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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 55 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 55

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Poultry Manure, Early Onions in the Southwest, Oleander Poisoning of Live Stock, Fermented Cottonseed Meal for Hogs, Wintering Farm Work Horses, Alfalfa Meal as a Feeding Stuff, Mangels for Milch Cows, Records of Dairy Herds, Skim-Milk Buttermilk, Whipped Cream, Farm Butter Making, Camembert Cheese Making, Cement and Concrete Fence Posts.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Agricultural Outlook: February 7, 1914 (open access)

The Agricultural Outlook: February 7, 1914

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during January 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suggestions to Southern Farmers (open access)

Suggestions to Southern Farmers

Report summarizing the contents of papers read at the Interstate Farmers' Convention held at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 8-10, 1899. Topics discussed include soil properties, cotton products, livestock farming and feeding, horticulture, agricultural education, forage crops, and the Weather Bureau. The material collected in this report is intended primarily for residents of the South and the Southwest.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Up a Run-Down Cotton Plantation (open access)

Building Up a Run-Down Cotton Plantation

"This paper is an account of the progress made in three years in changing a run-down cotton plantation into a profitable stock and hay farm. The results obtained from the use of cowpeas and other leguminous crops in restoring the fertility of the land have exceeded the expectations of those in charge of the work." -- p. 5
Date: 1908
Creator: Brodie, D. A. (David Arthur), b. 1868
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 58 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 58

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Fertilizers for Pineapples, Wart Disease of the Potato, the Typhoid or House Fly, Rice and Its By-Products as Feeding Stuffs, the Forced Molting of fowls, a Portable Panel Fence, Pasteurization in the Butter Making, and Milling and Baking Tests with Durum Wheat.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 48 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 48

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Plant Breeding on the Farm, Sorghum for Silage, Dry Rot of Corn, Starch from Sweet Potatoes, Profits from Tomato Growing, the Keeping of Apples, Weed Seeds in Manure, Weed Seeds in Feeding Stuffs, Forage Crops for Pigs, Market Classes and Grades of Horses and Mules, Profitable and Unprofitable Cows, Blackhead in Turkeys, Extraction of Beeswax, and an Improved Hog Cot.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stubble-Mulch Farming for Soil Defense (open access)

Stubble-Mulch Farming for Soil Defense

"Stubble-mulch farming, spectacular in its recent spread across the West, has sound scientific support. In one form or another, it has been demonstrating its advantages on experimental plots and in isolated field trials for many years. It is a practice that furthers the highest crop and livestock production compatible with the principle of soil security. It is a simple but effective method that will help us to avoid in the present emergency the disastrous aftermaths of the plow-up program of the 1920's. Materials for mulching are at hand -- products of the land itself -- waiting to be used for the retention of crop-making moisture and soil. Equipment can be bought on the market, or it can be rigged up by the farmer himself. Stubble-mulch farming can be fitted into a general conservation system -- applied to grain fields, row-crop land, and strip-croppered areas. It is flexible and economical, requires less mule power or machine power." -- p. ii
Date: 1942
Creator: Carter, L. S. (Logan Sampson), 1906- & McDole, G. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Producing Family and Farm Supplies on the Cotton Farm (open access)

Producing Family and Farm Supplies on the Cotton Farm

Revised edition. "Home production of supplies offers the Southern farm family an easy way to reduce the cost of living. Because of the long growing season, and the short, mild winters of the Cotton Belt, garden vegetables may be grown there in abundance throughout the year with little labor and at trifling expense. Necessary livestock products and feeds for farm animals can be produced on the farm much more cheaply than they can be bought. This bulletin suggests ways in which southern farmers may make the most of opportunities for the home production of commodities that otherwise would necessitate cash outlay." -- p. 2
Date: 1923
Creator: Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Producing Family and Farm Supplies on the Cotton Farm (open access)

