Arkansas Division Of Agriculture Book

Language: en
Pages: 774

Department of Agriculture

Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations

Categories: Executive advisory bodies

Type: Book
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Published: 1956
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Publisher: Unknown

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Language: en
Pages: 610

Report Series - Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas

Categories: Agriculture

Type: Book
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Published: 1979
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Publisher: Unknown

None

Language: en
Pages: 136

Soils of Arkansas

Author(s): Arkansas Association of Professional Soil Classifiers, Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Arkansas Geological Survey, United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States. Forest Service, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus). Division of Agriculture

Categories: Soils

Type: Book
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Published: 2013-10-15
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Publisher: Unknown

None

Language: en
Pages: 297

The Silken Thread

Author(s): Robert N. Wiedenmann, J. Ray Fisher

Categories: Science

Type: Book
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Published: 2021
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Publisher: Oxford University Press

"Insects are seldom mentioned in history texts, yet they significantly shaped human history. The Silken Thread: Five Insects and Their Impacts on History tells the stories of just five insects, tied together by a thread originating in the Silk Roads of Asia, and how they have impacted our world. Silkworms have been farmed to produce silk for millennia, creating a history of empires and cultural exchanges; Silk Roads connected East to West, generating trade centers and transferring ideas, philosophies, and religions. The western honey bee feeds countless people, and their crop pollination is worth billions of dollars. Fleas and lice carried bacteria that caused three major plague pandemics, m...