Collection of farming fertilizer booklets bound within a 1940 Bogalusa, Louisiana WPA project binder.

Published by Bogalusa, LA: WPA Bookbinding Project, Women's and Professional Division, November 1940.

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Brown cloth boards attached by rusted metal clasp; boards rubbed; soiling/staining to front board. Title "Fertilizers" handwritten in ink but on rear board bottom. Rear board pastedown has ink stamp "Repaired by | W.P.A. | Bookbinding Project | Women's and Professional Division" with handwritten ink notations "112840" (actually a date code for November 28, 1940) and "Bogalusa, La." Varied toning, foxing, soiling, and edge-wear to bound-in booklets which are a conglomeration of approximately twenty fertilizer-related state and federal government publications. A sampling as follows: {#1} GREEN ACRES. By R.H. Lush and H.R. Smalley. Washington DC: The National Fertilizer Association. Pamphlet 118. {#2} CROPS AGAINST THE WIND ON THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS. By Glenn K. Rule. Farmers' Bulletin No. 1833. U.S. Department of Agriculture December 1939. {#3} U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1386. TERRACING FARM LANDS. June 1928. {#4} U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1697. USING SOIL-BINDING PLANTS TO RECLAIM GULLIES IN THE SOUTH. January 1933. {#5} U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 921. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LIMING OF SOILS. 1918. {#6} STOCK-WATER DEVELOPMENTS: WELLS, SPRINGS, AND PONDS. Farmers' Bulletin No 1859. United States Department of Agriculture July 1940. {#7} SULFATE OF AMMONIA AS A TOP DRESSER FOR CORN. [1927]. {#8} U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1045. LAYING OUT FIELDS FOR TRACTOR PLOWING. July 1936. {#9} SEASONAL COMPOSITION AND YIELDS OF PASTURES. By R.H. Lush. Louisiana State University and Agricultural Mechanical College. Louisiana Bulletin No. 299. September 1938. {#10} RESULTS OF PASTURE FERTILIZATION AT LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. By R.H. Lush and J.L. Fletcher Louisiana Bulletin No. 304 March 1939. Louisiana State University and Agricultural Mechanical College. {#11} University of Nebraska College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy. LABORATORY SUPPLIES FOR INSTRUCTION IN FIELD CROPS AND SOILS. Catalog No. 8. 1928. etc.

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Title
Collection of farming fertilizer booklets bound within a 1940 Bogalusa, Louisiana WPA project binder.
Author
WPA - W.P.A. - Works Progress Administration - Work Projects Administration. R.H. Lush; H.R. Smalley; Glenn K. Rule; United States Department of Agriculture; J.L. Fletcher; University of Nebraska College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy; et al.
Publisher
Bogalusa, LA: WPA Bookbinding Project, Women's and Professional Division, November 1940.
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David Hallinan, Bookseller

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DAVID HALLINAN, BOOKSELLER - specializing in out-of-print, uncommon, and scarce books in all subjects. Mailing address is PO BOX 463, COLUMBUS, MS 39703. Inventory available for inspection at a local antique mall generally from 10am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.

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