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| Title: | Science in agriculture. |
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| Name(s): |
Brooks, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), b. 1870 Florida Dept. of Agriculture. PALMM (Project) |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1940 | |
| Date Issued: | 1941 | |
| Date Issued: | 1941 | |
| Publisher: | State of Florida, Dept. of Agriculture | |
| Place of Publication: |
Tallahassee, |
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| Physical Form: | electronic resource | |
| Extent: | xii, 216 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm. | |
| Language(s): | eng | |
| Summary: | This document looks at the interrelationship of all the branches of scientific knowledge of which the farmer must make use if his efforts are to be successful in the business of farming. This integration of knowledge promotes the conservation of soil, economic crop production, farm engineering and aids the farmer in coping with the unpredictable elements of nature. | |
| Table of Contents: | Business of farming -- Farm man-power production -- Story of farm machinery -- Electricity on the farm -- Story of the Earth's soils -- Soil waste -- Soil-building plants -- Conservation of soils -- Soils and fertilizers -- Air and life -- Plant and animal life -- Fungi -- Filterable viruses -- Food and health -- Changing rural psychology -- Story of native and immigrant crops -- Story of life cycles -- Story of man's struggle with insects -- Bird life and man -- Story of cotton -- Story of wheat -- Story of maize -- Story of rice -- Story of root crops -- Story of sugarcane -- Story of beans -- Story of fruit-growing -- Story of berries -- Story of nuts -- Story of grapes -- Pasture and forage crops -- Story of coffee -- Story of tea -- Story of tobacco -- Story of domestic animals. | |
| Target Audience: | general | |
| Identifier: | 49837644 (oclc), AAA3165 QF, 969789 (digitool), uf:103169 (fedora), UF00002886 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
by Thos. Jos. Brooks. "March, 1941." Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. Mode of Access: World Wide Web. System Requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced from Collection in George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. The Date Issued had: c1940. |
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| Subject(s): |
Agriculture -- Florida Farm produce -- Florida Florida -- 12000 |
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| Library Classification: | S49 .A4 no. 105 1941 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00002886.pdf | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00002886.jpg | |
| Host Institution: | UF | |
| Other Format: |
(OCoLC)41556056 |
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| Is Part of Series: | Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 105. |
