Industrializing the corn belt:agriculture, technology, and environment, 1945-1972
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Northern Illinois University Press,
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Publisher Address: | DeKalb, Ill. |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 238 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780875803920 (clothbound : alk. paper) 087580392X (clothbound : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F371 |
CLC: | F371.27-09 |
Call Number: | F371.27-09/A547 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index. Insecticide : time for action -- Herbicide versus weedy the thief -- Fertilizer gives the land a kick -- Feeding chemicals -- Push-button farming -- Making hay the modern way -- From threshing machine to combine -- From corn picker and crib to combine and bin. |