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The Advantage of Planting Heavy Cotton Seed

Description: Report discussing the importance of using heavy cotton seed and separating it for planting. Experiments have established that heavier seeds more reliably produce better plants. Methods of separating and testing the seeds are discussed, including the equipment necessary for seed separation.
Date: 1907
Creator: Webber, Herbert John, 1865-1946 & Boykin, E. B.
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Beans

Description: "The member of this great family with which we have at this time to deal -- the bean -- is not so valuable from the standpoint of forage or soil renovation, but is among the most valuable members of the great group for the seed which it produces. While the seed is the most important and valuable factor, the power to gather nitrogen and to render the soil better for having been grown upon it is an important consideration and one which should not be overlooked by those interested in maintaining t… more
Date: 1907
Creator: Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland), 1867-1940
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Celery

Description: Report discussing the cultivation, storing, and marketing of celery as popular crop for home consumption in the United States.
Date: 1907
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
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Cost of Filling Silos

Description: Report describing the costs associated with filling a grain silo, including information about labor, machinery, supplies, crops types and conditions, and partnership arrangements among farmers.
Date: 1907
Creator: Carrier, Lyman
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Dodder in Relation to Farm Seeds

Description: "Dodder, on account of its parasitic nature, is the most dangerous weed in alfalfa and clover fields, and also often affects flax. On account of the large quantity of low-grade seed containing dodder imported from Europe and the prevalence of dodder in the alfalfa-growing regions of the West, its seed is becoming more and more common in commercial seeds. In this paper an attempt has been made to point out the dangerous character of the various kinds of dodder and to give practical suggestions f… more
Date: 1907
Creator: Hillman, F. H.
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Evaporation of Apples

Description: "While the recent tendency in the apple industry has apparently been to centralize fruit evaporation in distinct commercial establishments having considerable capacity and requiring capital to construct and equip, there sill remain large regions in which there is a considerable surplus of fruit that is unsuitable for packing and shipping in almost every crop year.... Encouragement of evaporating, canning, cider making, and other methods of utilization therefore appears desirable, and of these e… more
Date: 1907
Creator: Gould, H. P.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 39

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Improvements in Peach Growing, Mulberries, Alfalfa in the Eastern States, Oat Culture in the South, Improvement of Grass Land, Succotash as a Soiling Crop, Tankage and Bone Meal for Hogs, Grinding Corn for Hogs, Dips as Lice Killers, Digestibility of Fish and Poultry, Honey Vinegar, and the Farm Woodlot.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 40

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Insoluble Phosphates, Forms and Methods of Applying Lime, Sediment in Irrigation Water, Hardy Bermuda Grass, Williamson Method of Corn Culture, Killing Sassafras Sprouts, Soluble Oils for San Jose Scale, Corn as food for Man, Storing Preserves and Canned Goods, Incubation of Chickens, Prevention of Nodule Disease of Lambs, Some Milk Te… more
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 41

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Wells and Pure Water, Phosphates and Soil Acidity, Pure Seed v. Poor Seed, Disease-Resistant Clover, Eradication of Wild Mustard, Sterilization of Soils for Preventing Plant Diseases, Seedless Tomatoes, Pickling Olives and Mock Olives, Hay Box or Fireless Cooker, Insect Enemies of Shade Trees, Feeding Whole Grain, Improvement of Cattle… more
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 42

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Extension of Rice Culture, Growing Seed Potatoes Under Mulch, Manure as a Summer Mulch in Forcing Houses, Renewal of Old Orchards, Injury by Bordeaux Mixture, Gluten Flours and Similar foods, Laxative Properties of Wheat Bran, Emmer as a Feeding Stuff, Roots for Farm Animals, Cabbage as Stock Feed, Pasturing Hogs, Cull Beans as a Feed … more
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 43

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Ice for Household Use, Culture and Varieties of Root Crops, Cowpeas and Soy Beans, Silage from Frosted Corn, Cooperation in Marketing Crops, Incubation of Eggs, Causes of Death of Young Chicks, Snow for Poultry, Eradication of Cattle Tricks, and Bacteria in Cream.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Farm Practice in the Columbia Basin Uplands

Description: "The principle objects in undertaking this study [of farming practices in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho] were (1) to ascertain what methods of tillage are in actual use by the farmers of the region, together with the relative merits of the different methods, and (2) to determine, if possible, the localities and conditions under which each of the leading varieties of wheat succeeds best." -- p. 7
Date: 1907
Creator: Hunter, Byron, b. 1869
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Fish as food.

Description: Describes the composition, cost, and nutritive value of fish and other seafoods. Includes sample menus. Discusses methods of preparing seafood for market.
Date: April 6, 1907
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
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Flax Culture

Description: Report discussing cultivation of flax, methods for processing its fiber, and common diseases which affect it.
Date: 1907
Creator: Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865-1956 & Marcy, William L. (William Larned)
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Food Value of Corn and Corn Products

Description: Report discussing "the digestibility of different sorts of corn bread and other corn-meal dishes, the digestibility of hominy, corn breakfast foods and green corn, the relative nutritive value of corn meal ground in different ways, and the culinary qualities and methods of manipulating old-fashioned and modern corn meal." -- p. 2
Date: 1907
Creator: Woods, Charles D.
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Games Laws for 1907: A Summary of the Provisions Relating to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, and Licenses

Description: Report presenting information on the game laws effective in the United States and Canada for 1907, with special emphasis on federal laws and provisions governing interstate commerce. The report is not a comprehensive overview of state game laws.
Date: 1907
Creator: Palmer, T. S. (Theodore Sherman), 1868-1955; Oldys, Henry & Brewster, Charles E. (Chas. E.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Growing and Curing Hops

Description: "In keeping with the great progress made in agriculture within recent years the methods employed in hop production have not remained unchanged. Nevertheless certain practical principles of great importance to successful hop growing merit a much wider consideration and use than they now enjoy. These will be discussed in the following pages in which is also presented a brief general outline of hop culture." -- p. 7. Hops culture is discussed with regard to climate and soil requirements, propagati… more
Date: 1907
Creator: Stockberger, W. W. (Warner Webster)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Harvesting and Storing Corn

Description: "The production of a large crop is of course the subject of most importance in corn growing, but there is need of much care and labor in harvesting and storing the crop after it is produced in order to obtain its maximum value." -- p. 7. Topics discussed include silos, times and methods of cutting, shocking, husking, use of machines, and different storage practices.
Date: 1907
Creator: Hartley, C. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Home-Grown Tea

Description: "This paper...was prepared in order to meet a considerable demand for information [in the United States] on the methods of growing tea in small home gardens and utilizing it for drinking purposes." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include climate and soil requirements for tea, cultivation practices, harvesting, and curing methods for black tea, sun tea, and green tea.
Date: 1907
Creator: Mitchell, George F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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