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The City Home Garden

Description: Revised edition. "Fresh vegetables for an average family may be grown upon a large back yard or city lot.... Thousands of acres of idle land that may be used for gardens are still available within the boundaries of our large cities. Some of the problems that confront the city gardener are more difficult than those connected with the farm garden, and it is the object of this bulletin to discuss these problems from a practical standpoint." -- p. 2. Soil preparation, tools, seeding, watering, dise… more
Date: 1924
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
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Clover failure.

Description: Describes clover culture and examines the reasons for its decline. Discusses the benefits of increased efforts in reviving clover culture.
Date: 1924
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
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The club wheats.

Description: Describes several varieties of club wheats and where they grow in the United States.
Date: 1922
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888 & Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893-
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Collection and Preservation of Plant Material for Use in the Study of Agriculture

Description: Revised edition. "The purpose of this bulletin is to suggest methods of collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving plant specimens of various sorts which can be used by teachers of agriculture. To instructors in agriculture who have had special training along these lines, doubtless many of the suggestions here given will seem superfluous; but there are many teachers who are called upon to teach agriculture who have not had such training, and who will doubtless welcome specific information … more
Date: 1923
Creator: Derr, H. B. (Harry Benjamin), b. 1867 & Lane, C. H.
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Collection and Preservation of Plant Material for Use in the Study of Agriculture

Description: Revised edition. "The purpose of this bulletin is to suggest methods of collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving plant specimens of various sorts which can be used by teachers of agriculture. To instructors in agriculture who have had special training along these lines, doubtless many of the suggestions here given will seem superfluous; but there are many teachers who are called upon to teach agriculture who have not had such training, and who will doubtless welcome specific information … more
Date: 1929
Creator: Derr, H. B. (Harry Benjamin), b. 1867 & Lane, C. H.
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The common white wheats.

Description: Describes winter and spring varieties of white wheats and their production in the United States.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888; Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893- & Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
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Community Bird Refuges

Description: Report explaining how communities may establish bird refuges. Because birds eat injurious insects and provide aesthetic value to communities, it is desirable to increase their numbers in most communities. Bird refuges may be established on farms, at roadsides, in parks and fairgrounds, at schools and colleges, in cemeteries, and at reservoirs.
Date: 1921
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
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Concrete Construction on the Livestock Farm

Description: Revised bulletin. Report describing "methods of using concrete, with special reference to requirements on livestock farms." -- p. 2. Includes instructions for building a concrete feeding floor, a concrete manure pit, and concrete dipping vat.
Date: 1922
Creator: United States. Bureau of Animal Industry.
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Control of American Foulbrood

Description: "American foulbrood is a disease of the brood of bees which is causing great losses to American beekeepers. It has existed almost since bees were first brought to North America. The facts about the disease on which the treatment is based are discussed in this bulletin and the treatment is described in full.
Date: 1920
Creator: Funk, W. C. (Warren Clemmer), 1885-
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Control of Aphids Injurious to Orchard Fruits, Currant, Gooseberry and Grape

Description: "The present bulletin treats of the aphids injurious to fruit and foliage of apple, quince, pear, plum, cherry, peach, currant, gooseberry, and grape. Forty-one species of aphids in all are discussed. The more important forms affecting a given fruit are considered first, and then follows a brief account of species known to infest the plant locally or occasionally, and which growers should be able to distinguish from the more destructive species. In their life history aphids are peculiar in many… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Quaintance, A. L. (Altus Lacy), 1870-1958 & Baker, A. C. (Arthur Challen), 1885-
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Control of Apple Powdery Mildew

Description: "Apple powdery mildew is a serious disease of nursery stock throughout the United States and occasionally is serious on orchard trees in the East. In the apple-growing districts west of the Rocky Mountains, however, and especially in the pacific Coast States, it has become an important orchard disease that annually causes heavy losses.... Pruning out infected shoots during the dormant season is an important step in control, but this treatment must be supplemented by spraying during the growing … more
Date: 1920
Creator: Fisher, D. F.
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Control of the Onion Thrips

Description: Revised edition. "The onion thrips, a minute, prolific insect almost invisible to the unaided eye, is the most serious menace to the onion-growing industry throughout the whole United States.... The thrips preys upon cabbage, cauliflower, and similar plants, cucumber, melons, and other vine crops, and most other garden and truck crops, though it is more injurious to some than to others. It is injurious to roses and some other ornamentals and to greenhouse plants. It also breeds upon a large var… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
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Cooperative Marketing

Description: Report giving suggestions for organizing cooperative marketing associations among farmers. Topics discussed include membership contracts, sales pools, organizational structures, financing, bylaws, management, and assignment of duties.
Date: 1920
Creator: Jesness, Oscar B. (Oscar Bernard), b. 1889
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