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Clover failure.

Description: Describes clover culture and examines the reasons for its decline. Discusses the benefits of increased efforts in reviving clover culture.
Date: 1924
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
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Red-clover culture.

Description: Describes the uses of red clover for forage and as a soil-improving crop in the northeastern United States. Includes information about distribution, handling, and pest control.
Date: December 1926
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The farmer's interest in good seed.

Description: Discusses the importantance of high quality seeds when farming, and how to secure good seed. Presents the results of tests of seven different types of seeds.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Anthracnose as a cause of red-clover failure in the southern part of the Clover Belt.

Description: Describes the characteristics of anthracnose, the damage it causes to red clover in the southern part of the Clover Belt, and methods of control; also discusses the development of strains of red clover resistant to anthracnose.
Date: November 1926
Creator: Pieters, A. J. & Monteith, John, 1893-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Alsike Clover

Description: Report discussing the distribution and cultivation of the leguminous crop alsike clover, which grows primarily in the northeastern United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, seeding, uses, and insect enemies and diseases.
Date: 1920
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Green Manuring

Description: "Green manuring means turning under suitable crops to enrich the soil. Such crops may be turned under green or when ripe. Green manuring adds organic matter and, directly or indirectly, nitrogen to the soil. Leguminous crops are most desirable for green manuring, since they add to the soil nitrogen gathered from the air in addition to the organic matter which they carry. Besides the nitrogen in the legumes turned under, an additional supply of nitrogen is fixed in the soil by the action of bact… more
Date: 1922
Creator: Piper, Charles V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926 & Pieters, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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