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Liming soils for better farming.

Description: Describes different types of liming materials and provides instructions for liming soils.
Date: November 1951
Creator: Whittaker, Colin W. (Colin Winterbourne), 1896-1972; Anderson, M. S. & Reitemeier, R. F.
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The Principles of the Liming of Soils

Description: "In the following pages information is presented regarding the materials used in liming, their preparation and use, as well as a discussion of the chemical changes brought about in the soil by lime, so far as they are known. The relative merits of different forms of lime are discussed and data furnished whereby the value of any particular form of lime for agricultural purposes may be determined approximately. The bulletin has been prepared primarily from the point of view of materials used in l… more
Date: 1918
Creator: Shorey, Edmund C. (Edmund Cecil), 1865-1939
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Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area

Description: This report gives recommendations to farmers in the Great Plains of the United States who would like to grow fruit in this region in which fruit is not commonly cultivated. Topics discussed include climate and soil requirements, pruning, irrigation, orchard pests, injury from hail, and suggested fruit varieties.
Date: 1916
Creator: Gould, H. P. & Grace, Oliver J.
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The Choice of Crops for Alkali Land

Description: "The object of this bulletin is to bring to the attention of owners of alkali land the crop plants which are most likely to give satisfactory results. It can not be too emphatically stated that crop production on such soils is at best precarious. For this reason and because the alkali resistance of plants depends upon many varying conditions, it is impossible to offer more than suggestions as to what crops are best worth trying." -- p. 5-6. Topics discussed include the effects of alkali upon pl… more
Date: 1911
Creator: Kearney, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1874-1956
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The Control of Blowing Soils

Description: "The rapid extension of agricultural operations into the sections of the United States where the rainfall is so limited as to make the problem of soil blowing a serious one has led to numerous calls for information concerning the best methods of solution." -- p. 2. Control of blowing of both sandy soils and soils from newly cleared lands are among the topics discussed.
Date: 1910
Creator: Free, E. E. (Edward Elway), b. 1883 & Westgate, J. M.
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Drainage of Irrigated Lands

Description: Report discussing "the drainage of irrigated lands which have been seriously injured or rendered wholly unproductive by the seepage of irrigation water or by the rise of alkali, or by both combined.... This report not only describes the condition of the land, the details of its draining, and the results which were obtained in particular cases, but gives carefully drawn deductions from the experiments, together with directions for draining lands which have become too wet or too alkaline under th… more
Date: 1909
Creator: Brown, Charles F.
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Potato Culture on Irrigated Farms of the West

Description: "In the mountain valleys of Colorado are found conditions of altitude, soil, and moisture naturally favorable to the growth of the potato, with an almost entire absence of harmful freezes and bacterial enemies." -- p. 5. This bulletin explains how potatoes can be cultivated to thrive in the western United States.
Date: 1910
Creator: Grubb, E. H.
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Lawn Soils and Lawns

Description: "The widespread movement of civic art to improve and beautify cities and towns by park and art commissions, civic associations and individuals creates a demand for information concerning lawns, their improvement, soil requirements, fertilization, maintenance, soil suited for filling-in or top dressing, and similar questions. It is to supply this general demand for information regarding lawns and lawn soils that the present bulletin is designed." -- p. 2
Date: 1912
Creator: Schreiner, Oswald, b. 1875; Skinner, J. J. (Joshua John), 1882-1969; Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland), 1867-1940 & Mulford, Furman Lloyd, b. 1869
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 10

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Manure from Cows, Plants for Alkali Soils, Influence of Alkali on Plants, Feeding Value of the Corn Plant, Sows and Pigs at Farrowing Time, the Soy Bean as a Feeding Stuff, Alfalfa Hay for Hogs, Animal Matter for Poultry, Water and Animal Diseases, Construction and Cooling of Cheese-Curing Rooms, and Irrigation Investigations.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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