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The Agricultural Outlook: December 31, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports. Contains an article and tables about wheat production in South America.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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The Agricultural Outlook: July 21, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during June and July 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports. Contains articles and tables about the Hessian fly, marketing by parcel post, car supplies, and market prices.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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The Agricultural Outlook: March 23, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States in 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports. Contains articles and tables about preparing seed corn and grain for planting, farm labor wages and hours, pricing trends, and crop reports from Florida and California
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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The Agricultural Outlook: October 16, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during the autumn (September-November) of 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Beef Production in the South

Description: Report giving an overview of methods for raising cattle in the southern United States. There are special discussions of cattle feed, methods for fattening cattle, and the different breeds of cattle adapted to the region.
Date: 1914
Creator: Ward, W. F. (William Francis) & Gray, Dan T. (Daniel Thomas), 1878-
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Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture

Description: Revised edition. This report discusses birds commonly found in the southeastern United States with special regard to their diets and the impact these birds have on agriculture and insects in this region.
Date: 1918
Creator: Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916; McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884-1972
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Cotton Wilt and Root-Knot

Description: "Cotton wilt causes large preventable losses in the sandy soils of the cotton belt. Where root-knot also occurs, the injury is still greater. Wilt is caused by a soil-inhabiting fungus which plugs the water vessels in the stem of the plant. No treatment with fungicides, fertilizers, or any material applied to the soil or the plant will prevent it; but varieties of cotton which resist the disease have been developed by breeding and can be obtained through purchase from cooperators of the Departm… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Gilbert, William W. (William Williams), b. 1880
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Demonstration Work on Southern Farms

Description: Report discussing the origination and purpose of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work. The agency is primarily tasked with developing methods to control the spread of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, but it researches cultivation techniques for other crops as well, particularly corn and cowpea. This report summarizes the agency's preliminary findings.
Date: 1910
Creator: Knapp, S. A.
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Eradication of Bermuda Grass

Description: This bulletin describes Bermuda grass, a plant that is both highly valuable to pastures and also invasive in the southern United States, and gives suggestions for its control. Possible methods for eradication include the strategic use of shade, winterkilling, fallowing, hog grazing, and tilling practices.
Date: 1918
Creator: Hansen, Albert A.
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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.
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Farm Practices That Increase Crop Yields: The Gulf Coast Region

Description: "Gulf Coast region upland soils are ordinarily deficient in nitrogen and need to be supplied with liberal quantities of organic matter if profitable crop yields are to be produced. This condition is most easily and cheaply remedied by growing such legumes as velvet beans, cowpeas, soy beans, bur clover, crimson clover, hairy vetch, and beggar weed, and by carefully utilizing all farm manures, crop residues, and other sources of humus. By a simple readjustment most of the cropping systems follow… more
Date: 1918
Creator: Crosby, M. A.
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