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Methods and Equipment for Home Laundering.

Description: Guide to planning a laundry center at home. Describes various types of equipment and machinery available for washing, drying, and ironing. Describes the products used for laundering and the recommended laundering methods for specific fabric types.
Date: February 1940
Creator: O'Brien, Ruth, b. 1892 & Holbrook, Helen S. (Helen Shepard), b. 1882
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The Windbreak as a Farm Asset.

Description: Describes the benefits of the windbreak as a means to protect farm properties in the Plains region of the United States. Describes the effect of windbreaks on crop yields.
Date: 1937
Creator: Bates, Carlos G.
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Farm Bulk Storage for Small Grains.

Description: Describes the types of structures used for storing bulk grains on the farm.
Date: October 1940
Creator: Kelley, M. A. R. (Manley Alexander Raymond), 1888-1943 & Boerner, E. G. (Emil George), b. 1878
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Soil Fertility

Description: Report of an address given before the Rich Neck Farmers' Club, of Queen Anne's County, Maryland about methods ordinary farmers can use to improve the soil fertility of their lands.
Date: 1906
Creator: Whitney, Milton, 1860-1927
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Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing the benefits of undomesticated birds to farmers. "In the following pages are discussed the food habits and relation to man of 19 species of game, aquatic, and rapacious birds, including 5 species of hawks and owls." -- p. 2
Date: 1924
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916
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Adjusting Corn Belt Farming to Meet Corn-Borer Conditions

Description: "The European corn borer is recognized as a dangerous enemy of the corn crop.... Its eradication is considered economically impossible but it is believed that the injury may be kept at a point so low that little commercial damage will occur during normal seasons. This can be done by using control measures and practices that have proved to be effective.... On some farms some changes in the crops grown and in their sequence will aid materially in controlling the borer and may prove profitable eve… more
Date: 1932
Creator: Myres, Kenneth Hayes, 1898-
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The Yellow-Fever Mosquito.

Description: Describes the yellow-fever mosquito, its geographical distribution, the origins and history of yellow fever, and methods of mosquito control.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
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The Boll-Weevil Problem.

Description: Describes the characteristics of the boll weevil, the damage it causes to cotton crops of the southeastern United States, and methods of control.
Date: June 1923
Creator: Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925 & Coad, B. R.
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Buying a Farm in an Undeveloped Region.

Description: Provides information on buying farmland in undeveloped regions throughout the United States; also suggests the amount of capital needed for purchasing farmland and sources of credit to consider.
Date: January 1924
Creator: Henderson, B. (Bertha)
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Motor trucks on Corn-Belt farms.

Description: Describes the benefits of using motor trucks on farms in the Corn Belt, based on a survey of farmers in that region who own trucks. Discusses profitability, efficiency, and compares the use of trucks to the use of horses.
Date: March 1923
Creator: Tolley, H. R. (Howard Ross), 1889-1958 & Church, L. M. (Lillian M.), 1872-1939
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Spraying for fruit diseases.

Description: Describes fungous diseases of grapes, apples, pears, quince, cherries, and plums. Includes recipes for fungicides and descriptions of spraying equipment used for treatment.
Date: 1896
Creator: Galloway, B. T.
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Poultry Raising on the Farm.

Description: A guide for the poultry breeder. Discusses bird varieties, care and housing, feeding, and the advantages of farm poultry raising.
Date: 1901
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Care of milk on the farm.

Description: Discusses the problem of bacterial contamination of milk. Describes best practices for sanitary production and handling of milk on the farm.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Marketing farm produce.

Description: Practical suggestions for packing, shipping, and selling farm products. Includes specific instructions for butter, eggs, poultry, game, meats, potatoes, fruits, vegetables, and honey.
Date: 1897
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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