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75-mm howitzer materiel.

Description: This is a World War II-era technical manual for the 75mm Howitzer. It contains information on use, maintenance, assembly, and other aspects of this weapon.
Date: June 21, 1941
Creator: United States. Army. Ordnance Department.
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Airplane structures.

Description: Describes structural details of service airplanes used by the Army Air Corps, sufficient for personnel to perform inspection and maintenance of their equipment.
Date: October 29, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Airship aerodynamics.

Description: "This manual is designed as a text for the instruction of airship student pilots .... to give the knowledge of aerodynamics essential to the operation of [lighter than air aircraft]."(Page 2.)
Date: February 11, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
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The Angora goat.

Description: Describes the characteristics, benefits, and uses of the Angora goat. Discusses methods of managing goats on the range.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, G. P. & Spencer, D. A. (Damon Alvin), 1887-
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Cotton From Boll to Bale.

Description: Describes the steps for harvesting, drying, handling, baling, and storing cotton.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Gerdes, Francis L. (Francis Leo), 1907-; Martin, William J. (William Jules), 1910- & Bennett, Charles A. (Charles Abel), b. 1889
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Crested Wheatgrass.

Description: Discusses crested wheatgrass in the United States: its adaptation, its planting, its harvesting, and its use.
Date: January 1941
Creator: Westover, H. L. (Harvey Leroy) & Rogler, George A. (George Albert), 1913-
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Diseases of raspberries and blackberries.

Description: Describes the characteristics of diseases that infect raspberries and blackberries as well as their respective treatments.
Date: September 1941
Creator: Dodge, B. O. (Bernard Ogilvie), 1872-1960.; Wilcox, R. B. (Raymond Boorman), 1889-1949. & Demaree, J. B. (Juan Brewer), 1885-
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Establishing Cranberry Fields.

Description: Describes the requirements for growing cranberries and provides instructions for establishing cranberry fields.
Date: 1941
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-; Franklin, Henry J. (Henry James), 1883-1958 & Malde, O. G. (Ole Gustav), 1880-
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Field studies of insecticides used to control cabbage caterpillars in the South.

Description: Describes the damage that cabbage caterpillars can cause to plants, and provides the results of scientific research on insecticides to control the caterpillars in the southern United States.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Reid, W. J. (William John), 1902-; Smith, Charles Egan, 1887-; Reed, L. B. (Lucius Brown), 1906- & Thomas, W. A. (William Andrew), 1883-
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Growing black locust trees.

Description: Discusses the practice of growing black locust trees for profit in the timber industry as a method of erosion control and soil building. Provides suggestions for watering, weeding, insect and disease control, and marketing of seedlings.
Date: January 1941
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Heat treating and inspection of metals

Description: This report discusses these topics: I. Principles of heat treating -- II. Heat-treating equipment -- III. General heat treatment of steel -- IV. Specific heat treatments for aircraft steels -- V. General heat treatment of aluminum alloys -- VII. Hardness testing -- VIII. Magnaflux inspection.
Date: September 10, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
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