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- Streambank Plantings for Erosion Control in the Northeast.
- Describes the process of planting along streambanks as a method of erosion prevention.
- Truly yours: the dress that fits.
- This document is a brochure describing a film about garment selection and alteration, with instructions on how to buy or borrow the film (at the time that it was issued).
- Taming runaway waters
- Describes the damage caused and the economic impact of floods and fast-moving water. Discusses the role of soil and water management programs in flood control.
- How to Use Whole and Nonfat Dry Milk.
- Discusses the nutritional benefits of milk for adults and children. Pages 6-31 contain recipes using whole and nonfat dry milk.
- Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands.
- Describes the different classifications of land and the effect soil erosion has on the quality of land and its future for crop production. Contains the results of an extensive study.
- How to Build a Farm Pond.
- Describes the steps necessary to build a pond on farmland, including surveying land, testing the soil, building a spillway, and maintaining the pond.
- Storage of ear corn on the farm.
- Describes how to build corn cribs to dry and store ear corn on the farm.
- Storage of small grains and shelled corn on the farm.
- Explains how to build storage facilities on the farm for small grains and shelled corn.
- Use the land and save the soil.
- This bulletin briefly answers the questions: "What is soil and water conservation?" and "How does the Soil Conservation Service help farmers and landowners?"
- Adobe or sun-dried brick for farm buildings.
- Describes an efficient method of making and using adobe in the form of sun-dried bricks; describes how adobe bricks can be used in different parts of a building, such as: the roof, the boundary walls, the foundation, etc.
- Dresses Designed for Little Girls.
- Provides suggestions for the design, construction, and evaluation of dresses made for girls aged 2 to 6. Includes advice about design features, fabric selection, and quality of workmanship.
- Grow disease-resistant oats.
- Describes different types of oats that are resistant to disease, and additional steps to take to prevent disease.
- Mixing fertilizers on the farm.
- Describes how to plan and mix fertilizers for use on the farm.
- Soybeans: Culture and Varieties.
- Describes soybean varieties and how to grow them.
- Turkey on the table, the year round.
- Provides methods for preparing turkey.
- Using Tall Fescue in Soil Conservation.
- Describes the characteristics of tall fescue and how it can contribute to soil conservation.
- Logging farm forest crops in the Northeast.
- A step-by-step guide to logging the forests of the northeastern United States. Includes information about the tools and equipment used, including axes, saws, and tractors, as well as the use of horses.
- Pork on the farm : killing, curing, and canning.
- Describes methods for slaughtering, curing, and canning pork for later use.
- Tomorrow's food.
- Describes the Agricultural Conservation Program and its role in safeguarding the food supply through soil conservation assistance.
- 8 steps in grading soybeans : under revised standards, effective September 1, 1949.
- An explanation of the process used by U.S. federal grain inspectors to grade soybeans. Factors include odor, weevil or garlic infestation, moisture, weight per bushel, foreign material, mixed colors, splits, and damage.
- Our Remaining Land: We Can Use It and Save It.
- Discusses the condition of the remaining productive land in the United States and the risk of losing it to soil erosion. Describes conservation efforts including the use of land standards in conservation planning.
- Lettuce growing in greenhouses.
- Describes different types of greenhouses for lettuce-growing; provides instructions for growing lettuce in greenhouses.
- Improving poultry through the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
- Describes a national plan to improve poultry standards and production in the United States.
- Bur-clover cultivation and utilization.
- Describes the different methods of cultivating bur-clover for use as a fertilizer and for other purposes, including use as a cover and green-manure crop or for use in pastures. Also describes the varieties of bur-clover and the insects that prey upon them.
- Diseases of cabbage and related plants.
- Describes the characteristics of various parasitic and non-parasitic diseases of the cabbage and similar plants.
- Drying Seed Cotton.
- Describes various methods of cotton-drying and the effectiveness of each.
- Farm housing loans.
- This brochure answers frequently-asked questions about farm housing loans.
- Farm poultry raising.
