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The Calcite Marble and Dolomite of Eastern Vermont

Description: From introduction: The object of this bulletin is twofold-to locate definitely and to describe accurately the marbles and dolomites of eastern Vermont, with a view to setting forth their possible economic uses and to discuss whatever features of scientific interest they may present.
Date: 1915
Creator: Dale, T. Nelson
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Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing extraction and recovery of different ores from carnotite. Equipment and methods for extraction are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.; Moore, R. B.; Lind, S. C. & Schaefer, O. C.
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Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology and Topography

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over issues encountered during construction of the Panama Canal. As stated in the introduction, "this report aims to discuss, from the viewpoint of the mining geologist, the bearing of topographic and geologic conditions on certain problems that arose in the construction of the Panama Canal" (p. 7). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1915
Creator: MacDonald, Donald F.
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Uses of Sorghum Grain

Description: This report discusses the uses of sorghum grain for human food and animal feed, including information about nutrition, digestibility, and storage and preparation. Sorghum is grown primarily in the southern Great Plains of the United States.
Date: 1915
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Rothgeb, Benton E.
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Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States

Description: "There are nearly 7,500 recognized species of ferns in the world, of which number over 200 are known to be native to the United States. A few species have become weed pests in this country, and it is to a discussion of the control of these weedy ferns that this bulletin is devoted. The parts of the United States in which ferns are bad weeds are, principally, (1) the hill country of the Northeastern States and the higher portions of the Appalachian Mountain region as far south as Georgia, and (2… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Cox, H. R. (Herbert Randolph)
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The Culture of Rice in California

Description: This report discusses rice cultivation in California and makes recommendations for its improvement. All aspects of rice cultivation are discussed, but the topics of irrigation and weed control receive special attention.
Date: 1915
Creator: Chambliss, Charles E. & Adams, E. L.
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A Plan for a Small Dairy House

Description: "Recent developments in dairying have caused a large demand for a dairy house which will fulfill sanitary requirements and at the same time to be practical and inexpensive. For those who are striving to improve the quality of their products such a building is an absolute necessity.... An up-to-date sanitary dairy house is provided with all the facilities for cooling milk in the most economical and expeditious manner." -- title page
Date: 1915
Creator: Kelly, Ernest & Parks, Karl E.
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The Field Pea as a Forage Crop

Description: "This bulletin treats of the field pea as a forage crop, whether grown for hay or for grain for stock, and does not include the cowpea, which, as above stated, is really a bean." -- p. 2
Date: 1915
Creator: Vinall, H. N. (Harry Nelson), 1880-1937
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Grasshoppers and Their Control on Sugar Beets and Truck Crops

Description: This report discusses grasshoppers, which destroy sugar beets and truck crops, and methods for controlling grasshoppers in the light of recent outbreaks in the mid-western United States, particularly in Kansas. The reproductive practices of grasshoppers and their preferred climatic conditions are given special attention.
Date: 1915
Creator: Milliken, F. B.
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Bur Clover

Description: This report discusses the cultivation of bur clover, which is an annual legume that serves as a winter cover crop and as pasturage. The best practices for and uses of bur clover are discussed in detail.
Date: 1915
Creator: Piper, Charles V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926 & McKee, Roland
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Outdoor Wintering of Bees

Description: "For the past three winters the authors have made a study of the activity of bees during the winter and of the effects of various environmental factors on the colony. This bulletin does not include the results of this work, but gives the methods of outside wintering which have proved best in commercial apiaries." -- p. 2
Date: 1915
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
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Handling and Shipping Citrus Fruits in the Gulf States

Description: This report discusses the best methods for harvesting, handling, packaging, and shipping the citrus fruits that are grown along the Gulf Coast of the United States. Citrus fruits must be handled carefully by fruit-pickers in the field and then carefully washed, packed, and stored in order to avoid decay during shipping.
Date: 1915
Creator: Ramsey, H. J.
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Duck Raising

Description: This report discusses the best practices for raising ducks, including breed selection, incubation, and methods of feeding.
Date: 1915
Creator: Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
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Trenching Machinery Used for the Construction of Trenches for Tile Drains

Description: "This bulletin describes the types of trenching machines, and discusses the limiting conditions of work and the cost of trenching.... It will be of service to those whose lands need tile drainage. It does not deal with the drainage of irrigated lands, where the requirements for good trenching machines are often unusual and the cost of work much greater." -- title page
Date: 1915
Creator: Yarnell, D. L. (David Leroy)
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The Cultivation of Peppermint and Spearmint

Description: This report discusses the cultivation of peppermint and spearmint in the United States, especially in the northeastern and mid-western United States. Climate and soil conditions, fertilizers, diseases and pests, and the costs of cultivation are discussed.
Date: 1915
Creator: Van Fleet, Walter
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