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Farmers' Reading Courses
Date: 1900
Creator: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Description: Report discussing the main features of the farmers' reading courses that have become popular in several states through agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The reading courses are designed to provide farmers with a systematic approach to their work through the study of a scientifically sound and accessible textbook curriculum.
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The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Description: This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
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A Successful New York Farm
Date: 1911
Creator: Burritt, M. C. (Maurice Chase)
Description: Report discussing a farm in Monroe County, New York, which became successful due to excellent and systematic farm management in spite of the lack of beneficial political and economic circumstances for farmers at the time. The farm under discussion grew wheat, clover, potatoes, fruit (in orchards) and livestock, and its methods for cultivating these crops are detailed.
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Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States
Date: 1915
Creator: Cox, H. R. (Herbert Randolph)
Description: "There are nearly 7,500 recognized species of ferns in the world, of which number over 200 are known to be native to the United States. A few species have become weed pests in this country, and it is to a discussion of the control of these weedy ferns that this bulletin is devoted. The parts of the United States in which ferns are bad weeds are, principally, (1) the hill country of the Northeastern States and the higher portions of the Appalachian Mountain region as far south as Georgia, and (2) the Pacific coast country west of the Cascade Mountains.... This publication deals only with fern eradication in the Eastern States." -- p. 1-2
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Common White Grubs
Date: 1913
Creator: Davis, John J. (John June), 1885-1965
Description: "The present publication is merely intended to give a brief summary of the life history and habits of [common white grubs], as now understood, together with the best known means of controlling them." -- p. 2.
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Rape as a Forage Crop
Date: 1903
Creator: Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935
Description: Report discussing the cultivation of the rape plant as a forage crop, including its varieties, soil requirements and preparation, and harvesting. Also describes various uses of rape as a forage crop, weed destroyer, and cover crop.
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The Carpet Beetle or "Buffalo Moth"
Date: 1914
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
Description: Report discussing the carpet beetle (also known as the buffalo moth) and its geographic distribution, life cycle, habits, and methods for exterminating it.
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A System of Farm Cost Accounting
Date: 1914
Creator: Ladd, C. E. (Carl Edwin), 1888-1943
Description: "This bulletin simply aims to give a description of a system of farm cost accounting which has been tried for three years in the State of New York with 53 farmers under widely differing conditions and has proved fairly successful. It is a method so simple that a farmer can keep it without assistance." -- p. 2
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The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Date: 1917
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Description: Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
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The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Date: 1914
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Description: Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
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