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Soybeans: Culture and Varieties.

Description: Describes soybean varieties and how to grow them.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884; Cartter, J. L. (Jackson Leaphart), 1902- & Williams, L. F. (Leonard Freeman), 1909-
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Drying forage by forced ventilation.

Description: Discusses different systems of forced-air ventilation as a means of harvesting and drying forage crops.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Davis, Roy B. (Roy Benjamin), 1919-; Schoenleber, Leonard G. & Campbell, Lowell Eugene, 1920-
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Strawberry Clover.

Description: Describes the growth of strawberry clover in fields, its benefits and tolerance, and steps for planting, cultivating, and seed production.
Date: July 1939
Creator: Hollowell, E. A. (Eugene Amos)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Soybean Production for Hay and Beans.

Description: Describes the production of soybean plants for both soybean-hay and soy beans themselves. Discusses storage and marketing practices.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884; Cartter, J. L. (Jackson Leaphart), 1902- & Hartwig, E. E.
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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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Peanut growing.

Description: Describes the steps farmers should take when growing peanuts, including preparing the soil, planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
Date: 1940
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870 & Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882
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Red-clover culture.

Description: Describes the uses of red clover for forage and as a soil-improving crop in the northeastern United States. Includes information about distribution, handling, and pest control.
Date: December 1926
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Soybeans for Feed, Food, and Industrial Products.

Description: Describes the versatility of the soybean as a crop, including its use for pasturage, animal feed, hay and straw, soil improvement, industrial purposes, as oil, as fertilizer or insecticide, as a honey crop, and for human food products. Includes instructions for growing and processing soybeans. Also includes instructions for preparing soy milk and soy curd (tofu).
Date: February 1952
Creator: Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884 & Cartter, J. L. (Jackson Leaphart), 1902-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bur Clover

Description: This report discusses the cultivation of bur clover, which is an annual legume that serves as a winter cover crop and as pasturage. The best practices for and uses of bur clover are discussed in detail.
Date: 1915
Creator: Piper, Charles V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926 & McKee, Roland
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Velvet Beans

Description: This bulletin describes the velvet bean, which is a legume useful in the southern United States for feeds and fertilizers. Topics discussed include varieties, planting practices, hay, feed production, and insect enemies.
Date: 1918
Creator: Tracy, S. M. (Samuel Mills), 1847-1920 & Coe, H. S.
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Horse Beans

Description: This bulletin discuss the horse bean (or fava bean), which is a legume cultivated widely in many nations and holds great potential as a crop along the Pacific and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
Date: 1918
Creator: McKee, Roland
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The Soy Bean: Its Culture and Uses

Description: This bulletin discusses soybean cultivation and the uses of soybeans. Soybeans may be used in mixtures, hay, pastures, silage, and as fertilizing agents through crop rotation.
Date: 1918
Creator: Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line

Description: "This bulletin is written to suggest to the corn-belt farmer of the Middle West -- especially the farmer whose soil has been run down by continuous grain farming -- some ways of coordinating and 'cashing in' the scientific advice offered him in hundreds of bulletins already published.... Briefly, these are the conclusions reached by our most successful corn-belt farmer and agricultural experts: To make a money-maker of a farm that has become a losing proposition through steady grain farming you… more
Date: 1916
Creator: Vrooman, Carl Schurz, 1872-1966
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Molecular and Functional Characterization of Medicago Truncatula Npf17 Gene

Description: Legumes are unique among plants for their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen with the help of soil bacteria rhizobia. Medicago truncatula is used as a model legume to study different aspects of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. M. truncatula, in association with its symbiotic partner Sinorhizobium meliloti, fix atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, which the plant uses for amino acid biosynthesis and the bacteria get reduced photosynthate in return. M. truncatula NPF1.7 previously called MtNIP/LATD is… more
Date: December 2013
Creator: Salehin, Mohammad
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A modified aeroponic system for growing small-seeded legumes and other plants to study root systems

Description: Authors of the article state that various growth systems are available for studying plant root growth and plant–microbe interactions including hydroponics and aeroponics. The aim of their study is to present step-by-step instructions for fabricating an aeroponic system, also called a “caisson,” that has been in use in several legume research labs studying the development of symbiotic nitrogen fixing nodules, but for which detailed directions are not currently available.
Date: March 3, 2023
Creator: Cai, Jingya; Veerappan, Vijaykumar; Arildsen, Kate; Sullivan, Catrina; Piechowicz, Megan; Frugoli, Julia et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 75

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Garden Sweet Peas, Winter-Flowering Sweet Peas, Southern Bur Clover, Type of Sheep for Southwest, and Combating Flies.
Date: 1913
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Farm Practice in the Use of Commercial Fertilizers in the South Atlantic States

Description: Report discussing the use of fertilizers on the more important soils of the South Atlantic States in the growing of staple farm crops. Factors which influence the use of commercial fertilizers such as crop rotation, legumes, and manure are discussed. In addition, methods for fertilizing cotton, corn, oats, wheat, and cowpea are discussed.
Date: 1910
Creator: Beavers, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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