics for state, counties, cities and other divisions. 1912. 643 p. illus. 4o. Cloth, $1.

Other editions will be issued having for supplements statistics for the other states.

Center of population and median lines, continental United States. 8 p.

5 cts.

Manufactures, United States, abstract of statistics of manufactures for states, cities, and industries. 96 p. 4°. 10 cts.

Population, New York city, number of inhabitants by enumeration districts. 23 p. 5 cts.

Population, United States, abstract, age, and marital condition. p. 121– 167. 4°. [From 13th census, 1910, Abstract] 5 cts.

Population, United States, abstract, color or race, nativity, parentage, and sex. p. 77-119. illus. 4°. [From 13th census, 1910, Abstract] 5 cts. Population, United States, abstract, state of birth of native population. p. 169-186. illus. 4°. [From 13th census, 1910, Abstract] 5 cts.

Population, United States, population of cities. 46 p. 5 cts.

Population, United States, population of counties and equivalent subdivisions. 30 p. 5 cts.

Population, United States, population of incorporated places. 111 p. 4°. 15 cts.

Statement showing result of enumeration according to 13th decennial census, taken Apr. 15, 1910. 2 p. (61st Cong., 3d sess. Senate doc. no. 704) 5 cts. NOTE.-A summary of population by states.

Statistics for Maine containing statistics of population, agriculture, manufactures and mining for state, counties, cities and other divisions. 1913. p. 563-643. illus. 4°. 15 cts.

NOTE. This is a reprint of the Supplement for Maine published with Abstract of census. Convict labor. 1906. 794 p. (Commissioner of labor. 20th annual report)

Valuable for detailed advance work.

Department of labor. Bulletins.

The numbers of this series appeared regularly every other month till May 1912. They constitute an invaluable file to the student of economics. A list of the leading articles which appear in the periodical will be sent on application to the Department of labor.

Exports of manufactures from United States and their distribution by articles and countries, 1800 to 1906. 63 p. 4°. (Commerce dept. Statistics bureau) 10 cts.

Gannett, Henry. Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon results of 12th census of the United States, 1900. 91 p. illus. maps. 4°. (Interior dept.) Cloth, $4.00.

This report contains over 200 plates, many of them colored, showing graphically statistics in regard to age and sex, distribution, nationality, literacy, etc., of population, also agricultural and manufactured products, etc.

Hand and machine labor. 1898. 426 p. (Commissioner of labor. 13th annual report) Cloth, 35 cts.

Report compares the operations necessary in producing an article by the old-fashioned hand process and by the most modern machine methods, showing the time consumed and labor cost. for each operation under the two systems. Good for detailed advanced work.

Hirst, F. W., and Paish, George. Credit of nations. Trade balance of the United States. 1910. 213 p. table. (61st Cong., 2d sess. Senate doc. 579) 30 cts. Among other things, Mr. Hirst traces the growth of public debts in England, France, Germany, United States, and the Confederate states of America, local as well as national debts being considered. Mr. Paish explains the various factors entering into the trade balance of countries, such as investments of capital and interest payments, freight charges, tourist expenses, and remittances to friends, etc.

Non-technically written.

Holmes, George K. Systems of marketing farm products and demand for such products at trade centers. 1913. 389 p. (Agriculture dept. Report 98) 25 cts.

For detailed advance work only.

Industrial commission. Final report. 1902. 1,259 p. illus. 8°. Cloth, $1. Discusses agriculture, mining, transportation, manufactures, trade and commerce, industrial combinations, labor, immigration, taxation, irrigation, etc.

While much of the matter is now out of date, this report still constitutes a valuable reference book for advanced work. It was originally drawn up to provide Congress with a basis for legislation.

Industrial education. 1910. 822 p. (Commissioner of labor. 25th annual report) 55 cts. Cloth, 70 cts.

Describes and gives the history of each type of industrial school; then covers the ground for each individual institution.

Information for immigrants concerning the United States, its opportunities, government and institutions; prepared by National society of sons of American Revolution. 1908. 7 p. 12°. (Labor dept. Immigration bureau) 5 cts. Information respecting United States bonds, paper currency, coin production of precious metals, etc. July 1, 1912. 1913. 104 p. (Treasury dept. Circular 52) 10 cts.

Contains history of United States bonds since 1865; account of the sinking fund; history of coins and currency; account of national bank currency; statistics of coinage and production of the precious metals; government receipts and disbursements; imports and exports of the United States; recent acts of Congress touching currency and the national banks, etc. Very valuable in advanced work for reference use.

International commerce.

The daily consular and trade reports contain a running account of America's fight for world markets. All daily numbers for 3 months, with title page and index, bound in buckram, $1.50. Reports of special agents, covering some one particular industry or industrial development, here or abroad, sell at varying prices. Both publications are issued by the Foreign and domestic commerce bureau. While written primarily for the benefit of the business man, they also contain much material of value to teachers of commercial geography.

Labor department. Immigration bureau. Bulletin. Per issue, 5 cts.

