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What OTA Is, What OTA Does, How OTA Works

Description: Document describing the purpose, function, and makeup of the Office of Technology Assessment. Includes organization chart with handwritten annotations.
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
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Peach Yellows and Peach Rosette

Description: Report discussing the diseases afflicting the peach known as peach yellows and peach rosette, including distribution of the diseases and preventive measures. A brief appendix discusses laws passed in Connecticut and Pennsylvania which are intended to prevent the spread of the diseases.
Date: 1894
Creator: Smith, Erwin F. (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927
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Forage Plants for the South

Description: Report discussing the findings of an experimental study of over 500 native and foreign species of grasses and other forage plants in the southern United States. The report is limited to a discussion of species that were established to hold agricultural value for hay and pastures.
Date: 1894
Creator: Smith, Erwin F. (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927
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Grape Districts and Varieties in the United States

Description: "Three types of grapes are grown in the United States. In the order of economic importance they are vinifera, the American euvitis, and the muscadine. This bulletin sets forth in a general way the main geographic regions where these are found and makes recommendations as to the specific districts where each kind can be grown to advantage. A map of the United States showing the outlines of these 13 districts is included. A large number of varieties of grapes are described, and the importance of … more
Date: 1932
Creator: Husmann, George C. (George Charles Frederick), 1861-1939
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Rabbit Production

Description: "This bulletin sets forth the essential principles of rabbit raising and tells how to apply them in practice." -- p. ii. Topics discussed include necessary equipment, different breeds, feeding practices, and breeding practices, and preparing rabbits for market.
Date: 1934
Creator: Ashbrook, F. G. 1892- & Kellogg, Charles E.; 1890-
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Planning a Subsistence Homestead

Description: "Growing food for family-living purposes in connection with enough outside work to provide the family with the cash for necessary farm and family expenses is a combination that many families now want to develop.... This kind of farming has often been called subsistence farming and a farm of this kind a subsistence homestead. This part-time farming has certain problems of its own that are somewhat different from the usual farming problems. The family has to think of the quantity and variety of p… more
Date: 1934
Creator: Wilcox, Walter W. (Walter William), 1904-1999
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Subsistence Farm Gardens

Description: "Fruits and vegetables will naturally form an important part of the diet of families undertaking subsistence farming as a means of supplementing their food supplies and occupying their spare time. The supply of fruits and vegetables in most cases will be produced by methods differing more or less from those employed in regular farm gardens. This bulletin has been prepared with the limitations clearly in mind, under which the average subsistence homesteader is working, and includes brief cultura… more
Date: 1935
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870; Robert, J. W.; Harter, L. L. (Leonard Lee); White, W. H. (William Henry), 1892-1951 & Van Dine, D. L. (Delos Lewis), 1878-
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Cover Crops for Soil Conservation

Description: "Cover crops are crops sown or planted in thick stands for the purpose of protecting and enriching the soil.... That the use of cover crops is a most efficient means for preventing soil erosion and increasing soil fertility is well known; yet this practice is not nearly so widely and extensively followed as it should be. The kinds of cover crops that should be used and the method of utilizing them to the best advantage varies in different regions, according to climatic conditions but almost eve… more
Date: 1936
Creator: Kell, Walter V., 1889- & McKee, Roland
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Soil Defense in the Piedmont

Description: "This bulletin deals with erosion of the soil and measures of defense which have proved successful in controlling erosion in that part of the Piedmont country lying in the five States of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama. The region is the rolling foothill country of the Appalachian Range, and extends east and south to the fall line which separates the Piedmont from the broad, gently sloping Atlantic and Gulf Coastsal Plains." -- p. ii. Measures of soil defense considered include te… more
Date: 1937
Creator: Rowalt, E. M.
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Bean Diseases and Their Control

Description: "Beans are subject to a number of diseases that cause injury and loss. The purpose of this bulletin is to describe these diseases briefly, so that they can be identified by the grower, and to give recommendations for preventing and checking them." -- p. ii. Diseases for garden, field, and Lima beans are discussed and include anthracnose, blight, mosaic (curly leaf), rust, root rots, mildew, and baldhead.
Date: 1932
Creator: Harter, L. L. (Leonard Lee) & Zaumeyer, W. J. (William John)
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Sea Island Cotton: Its Culture, Improvement, and Diseases

Description: Report explaining new cultivation techniques for growers of Sea Island cotton in Georgia and Florida. The deterioration of seed quality and poor farming practices for this unique cotton make the adoption of these techniques necessary.
Date: 1907
Creator: Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930
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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.
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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.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 44

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Distributing manure and Fertilizers, Winterkilling of Peach Buds, Color of Apples, Ringing Herbaceous Plants, Potato Scab, Gas Injury to Trees, the Tuna or Prickly Pear, Cooking Cereal Foods, Silage Making Horse-Feeding Tests, Supplements to Corn for Hogs, Tankage for Hogs Following Cattle, and Hoppers for Poultry Feeding.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 45

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: the Farm Home, Lining of Ditches and Reservoirs, Cement Pipe for Irrigation and Other Purposes, Pollination of Forced Tomatoes, Increasing the Productiveness of Corn, Shrinkage of Corn in Cribs, Grain for Cows at Pasture, Starters for Ripening Cream, Water Pans for Poultry, and Catching Hook for Poultry.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Demonstration Work in Cooperation with Southern Farmers

Description: Report discussing the efforts of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work, which consists of "(1) the demonstration of improved methods of agriculture in the weevil-infected districts [...] and (2) the extension of the same principles to other Southern States beyond the range of weevil infestation." (p. 6) Congress created the organization in 1904 to assist with relief efforts.
Date: 1908
Creator: Knapp, Seaman Ashahel, 1833-1911
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 46

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Fish Fertilizer, Reclamation of Salt Marshes, Bermuda Hay, Protein Content of Forage Crops, Quality in Wheat, Potato Spraying, Anesthetics in Forcing Plants, Fattening Cattle for Market, Cottonseed Meal and Corn Silage for Cows, Carbonated Milk, and Preservation of Fence Posts.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Small Farms in the Corn Belt

Description: Report discussing the successes of three farms in Nebraska to explain to young men how they can begin profitable small farms in the Corn Belt.
Date: 1908
Creator: Warren, Joseph Allen
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 47

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Low-Grade v. High-Grade Fertilizers; Improvement of Sandy Soils; Dry Farming; Seed Selection; Evergreens: Uses and Culture; Nut Growing in Maryland; "Hogging Off" Corn; Mineral Matter in Feeding Stuff; Preparation of Miscible Oils; an Automatic Cheese Press; and Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 48

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Plant Breeding on the Farm, Sorghum for Silage, Dry Rot of Corn, Starch from Sweet Potatoes, Profits from Tomato Growing, the Keeping of Apples, Weed Seeds in Manure, Weed Seeds in Feeding Stuffs, Forage Crops for Pigs, Market Classes and Grades of Horses and Mules, Profitable and Unprofitable Cows, Blackhead in Turkeys, Extraction of … more
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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