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Cigar-tobacco production in Pennsylvania.

Description: Discusses the methods for tobacco farming in Pennsylvania. Includes cropping systems, cultural operations, and plant diseases.
Date: July 1929
Creator: Olson, Otto
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Trembles.

Description: Describes the trembles, a milk sickness which afflicts cows; includes information regarding causes, transmission to uninfected animals, remedies, and prevention.
Date: June 1929
Creator: Marsh, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight)
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Varieties of hard red winter wheat.

Description: Describes different types of hard red winter wheat and where it grows in the United States.
Date: June 1929
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888 & Quisenberry, Karl S.
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Fur laws for the season 1929-30.

Description: Discusses the importance of conservation practices to preserve fur resources. Provides a summary of U.S. federal and state laws related to game animals, as well as related laws of Canada, the Dominion of Newfoundland, and Mexico.
Date: 1929
Creator: Earnshaw, Frank L. & Grimes, Frank G.
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Making American cheese on the farm.

Description: Discusses the nutritional value of homemade cheese. Describes the conditions favorable to cheesemaking. Provides instructions for making cheese on the farm for home consumption.
Date: 1929
Creator: Gere, C. M.
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The European starling in the United States.

Description: Describes the life cycle of the European starling, its beneficial and harmful qualities, and methods for its control.
Date: December 1928
Creator: Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884-
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The husker-shredder on eastern Corn Belt farms.

Description: Describes the uses and benefits of the corn husker-shredder. Includes a discussion of the costs involved in renting or buying a shredder.
Date: December 1928
Creator: Collier, George W., 1897-; Humphries, W. R. (Walter Raymond), b. 1886 & McComas, E. W. (Earl W.)
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Legume hays for milk production.

Description: Argues the case for using legume hays on the farm. Describes the advantages of legume hays for profitability and increased nutrients per acre.
Date: October 1928
Creator: Dawson, J. R. (James Robert), b. 1894
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Harvesting grain sorghums.

Description: Describes methods and equipment used for harvesting, threshing, and storing grain sorghums in the Great Plains of the United States.
Date: September 1928
Creator: Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893-; Reynoldson, L. A. (Le Roy August), b. 1886; Rothgeb, Benton E. & Hurst, W. M. (Wilbur Magruder), 1898-
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The Porto Rican mole cricket.

Description: Describes the characteristics of the mole cricket, the damage it causes, and methods of control.
Date: April 1928
Creator: Thomas, W. A. (William Andrew), 1883-
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Rural libraries.

Description: Describes how libraries are created in rural areas; describes the types of services offered by rural libraries.
Date: April 1928
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
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Farm practices under corn-borer conditions.

Description: Describes the problems caused by the corn borer in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, and methods of control.
Date: January 1928
Creator: Tapp, Jesse W. (Jesse Washington), 1898-; Collier, George W., 1897- & Arnold, C. R. (Carl R.), 1891-
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The house fly and how to suppress it.

Description: Describes the different types of flies found in the home, the diseases they carry, and various ways to control them.
Date: 1928
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
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Smuts of wheat and rye and their control.

Description: Describes the smut diseases that affect wheat and rye, and methods for their control.
Date: December 1927
Creator: Tisdale, W. H. (Wendell Holmes), b. 1892. & Tapke, V. F.
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Feeding chickens.

Description: A guide to feeding chickens for the production of quality meat and eggs.
Date: October 1927
Creator: Jull, Morley A. (Morley Allan), 1885-1959 & Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
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Infectious abortion of cattle.

Description: Describes the symptoms, possible causes, and prevention of an infectious abortion disease affecting cattle.
Date: August 1927
Creator: Buck, J. M. (John Mott), 1878-1938
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Shortleaf pine primer.

Description: A guide to growing shortleaf pine trees as a timber crop.
Date: August 1927
Creator: Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
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Dairy-herd improvement through cooperative bull associations.

Description: Describes the role of cooperative bull associations in dairy-herd improvement. Provides information about the financial benefits and advice for organizing a bull association.
Date: June 1927
Creator: McDowell, J. C. (John Chambers), 1867-1943
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