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Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands. (open access)

Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands.

Describes the different classifications of land and the effect soil erosion has on the quality of land and its future for crop production. Contains the results of an extensive study.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Finnell, H. H. (Henry Howard), b. 1894
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use the land and save the soil. (open access)

Use the land and save the soil.

This bulletin briefly answers the questions: "What is soil and water conservation?" and "How does the Soil Conservation Service help farmers and landowners?"
Date: September 1949
Creator: Musser, R. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taming runaway waters (open access)

Taming runaway waters

Describes the damage caused and the economic impact of floods and fast-moving water. Discusses the role of soil and water management programs in flood control.
Date: November 1949
Creator: Gee, C. W. (Chester Wilson), 1904-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest and Flame in the Bible. (open access)

Forest and Flame in the Bible.

A collection of biblical passages supporting the protection of forests, with descriptive text provided by the author.
Date: 1950
Creator: Vitas, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Windbreaks and Shelterbelts for the Plains States. (open access)

Windbreaks and Shelterbelts for the Plains States.

Describes the monetary and physical benefits to farms and orchards when windbreaks and shelterbelts are used.
Date: 1950
Creator: United States. Extension Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conservation farming in the Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District, North Dakota. (open access)

Conservation farming in the Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District, North Dakota.

Reports the results of a soil conservation survey and makes the case for increased conservation efforts. Provides information on identifying land types and suggests simple methods of soil conservation.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District (North Dakota)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visual materials on soil and water conservation. (open access)

Visual materials on soil and water conservation.

An annotated list of films about soil and water conservation. Includes information about the films' suitability for use in elementary and secondary schools.
Date: August 1951
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
From the dust of the earth. (open access)

From the dust of the earth.

Describes how the things people enjoy in everyday life come from the soil, either directly or indirectly, and the value of participating in soil conservation.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Lathrop, William H., 1900-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wood Chips for the Land. (open access)

Wood Chips for the Land.

Describes how farmers and ranchers can use wood chips to prevent soil erosion, as bedding for livestock, and as a way to make soil richer for producing crops.
Date: June 1952
Creator: McIntyre, Arthur Clifton, 1894-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Your Soil, Crumbly or Cloddy? (open access)

Your Soil, Crumbly or Cloddy?

Describes the importance of good soil tilth and methods for improving soil.
Date: August 1952
Creator: O'Neal, A. M. (Alfred Moore), b. 1881 & Klingebiel, A. A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The soil that went to town. (open access)

The soil that went to town.

Describes the problem of soil erosion and methods for its prevention, in an elementary story format.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Gee, C. W. (Chester Wilson), 1904-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contour-furrow irrigation. (open access)

Contour-furrow irrigation.

Describes how farmers can use contour-furrow irrigation as a means of preventing soil erosion and maintaining even watering of crops.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Kohler, Karl O.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grass crops in conservation farming. (open access)

Grass crops in conservation farming.

Describes the success of grassland improvement methods as demonstrated by experiment stations, agricultural technicians, farmers, and ranchers.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Dale, Tom, 1899- & Brown, Grover F., 1905-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Know Your Watersheds. (open access)

Know Your Watersheds.

Describes the necessity of water in everyday life, the water cycle, and provides suggestions for the management of watersheds.
Date: September 1957
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing the small forest (open access)

Managing the small forest

A guide to the basic principles of forest management, for use by small forest owners.
Date: September 1957
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Controlling the Japanese beetle. (open access)

Controlling the Japanese beetle.

Describes the characteristics of the Japanese beetle, the damage it causes to plants, and methods of control.
Date: March 1958
Creator: Fleming, Walter E. (Walter Ernest), 1899-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Algae in Water Supplies: An Illustrated Manual on the Identification, Significance, and Control of Algae in Water Supplies. (open access)

Algae in Water Supplies: An Illustrated Manual on the Identification, Significance, and Control of Algae in Water Supplies.

A manual designed to help "water analysts and others who deal with the many problems and effects associated with the presence of algae in water supplies."
Date: 1959
Creator: Palmer, Charles Mervin, 1900-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing farm fields, wetlands, and waters for wild ducks in the South. (open access)

Managing farm fields, wetlands, and waters for wild ducks in the South.

Provides instructions for establishing ponds and marshes in order to attract wild ducks to farmlands. Discusses the recreational benefits of watching and hunting ducks.
Date: November 1959
Creator: Davison, Verne E. (Verne Elbert), 1904- & Neely, William W., 1915-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facts About Wind Erosion and Dust Storms on the Great Plains. (open access)

Facts About Wind Erosion and Dust Storms on the Great Plains.

Describes the history and conditions of drought, wind erosion, and dust storms in the Great Plains; discusses long-range conservation programs and emergency measures.
Date: 1961
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The church and agricultural progress. (open access)

The church and agricultural progress.

Describes the role of agriculture in the United States from a Christian perspective.
Date: May 1962
Creator: Belew, M. Wendell; McCanna, Henry A.; Mueller, E. W. (Elwin William), 1908-1993. & O'Rourke, Edward W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making land produce useful wildlife. (open access)

Making land produce useful wildlife.

Discusses the benefits of biological balance on ranches and farms. Describes ways to allow wildlife to flourish for the purposes of hunting, trapping, fishing and other recreation.
Date: 1969
Creator: Anderson, Wallace Lowell, 1913-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Action Alert Benefits Chart (open access)

Action Alert Benefits Chart

Overview of benefits of renewable energy systems.
Date: March 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agreement with Canada on Pacific hake/whiting : message from the President of the United States transmitting agreement between the government of the United States of America and the government of Canada on Pacific hake/whiting (the "agreement"), done at Seattle, November 21, 2003 (open access)

Agreement with Canada on Pacific hake/whiting : message from the President of the United States transmitting agreement between the government of the United States of America and the government of Canada on Pacific hake/whiting (the "agreement"), done at Seattle, November 21, 2003

This treaty establishes agreed percentage shares of the trans-boundary stock of Pacific hake, also known as Pacific whiting. It also creates a process through which U.S. and Canadian scientists and fisheries managers will recommend the total catch of Pacific hake each year.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. President (2001-2009 : Bush) & Powell, Colin L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical Audit: Annex on emissions measurements and projections (open access)

Analytical Audit: Annex on emissions measurements and projections

This document reviews the United Kingdom's process of compiling historical greenhouse gas emissions, the process of estimating greenhouse gas emissions projections, the state of greenhouse gas emissions, and the implications of these findings on the United Kingdoms domestic targets. The paper is based on analysis prepared by the Office of Climate Change in the United Kingdom in order to facilitate discussion within government departments.
Date: unknown
Creator: Great Britain. Office of Climate Change
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library