The bean crop of the Southwest suffers severe injury from the bean ladybird, which sometimes ruins entire crops. It is restricted to beans for food and attacks all kinds. Both beetles and their larvæ devour all parts of the plant -- leaves, flowers and pods -- but the chief injury is to the foliage. The pest can be controlled in small areas by hand-picking the overwintered beetles and by brushing the larvæ or young from the plants during hot, dry weather. On a larger scale it may be controlled by spraying with arsenite of zinc, arsenate of lead, or arsenate of lime. Clean cultivation should be practiced and early and late planting."--[2]

"The economical production of beef cattle in most sections of the United States depends largely upon the investment in the durable, convenient, and practical buildings, as well as upon the care, feeding, and management of the herd. Barns suitable for the successful growing and fattening of beef cattle need not be elaborate nor overexpensive. Any unnecessary outlay of money invested in them adds to the overhead expense. Appearance, however, should not be neglected, since well-proportioned and well-designed barns may be constructed at very little, if any additional expense. Such barns add materially to the sale value of a farm property."--Page ii.