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Part-time farming.

Description: Describes the advantages and disadvantages of part-time farming; provides recommendations for types of produce, equipment, and labor.
Date: 1953
Creator: Scoville, Orlin J. (Orlin James), 1911- & Smith, Katherine A. (Katherine Augusta), 1884-
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The sheep tick and its eradication.

Description: Describes the characteristics of the sheep tick, the damage it causes to sheep, and methods of control.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Kemper, H. E. (Harry Elvin), 1888- & Peterson, H. O. (Harold O.), 1906-
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Incubation and brooding of chickens.

Description: Describes the benefits of using artificial egg incubation and artificial brooding of chicks as economical ways to replace chicken flocks from year to year.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Olsen, Marlow William, 1906-
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Cattle Scab and Methods of Control and Eradication

Description: Revised edition. "Cattle scab can be eradicated by dipping or spraying, but dipping is the better method of treatment. Lime-sulphur dips, nicotine dips, and crude-petroleum dips are efficacious. Methods of preparing and using these dips are described and the intervals between dippings and the conditions under which the various dips may safely be used for the different kinds of scab are discussed. Also, plans of cattle-dipping plants and directions for building vats and dipping cattle are given.… more
Date: 1953
Creator: Kemper, H. E. (Harry Elvin), 1888- & Peterson, H. O. (Harold O.), 1906-
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Shipping Fever of Cattle: Hemorrhagic Septicemia

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing hemorrhagic septicemia, an infectious disease which affects farm animals and has a very high mortality rate. Discussion includes a description of causes, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, prevention methods, and potential treatments.
Date: 1953
Creator: Stein, C. D. (Clarence Dinsmore), b. 1889
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The tobacco budworm and its control.

Description: Describes the characteristics of the tobacco budworm, the damage it causes, and methods of control.
Date: July 1953
Creator: United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Division of Truck Crop and Garden Insect Investigations.
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Strip cropping for conservation and production.

Description: Discusses the role of soil and moisture conservation to keep land productive and increase crop yields. Describes methods and uses of strip cropping.
Date: 1953
Creator: Tower, Harold E. (Harold Everett), 1904- & Gardner, Harry H. (Harry Harrison), 1891-
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