Yearbook of Agriculture, 1925

1926

National Agricultural Library

This volume is the fifth and last of a series of yearbooks dealing primarily with the economic aspects of agriculture. The series was started under the direction of the late Henry C. Wallace, who was Secretary of Agriculture from March 5, 1921 until his death on October 25, 1924. In the preceding volumes articles have appeared on grains, livestock, fibers, dairy products, tobacco, forestry, forage resources, land utilization and land tenure, highways, credit, taxation, the poultry industry, and weather forecasting. In the present volume the fruit and vegetable industry is discussed. The Secretary's annual report to the President is likewise published, as well as a comprehensive collection of agricultural statistics.

The articles on fruits and vegetables include historical material relating to fruit and vegetable growing in this country, in addition to the present status of the fruit and vegetable industry, its marketing problems, its geographical distribution, its cultural methods, and the economic factors that determine its development. Considerable space is devoted to plant pests and diseases and to methods of combating them. Recent progress in drying, canning, and pickling is recorded, and attention is given to the problem of utilizing surpluses and by-products of fruits and vegetables. Methods of financing the industry are described and discussed. While not comprising a textbook of the fruit and vegetable industry, the articles are comprehensive and detailed.

U.S. Department of Agriculture