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Motor trucks on eastern farms.

Description: Describes the use of motor trucks on farms in the eastern United States and evaluates costs and benefits.
Date: July 1921
Creator: Tolley, H. R. (Howard Ross), 1889-1958 & Church, L. M. (Lillian M.), 1872-1939
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Plain concrete for farm use.

Description: A guide to equipment, methods, and materials used for mixing concrete. Includes instructions for constructing concrete forms and for maintaining concrete structures and finishes.
Date: 1925
Creator: Miller, T. A. H. (Thomas Arrington Huntington), 1885-
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The husker-shredder on eastern Corn Belt farms.

Description: Describes the uses and benefits of the corn husker-shredder. Includes a discussion of the costs involved in renting or buying a shredder.
Date: December 1928
Creator: Collier, George W., 1897-; Humphries, W. R. (Walter Raymond), b. 1886 & McComas, E. W. (Earl W.)
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Planning the Farmstead

Description: "The object of this bulletin is to set forth general principles involved in planning the arrangement of the buildings of the farmstead in their relation to one another.... The main considerations influencing the determination of the farmstead site are its location with respect to the rest of the farm and to public utilities, the elevation and drainage of the proposed site, the available water supply, the nature of the soil, the relation to the points of the compass, and the prevailing breezes a… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Betts, M. C. (Morris Cotgrave), 1875-1936 & Humphries, W. R. (Walter Raymond), 1896-
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Terracing Farm Lands

Description: This bulletin discusses the use of terracing on farm lands as a solution to the problem of soil erosion. Two methods of terracing are described: the bench terrace and the ridge terrace. Instructions for creating terrace outlets and for laying and building terraces are also given.
Date: 1918
Creator: Ramser, C. E. (Charles Ernest), b. 1885
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Care and Repair of Farm Implements: No. 5, Grain Separators

Description: "An enormous waste of grain and great loss of time result every year through the inefficient work of thrashing machines that are not properly repaired and put in thorough working condition before the beginning of the working season.... The separator should be overhauled at the close of the thrashing season or during the winter, needed parts ordered, and necessary repairs and adjustments made. This will tend to lengthen the life of the machine, and prevent loss of time and money from breakdowns … more
Date: 1919
Creator: Johnson, Elmer
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Power for the Farm from Small Streams

Description: "The purpose of this bulletin is to acquaint farmers with the possibilities of developing the power of small streams by converting it into electrical energy and the uses to which such power can be put; to give information which will enable them to avoid unnecessary expenditures; to explain how to determine the power a stream will supply; and to indicate the sources from which to secure additional information in regard to the approximate cost of installing a plant suited to the power available. … more
Date: 1925
Creator: Daniels, A. M.; Seitz, C. E. & Glenn, J. C.
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Cost of Using Horses on Corn-Belt Farms

Description: "The purpose of this bulletin is to present information on the cost of using horses in the Corn Belt that will acquaint the farmer with the extent of this yearly expense and suggest methods by which this time may be reduced on many farms." -- p. 1.
Date: 1922
Creator: Cooper, M. R. (Martin Reese), b. 1887 & Williams, J. O.
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