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Campbell Collection (Mss 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell Collection (Mss 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 683. Correspondence and papers primarily relating to the service of Elvis R. Campbell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the public works department of city government and at Detrex Corporation. Also includes account books/farm journals and business papers of his parents, John R. Campbell and Maggie (Brown) Campbell.
The Economic Importance Of Draught Oxen On Small Farms In Namibia's Eastern Caprivi Region, Andrew B. Conroy, Mogos Yakob Teweldmehidin
The Economic Importance Of Draught Oxen On Small Farms In Namibia's Eastern Caprivi Region, Andrew B. Conroy, Mogos Yakob Teweldmehidin
Natural Resources & the Environment
The main aim of this study was to analyse and document the value of smallholder farmers’ use of Draught Animal Power (DAP) systems in the Eastern Caprivi Region and to test the economic viability of DAP usage versus using tractors. This study applied Rapid Rural Appraisal techniques (RRA), including a survey. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 312 farmers at their farms and data was gathered on the use of and economics related to the draught animal power system. Crop enterprise budgets, project reports, expert opinions and group discussions were analysed. The research found that the use of animal power performs …
Pb1541-Planning And Building Fences On The Farm, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Pb1541-Planning And Building Fences On The Farm, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Animals/Livestock
Many innovations have occurred in the fencing industry in recent years, giving producers an array of options for fences to confine and protect livestock. Whether used as permanent, periphery boundaries, temporary pasture dividers or to encircle a house, fences need careful planning and construction for efficient usefulness, long life and low maintenance.
Several decisions must be made when installing fencing. First, what is the fence to be used for? For example, is it going to be a boundary fence or a cross-fence to divide a pasture? Is the fence for sheep, cattle, horses or something else? What type of fence …
Agenda: New Sources Of Water For Energy Development And Growth: Interbasin Transfers: A Short Course, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: New Sources Of Water For Energy Development And Growth: Interbasin Transfers: A Short Course, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: Interbasin Transfers: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 7-10)
Even before the [Natural Resources Law] Center was established [in the fall of 1981], the [University of Colorado] School of Law was organizing annual natural resources law summer short courses. To date four programs have been presented:
- July 1980: "Federal Lands, Laws and Policies-and the Development of Natural Resources"
- June 1981: "Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues"
- June 1982: "New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: lnterbasin Transfers"
- June 1983: "Groundwater: Allocation; Development and Pollution"
(Reprinted from Resource Law Notes, no. 1, Jan. 1984, at 1.)
Faculty for this conference included University of …
Water Supplies On Wheatbelt Farms : A General Picture, I A F Laing
Water Supplies On Wheatbelt Farms : A General Picture, I A F Laing
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
In good rainfall years, farm dams provide water fo more than 50 per cent of the total stock in the wheatbelt.
Other sources include ground water supplies and the piped Comprehensive Water Scheme.
The March 1970 census included questions on farm water supplies including how farmers coped in the 1969-70 drought.
Survey Of Agriculture In Fulton County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Survey Of Agriculture In Fulton County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Report by the Fulton and Hickman County Chamber of Commerce by Hiram A. Morgan and produced by the Kentucky Utilities Company with agricultural data, including farmland values, farm characteristics, land use, labor, crops, livestock and products, and major sources of income.