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Growing Beef on the Farm

Description: Revised edition. "This publication is intended to give in a general way the practices which successful breeders and feeders of beef cattle have found most profitable and which experiments have proved to be most reliable." -- p. 1. Practices discussed include herd management, rationing, feeding equipment, and the use of hogs.
Date: 1925
Creator: Farley, Frank W. (Frank Webster), b. 1888
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Growing Fruit for Home Use

Description: Revised edition. "This bulletin aims to furnish, in concise form, information that will be of practical help to the beginner in fruit growing. It deals with the widely grown temperate-climate fruits, such as the apple, pear, peach, and plum. Lists of desirable varieties of these fruits are given for the different parts of the country. Because of the number of fruits considered and the territory covered, cultural directions are necessarily brief, but they cover the most important general points.… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Gould, H. P. & Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
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Judging Beef Cattle

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing how buyers of beef cattle can determine the value of cattle offered in public sales. Topics discussed include parts of the carcass and classification systems used in judging cattle. Includes a suggested scorecard.
Date: 1925
Creator: Thompson, E. H.
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The Making and Feeding of Silage

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing the use of silos for storing feed for livestock, with special attention to silage for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, and sheep. Topics discussed include crops for silage, preparing crops for storage, and storage practices.
Date: 1925
Creator: Woodward, T. E. (Thompson Elwyn)c; Rommel, George M. (George McCullough); Sheets, E. W.; McNulty, J. B. & Marshall, F. R.
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Onion Diseases and Their Control

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing diseases which affect onions in both the field and in storage, and methods for their control. Diseases discussed include smut, mildew (blight), leaf mold, fusarium rot, pink root, root knot, neck rot, soft rot, black mold, smudge (anthracnose, black spot), rust, white rot, dodder, and macrosporium rot.
Date: 1925
Creator: Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893-
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Plain concrete for farm use.

Description: A guide to equipment, methods, and materials used for mixing concrete. Includes instructions for constructing concrete forms and for maintaining concrete structures and finishes.
Date: 1925
Creator: Miller, T. A. H. (Thomas Arrington Huntington), 1885-
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Power for the Farm from Small Streams

Description: "The purpose of this bulletin is to acquaint farmers with the possibilities of developing the power of small streams by converting it into electrical energy and the uses to which such power can be put; to give information which will enable them to avoid unnecessary expenditures; to explain how to determine the power a stream will supply; and to indicate the sources from which to secure additional information in regard to the approximate cost of installing a plant suited to the power available. … more
Date: 1925
Creator: Daniels, A. M.; Seitz, C. E. & Glenn, J. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Preparation of Barreled Apples for Market

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for preparing apples for market in barrels. Contains sections on harvesting, grading and packing, hauling, and shipment in cars. The growth of the apple industry in recent years requires better packing and shipping practices. "Well-chosen equipment, up-to-date methods, and careful supervision of crews must supplant the haphazard methods which prevail to some extent in all producing sections." -- p. 1
Date: 1925
Creator: Scott, W. M. (William Moore), b. 1873; Hetzel, H. C.; Samson, H. W. (Harold Willis), 1888-1927 & Stockton, M.
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Successful Farming on 160-Acre Farms in Central Indiana.

Description: A guide to starting and running a successful 160-acre farm in Indiana, including what crops to plant, what animals to raise, what labor is necessary, what buildings are needed, and the costs involved. Recommendations are based on data gathered from a record of seventeen 160-acre farms in Indiana during 1910-1919.
Date: August 1925
Creator: Robertson, Lynn S. (Lynn Shelby), b. 1890 & Hawthorne, H. W. (Harvey W.), b. 1875
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