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GRASS IN THE NATION'S LIFE -- A Permanent Agriculture -- Our Aim: An Introduction / P.V. Cardon -- In Praise of Blue Grass / John James Ingalls -- The Meek That Inherit the Earth / Agnes Chase -- The Settlement of Grasslands / Everett E. Edwards -- A Billion Acres of Grasslands / H.H. Wooten / C.P. Barnes -- The Help the Government Offers / Neil W. Johnson / Charles W. Loomer -- Soil, Grass, and Conservation -- Environment of Natural Grassland / C.P. Barnes -- Grass and the Soil / Charles E. Kellogg -- How Soils Develop Under Grass / James Thorp -- The Tools of Flood Control / Hugh H. Bennett -- Grasses That Fix Sand Dunes / Charles J. Whitfield / Robert L. Brown -- Forage for Livestock -- Plus and Minus: An Overall View / N.R. Ellis / L.A. Moore / M.A. Hein -- Soils, Crops, Minerals, and Animals / C.F. Huffman / N.R. Ellis / L.A. Moore -- Grassland Crops as Feed for Horses / I.P. Earle -- The Vital 10 Percent for Poultry / H.R. Bird -- Sheep, Goats, and Grasslands / C.E. Holscher / D.A. Spencer -- The Use of Forage in Feeding Hogs / John H. Zeller -- Grass for the Production of Beef / W.H. Black / D.A. Savage -- Dairy Cattle Must Have Good Forage / L.A. Moore -- The Use and Value of Pastures -- Pastures on the Dairy Farm / R.E. Wagner / J.B. Shepherd -- The Management of Grazing / E. Marion Brown -- Management of Irrigated Pastures / D.W. Thorne -- Grass in Natural Forested Areas / Richard Bradfield -- Soil Management on Farm Pastures / Horace J. Harper -- Pasture in a Conservation Farm Plan / Harry H. Gardner / John P. Jones -- Storage of Forage -- Principles of Making Hay / R.E. Hodgson / R.E. Davis / W.H. Hosterman / T.E. Hienton -- Equipment for Making Hay / R.B. Gray -- The Costs and Ways of Making Hay / Albert P. Brodell / Martin R. Cooper -- Ensiling Hay and Pasture Crops / J.B. Shepherd / R.E. Hodgson / N.R. Ellis / J.R. McCalmont -- Grass and Rotations -- Grass and Yields of Cash Crops / R.E. Uhland -- Rotations for Problem Fields / R.Y. Bailey / W.M. Nixon -- Fertilizers for Grass in Rotations / W.V. Bartholomew -- The Range, A Major Resource -- How Range Forage Grows / William G. McGinnies / John L. Retzer -- The Major Range Types / E.J. Woolfolk / D.F. Costello / B.W. Allred -- Grazing on Range Lands / W.R. Chapline -- Planning Range Conservation / W.T. White / W.R. Frandsen / C.V. Jensen -- Management That Restores the Range / R.S. Campbell / Lincoln Ellison / R.G. Renner -- Restoring the Range by Reseeding / C. Kenneth Pearse / A. Perry Plummer / D.A. Savage -- Guard First the Bottom Land / R.V. Boyle / J.S. McCorkle -- Spacing Water Holes to Save Grass / B.W. Allred / Howard Matson -- Grass and Water and Trees / Chas. A. Connaughton -- Wildlife, a Resource of the Range / R.J. Costley / P.F. Allan / Odell Julander / D.I. Rasmussen -- Rodents, Rabbits, and Grasslands / E.R. Kalmbach -- How To Control Noxious Plants / Joseph F. Pechanec / Charles E. Fisher / Kenneth W. Parker -- Enemies of Grass -- Some Diseases of Forage Grasses / J. Lewis Allison -- Some Diseases of Forage Legumes / Howard W. Johnson -- Some of the Insects / C.M. Packard -- Points To Be Stressed -- What Makes a Nutritious Forage? / J.T. Sullivan / H.L. Wilkins -- Manure and Grass-Farming / Firman E. Bear / Carl B. Bender -- Grass for Happier Living -- Sod Is Ideal for Playing Fields / Fanny-Fern Davis / George E. Harrington -- Pointers on Making Good Lawns / Fred V. Grau / Marvin H. Ferguson -- Greenswards in the Cooler Regions / H.B. Musser / J.A. De France -- Greenswards in the Warmer Regions / G.W. Burton / D.G. Sturkie -- Safety and Beauty for Highways / Frank H. Brant / Marvin H. Ferguson -- Airfields and Flight Strips / Ralph H. Morrish / Alton E. Rabbitt / Golf Is Played on Grass / Fred V. Grau / O.J. Noer -- The Search for Better Grass -- The Breeder's Ways and Means / D.C. Smith -- The Need for See Is Urgent / E.A. Hollowell / H.M. Tysdal -- Wanted: A Paragon for the Range / Wesley Keller -- Immigrants to Our Grasslands / C.O. Erlanson -- Domesticated Grasses in Conservation / A.L. Hafenrichter / A.D. Stoesz -- Improved Varieties of Alfalfa / H.M. Tysdal -- Clovers That Make a Crop / E.A. Hollowell -- The Other Pasture Legumes / Roland McKee -- Developing Grasses for Special Uses / H.B. Musser / G.W. Burton / H.A. Schoth -- Some Aspects of Economics -- The Long-Time Outlook / Reed A. Phillips -- Marketing and Transportation / Knute Bjorka / W.F. Finner -- Adjustments That Seem Necessary / C.W. Crickman. GRASS IN THE TEN REGIONS -- The Northeastern States -- Grassland Is Well Suited / Vance G. Sprague / Merton S. Parsons -- Permanent Pastures / Vance G. Sprague -- Semipermanent Pastures / Vance G. Sprague -- Annual or Temporary Pastures / Vance G. Sprague -- For Beef Cattle and Other Stock / Vance G. Sprague -- Hay Lands in the Northeast / Vance G. Sprague -- Grass for Conservation / E.B. Coffman -- Forage as a Part of Farming / Merton S. Parsons / Irving F. Fellows -- Principles and Problems / Vance G. Sprague / Merton S. Parsons -- Corn Belt and Lake States / Henry L. Ahlgren -- This Prosperous, Blessed Land -- First, the Care of the Soil -- Native Forages and New Forages -- Mixtures of Grasses and Legumes -- Getting Grass and Legumes To Grow -- How To Manage Grasslands -- Some Dangers To Guard Against -- The Processing and Use of Forage -- Grass and Legume Seed Production -- Grasslands in the South -- A Wide and Versatile Empire / Roy L. Lovvorn -- Starting and Maintaining Good Pastures / Hugh W. Bennett / Roy L. Lovvorn -- Hay and Supplemental Grazing / T.H. Rogers / George E. Ritchey -- Use and Importance of Pastures / J.C. Lowery / E.N. Fergus -- Grazing on Forested Lands / John T. Cassady / W.O. Shepherd -- This Is Our Unfinished Business / W.W. Woodhouse, Jr. / R.E. Blaser -- The Northern Great Plains -- Where Elbowroom Is Ample / George A. Rogler / Leon C. Hurtt -- The Place of Grassland Farming / M.M. Kelso -- The Types of Plains Vegetation / Leon C. Hurtt -- For a Better Range Management / Leon C. Hurtt -- Cultivated Grasses for Pastures / George A. Rogler -- Management of Seeded Pastures / George A. Rogler -- Hay, Fodder, and Silage Crops / L.C. Newell -- The Southern Great Plains -- The Region and Its Needs / D.A. Savage / D.F. Costello -- Dry-Land Pastures on the Plains / D.A. Savage / James E. Smith / D.F. Costello -- Range Management / D.A. Savage / D.F. Costello -- The Production of Seed / D.A. Savage / James E. Smith -- The Mountain Region -- Grass and Water Keep the Keys / George Stewart -- Pastures and Natural Meadows / George Stewart -- Cultivated Forage Crops / Wesley Keller / H.R. Hochmuth -- The Foundation of the Range / Raymond Price / Kenneth W. Parker / A.C. Hull, Jr. -- Range Practices and Problems / Raymond Price / Kenneth W. Parker / A.C. Hull, Jr. -- Grass as a Savings Account / Raymond Price / Kenneth W. Parker / A.C. Hull, Jr. -- Improvement Through Reseeding / George Stewart / Wesley Keller -- Conservation Problems and Practices / Raymond Price -- The Pacific Coast States -- The Range in California / M.W. Talbot / A.W. Sampson -- Forage Crops in California / B.A. Madsen / R. Merton Love -- Trees, Grass, and Water / Joseph F. Pechanec -- Grassland in Western Washington / E.J. Kreizinger / Alvin G. Law -- The Use of Logged-Off Land / H.B. Howell / Our Newest Farming Country / H.A. Schoth -- Grasslands in Alaska / O.S. Aamodt / G.W. Gasser -- Grasslands in Hawaii / J.C. Ripperton -- Grasslands in Puerto Rico / Ray C. Roberts -- Grass: Green, Grain, Grow -- The Family Tree of Gramineae / William A. Dayton -- The Main Grasses for Farm and Home / Max M. Hoover / M.A. Hein / William A. Dayton / C.O. Erlanson -- The Legumes of Many Uses / Roland McKee -- A General View of the Leguminosae -- The Main Species of Legumes -- Cousins and Companions -- Weeds Are Plants Our of Place / William A. Dayton -- Poisonous Plants / William A. Dayton -- Grasses Can Be Ornamental / Roland McKee -- Bamboos for Farm and Home / F.A. McClure -- GRASS IN CHARTS AND TABLES -- Data on the Seed and Culture of Common Grasses and Legumes -- Data on Grasslands in the Corn Belt and Lake States -- Pasture and Forage Crops Recommended for the Southern States -- The Great Plains: Tables of Seeding and Other Information -- Hawaii: Pasture Species, Their Forage Value and Distribution -- The Mountain Region: Recommendations for Seeding and Other Data -- Some Factors That Affect the Future of Grassland Farming -- Where To Write for Information on Activities Relating Grasslands -- List of Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States. |