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Trace elements for North Carolina crops / by Kamprath, E. J.(CARDINAL)153129; Collins, Emerson R.; Cox, Frederick Russell,1932-; North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.(CARDINAL)164866;

Subjects: Soils; Trace elements in agriculture; Soils;

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The mineral composition of crops with particular reference to the soils in which they were grown : a review and compilation / by Beeson, Kenneth C.(Kenneth Crees),1903-1998.(CARDINAL)306045;

Introduction. pp. 1 -- Some soil characteristics cited in relation to the occurrence of certain nutritional diseases of man and animals. pp. 4 -- Factors affecting the mineral composition of plants. pp. 22 -- Literature cited. pp. 59 -- Sources of unpublished material. pp. 91 -- Appendix: Tables of crop composition. pp. 92.The nutritional value of such inorganic elements as calcium, phosphorus, iodine, copper, and iron has been demonstrated by many investigators, and it is generally recognized that quantitative variations of these elements in foods and feeds are important factors in human and animal health. These and other mineral elements, especially those occurring in trace amounts, are receiving greatly increased attention in both popular and scientific literature dealing with soils, fertilizers, plant growth and composition, food quality, and animal and human health and nutrition.Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-90)."Sources of unpublished material": page 91.

Subjects: Plants; Plants;

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A history of honey in Georgia and the Carolinas / by Aldrich, April,author.(CARDINAL)620643;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-123) and index.In the late 1800s, Georgia and the Carolinas produced millions of pounds of honey and created a lasting legacy within the industry. The uses for the sweet nectar go well beyond flavor. Bee pollincation extensively beneifts agricultural crops in the area. Elements from the beehive are commonly used in popular cosmetics, medicines and mead. Beekeepers also face serious challenges like Colony Collapse Disorder. Join author and beekeeper April Aldrich as she traces the delectable history of honey and beekeeping throughout the region, from anciest apiaries to modern meaderies and beyond.

Subjects: Bee culture; Bee culture; Bee culture; Honey trade; Honey trade; Honey trade; Honey; Honey; Honey;

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That's purely chemistry!. by Film Ideas (Firm); Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; TMW Media Group.;

The battery has been in use since the early 1800s but the last twenty years has seen the most incredible growth in portable energy storage technology. Today, batteries provide power and on-demand energy to much of our modern high-tech world from the small back-up battery in your computer to units large enough to power cars, trucks and space stations. This program will emphasize lithium-ion technology, as well as innovations in the storage and transfer of energy.Composite materials (also called composition materials or shortened to composites) are materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties, that when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components. This is an extremely broad definition that holds true for all composites, however, more recently the term "composite" describes reinforced plastics. This program will explain how composites work and what the future holds for these amazing materials.Metallurgy is the study of the extraction, refining, alloying and fabrication of metals and of their structure and properties. Metallurgy can be described as a sub-set of "materials science"--the study of physical and chemical behavior of metals and alloys. This program discusses metal's role in our control of the environment. Advances in agriculture, warfare, transport, even cookery are impossible without metal, as was the entire Industrial Revolution--from steam to electricity.Chemistry has an impact on every aspect of our daily lives. The most important chemistry reference is the Periodic Table of the Elements. By providing a logical, mathematical method of organization, the table has become a critical tool for students, teachers and scientists around the globe. This program explores the discoveries that led up to the organization of the periodic table and how it is presently organized. It introduces and explores several elements (Hydrogen and Titanium) and their effect on our daily lives and the environments in which they occur.As we continue our history of the Periodic Table organizational system and discovery of the elements, this program examines the elements lithium and beryllium. The characteristics of alkali metals and alkali earth metals are discussed in detail, with the help of graphics and animation demonstrating their similarities and differences. Students will learn why elements are organized into specific groups and their relations to the rows and columns of the periodic table.The periodic table organizes elements by an atomic number, based on the amount of protons in each element's nucleus. Other factors include electron configuration and recurring chemical properties. Elements are listed in order of increasing atomic number along with its chemical symbol in each box. The elements iron, zinc and selenium help promote health and fight disease and have commercial uses. Iron zinc and selenium, which happen to exist naturally, are also referred to as trace minerals because humans need only small amounts of them.The Periodic Table is organized with elements specified in rows, or periods, according to increasing atomic number. Metals are on the left of the periodic table, while nonmetals are located on the right. Some in the middle are called metalloids because they have characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. The periodic table is purposely arranged into vertical classifications called groups. Columns of elements help define element groups. Some of the notable groups of elements include the noble gases (column 18), the halogens (column 17), the alkali metals (column 1) and the alkaline earth metals (column 2). The transition metals are located in the center of the periodic table. They include many of the common metals, such as copper, iron, silver and gold. The two rows below the main body of the table are called the lanthanide and actinide series. They include the very heavy metallic elements, such as uranium and plutonium. This program goes in depth regarding the elements potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) and their roles in the health of the human body. Potassium helps to control the proper balance of fluids in cells, helps with the contraction of muscles, and is involved in the transmission of chemical messages between nerve cells. Potassium aids in digestion of food, and in the proper function of the eyes. Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong.Ages 10+.Grades 5+.

