Soil Defense in the South (open access)

Soil Defense in the South

"This bulletin describes farming practices that conserve soil, and how such practices may be applied to farms in a large part of the South. Its scope is limited to that part of the Cotton Belt extending west from the Georgia-Alabama line to central Texas and southern Oklahoma." -- p. i.
Date: 1938
Creator: Rowalt, E. M.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diseases of Watermelons (open access)

Diseases of Watermelons

This bulletin discusses diseases which commonly afflict watermelons, including wilt, root-knot, gummy stem blight, ground-rot, anthracnose, stem-end rot, and diseases which primarily develop during transport to markets. Disease control measures are also discussed.
Date: 1922
Creator: Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930 & Meier, F. C.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marketing Live Stock in the South: Suggestions for Improvement (open access)

Marketing Live Stock in the South: Suggestions for Improvement

"The purpose of this bulletin is to place before southern farmers [in the United States] who produce stock in small lots and who are experiencing difficulty in marketing their livestock the more important local marketing plans which have been found successful in certain communities and which are practicable under southern conditions." -- p. 3. Topics include cooperative livestock shipping, marketing clubs and associations, and market demands.
Date: 1917
Creator: Doty, S. W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Agricultural Outlook: April 23, 1915 (open access)

The Agricultural Outlook: April 23, 1915

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during the first four months of 1915, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1915
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Agricultural Outlook: June 23, 1914 (open access)

The Agricultural Outlook: June 23, 1914

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during May and June 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Agricultural Outlook: March 23, 1914 (open access)

The Agricultural Outlook: March 23, 1914

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States in 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports. Contains articles and tables about preparing seed corn and grain for planting, farm labor wages and hours, pricing trends, and crop reports from Florida and California
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marketing the Early-Potato Crop. (open access)

Marketing the Early-Potato Crop.

A guide to selling in the early-potato market, with an emphasis on proper shipping methods to prevent loss.
Date: May 1923
Creator: Fiske, George B. (George Burnap), 1868- & Froehlich, Paul
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Agricultural Outlook: July 21, 1914 (open access)

The Agricultural Outlook: July 21, 1914

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture discussing the status of agricultural production in the United States during June and July 1914, including forecasts for crop yields and livestock reports. Contains articles and tables about the Hessian fly, marketing by parcel post, car supplies, and market prices.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boys' Pig Clubs, With Special Reference to Their Organization in the South (open access)

Boys' Pig Clubs, With Special Reference to Their Organization in the South

Bulletin discussing the formation of pig-raising clubs for school-age boys, especially in the southern United States, where pork is heavily consumed but there are few pig farms. Topics discussed include organization of the clubs, club rules, and general information about swine that participants should learn in the clubs.
Date: 1913
Creator: Ward, W. F.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Control of the Boll Weevil (open access)

The Control of the Boll Weevil

Report about the boll weevil which gives "a brief outline of the methods which have been tested under various conditions and sums up the present available knowledge concerning the subject of control." -- p. 5
Date: 1912
Creator: Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sweet-Potato Weevil and Its Control (open access)

The Sweet-Potato Weevil and Its Control

"Immense losses of sweet potatoes in the Gulf States are being caused by the sweet-potato weevil. This foreign pest, introduced into the United States years ago, has become very destructive recently and now threatens to invade all States in which sweet potatoes are grown. The slender, metallic-blue weevil, about a quarter of an inch long with red legs and 'waist,' attacks leaves, stems, and roots or 'tubers,' and its whitish larvae or grubs tunnel the stalks and roots and inflict great damage, both in the field and in storage. Owing to the increased production of the sweet-potato crop to meet war conditions, this weevil has become a pest of the greatest importance. Indeed, it is to the sweet-potato industry what the boll weevil is to cotton. This bulletin describes the insect and its injuries and gives a sufficient account of its life history to explain the control measures advised. The weevil can be stamped out in limited regions where it has not yet secured a firm foothold, and then, by quarantines, it can be kept out of States and parts of States not yet infested. It is vitally important at present to combat, by every means available, an insect that …
Date: 1919
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States (open access)

Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States

Revised Edition. Report discussing farm forestry in the southern United States, which "concerns the farmer chiefly as a matter of dollars and cents. Farm forestry may be said to be the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and the permanent value of the farm." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include marketing timber, protecting woodlands, and making empty spaces profitable.
Date: 1922
Creator: Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Danger of General Spread of the Gypsy and Browntail Moths Through Imported Nursery Stock (open access)

Danger of General Spread of the Gypsy and Browntail Moths Through Imported Nursery Stock