- Describes how to efficiently and successfully produce profitable poultry on the farm.
- Mule production.
- Describes the benefits of work mules, methods for breeding them, and characteristics of high-quality mules.
- Reducing damage to trees from construction work.
- Describes the damage often inflicted upon trees during construction projects, and explains how to plan projects accordingly to avoid these problems.
- Tick fever.
- Discusses issues concerning tick fever and the eradication of the cattle tick that causes it. Describes the differences between disease-carrying ticks and harmless ticks.
- Child's self-help overall.
- This document contains recommendations for the construction of a child's self-help overall, designed for freedom of movement and easy dressing.
- Producing cigar tobacco in Pennsylvania.
- Provides recommendations for tobacco culture, packing and fermentation, marketing, and disease control.
- School lunch recipes using dried fruits.
- Contains several recipes using dried fruit in school lunches. Includes general directions for handling dried fruit during the preparation stages.
- How to Keep and Increase Black Grama on Southwestern Ranges.
- Describes the benefits of having black grama on ranges in the Southwestern United States, as well as how to use and manage it.
- It could happen again.
- Describes the importance of soil conservation practices and their effect on wheat production.
- Wheat crop insurance : (commodity coverage)
- Describes federal insurance for farmers that offers commodity coverage of wheat crops.
- Wheat crop insurance : (monetary coverage)
- Describes a federal insurance program that provides monetary coverage against farm risks.
- School lunch recipes using nonfat dry milk.
- A collection of quantity recipes for school lunches using nonfat dry milk. Includes general directions for handling dried milk during the preparation stages.
- The European corn borer : its present status and methods of control.
- Describes the life cycle and characteristics of the European corn borer, and methods for controlling it.
- Federal crop insurance on corn: (dollar coverage insurance)
- A leaflet describing federal crop insurance available to corn producers and how to apply for it.
- Ordnance maintenance : 155-mm gun motor carriage M40 and 8 in. howitzer motor carriage M43 hull and suspension.
- Contains a description of procedures for "inspection and repair, and necessary disassembly and assembly of hull and track suspension group." This information pertains only to 155-mm gun motor carriage and the 8-inch howitzer motor carriage.
- Army ground forces light aviation.
- "This manual is a guide for the military personnel of Army Ground Forces units who are concerned with organic light aviation. It describes the training, tactical employment, administration, maintenance, and supply of Army Ground Forces light aviation" (p. 1). The index begins on page 171.
- Service of the piece, twin 40-MM gun motor carriage M19.
- Describes platoon organization, duties, drills, and operation of the equipment required to serve the twin 40-mm gun motor carriage M19.
- Packing and crating: repairs and utilities.
- Instructions for packing military supplies, as well as household goods and personal effects. Topics covered include corrosion prevention and materials used for packaging and shipping.
- Steam and Hot-Water Heating Plants: Inspection and Preventive Maintenance Service
- "This Technical Manual is a guide to first and second echelon maintenance services of domestic type steam and hot-water boilers and heating systems." Discusses methods of training personnel, operation and preventive maintenance, procedures for placing equipment in service and for taking it temporarily out of service, and inspections.
- Warm-air furnaces : inspection and preventive maintenance service.
- A guide to maintenance of warm-air furnaces. Discusses methods of training, duties of the user, inspection, and maintenance.
- Water heaters : inspection and preventive maintenance service.
- "This technical manual is a guide to first and second echelon maintenance of domestic hot-water supply systems." Discusses methods of training maintenance personnel, preventive maintenance for users, and inspections.
- Coal handling : repairs and utilities
- "This Technical Manual describes uniform methods of coal handling for Army posts, camps, and stations. Methods are presented to insure efficient and economical operation, based on accepted commercial practices adapted to meet requirements of Army installations."
- Concrete and masonry : repairs and utilities.
- "This Technical Manual describes materials, equipment, and methods used in new concrete and masonry work at Army posts. It also covers repair and maintenance of existing concrete and masonry."