Author: Jack J. BondPublisher:
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Category : Wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Technical and Economic Causes of Productivity Changes in U.S. Wheat Production, 1949-76
Author: Jack J. BondTechnical and Economic Causes of Productivity Changes in U.S. Wheat Production, 1949-76
Author: Jack J. BondTechnical Bulletin
Author: Development and Spread of Semi-dwarf Varieties of Wheat and Rice in the United States
Author: Dana G. DalrymplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Index to USDA Technical Bulletins, Numbers 1-1802
Author: Ellen Kay MillerPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Rural Midwest Since World War II
Author: J. L. AndersonPublisher: Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 150175131X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
J.L. Anderson seeks to change the belief that the Midwest lacks the kind of geographic coherence, historical issues, and cultural touchstones that have informed regional identity in the American South, West, and Northeast. The goal of this illuminating volume is to demonstrate uniqueness in a region that has always been amorphous and is increasingly so. Midwesterners are a dynamic people who shaped the physical and social landscapes of the great midsection of the nation, and they are presented as such in this volume that offers a general yet informed overview of the region after World War II. The contributors—most of whom are Midwesterners by birth or residence—seek to better understand a particular piece of rural America, a place too often caricatured, misunderstood, and ignored. However, the rural landscape has experienced agricultural diversity and major shifts in land use. Farmers in the region have successfully raised new commodities from dairy and cherries to mint and sugar beets. The region has also been a place where community leaders fought to improve their economic and social well-being, women redefined their roles on the farm, and minorities asserted their own version of the American Dream. The rural Midwest is a regional melting pot, and contributors to this volume do not set out to sing its praises or, by contrast, assume the position of Midwestern modesty and self-deprecation. The essays herein rewrite the narrative of rural decline and crisis, and show through solid research and impeccable scholarship that rural Midwesterners have confronted and created challenges uniquely their own.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Caring for Creation
Author: Daniel E. LeePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149859932X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Caring for Creation argues that progress has been made in areas such as protection of endangered species, the sustainable agriculture movement, and recycling. While much remains to be done in these and other areas, this progress is cause for optimism about the future. In substantial measure, the American experience is the story of environmental destruction and degradation: deforestation, annihilation of species, contamination of surface water and ground water, and much more. At the same time, the American experience is also the story of triumph: the preservation of threatened and endangered species such as American bison and bald eagles, new farming methods that reduce environmental impact, impressive gains in recycling. This volume documents those crises and successes. Today we face new challenges, among them climate change which, if not slowed down, will have devastating consequences. There is also more work to be done in areas in which progress has been made, including protection of endangered species and recycling. Yet, this volume argues, as we look at the progress that has been made, we may embrace the future with hope. The work contends that if we live our lives in ways conducive to the wellbeing of the biotic communities that sustain life and support candidates for public office and organizations committed to environmental protection, our children and grandchildren will have the opportunity to experience the goodness of a flourishing creation.
General Technical Report RM.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program in the Great Plains
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Category : Agricultural conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description