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Scab of wheat and barley and its control.

Description: Discusses the nature, cause, and history of the scab disease, weather conditions favorable to it, and three control measures.
Date: October 1942
Creator: Dickson, James G. (James Geere), b. 1891
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Insect pests of stored rice and their control.

Description: Describes the threat of insects when storing rice, and the necessary steps to control insect infestation.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Balzer, August I. (August Irwin), 1900-
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Work clothes for women.

Description: Discusses design, fabric, and function of work clothes for women during wartime. Features designs by the Bureau of Home Economics which were released to the public through retail outlets as commercial patterns or as ready-to-wear garments. Includes line drawings and photographs, and features convertible clothing designs.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Scott, Clarice L. (Clarice Louisba), b. 1899
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Care of damaged shade trees.

Description: Discusses the important role shade trees play in camouflaging property. Explains the ways in which shade trees can become damaged and provides advice for repairing them in the event of damage.
Date: May 1942
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Winter legumes for green manure in the Cotton Belt.

Description: Describes varieties of the winter legumes used for "green manure" in the southern United States; provides suggestions for considerations to make when using winter legumes on farmland.
Date: May 1942
Creator: McKee, Roland. & McNair, A. D.
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Pastures to hold and enrich the soil.

Description: Discusses methods for maintaining grazing pastures, enriching the soil, and preventing the erosion of soil.
Date: March 1942
Creator: Semple, Arthur T. (Arthur Truman), 1895- & Hein, M. A. (Mason August), b. 1894
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School lunches in country and city.

Description: Discusses the importance of the development and implementation of school lunch programs in both rural and urban schools.
Date: March 1942
Creator: Sherman, Caroline B. (Caroline Baldwin); Southworth, Herman M. (Herman McDowell), 1909- & Klayman, Maxwell Irving, 1917-
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Cucumber growing.

Description: A guide to growing table cucumbers or slicing cucumbers in cold frames and as a field crop.
Date: 1942
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
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Measuring water in irrigation channels.

Description: Describes various water-measurement devices for use in open irrigation channels, with emphasis on weirs and the Parshall measuring flume.
Date: 1942
Creator: Parshall, R. L. (Ralph Leroy), 1881-
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