Producing Family and Farm Supplies on the Cotton Farm

"Home production of supplies offers the Southern farm family an easy way to reduce the cost of living. Because of the long growing season, and the short, mild winters of the Cotton Belt, garden vegetables may be grown there in abundance throughout the year with little labor and at trifling expense. Necessary livestock products and feeds for farm animals can be produced on the farm much more cheaply than they can be bought. This bulletin suggests ways in which southern farmers may make the most of opportunities for the home production of commodities that otherwise would necessitate cash outlay." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rice Culture (open access)

Rice Culture

Report discussing general properties of rice and practices in its cultivation. Topics include varieties of rice, production and importation of rice, rice lands, irrigation, sowing seed, flooding, fertilizing, harvesting, milling, and rice by-products. Special attention is given to the rice growing regions of Louisiana and Texas.
Date: 1910
Creator: Knapp, Seaman Ashahel, 1833-1911
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crop Systems for Arkansas (open access)

Crop Systems for Arkansas

"Crop systems for Arkansas that make for increased food production and increased efficiency in man labor and horse labor are described in the following pages. By the introduction of cowpeas, soybeans, and other legumes, and by second cropping, provision is made for a considerable increase in the number of crop acres that can be farmed by the average family.... In each of the cropping systems suggested the crop acreages are calculated for two men and a team, and for light, medium, and heavy soils. These systems in general apply to all of Arkansas, except the northwestern part, and some of them may be used to advantage in northern Louisiana, northeastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, western Tennessee, and the northern half of Mississippi." -- p. 2
Date: 1918
Creator: McNair, A. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Practice with Lespedeza (open access)

Farm Practice with Lespedeza

"The use of lespedeza as a farm crop has rapidly increased during the past few years. The increase in the use of lespedeza is due partly to the excellent results that have been obtained by the farmers who have been growing the Common variety, for hay and for pasture and soil improvement, but more particularly to the introduction of some new varieties that produce better yields, are adapted to a wider range of climatic conditions, and are generally better suited to the needs of the average farm than is the Common variety. This bulletin is based on information collected from farmers located in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky who are growing lespedeza regularly as a farm crop. The information includes methods of seeding, varieties used, the place in the cropping system usually occupied by lespedeza, and practices that have developed in connection with the production and use of the crop in these States." -- p. 1
Date: 1934
Creator: Miller, H. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Successful Alabama Diversification Farm (open access)

A Successful Alabama Diversification Farm

"In this bulletin is given the record of a 65-acre hog farm in the black prairie region of Alabama. The method of farming described is applicable to the entire area in which corn, alfalfa, and Bermuda grass can be grown. This area includes the black lands of Texas, the river bottoms of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and the alluvial soils generally in all the Southern States.... The primary object in the work of this farm was to demonstrate that hog farming is practicable in this territory, and three years' experience has led us to the conclusion that the production of alfalfa hay in this region can also be made highly profitable.... The system of farming established on the diversification farm at Uniontown, Alabama, was planned with the special view of increasing the fertility of the soil and reducing the cost of tillage by doing away with hillside ditches and adopting improved methods of cultivation." -- p. 5
Date: 1907
Creator: Crosby, M. A.; Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868- & Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors That Make for Success in Farming in the South (open access)

Factors That Make for Success in Farming in the South

"This bulletin is designed to present, by pictures, charts, and brief text, some of the more important and fundamental factors that make for success on the Southern farm." -- p. 2 Factors discussed include record keeping, crop yields, the use of legumes as fertilizers, efficiency of labor, waste lands, and farm organization.
Date: 1920
Creator: Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of the 26th Biennial Pronghorn Workshop May 12-14, 2014 "Managing Pronghorn on Private Land" (open access)

Proceedings of the 26th Biennial Pronghorn Workshop May 12-14, 2014 "Managing Pronghorn on Private Land"

Report on the proceedings of the 26th Biennial Pronghorn Workshop with listings of the all the speakers with brief bios, the papers presented, awards given out, bylaws of the organization, and attendance statistics for the workshop.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breeds of Swine (open access)

Breeds of Swine

This report gives an overview of different breeds of swine, focusing on the distinction between lard hogs and bacon hogs.
Date: 1917
Creator: Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing Sugar Cane for Sirup (open access)

