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A Successful New York Farm

Description: Report discussing a farm in Monroe County, New York, which became successful due to excellent and systematic farm management in spite of the lack of beneficial political and economic circumstances for farmers at the time. The farm under discussion grew wheat, clover, potatoes, fruit (in orchards) and livestock, and its methods for cultivating these crops are detailed.
Date: 1911
Creator: Burritt, M. C. (Maurice Chase)
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Our Grosbeaks and Their Value to Agriculture

Description: "Like many other native species the grosbeaks inflict some damage to crops, but the good they do by the destruction of noxious insects far outbalances the harm. The present bulletin aims to make these birds known to the farmer and to explain the nature of their services, so that he may appreciate them at their full worth and protect them." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include the food habits of the grosbeak, possible means of protecting crops, and ways of protecting the grosbreak.
Date: 1911
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
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The Best Two Sweet Sorghums for Forage

Description: "At this time the several different sorghum varieties are grown promiscuously over the entire region adapted to this crop. This bulletin is prepared with a view to helping the farmer find the variety [of sorghum] best suited to his region and to grow and improve this variety so as to obtain better yields of forage." -- p. 2.
Date: 1911
Creator: Conner, A. B.
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Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing

Description: Report discussing the use of frames in growing the crops lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, parsley, eggplant, peppers, beets, and beans. Topics discussed include types of frames, soils and fertilizers, and control of insects and diseases.
Date: 1911
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
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The Use of Concrete on the Farm

Description: "In view of the need of securing a cheap and permanent building material, this bulletin seeks to offer elementary suggestions for the manufacture of concrete where it is most needed." -- p. 2. The selection of cement, sand, gravel, and water for mixing concrete and the equipment and methods necessary for producing high-quality concrete are discussed.
Date: 1911
Creator: United States. Office of Public Roads.
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The Sanitary Privy

Description: "Among the worst conditions ever to be found about any home is a soil that has become polluted with excrement from the human body. A number of widely prevalent diseases have been spread by means of such polluted soil, simply because the facts have not been generally known. This bulletin treats of such soil pollution and certain simple plans for avoiding it." -- p. 3. These unsanitary conditions can be largely eliminated through the installation of different kinds of privies. In addition to a di… more
Date: 1911
Creator: Stiles, Charles Wardell, 1867-1941 & Lumsden, L. L. (Leslie Leon), 1875-1946
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Winter Emmer

Description: "In recent years [the] cultivation [of emmer] has greatly increased.... There are both spring and winter varieties, but the emmer crop of the United States heretofore has been almost entirely spring sown. This paper treats of winter emmer and the importance of using winter varieties for certain conditions and in certain districts. The general description of emmer, its history, etc., are applicable equally to spring or winter varieties." -- p. 5
Date: 1911
Creator: Carleton, Mark Alfred, 1866-1925
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The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease

Description: Report discussing the spread of the chestnut bark disease, including its causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, financial consequences, and the possible methods of controlling it.
Date: 1911
Creator: Metcalf, Haven, 1875-1940 & Collins, J. Franklin (James Franklin), b. 1863
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Forestry in Nature Study.

Description: Report promoting the study of forests in elementary school in the United States and offering outlines for courses of study, teaching methods, plans for experiments.
Date: 1911
Creator: Jackson, Edwin R. (Edwin Roy)
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Systems of Farming in Central New Jersey

Description: Report discussing different cropping systems used on New Jersey farms, including the three-crop rotation system, small grain cropping systems, and alfalfa rotation systems. Includes an analysis of tenant farm which has successfully employed a four-crop system.
Date: 1911
Creator: Billings, George A. (George Austin) & Beavers, J. C.
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Tuberculosis: A Plain Statement of Facts Regarding the Disease, Prepared Especially for Farmers and Others Interested in Live Stock

Description: Report discussing the occurrence of tuberculosis in livestock, including its causes, symptoms, means of transmission, and the tuberculin test.
Date: 1911
Creator: American Veterinary Medical Association. International Commission on the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis
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The Use of Paint on the Farm

Description: Report discussing best practices for painting on farms. Topics discussed include the care and selection of brushes, painting techniques for different surfaces, the composition and costs of paint, and whitewash.
Date: 1911
Creator: Walker, Percy H. (Percy Hargraves), b. 1867
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Ice Houses

Description: Report promoting the construction and usage of ice houses, which store harvested ice for later use.
Date: 1911
Creator: Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland), 1867-1940
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Seed Corn

Description: Revised edition. Report explaining how farmers can evaluate the quality of seed corn and prepare it for planting and storage.
Date: 1911
Creator: Hartley, C. P.
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Testing Farm Seed in the Home and in the Rural School

Description: "The purpose of this bulletin is to encourage seed testing in the farm home and in the rural school by explaining the essential features of seed testing as it relates to farm seeds and by showing how satisfactory tests can be made by simple means." -- p. 3. Testing equipment, seed qualities, impurities, and testing processes are among the topics discussed.
Date: 1911
Creator: Hillman, F. H.
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Industrial Alcohol: Sources and Manufacture

Description: Report discussing the production and manufacturing process of denatured (or industrial) alcohol in the United States. Topics discussed include laws and regulations, materials from which alcohol can be produced, and the steps of the manufacturing process.
Date: 1911
Creator: Sawyer, H. E.
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The Peanut

Description: "It is the purpose of this bulletin to give full cultural directions for growing [peanuts], together with some of the uses of the peanut." -- p. 6. Topics discussed include soil preparation, fertilizers, seed selection, and varieties.
Date: 1911
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
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How a City Family Managed a Farm

Description: "This bulletin is a record of the experience of a city family that moved onto a farm in 1892. The father had been a lawyer by profession, the manager for a well-established business firm in one of the principal cities of the Middle West, and was earning a salary of $3,000 a year. At 60 years of age, having been in business about twenty-five years, he was compelled on account of ill health to abandon his profession and business.... The family decided to buy a farm and attempt to solve the proble… more
Date: 1911
Creator: Arnold, J. H. (Jacob Hiram), 1864-1921
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Cabbage

Description: Report discussing best practices for the cultivation of cabbage. Topics discussed include soil preparation, fertilizers, seed selection, diseases, insect enemies, and varieties of cabbage. Cultivation practices vary depending on whether the cabbage is intended as a truck crop crop, market-garden crop, or farm crop.
Date: 1911
Creator: Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland), 1867-1940
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