Immigration bulletin, issued monthly, gives full statistics as to immigrant aliens admitted and emigrant aliens departed, according to race, occupation, country, etc., number debarred and for what cause, and other pertinent information.

Manson, J. O. Fiscal systems of England, France, Germany, and United States. 1910. 86 p. (61st Cong., 2d sess. Senate doc. 403) 15 cts.

A report upon the manner of receiving, handling, and disbursing public moneys in the several countries, based upon persor al investigations in Europe by Mr. Manson. Attention is given to the assistance rendered by banks in fiscal operations of the various countries.

A very good understandable exposition.

The monetary systems of the world. 1913. 51 p. (Treasury dept. 5 cts.

Valuable for reference in advanced work.

Monthly summary of commerce and finance.

Document 2675)

This publication, issued by the Statistics bureau, Commerce department, gives statistics concerning foreign commerce of United States, classifying imports and exports by articles, trade of United States with noncontiguous territory, and internal commerce, classified by sections. Subscription per year: Domestic, $2.50; foreign, $3.70. Single numbers vary in price. National conservation commission. Report with accompanying papers. 1909. 3 vols. illus. (60th Cong., 2d sess. Senate doc. 676) Paper, the set, $1.95. Goes into conservation from every standpoint, telling what we have, what we use and waste, where we stand, and what we need to do. Takes up forests, lands, mineral resources, and life. Special articles by experts, Government and others, include: Crop yield per acre; The origin of cultivated plants; Waste of structural material from fire and other causes; Estimates of future population [in the United States]; Transportation by water; Distribution of rainfall, etc.

The papers are authoritative, illuminating, and for the most part well written. They contain teaching material also for geography, history, civics, and agriculture.

The whole work is so planned that "Vol. 1 covers the subjects water resources, forests, lands, mineral resources, and proceedings of Joint conservation commission; vol. 2 includes water resources and forest conservation; vol. 3 includes conservation of agricultural and mineral resources and public lands, and report on national vitality, its wastes and conservation."

Naturalization of aliens in United States, how to become citizens, what is required, rights and duties; prepared by National society of sons of American Revolution. 1909. 8 p. 12° (Labor dept. Immigration bureau) 5 cts.

Postal savings-banks. Notes on postal savings-bank systems of leading countries. 1910. 128 p. 6 tables. (61st Cong., 3d sess. Senate doc. 658) 25 cts.

In the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, and Egypt an account of the history and organization of the system has been given which has furnished the material for a comprehensive chart, enabling one readily to compare the most important features in the postal savings-bank systems of these countries. Withdrawal of funds from the postal savings banks, statistics showing growth of the banks, cost of administration and reports from consuls on the nature and operations of the banks, are some of the other topics discussed.

Regulation and restriction of output [in p. illus. (58th Cong., 2d sess. Sheep, $1.25.

United States and Great Britain] 1904. 932
House doc. no. 734. Vol. 106; serial no. 4732)

In his letter of transmittal Labor commissioner Wright says: "The question of the regulation and restriction of output, both by employers and by employees, has been the subject of much discussion, but I know of no official report dealing with the subject. In addition to the question of restriction, the information obtained and embodied herein throws much light of a new and important character upon the relations of employers and employees."

For detailed advance work only.

Report on condition of woman and child wage earners in United States. Vols. 1 to 17, 19. 1910-1912. (61st Cong., 2d sess. Senate doc. no. 645)

Vol. 1. Cotton textile industry. 1044 p. 75c; buckram, $1.

Vol. 2. Men's ready-made clothing. 878 p. 65c; buckram, 80c.

Vol. 3. Glass industry. 970 p. 75c; buckram, 85c.

Vol. 4. Silk industry. 592 p. 45c; buckram, 60c.

Vol. 5. Wage-earning women in stores and factories. 384 p. 30c; buckram, 45c.

Vol. 6. Beginnings of child-labor legislation in certain states; comparative study. 225 p. 20c.

Vol. 7. Conditions under which children leave school to go to work. 309 p. 25c; buckram, 40c.

Vol. 8. Juvenile delinquency and its relation to employment. 177 p. 15c; buckram, 25c.

Vol. 9. History of women in industry in United States. 277 p. 25c; buckram, 35c.
Vol. 10. History of women in trade unions. 236 p. 20c; buckram, 35c.
Vol. 11. Employment of women in metal trades. 107 p. 10c; buckram, 25c.

Vol. 12. Employment of women in laundries. 121 p. 15c; buckram, 25c.

Vol. 13. Infant mortality and its relation to employment of mothers. 174 p. 15c.

Vol. 14. Causes of death among woman and child cotton-mill operatives. 430 p. 35c.

Vol. 15. Relation between occupation and criminality of women. 119 p. 10c; buckram, 20c.

Vol. 16. Family budgets of typical cotton-mill workers. 255 p., illus. 20c; buckram, 35c.
Vol. 17. Hookworm disease among cotton-mill operatives. 45 p. 5c; buckram, 20c.
Vol. 19. Labor laws and factory conditions. 1125 p. 80c.

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