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The ability to hold stone fruits for even a week or ten days makes it possible for the canner or processor at the peak of the harvest season to receive fruit faster than it can be processed.

To compare methods and costs of harvesting alfalfa hay in California a survey was conducted by the Bureau of Agriculture Economics in 1945.

Results of trials over a period of four years show that nothing is gained in the production of sugar beets by plowing the soil in seed-bed preparation provided shallow cultivation kills all the weed growth.

Fertilizers containing no nitrogen may increase the growth of legumes such as bur clover, vetch, and peas, which contain relatively high amounts of nitrogen. This is possible because bacteria contained in nodules on the roots of legumes fix the free nitrogen of the air—a form unavailable to most other plants.

One of the factors which plays an important role in avocado storage is the accumulation of an active emanation recently identified in this laboratory as ethylene gas.

An extract from the College of Agriculture Extension Service Circular 133, “ 2,4-D As A Weed Killer.” Revised June, 1947

Seasons of low rainfall are generally periods accompanied by a high use of underground water by pumping, and that supply of water is apt to be short, too.

A brief report concerning the search for a successful formula for a synthetic diet for chickens, and some of the unforeseen benefits to humans and animals disclusoed by investigation of vitamins discovered in the search for the diet.

Tests were made on a vertical cabinet sterilizer heated by five strip heaters and using no moisture except that on the equipment after washing.

Condensation of an article by H. D. Chapman, publised in full in the June issue of citrus Leaves and in the July Issue of Citrograph