Show EAT fiSH TO REDUCE THE HIGH COST OF 5 5 LIVING LIVINGS S Advice Given in 1913 Year YearBook YearBook Book of Department of Agriculture The year book of the United Sta States ee department of agriculture for 1913 has bas j just st come como from the see presses and is now being bein distributed to congressmen cOn and to correspondents of ot tho the department entitled tied to receive copies The new volume differs in several overal re respects p from its predecessors The articles th that t it contains con con- tame aro are in general of a a. more moro popular r I and instructive tive character and although the book itself contains a Po smaller num turn number number ber of pages it is safe o to say ED that it has as much valuable material in it as ever In addition to tho the secretary's report thero there are fourteen special ial articles by d do do- experts and an appendix containing con con- tain n statistics statistic of the principal crops a 1 table of the animals imported into the tho United States for breeding purposes for which certificates of pure Dure breeding have been issued and lists of the tho a agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the United States together with the names of the tho state officials in chargo charo char S e of aeriS agri aeri- culture Many 1 Illustrations The Tho book is illustrated by four fifty page hIll e plates of which a large number num turn bet ber arc aro reproduced in colors and by tables and line draw draw- twenty one maps ings lugS S SIn I In the articles in tho the year ear book the cost of living Jiving plays plas a prominent part Dr Pennington ton for example points out that Americans Americans' neglect a valuable source c of food b by failing to take tako an adian advantage tage of tho the immense supply of fish at their disposal The Tho protein content offish of offish offish fish is fully cully as hi hights s that of meat and vet ct sIt although hou h meat prices rise steadily i a or nr nn no effort is c 8 made to r use UlO tho hn cheaper h per per- peri i substitute It It is is' is the tho foreign n population of tho the United States which eats eat the greater part of the fish lish consumed consumed con con- in this country Dr Pennington on points out that the ordinary American is completely ignorant h of the tho great creat variety van van- vari vari- ety of fish at his disposal Tho The cheapness cheapness cheap cheap- ness of this thie food is also abo scarcely real real- ired Dr Pennington ton names ten staple varieties some omo of which it is s safe lafe to say tiny can ean ahra always lI be purchased for less than 10 cents a a pound oven even when prices are highest and can usually be obtained for less than 5 cents Firm Farm Management The Tho business bU linos side siele of farming farmin is considered consi con con- si ered in two articles by bv W. W J. J Spillman Spill Spill- man and T. T N. N Car Carver er H Factors actors of Efficiency Effi Effi- abner in Farming P and and thc nd-thc th tho Or Oriani ani Interests Professor or of Rural Eural Spillman finds that in the last 1 anal analysis sis I the farmer himself is the determining factor in every cry successful agricultural enterprise l Ho JIo is as quick to BOO the nta aln advantages of a new system of mana manage manage- e- e ment ent as he i is those in in improved methods of tilling tillin the tho soil or or feeding hi his stock Dr r. r Carver tells with the aid of graphic maps laps what has hns already been done dono in the way av of organizing co operative enter enter- n ses es for the benefit ot of farmers Mutual companies co insurance creameries cheese factories and el va tore tors ore are aro amon among sonic some of these widespread wide wide- spread enterprises Other articles deal with Various branches of tho work ork of the tho department ranging ran in in subject from a 1 discussion by C. C F. F Lan of ot what the tho depart- depart lent does for the hous housekeeper ke per to an article on the practical value of en bv by F. F M. M Webster Prof F. F E E. 1 L. L Beal B al has gathered ed material for tor an article on American thrushes thrashes which shows how that th y J are arc not to bo be prized for or their theiron song pone on alone but hut are in other othel ways ays of real assistance lI to thil farmer and nd J. J P. P Collins tells of practical tree surgery More loro strictly agricultural pa pat pens pers ers are tho those e of C. C R. R Ball Dall on th the I Grain L. L H. H Dewey on Hemp R. R O. O y E. E Davis Dais on Economic Waste Vaste from Soil Erosion and W. W A. A Taylor and H. H P. P Gould on Promising New Vew Fruits lit The present health laws law anil nd their relation to tho the department are re explained bv by F. F G. G Caffey and finally A. A D. D Melvin in eh-in contributes an article ar ar- tide icle on tho the I South I S uth American Meat In- In |