Browsing Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) Reports by Issue Date
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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 ...
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 ...
Practical dog feeding
(1942-01)
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 ...
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. ... ...
Management of farm fish ponds
(1942-04)
Edible soybeans
(1942-04)
Planting and maintenance of lawns
(1942-05)
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 ...