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- Sericea in conservation farming.
- Describes the use of sericea as a means of ground cover and as a way to prevent soil erosion.
- Stop gullies : save your farm.
- Provides advice and instructions for stopping or healing gullies created by erosion. Includes photographs and descriptions of the damage caused by gullies to farmland.
- Diseases of sheep and goats.
- Describes the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for infectious and noninfectious diseases of sheep and goats.
- The production of cucumbers in greenhouses.
- Lists the best ways to grow cucumbers in a greenhouse environment, and discusses insect and disease enemies of the cucumber.
- Standard baskets for fruits and vegetables.
- Discusses the value of using standard baskets for the packaging and shipment of fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Diseases of raspberries and blackberries.
- Describes the characteristics of diseases that infect raspberries and blackberries as well as their respective treatments.
- The use of logs and poles in farm construction.
- Explains methods for choosing logs and using them in the construction of buildings on the farm.
- Wheat production in the eastern United States.
- Describes different types of winter and spring wheat, discusses methods and practices that contribute to success, and diseases and insects that threaten the wheat crop.
- Storage of small grains and shelled corn on the farm.
- Explains how to build storage facilities on the farm for small grains and shelled corn.
- Rice culture in California.
- Describes the proper methods for planting and cultivating a rice crop in California.
- Soybean Production for Hay and Beans.
- Describes the production of soybean plants for both soybean-hay and soy beans themselves. Discusses storage and marketing practices.
- Barley diseases and their control.
- Describes the value of barley, diseases that threaten the crop, and methods of control.
- Conserving soil and moisture in orchards and vineyards.
- Describes methods of conservation farming for fruit orchards and vineyards.
- Irrigated pastures for forage production and soil conservation.
- Discusses the importance of increasing farm productivity to meet needs created by World War II. Provides suggestions for the establishment and management of pastures, including irrigation, fertilization, and the use of grasses and legumes.
- Farm buildings from home-grown timber in the South.
- Discusses the use of timber from farm-owned woodlands for lumber manufacture. Suggests the use of home-grown timber to solve the problem of poor rural housing by using it and other native materials to improve farm buildings, and as a means to create cash income. Describes successful community programs in various southern states including Texas.
- American foulbrood of honey bees : how to control it.
- Discusses American foul brood, a disease caused by a spore that infects bee larvae. Describes how to diagnose and control the disease. Lists the types of bees resistant to the disease.
- Nicotine dust for control of truck-crop insects.
- Describes the damages that insects can cause to farm crops, and how nicotine dust can control the insects.
- Diseases of stone fruits on the market.
- Describes damages that occur to stone fruits during marketing, including bruising and diseases.
- Laws relating to fur animals for the season 1925-26.
- Describes the federal laws and regulations regarding fur animals and the fur trade in North America.
- The harlequin bug and its control.
- Describes the characteristics of the harlequin bug, the damage it can cause, and methods for its control.
- Methods and costs of husking corn in the field.
- Describes the benefits of using a mechanical corn husker in farm fields. Also discusses the costs and limitations of mechanical husking vs. hand husking.
- Better seed corn.
- Describes how to grow and store quality seed corn.
- Harvesting grain sorghums.
- Describes methods and equipment used for harvesting, threshing, and storing grain sorghums in the Great Plains of the United States.
- Home utilization of muscadine grapes.
- Describes the necessary equipment and procedures for making muscadine grape products at home on the farm.
- Game laws for the season 1930-31 : a summary of federal, state, and provincial statutes.
- Describes laws and regulations for hunting and fishing in North America.
- Potato production in the northeastern and north central states.
- A guide to growing and selling potatoes in the northeastern and north central United States.
- Snap beans for marketing, canning, and freezing.
- Discusses the importance of snap beans as a crop, its adaptability and varieties, its planting and care, as well as its disease and insect enemies and how to control them.
- Managing the small forest
- A guide to the basic principles of forest management, for use by small forest owners.
- Storage of ear corn on the farm.
- Describes how to build corn cribs to dry and store ear corn on the farm.