Author : Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1959-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803297029
A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers
Author : Geoff Cunfer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781585444014
"To support his theory, Cunfer looks at the entire Great Plains (450 counties in ten states), tapping historical agricultural census data paired with GIS mapping to illuminate land use on the Great Plains over 130 years. Coupled with several community and family case studies, this database allows Cunfer to reassess the interaction between farmers and nature in the Great Plains agricultural landscape."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2005-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309096553
Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a set of state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironment relationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdeveloped countries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methods are being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers, research funders, and students.
Author : Gary Eugene Larson
Publisher :
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Aquatic plants
ISBN :
A taxonomic treatment of aquatic and wetland vascular plants has been developed as a tool for identifying over 500 plant species inhabiting wetlands of the northern Great Plains region. The treatment provides dichotomous keys and botanical descriptions to facilitate identification of all included taxa. Illustrations are also provided for selected species. Geographical ranges and habitat preferences are described for each species, and a map is provided for each plant showing its documented occurrences by counties within the region. Additional information provided with species descriptions includes common name(s), flowering/fruiting periods, and nomenclatural synonyms. A glossary of botanical terms is also provided.
Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803247871
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
Author : Don Paarlberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,63 MB
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0470290064
A book for a varied audience: college students of agriculture and sociology; high school students of vocation agriculture; members of the American Agricultural Economics Association; people with a long-standing background in agriculture; and other readers interested in 20th century agriculture. The book reads like a story and is supplemented with excellent photographs, contrasting past practices with modern technology.
Author : Jim Gerrish
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780972159708
Using vivid images and detailed explanations, Gerrish takes graziers step by step through the MiG system. He begins from the ground up with the soil, and advances through the management of pastures and animals. Written for those new to MiG grazing, Gerrish's insight and personal experience can help experienced graziers fine tune their grazing operations for added income.
Author : Andy Clark
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2008-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437903797
Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.
Author : Mary W. M. Hargreaves
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Dry farming
ISBN : 9780700605538
Hargreaves reviews the changes in agricultural technology and farm management that occurred in the region (which in this study includes the eastern two-thirds of Montana and the western half of the Dakotas) through the 1920s, the introduction of federal programs as drought and depression recurred in the 1930s, and the realignment of concerns from drought to marketing instability during the recovery years that followed. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : R. Douglas Hurt
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803224095
An in-depth examination of the effects of World War II on the Great Plains states brings to life the voices and experiences of the residents of the region in recounting the stories of the daily concerns of ordinary people.
