Research Summaries


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Research Summaries


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The Story of Soil Conservation in the South Carolina Piedmont, 1800-1860


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The present bulletin is an analytical account of some of these early attempts to conserve the soil in a region where cotton was the staple crop and water erosion the principal form of soil exhaustion.




Knots in Second-growth Pine and the Desirability of Pruning


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The pruning of young trees in sparsely and unevenly stocked stands will greatly improve the resulting lumber grades. In northern white and red pines, even in fully stocked stands, artificial pruning is essential for the production of any of the best grades of lumber in a reasonable time.










Bibliography on Soil Erosion and Soil and Water Conservation


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This bibliography is a list of references to published material on soil erosion and soil and water conservation. Some of these references may not appear to deal directly with erosion or conservation, but they have a pertinent relationship to some phase of the subject.




Effective Extension Circular Letters


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An important feature of the dairy cattle show ring is the opportunity it affords for inspiring the dairyman to improve his stock, by holding up to him an ideal toward which to work.