Environmental Policy Collection - 18 Matching Results
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- Rural planning : the village.
- Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
- Reducing damage to trees from construction work.
- Describes the damage often inflicted upon trees during construction projects, and explains how to plan projects accordingly to avoid these problems.
- Controlling the Japanese beetle.
- Describes the characteristics of the Japanese beetle, the damage it causes to plants, and methods of control.
- Arbor day, its purpose and observance.
- Discusses Arbor Day as a holiday that recognizes the importance of United States forests and discusses a citizen's duty to preserve them and foster new growth of trees.
- Mosquito remedies and preventives.
- Describes measures, substances, and materials, both offensive and defensive, that have been found most effective against mosquitoes.
- Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes.
- Describes the importance of nitrogen-fixing bacteria on crops of legumes.
- Soil and water conservation in the Pacific Northwest.
- Describes types of erosion and methods for preventing the erosion of soil by water and wind.
- Planting and care of street trees.
- Describes the importance of shade trees within city limits, including: how to plan the layout of street trees; the various types of trees best suited for city growth; and how to properly maintain city-grown trees.
- Grass crops in conservation farming.
- Describes the success of grassland improvement methods as demonstrated by experiment stations, agricultural technicians, farmers, and ranchers.
- Managing farm fields, wetlands, and waters for wild ducks in the South.
- Provides instructions for establishing ponds and marshes in order to attract wild ducks to farmlands. Discusses the recreational benefits of watching and hunting ducks.
- Planting the roadside.
- Describes the benefits of planting trees and shrubs on the roadside, and the proper procedures for doing so.
- Game management on the farm.
- Describes ways that a farmer can support game on his land to make the best use of otherwise wasted land. Provides an overview of practical game management practices.
- Tree planting on rural school grounds.
- Discusses the importance of planning for successful Arbor-Day tree plantings on rural school grounds and churchyards. Includes suggested study topics for teachers to use in school lessons.
- Rural Planning: The Social Aspects of Recreation Places.
- Describes the trend toward establishing planned recreation areas in rural communities, and the economic and social benefits they provide to farmers.
- Making land produce useful wildlife.
- Discusses the benefits of biological balance on ranches and farms. Describes ways to allow wildlife to flourish for the purposes of hunting, trapping, fishing and other recreation.
- The What and Why of Agricultural Experiment Stations.
- A summary of the purpose, origins, and work of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States.
- Meadows and Pastures: Formation and Cultivation in the Middle Eastern States.
- A guide to the cultivation and selection of varieties of hay, pasture grasses, and clover. Describes the use grass as a soil builder and provides methods of soil improvement.
- Managing the small forest
- A guide to the basic principles of forest management, for use by small forest owners.