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Soil conservation is vital to you.

Description: On the right is an aerial photo of farmland. Below the photo are three pamphlets about soil conservation, with a box reading "Many government pamphlets are available on request." On the left is the title and above the title a blank box with small letters reading, "Use this space to list your available reading material."
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Our Remaining Land: We Can Use It and Save It.

Description: 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.
Date: June 1949
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use the land and save the soil.

Description: This bulletin briefly answers the questions: "What is soil and water conservation?" and "How does the Soil Conservation Service help farmers and landowners?"
Date: September 1949
Creator: Musser, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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From the dust of the earth.

Description: Describes how the things people enjoy in everyday life come from the soil, either directly or indirectly, and the value of participating in soil conservation.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Lathrop, William H., 1900-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wood Chips for the Land.

Description: Describes how farmers and ranchers can use wood chips to prevent soil erosion, as bedding for livestock, and as a way to make soil richer for producing crops.
Date: June 1952
Creator: McIntyre, Arthur Clifton, 1894-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The soil that went to town.

Description: Describes the problem of soil erosion and methods for its prevention, in an elementary story format.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Gee, C. W. (Chester Wilson), 1904-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contour-furrow irrigation.

Description: Describes how farmers can use contour-furrow irrigation as a means of preventing soil erosion and maintaining even watering of crops.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Kohler, Karl O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrugation Irrigation.

Description: Describes the corrugation irrigation process and explains how to implement this layout to irrigate close-growing crops.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Stanley, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catfish Farming

Description: Revised edition. This bulletin discusses the farming of channel catfish, which is the most commonly grown species of catfish. Catfish can be grown successfully in ponds, cages, or raceways. Topics discussed include water quality, spawning, feeding, harvesting, diseases, and production costs.
Date: 1981
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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