Growing Sugar Cane for Sirup

Revised edition. "This bulletin aims to give directions for growing and harvesting sugar cane in those regions where syrup is produced and where it is essentially a small-farm business." -- p. 2
Date: 1922
Creator: Yoder, P. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing Sugar Cane for Sirup (open access)

Growing Sugar Cane for Sirup

"This bulletin aims to give directions for growing and harvesting sugar cane in those regions where syrup is produced and where it is essentially a small-farm business." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Yoder, P. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Profitable Cotton Farm (open access)

A Profitable Cotton Farm

"This bulletin is an account of the progressive and successful farm operations of a farmer of South Carolina who, by combining thorough tillage, crop rotation, barnyard manure, and a judicious use of commercial fertilizer, has changed a previously badly managed and run-down cotton farm into a very productive and profitable enterprise. The impulse prompting the writing of this bulletin is the belief that it may suggest to other farmers of the South ways and means by which they may so improve their methods of management as to make their farms more profitable." -- p. 7
Date: 1909
Creator: Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dry-Farming: Methods and Practices in Wheat Growing in the Columbia and Snake River Basins (open access)

Dry-Farming: Methods and Practices in Wheat Growing in the Columbia and Snake River Basins

"This bulletin deals with the dry-farming methods practiced on grain farms in the Pacific Northwest, where the rainfall is less than 15 to 18 inches annually, but it also contains advice helpful to all farmers of that region who practice summer fallowing. Its purpose is to show the possibility of increasing crop yields in the dry-farming areas by using improved methods and to discuss the practices which have been found most advantageous. ...The highest yields have been secured by plowing in the early spring and giving enough cultivation after plowing to keep the weeds well under control. The purposes of summer fallowing and details of the methods by which it is accomplished are given, and the application of these methods to the cultivation of "blow" soils and "nonblow" soils. Methods are suggested for preventing and stopping the blowing of soils. Attention is given to the saving of man labor by the use of large power units, methods of seeding winter and spring wheat are outlined, and suggestions are made for maintaining the organic matter in the soil." -- p. ii
Date: 1927
Creator: Hunter, Byron, b. 1869
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Making and Feeding of Silage (open access)

The Making and Feeding of Silage

Revised edition. Report discussing the use of silos for storing feed for livestock, with special attention to silage for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, and sheep. Topics discussed include crops for silage, preparing crops for storage, and storage practices.
Date: 1918
Creator: Woodward, T. E. (Thompson Elwyn); Rommel, George M. (George McCullough); Ward, W. F.; McNulty, J. B. & Marshall, F. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dusting Machinery for Cotton Boll Weevil Control (open access)

Dusting Machinery for Cotton Boll Weevil Control

"This bulletin is intended to aid the prospective purchaser of dusting machinery for cotton boll weevil control in selecting a satisfactory model and one adapted to the needs of his particular farming conditions. Different localities frequently require different types of machinery, and the farmer should make sure he is securing one suitable for his needs." -- p. 2
Date: 1920
Creator: Johnson, Elmer & Coad, B. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Making and Feeding of Silage (open access)

The Making and Feeding of Silage

Revised edition. Report discussing the use of silos for storing feed for livestock, with special attention to silage for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, and sheep. Topics discussed include crops for silage, preparing crops for storage, and storage practices.
Date: 1920
Creator: Woodward, T. E. (Thompson Elwyn); Rommel, George M. (George McCullough); Sheets, E. W.; McNulty, J. B. & Marshall, F. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Making and Feeding of Silage (open access)

The Making and Feeding of Silage

Revised edition. Report discussing the use of silos for storing feed for livestock, with special attention to silage for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, and sheep. Topics discussed include crops for silage, preparing crops for storage, and storage practices.
Date: 1921
Creator: Woodward, T. E. (Thompson Elwyn); Rommel, George M. (George McCullough); Sheets, E. W.; McNulty, J. B. & Marshall, F. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library