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The Agricultural Outlook: August 22, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during July and August 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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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: February 7, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during January 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
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: June 23, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during May and June 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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The Agricultural Outlook: March 18, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States for 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports. Contains articles and tables on international production of corn, oats, barley, rye, potatoes, and flax as well as beef imports from Argentina, cotton production in Africa, and crop reporting systems in other countries.
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: May 22, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during May 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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The Agricultural Outlook: November 23, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during October and November 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
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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The Agricultural Outlook: September 16, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during August and September 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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The Angora Goat

Description: Report discussing the importance and various uses for the angora goat and ways of building and managing a flock. There are special discussions of the value of mohair, care of fleeces, and shearing practices.
Date: 1914
Creator: Heller, L. L. (Lewis Lincoln), 1887-
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Arsenical Cattle Dips: Methods of Preparation and Directions for Use

Description: "This bulletin is intended to be a handbook for the user of arsenical cattle dips. It aims to include in brief but ample form general information, formulas, tables, and practical hints gearing on the preparation and management of arsenical dipping solutions." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Chapin, Robert M. (Robert Macfarlane), 1877-1940
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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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Bird Houses and How to Build Them

Description: "A few years ago only four species were commonly regarded as house birds -- the house wren, the bluebird, the tree swallow, and the martin. Since the movement to protect birds and make neighbors of them began, however, their natures and needs have become better understood, and it is now known that many other species will avail themselves of houses constructed for them by their human friends. The practice of erecting bird houses in this country, while now nation-wide, is not so common and unifor… more
Date: 1914
Creator: Dearborn, Ned, 1865-
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Breeds of Draft Horses

Description: "The purpose of this publication is to present to the reader in a concise manner the most important features regarding the breeds of draft horses in this country." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Bell, George A. (George Arthur), b. 1879
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Breeds of Sheep for the Farm

Description: Report discussing the different breeds of sheep raised by farmers and their suitability for either wool or mutton.
Date: 1914
Creator: Marshall, F. R.
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The Carpet Beetle or "Buffalo Moth"

Description: Report discussing the carpet beetle (also known as the buffalo moth) and its geographic distribution, life cycle, habits, and methods for exterminating it.
Date: 1914
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
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The Chalcis-Fly in Alfalfa Seed

Description: "The clover-seed chalcis fly which is generally termed the alfalfa-seed chalcis-fly by alfalfa-seed growers, has been increasing so rapidly that its destructive work is now causing a large annual loss, and in some sections even threatening the production of alfalfa seed.... This bulletin will serve to give the alfalfa-seed grower a general knowledge of the chalcis-fly, together with such information as will direct him in adopting measures for reducing the large annual loss due to it work." -- p… more
Date: 1914
Creator: Urbahns, Theodore Dietrich, 1880-
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The Classification and Grading of Cotton

Description: "The objects of grading and classifying cotton are to aid (1) in determining the comparative values of the different qualities and (2) in describing the cotton so as to make buying and selling easier when there are no samples. With the present methods of buying cotton...the grade practically determines the price that is received by the producer." -- p. 1-2. The bulletin introduces the grades by name, explains the factors that influence the grade, discusses grade standards, and provides cost and… more
Date: 1914
Creator: Earle, D. E. & William S. (William Samuel) Dean, 1883-
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Collection and Preservation of Plant Material for Use in the Study of Agriculture

Description: "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 as to how to prep… more
Date: 1914
Creator: Derr, H. B. (Harry Benjamin), b. 1867 & Lane, C. H.
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The Common Mole of the Eastern United States

Description: Report discussing the common mole of the eastern United States, its living and breeding habits, diet, and methods for exterminating it.
Date: 1914
Creator: Scheffer, Theodore H.
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A Corn-Belt Farming System Which Saves Harvest Labor by Hogging Down Crops

Description: "The system of farming herein outlined provides productive labor for practically the entire year and at the same time so distributes this labor as to make it possible for one man, practically without hired help, to handle a large acreage, making a net income considerably greater than is at present commonly obtained on farms of similar size in the corn-belt States." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Drake, J. A.
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