College of Agriculture: Recent submissions
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Simple methods for measurement and calculation of field areas
(1934-05)
This booklet is written for the purpose of assisting farmers in calculating areas of land. Every farmer should know the acreage of each and every plot of land on his farm in order that he may calculate his labor, seed, and ...
Farm building plans
(1914)
Study of the work of the land-grant colleges in the Tennessee Valley area in cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority
(1939)
The Land-Grant Colleges of the Tennessee Valley States have been engaged upon the problems of agriculture for many years. ... The Tennessee Valley Authority was created by the Congress to engage upon many problems, including ...
Experiments in beef production in Alabama
(1908-02-27)
The bulletin is the result of three years' cooperation with the Alabama Experiment Station in steer feeding and covers in a comprehensive manner tests of different feeding methods in use by Alabama stockmen or considered ...
Fattening cattle in Alabama
(1914-08-08)
The investigations reported in the following pages are a continuation of the cooperative work started in 1904 between the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Alabama Experiment Station. ... Of the various problems which arise ...
Fattening calves in Alabama : Investigations in cooperation with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
(1912-07-27)
The paper gives the details of three experiments in fattening calves in Alabama, two lots being fed during the winter on separate farms with various southern feeds, and the third lot carried through the winter and subsequently ...
Labor requirements for field crops in the southeastern coastal plains farming area of Alabama
(1942-02)
This analysis of labor requirements of crops in southern Alabama is designed to promote the most effective distribution of crops, particularly from the standpoint of full utilization of man- and mule-labor on the farm. ... ...
Peanuts: A war crop on Alabama farms
(1943-03)
Alabama farmers were asked to make large increases in peanut production in 1942 to help supply additional quantities of vegetable oils needed for domestic wartime uses and for shipment to our allies. Still greater production ...
Production of Lump Charcoal from Pine Sawdust without a Binder
(1942)
The object of this investigation was to find a satisfactory method
for the profitable disposal of the large amounts of finely divided
wood wastes available in the South and West.
As a result of this investigation, a ...
Effect of Sizing, Weaving, and Abrasion on the Physical Properties of Cotton Yarn
(1942-01)
A method was developed for determining the effects of the
amount and quality of sizing on the physical properties of cotton
warp yarns and on their performance during weaving and abrasion
tests. The strength, elongation ...
Sweet Potato Starch as a Sizing Agent in the Textile Industry
(1941-07)
An intensive study to determine the possibilities of sweet
potato starch as a warp sizing agent in the textile industry has been
made in the laboratories of the Engineering Experiment Station of
the Alabama Polytechnic ...
Fuel Briquettes from Alabama Lignite by Destructive Distillation at Low Temperatures and Briquetting the Residue without a Binder
(1937-10)
The object of this investigation is to call attention to the presence
of the Alabama lignite and, if possible, to find a method for
the profitable utilization of this material.
As a result of this investigation, a process ...
Utilization of Low Grade Alabama Manganese Ores
(1935)
The object of this investigation was to find a general and
profitable method for the purification and concentration of low
grade Alabama manganese ores, which had little, if any, value
in their present form.
The various ...
Technical and Economic Features in the Utilization of Blast Furnace Slag in Glass Manufacture
(1934)
The object of this investigation was to find a more advantageous
method for the disposal of blast furnace slag.
As a result of this investigation, a method was developed for the
production of four types of glass: (1) A ...