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Winter oats for the South.

Description: A guide to disease-resistant and winter-hardy oat varieties. Describes improved cultural methods for use in the South, to increase local production and become more self-sustaining.
Date: December 1951
Creator: Stanton, T. R. (Thomas Ray), b. 1885 & Coffman, Franklin A. (Franklin Arthur), 1892-
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Winter Oats for the South

Description: "The growing of winter grains is an important part of the diversification of crops in the South. Winter oats is one of the best of the winter grains for general use, but under ordinary methods of culture the crop frequently winterkills or returns unsatisfactory yields. Methods are described in this bulletin by which the loss from winterkilling may be largely obviated and the yields materially increased." -- p. 2
Date: 1911
Creator: Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
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Wintering Bees in Cellars

Description: This bulletin gives instructions for keeping a colony of bees in a cellar during the cold winter months. It explains how to arrange the apiary in the cellar, transport the bees, maintain the cellar in the winter months, and finally how to remove the bees upon the arrival of spring.
Date: 1918
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
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Wireworms Destructive to Cereal and Forage Crops

Description: "The purpose of this bulletin is to enable farmers to distinguish between the different kinds of wireworms, so that they can make use of the methods shown to be best in the control of each.... The species here treated are the wheat wireworm of the Northeastern and Middle Western States, the corn wireworms of the Middle Atlantic and New England States and the Mississippi Valley, the meadow wireworms (including the sugar-beet wireworm and the confused wireworm), the corn and cotton wireworm of th… more
Date: 1916
Creator: Hyslop, J. A.
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Wood Fuel in Wartime

Description: This bulletin promotes and discusses the use of wood for fuel in the United States in order to aid wartime efforts during World War II. It describes sources of wood for fuel and the labor requirements for wood production and harvesting.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hall, Robert T. & Dickerman, M. B. (Murlyn Bennet), 1912-
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The Woolly White Fly in Florida Citrus Groves

Description: "The rapid spread of the woolly white fly over a greater portion of the citrus-producing sections of Florida has caused some alarm among the owners of orange groves. This bulletin contains information regarding the introduction of the woolly white fly into the United States and its subsequent spread. It shows the grower how to distinguish this pest from all other white flies attacking citrus in Florida, gives a general outline of its life history, tells something about its natural enemies, whic… more
Date: 1919
Creator: Yothers, W. W.
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Work clothes for women.

Description: Discusses design, fabric, and function of work clothes for women during wartime. Features designs by the Bureau of Home Economics which were released to the public through retail outlets as commercial patterns or as ready-to-wear garments. Includes line drawings and photographs, and features convertible clothing designs.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Scott, Clarice L. (Clarice Louisba), b. 1899
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The Work of the Agricultural Experiment Stations

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Better Cows for the Dairy, Fibrin in Milk, Bacteria in Milk, Silos and Silage, Alfalfa, and Field Experiments with Fertilizers.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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The Yellow Fever Mosquito

Description: Report discussing the species of mosquito which commonly carries the disease yellow fever. Topics include the mosquito's life cycle, breeding habits, geographic distribution, and connection to yellow fever.
Date: 1913
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
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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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