Subjects: Educational films.; Children's films.; Nonfiction films.; Chemistry; Periodic table of the elements; Chemical engineering;

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Belt and road : a Chinese world order / by Maçães, Bruno,author.(CARDINAL)418152;

Includes bibliographical references and index.What is the belt and road? -- Nuts and bolts -- The belt and road and the World economy -- The belt and road and World politics -- The World after the belt and road.China's Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society, from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism, politics to culture. Most importantly, it symbolizes a new phase in China's ambitions as a superpower: to remake the world economy and crown Beijing as the new center of capitalism and globalization. Bruno Macaes traces this extraordinary initiative's history, highlighting its achievements to date, and its staggering complexity. He asks whether Belt and Road is about more than power projection and profit. Might it herald a new set of universal political values, to rival those of the West? Is it, in fact, the story of the century?

Subjects: Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China); Infrastructure (Economics); Investments, Chinese; World politics;

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Soil. by United States.Department of Agriculture.(CARDINAL)138479;

Drainage Problems and Methods / T.W. Edminster / Ronald C. Reeve -- Systems -- Cropping Systems and Soil / W.H. Allaway -- Soil Classification and Surveys / Guy D. Smith / Andrew R. Aandahl -- The Use of Soil Maps / A.M. Hedge / A.A. Klingebiel -- Three Farming Systems / E.L. Langsford / Charles P. Butler / C.W. Crickman / Trimble R. Hedges -- Economics of Cropping Systems / Earl O. Heady -- Factors of Income / Orlin J. Scoville -- Longtime Investments in Soil Management / M.L. Upchurch -- Financing Changes in Soil Management / J.H. Atkinson / Lowell S. Hardin -- Regions -- Soil Management in Regions / Carleton P. Barnes -- The North Pacific Valleys / H.B. Cheney -- The Dry Mild-Winter Region / D.G. Aldrich -- The Pacific Northwest Wheat Region / C.M. Horner / W.A. Starr / J.K. Patterson -- The Grazing-Irrigated Region / Wynne Thorne -- The Northern Great Plains / E.B. Norum / B.A. Krantz / H.J. Haas -- The Winter Wheat and Grazing Region / J.A. Hobbs -- The Southern Plains / J.R. Johnston -- The Mississippi Delta Region / Perrin H. Grissom -- The Coastal Prairies / R.K. Walker / R.J. Miears -- The Midland Feed Region / W.H. Pierre / F.F. Riecken -- The Northern Lake States / R.J. Muckenhirn / K.C. Berger -- The East-Central Uplands / Eric Winters -- Southeastern Uplands / R.W. Pearson / L.E. Ensminger -- Florida and Flatwoods / J.R. Henderson / F.B. Smith -- The Northeast / N.C. Brady / R.A. Struchtemeyer / R.B. Musgrave -- Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain / William J. Hanna / S.S. Obenshain -- Special Uses -- Soil Management for Pastures / R.R. Robinson / R.E. Blaser / H.B. Peterson -- Soil Management for Ranges / C.H. Wasser / Lincoln Ellison / R.E. Wagner -- Grasses / E.A. Hollowell -- Legumes / E.A. Hollowell --Tobacco / W.E. Colwell -- Managing Soils For Rice / M.B. Sturgis -- Field Crops / John H. Martin -- Home Gardens and Lawns / Charles E. Kellogg -- Ornamental Plants / S.L. Emsweller / N.W. Stuart / Curtis May -- Vegetables / Victor R. Boswell -- Soil Management for Orchards / Damon Boynton / John R. Magness -- Soil Management for Forest Trees / Frank W. Woods / Otis L. Copeland, Jr. / Carl E. Ostrom -- Shelterbelts and Windbreaks / Ernest J. George / Ralph A. Read / E.W. Johnson / A.E. Ferber -- Soul and the Growth of Forests / Earl L. Stone, Jr. / Paul E. Lemmon -- Forest practices and Productivity / V.L. Harper / Bernard Frank / W.E. McQuilkin -- Research Services / H.C. Knoblauch.Principles -- We Seek; We Learn / Charles E. Kellogg -- The Basis of Fertility / Sterling B. Hendricks / Lyle T. Alexander -- What Soils Are / Roy W. Simonson -- Physical Properties / M.B. Russell -- Growth of Plants / C.H. Wadleigh -- Soil Moisture / L.A. Richards / S.H. Richards -- Use of Moisture by Plants / Sterling A. Taylor -- PH, Soil Acidity, and Plant Growth / W.H. Allaway -- The Chemistry of Soil PH / N.T. Coleman / A. Mehlich -- Fertility -- Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility / L.A. Dean -- Nitrogen and Soil Fertility / Franklin E. Allison -- Soil Phosphorus and Fertility / Sterling R. Olsen / Maurice Fried -- Soil Potassium and Fertility / R.F. Reitemeier -- Sulfur and Soil Fertility / Howard V. Jordan / H.M. Reisenauer -- Iron and Soil Fertility / R.S. Holmes / J.C. Brown -- Zinc and Soil Fertility / Lloyd F. Seatz / J.J. Jurinak -- Boron and Soil Fertility / Darrell A. Russel -- Copper and Soil Fertility / Walter Reuther -- Manganese and Soil Fertility / G. Donald Sherman -- Trace Elements / P.R. Stout / C.M. Johnson -- Organic Matter / F.E. Broadbent -- Living Organisms in the Soil / Francis E. Clark -- Toxic Elements in Soils / Firman E. Bear -- Practices -- How To Determine Nutrient Needs / Frank G. Viets, Jr. / John J. Hanway -- Soil Reaction and Liming / K. Lawton / L.T. Kurtz -- Trends in Fertilizer / J. Richard Adams -- Materials and Mixtures / K.D. Jacob -- New and Better Fertilizers / E.L. Newman / W.L. Hill -- Applying Fertilizers / R.L. Cook / Walter C. Hulburt -- Farm Manure / Myron S. Anderson -- Composts, Peats, and Sewage Sludge / H.W. Reuszer -- Maintaining Organic Matter / W.V. Bartholomew -- Green Manure and Cover Crops / T. Hayden Rogers / Joel E. Giddens -- Soil Management and Crop Quality / Kenneth C. Beeson -- The Economics of Fertilizers / L.B. Nelson / D.B. Ibach -- Soil Care -- Principles of Tillage / W.A. Raney / A.W. Zingg -- Saline and Alkali Soils / C.A. Bower / Milton Fireman -- Erosion on Cultivated Land / B.D. Blakely / J.J. Coyle / J.G. Steele -- Erosion of Soil By Wind / W.S. Chepil -- How to Control a Gully / C.J. Francis -- Stabilizing Sand Dunes / A.D. Stoesz / Robert L. Brown -- Soil Management and Insect Control / Walter E. Fleming -- Soilborne Plant Diseases / Francis e. Clark / William J. Zaumeyer / John T. Presley -- Moisture -- Conserving Soil Moisture / Chester E. Evans / Edgar R. Lemon -- Irrigation in Arid Regions / Wayne D. Criddle / Howard R. Haise -- Irrigation in the East / T.H. Quakenbush / M.D. Thorne."The purpose of this book is to indicate the extent to which that warning has been heeded and at times to repeat it and to describe the knowledge about soils that scientists and farmers have since gained. This book devoted considerable space to classifications of soils, technical aspects of soil science, and the use of land".