"This paper gives a record of the infested importations [of brown-tail and gypsy moths] during the last two years and descriptions of nursery conditions in Europe, showing the nature of the infestation there, and concludes with a brief description, with illustrations, of the two moth pests which are now being thus imported. The publication is, therefore, a warning to users of such imported stock and gives descriptions and figures enabling the prompt recognition of either of these pests wherever they may become established." -- p. 2
Date: 1911
Creator: Marlatt, C. L.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States (open access)

Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States

Revised Edition. Report discussing farm forestry in the southern United States, which "concerns the farmer chiefly as a matter of dollars and cents. Farm forestry may be said to be the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and the permanent value of the farm." -- p. 1. Topics discussed include marketing timber, protecting woodlands, and making empty spaces profitable.
Date: 1926
Creator: Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States (open access)

Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States

Report discussing farm forestry in the southern United States, which "concerns the farmer chiefly as a matter of dollars and cents. Farm forestry may be said to be the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and the permanent value of the farm." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include marketing timber, protecting woodlands, and making empty spaces profitable.
Date: 1920
Creator: Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States (open access)

Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States

Revised Edition. Report discussing farm forestry in the southern United States, which "concerns the farmer chiefly as a matter of dollars and cents. Farm forestry may be said to be the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and the permanent value of the farm." -- p. 1. Topics discussed include marketing timber, protecting woodlands, and making empty spaces profitable.
Date: 1932
Creator: Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Containers in common use for fresh fruits and vegetables. (open access)

Containers in common use for fresh fruits and vegetables.

Describes the varieties of standard containers for shipping fresh fruits and vegetables, and their costs and uses. Recommends simplification to reduce the burdens caused by the lack of uniformity in containers.
Date: February 1950
Creator: Carey, L. C. (Lafayette Charles), 1890-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Varieties in the United States (open access)

Strawberry Varieties in the United States

Revised edition. "This bulletin is intended as an aid to both commercial and amateur strawberry growers in the selection of varieties best-suited to their needs and conditions." -- p. ii. Topics discussed include the distribution of varieties, the special purposes for different varieties, and new varieties. Includes a list of varieties.
Date: 1939
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Waldo, George F. (George Fordyce), b. 1898
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selecting a Farm (open access)

Selecting a Farm

"The wise selection of a farm is vital to the success and satisfaction of farm life. Choosing a farm often means choosing a place in which to live and work for a lifetime.... It is the purpose of this bulletin to bring some of these points to the reader's attention." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include financial resources, economic conditions, location, soil quality, farm organization, water supply, and equipment.
Date: 1920
Creator: Thomson, E. H.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Varieties in the United States (open access)

Strawberry Varieties in the United States

Revised edition. "This bulletin is intended as an aid to both commercial and amateur strawberry growers in the selection of varieties best-suited to their needs and conditions." -- p. ii. Topics discussed include the distribution of varieties, the special purposes for different varieties, and new varieties. Includes a list of varieties.
Date: 1931
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Waldo, George F. (George Fordyce), b. 1898
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Varieties in the United States (open access)

Strawberry Varieties in the United States

Revised edition. "This bulletin is intended as an aid to both commercial and amateur strawberry growers in the selection of varieties best-suited to their needs and conditions." -- p. ii. Topics discussed include the distribution of varieties, the special purposes for different varieties, and new varieties. Includes a list of varieties.
Date: 1935
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Waldo, George F. (George Fordyce), b. 1898
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canada Thistle and Methods of Eradication (open access)

Canada Thistle and Methods of Eradication

Report discussing the weed Canada thistle: ways to identify it, its seed distribution, its root system, and methods of eradication and control.
Date: 1918
Creator: Hansen, Albert A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canada Bluegrass: Its Culture and Uses (open access)

Canada Bluegrass: Its Culture and Uses

"The increasing realization of the agricultural value of Canada bluegrass has resulted in a demand for information regarding its habits, uses, and culture. This paper is intended to contain an agronomic discussion of this grass, embodying a description of the methods of culture and utilization now followed, and also some suggestions resulting from experiments conducted by the Bureau of Plant Industry." -- p. 2
Date: 1910
Creator: Oakley, R. A. (Russell Arthur)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Varieties in the United States (open access)

Strawberry Varieties in the United States

Revised edition. "This bulletin is intended as an aid to both commercial and amateur strawberry growers in the selection of varieties best-suited to their needs and conditions." -- p. ii. Topics discussed include the distribution of varieties, the special purposes for different varieties, and new varieties. Includes a list of varieties.
Date: 1948
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Waldo, George F. (George Fordyce), b. 1898
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library