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Corn Growing

Description: Report describing how simple improvements in farming practices can double the average production of corn per acre in the United States. Factors discussed include seed quality, soil conditions, and cultivation methods.
Date: 1904
Creator: Hartley, C. P. (Charles Pinckney), 1870-
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Controlling the Boll Weevil in Cotton Seed and at Ginneries

Description: Report discussing the role of cotton ginneries in the dissemination of the boll weevil and improvements to the ginning process which can control the boll weevil's spread.
Date: 1904
Creator: Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925
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The Use of Paris Green in Controlling the Cotton Boll Weevil

Description: Report advocating for the rejection of the insecticide Paris green as a suitable method for eliminating the cotton boll weevil. The rejection of Paris green is a result of a series of experiments undertaken by both the Bureau of Entomology and planters.
Date: 1904
Creator: Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925
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Milk Fever: Its Simple and Successful Treatment

Description: "Milk fever is a very common, and until recently a frequently fatal, disease affecting cows in all the large dairy districts of this and other countries. As it usually attacks the best milking members of the herd and at a time when the milk flow is the heaviest, the malady is one which has caused very severe losses to our dairy industry. It is therefore of the greatest economic importance that every milk producer acquaint himself with the present extremely successful methods of treating this di… more
Date: 1904
Creator: Mohler, John R. (John Robbins), b. 1875
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The Cotton Bollworm: An Account of the insect, With Results of Experiments in 1903

Description: Report describing the cotton bollworm, an enemy of the cotton plant, especially in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Discussion includes the bollworm's consequences for both cotton and corn as well as effective and ineffective methods of controlling it.
Date: 1904
Creator: Quaintance, A. L. (Altus Lacy), 1870-1958
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Varieties of Fruits Recommended for Planting

Description: Report detailing the agricultural suitability of common fruits to different regions of the United States. There are a total of 19 different districts which possess unique characteristics making them more or less suitable to the fruits discussed.
Date: 1904
Creator: Ragan, W. H. (William Henry), 1836-1909
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Pig Management

Description: Report describing the best practices for raising a herd of pigs on a farm. Topics include housing, fencing, feed, breeding, sanitation, and disease.
Date: 1904
Creator: Rommel, George M. (George McCullough)
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 23

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Losses in Manure, Macaroni Wheats, Sterilizing Greenhouse Soils, Tomatoes Under Glass, Protection of Peach Buds, Dandelions in Lawns, Apple Pomace for Cows, Rations for Laying Hens, Early Molting of Hens, Evaporation from Incubator Eggs, the Keeping Quality of Butter, Curing Cheese in Cold Storage.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 24

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Cost of Eggs in Winter, the Chicken Mite, Soiling Crops, Profitable and Unprofitable Cows, Methods of Milking, Coating Cheese with Paraffin, the Octagonal Silo, Ventilation of Stables, Disposal of Diseased Carcasses.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 25

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Watermelons in the North, Watermelon Culture in Georgia, Muskmelon Culture in the North, Rockyford Muskmelons, Cold Storage of Fruits, Selection of Seed Corn, Bread and Toast, Cooking Meat, Bitter Milk.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 26

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Reclamation of Flood-Damaged Lands, Mulching Vegetables and Fruits, the Cultivation of Orchards, Thinning Apples, Popcorn, Fruit for Farm-Animals, Protein for Dairy Cows, Cost of Raising Calves and Pigs, Manufacture of Sage Cheese, Manufacture of Cottage Cheese, a Cheap Fruit Evaporator.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 27

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Hen Manure; Nitrate of Soda for Field Crops; Varieties, Culture, and Quality of Wheat; Breeding Corn; Quality of Irrigated Crops; Shading Strawberries and Vegetables; Injuries to Shade Trees; Soft Corn; Hay Substitutes; Oak Leaves as Forage; the Covered Milk Pail; Canning Cheese; Millet Seed for Hogs; Fertilizers for Potatoes.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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The Cream Separator on Western Farms

Description: Report discussing the use of the cream separator on farms in Kansas and Nebraska, which have substantial dairy industries but are not typically considered dairy-producing states. Advantages of the cream separator, its care and management, milk and cream production on the farm, and delivery of cream to markets are discussed.
Date: 1904
Creator: Webster, Ed. H. (Edwin Harrison), 1871-1928 & Gray, C. E. (Charles Earl), 1881-1944
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