Subjects: Soils.; Soil conservation; Soils;

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Yemen : what everyone needs to know® / by Orkaby, Asher,author.;

Regions, Sects, and Tribes -- Arabia Felix : An Early History of Yemen -- Imperial Yemen : Ottoman and British Empires -- An Era of Modernization: the Formation of the Yemeni Republic -- Ali Abdullah Saleh's Regime, Unification, and al-Qaeda -- The Houthi Wars (2004-2010) -- Agriculture and Economy -- Arabian Minorities -- Education and Society -- The Arab Spring in Yemen -- Yemen's Modern Civil War."On March 21, 1942, a son was born to a poor family in the village of Beit al-Ahmar near Yemen's capital city of Sana'a. His father, who had worked as the village blacksmith, died at an early age leaving the orphaned boy to be raised by his mother. Everydry season, the family moved from village to village in search of grazing land for their small flock of sheep. The task of tending these sheep was given to the young boy. Local educators discovered him to be a precocious student with a talent for memorizing religious texts and writing. At the age of 12, he left home to go visit his older brother in the army barracks south of their village. So enamored was he by the comradeship of the army that he lied about his age and enlisted. Driven by personal ambition and love for his Yemeni homeland, he dedicated his life to the army and was selected to join the officer's school in 1960, paving the way to military and political leadership. The character in this story of rags to riches, who was able to rise above deep personal tragedy, was none other than the notorious Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's former president and the individual who had the most profound impact on the modern state of Yemen. Over the course of his 33-year presidency, Saleh crafted the modern Yemenistate, which was built on precarious foundations of tribal agreements, temporary truces, negotiated boundaries, political nepotism and patronage, and widespread corruption. Only Saleh understood the intricacies of his own creation and, as the country discovered, after he stepped down from the presidency in 2012, only Saleh could control all its moving elements. His alliance with the Houthi rebels in 2014 was the ultimate betrayal for the last remnants of Yemeni society that still revered him as a revolutionary leader. As president, he was a mirror of Yemeni society, exuding optimism in the early 1990s and marking the first stages of the country's gradual decline a decade later, a consequence of Saleh's mismanagement and exploitation of Yemeni resources for his own personal gain. The story of modern is Yemen is, in part, the biography of its longest serving president, but it is also the story of a historic people with a rich culture, religious tradition, language, and heritage. Even before Saleh's death in December 2017, the Yemeni people and their remaining leadership have struggled to redefine their country whose borders, politics, and tensions were so closely tied to the presidency of one man. This book will trace the country's history, society, economy, and politics, to present a comprehensive picture of what everyone needs to know about Yemen"--

Subjects: Ṣāliḥ, ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh.;

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The farm bill : a citizen's guide / by Imhoff, Dan,author.(CARDINAL)276800; Badaracco, Christina,author.(CARDINAL)797508;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Farm bill basics. What is the farm bill? -- Why does the farm bill matter? -- Who benefits from the farm bill? -- How does the farm bill work? -- The history of food policy. Origins of the farm bill -- The changing face of agriculture -- The changing face of hunger -- The conservation era -- Key policy issues. Crop subsidies -- Nutrition, SNAP, and healthy eating -- Agribusiness versus family farms -- Job creation -- Trade -- An alternative system -- Reforming the farm bill. Opportunities for change -- Public health -- Food security -- Ethanol -- Energy and climate change -- Conservation -- National security -- The future of food policy. Ecosystem-based agriculture -- Local food -- A citizen's farm bill -- Twenty-five solutions -- A vision of sustainable food."The farm bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation the American president signs. Negotiated every five to seven years, it has tremendous implications for food production, nutrition assistance, habitat conservation, international trade, and much more. Yet at nearly 1,000 pages, it is difficult to understand for policymakers, let alone citizens. In this primer, Dan Imhoff and Christina Badaracco translate all the "legalese" and political jargon into an accessible, graphics-rich 200 pages. Readers will learn the basic elements of the bill, its origins and history, and perhaps most importantly, the battles that will determine the direction of food policy in the coming years. The authors trace how the legislation has evolved, from its first incarnation during the Great Depression, to today, when America has become the world's leading agricultural powerhouse. They explain the three main components of the bill--farm subsidies, food stamps or SNAP, and conservation programs--as well as how crucial public policies are changing. With a new farm bill just signed into law, we all need to understand the implications of food policy. What's the impact of crop insurance? How does SNAP actually work? What would it take to create a healthier, more sustainable food system? These are questions that affect not only farmers, but everyone who eats. If you care about the answers, The Farm Bill is your guide." --Publisher's description.

Subjects: Food supply; Agricultural subsidies; Food law and legislation; Nutrition policy;

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