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- Valuing the climate change impacts of tropical deforestation
- According to a footnote, this paper was commissioned by the [United Kingdom] Office of Climate Change as background work to its report 'Climate Change: Financing Global Forests' (otherwise known as the Eliasch Review). This paper discusses research valuing the impacts of tropical deforestation, and the effects of deforestation on global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Making land produce useful wildlife.
- Discusses the benefits of biological balance on ranches and farms. Describes ways to allow wildlife to flourish for the purposes of hunting, trapping, fishing and other recreation.
- The church and agricultural progress.
- Describes the role of agriculture in the United States from a Christian perspective.
- Facts About Wind Erosion and Dust Storms on the Great Plains.
- Describes the history and conditions of drought, wind erosion, and dust storms in the Great Plains; discusses long-range conservation programs and emergency measures.
- Managing farm fields, wetlands, and waters for wild ducks in the South.
- Provides instructions for establishing ponds and marshes in order to attract wild ducks to farmlands. Discusses the recreational benefits of watching and hunting ducks.
- Algae in Water Supplies: An Illustrated Manual on the Identification, Significance, and Control of Algae in Water Supplies.
- A manual designed to help "water analysts and others who deal with the many problems and effects associated with the presence of algae in water supplies."
- Controlling the Japanese beetle.
- Describes the characteristics of the Japanese beetle, the damage it causes to plants, and methods of control.
- Know Your Watersheds.
- Describes the necessity of water in everyday life, the water cycle, and provides suggestions for the management of watersheds.
- Managing the small forest
- A guide to the basic principles of forest management, for use by small forest owners.
- Grass crops in conservation farming.
- Describes the success of grassland improvement methods as demonstrated by experiment stations, agricultural technicians, farmers, and ranchers.
- Contour-furrow irrigation.
- Describes how farmers can use contour-furrow irrigation as a means of preventing soil erosion and maintaining even watering of crops.
- The soil that went to town.
- Describes the problem of soil erosion and methods for its prevention, in an elementary story format.
- Your Soil, Crumbly or Cloddy?
- Describes the importance of good soil tilth and methods for improving soil.
- Wood Chips for the Land.
- Describes how farmers and ranchers can use wood chips to prevent soil erosion, as bedding for livestock, and as a way to make soil richer for producing crops.
- From the dust of the earth.
- Describes how the things people enjoy in everyday life come from the soil, either directly or indirectly, and the value of participating in soil conservation.
- Visual materials on soil and water conservation.
- An annotated list of films about soil and water conservation. Includes information about the films' suitability for use in elementary and secondary schools.
- Conservation farming in the Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District, North Dakota.
- Reports the results of a soil conservation survey and makes the case for increased conservation efforts. Provides information on identifying land types and suggests simple methods of soil conservation.
- Forest and Flame in the Bible.
- A collection of biblical passages supporting the protection of forests, with descriptive text provided by the author.
- Windbreaks and Shelterbelts for the Plains States.
- Describes the monetary and physical benefits to farms and orchards when windbreaks and shelterbelts are used.
- Taming runaway waters
- Describes the damage caused and the economic impact of floods and fast-moving water. Discusses the role of soil and water management programs in flood control.
- Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands.
- Describes the different classifications of land and the effect soil erosion has on the quality of land and its future for crop production. Contains the results of an extensive study.
- Use the land and save the soil.
- This bulletin briefly answers the questions: "What is soil and water conservation?" and "How does the Soil Conservation Service help farmers and landowners?"
- Our Remaining Land: We Can Use It and Save It.
- Discusses the condition of the remaining productive land in the United States and the risk of losing it to soil erosion. Describes conservation efforts including the use of land standards in conservation planning.
- Reducing damage to trees from construction work.
- Describes the damage often inflicted upon trees during construction projects, and explains how to plan projects accordingly to avoid these problems.
- It could happen again.
- Describes the importance of soil conservation practices and their effect on wheat production.
- What are we aiming at? : a forest conservation program.
- Describes the need for a postwar program to increase timber production. Discusses the need for regulated conservation practices, incentives for responsible private forest management, and an increase in public forest land area.
- New landmarks of soil conservation.
- Discusses various methods for protecting and conserving soil.
- Intensive Projects Under the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act.
- Describes the Farm Forestry Program and how it can be used to help farmers begin farm-woodland management projects.
- Work of the United States Forest Service.
- Discusses forest depletion and provides a history of forest conservation efforts by the United States government. Describes the work of the the Civilian Conservation Corps and other emergency projects, and discusses forest and range research.
- Rural planning : the village.
- Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
- Shrubs for Wildlife on Farms in the Southeast.
- Describes the use of shrubs on farms to protect useful or beneficial wildlife and to prevent soil erosion.
- Dual-Purpose Pines.
- Describes dual-purpose pines, which yield both naval stores and wood; provides suggestions for managing dual-purpose pines.
- Soil-Depleting, Soil-Conserving, and Soil-Building Crops.
- Discusses soil conservation in a clear and concise manner. Discusses soil building, soil conserving, and soil depleting crops as well as the minerals to be found in soil.
- Legumes in Soil Conservation Practices.
- Describes measures for preventing soil erosion through the planting of legumes.
- Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes.
- Describes the importance of nitrogen-fixing bacteria on crops of legumes.
- Soil and water conservation in the Pacific Northwest.
- Describes types of erosion and methods for preventing the erosion of soil by water and wind.
- Arbor day, its purpose and observance.
- Discusses Arbor Day as a holiday that recognizes the importance of United States forests and discusses a citizen's duty to preserve them and foster new growth of trees.
- Game management on the farm.
- Describes ways that a farmer can support game on his land to make the best use of otherwise wasted land. Provides an overview of practical game management practices.
- Mosquito remedies and preventives.
- Describes measures, substances, and materials, both offensive and defensive, that have been found most effective against mosquitoes.
- Planting the roadside.
- Describes the benefits of planting trees and shrubs on the roadside, and the proper procedures for doing so.
- Rural Planning: The Social Aspects of Recreation Places.
- Describes the trend toward establishing planned recreation areas in rural communities, and the economic and social benefits they provide to farmers.
- Planting and care of street trees.
- Describes the importance of shade trees within city limits, including: how to plan the layout of street trees; the various types of trees best suited for city growth; and how to properly maintain city-grown trees.
- Tree planting on rural school grounds.
- Discusses the importance of planning for successful Arbor-Day tree plantings on rural school grounds and churchyards. Includes suggested study topics for teachers to use in school lessons.
- Meadows and Pastures: Formation and Cultivation in the Middle Eastern States.
- A guide to the cultivation and selection of varieties of hay, pasture grasses, and clover. Describes the use grass as a soil builder and provides methods of soil improvement.
- The What and Why of Agricultural Experiment Stations.
- A summary of the purpose, origins, and work of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States.
- Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah. With Maps.
- A report on the lands of the Arid Region of the United States, including their agricultural and grazing potential as well as a statement of the rainfall of the western portion of the United States.