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Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South

Description: Revised edition. This bulletin discusses the cultivation of muscadine grapes in the southern United States. Topics discussed include propagation, pruning and training, soil management, fertilizers, harvesting, common diseases, and varieties.
Date: 1973
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Northeastern Region.
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Warm-Water Fishponds

Description: "Fishponds are successful if they are managed well. To provide recreation and supplement income, they must afford good fishing. Mistakes in construction, stocking, and management can lead to disappointments. This bulletin is concerned only with warm-water ponds -- not with cool-water or cold-water ponds. It points out the importance of a favorable site, proper pond construction, erosion control, correct stocking, fertilizing, and weed control. And it tells how to manage a warm-water pond for fi… more
Date: 1977
Creator: Dillon, Olan W., 1917-; Neely, William W., 1915-; Davison, Verne E. (Verne Elbert), 1904- & Compton, Lawrence V.
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Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States

Description: Revised edition. "Strawberries are an important crop in the eastern United States. This bulletin recommends growing methods for that part of the East bounded by the Great Plains on the west and by the Coastal Plain on the south." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, frost protection, insects and diseases, and weed control.
Date: 1972
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Northeastern Region
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Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States

Description: Revised edition. "Strawberries are an important crop in the eastern United States. This bulletin recommends growing methods for that part of the East bounded by the Great Plains on the west and by the Coastal Plain on the south." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, frost protection, insects and diseases, and weed control.
Date: 1978
Creator: United States. Science and Education Administration.
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Strawberry Varieties in the United States

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing the different varieties of strawberries grown for commercial use in the United States with general descriptions of the climates and conditions necessary for each variety to thrive. Includes index of strawberry varieties.
Date: 1979
Creator: Scott, D. H. (Donald Hyde), 1911; Lawrence, F. J. (Francis J.) & Draper, A. D.
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America Joins a Metric World

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards discussing the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, the work of the U.S. Metric Board, and how government agencies are facilitating a switch to the metric system.
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
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Brief History of Measurement Systems: with a Chart of the Modernized Metric System

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards providing an overview of the English system of measurement used in the United States and of the metric system. The internal pages of the pamphlet contain a chart labeled "The Modernized Metric System" which includes tables of common conversions and a chart of the seven base units: meter/length, kilogram/mass, second/time, ampere/electric current, kelvin/temperature, mole/amount of substance, and candela/luminous intensity, as we… more
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
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What About Metric?

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards discussing the reasons that the U.S. decided passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and provides tables, illustrations, and formulas for converting between customary units and metric units of measuring weight, length, volume, and temperature. It also includes a discussion of how one might expect to use metric measurements in the marketplace, in the home, and at work.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Barbrow, Louis E. & Halpin, Suellen
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Some References on Metric Information, Including a Chart on All You Need to Know About Metric

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards containing a list of government pamphlets, reports, and other resources related to the metric system of measurement. It includes a form for ordering materials from the Government Printing Office as well as an illustrated description of everyday conversions for weight, volume, length, and temperature.
Date: January 1977
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
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Sprocket Man

Description: Graphic pamphlet about bicycles and how to safely use one. Designed to help educate the public as bicycles became a major mode of transportation and injuries began to rise.
Date: 1978
Creator: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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ADMATCH Adventures

Description: "[ADMATCH Adventures] represents the beginning of a series of Census Use publications aimed toward making complex technological advancements meaningful to public administrators" (unnumbered page before 1).
Date: 1974
Creator: Cooke, Donald F.
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Andy Goes to the Parks

Description: Graphic pamphlet about safety concerns when visiting national parks, as seen through the misadventures of fictional character Andy Capp.
Date: 1975
Creator: Commercial Comics, Inc.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Description: Graphic pamphlet about food poisoning bacteria, including symptoms of illness, safety tips, legal actions, and more.
Date: 1977?
Creator: National Urban League. Youth Development Division.
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Political Cartoons in the 1848 Election Campaign

Description: "The Harry T. Peters 'America On Stone' Lithography Collection in the Smithsonian Institution contains over 150 lithographed election cartoons and caricatures. These cartoons, dating from the mid-nineteenth century before newspapers carried editorial cartoons, are directly tied to the events of the time and reflect the opinions of the general public as well as of those who drew and published them. Nine of these cartoons were issued during the election of 1848. This study discusses these cartoon… more
Date: 1972
Creator: Serio, Anne Marie
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Bomb Threats

Description: "This training circular is written to provide the training manager or trainer with a foundation from which a bomb-threat plan and training program can be developed" (p. iv).
Date: 1975
Creator: United States. Department of the Army.
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Discovering Yourself in the Brain Age: Journey to the Universe of Inner Space

Description: "The booklet you are holding was created to inspire fresh appreciation for the reality of human beings as wondrous nervous systems and to spark in you a sense of the real excitement pervading the field of brain research today...[y]ou will read of incredible explorations on the frontier of the brain age and find dramatic testimony to the awesome truth that 'the world is in your mind and your mind is in the world'" (p i).
Date: 1973
Creator: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Public Health Service. National Institutes of Health.
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Energy Activities With Energy Ant

Description: "This little friend has been created by the Federal Energy Administration to tell kids about energy and how to use it wisely" (p. i).
Date: May 1975
Creator: Federal Energy Administration. Office of Communications and Public Affairs.
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A Student Guide to Title IX

Description: "This publication was developed...to assist education agencies and institutions in ensuring compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972" (p. iii). "This booklet will tell you exactly what your rights are under Title IX. It will also tell you about your responsibilities-what you can do to make Title IX a living reality in your school" (p. vi).
Date: 1977
Creator: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Office of Education.
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