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Mites and Lice on Poultry
"In addition to descriptions of mites and lice this bulletin tells of a new but cheap and effective insecticide for use in destroying poultry lice. It is sodium fluorid, a white powder, which can be obtained through druggists. A single application, which costs about half a cent, will destroy all of the lice on a bird. Hundreds of fowls have been treated in the experiments conducted, but no injury whatever to them has occurred. Full instructions regarding methods application are given in the bulletin." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970 & Wood, H. P. (Herbert Poland), 1883-1925
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hog Cholera: Prevention and Treatment
"The Bureau of Animal Industry for many years has made a study of the disease [hog cholera] and finally evolved the 'anti-hog-cholera serum,' which ca be regarded as the only known reliable preventive agent. It is the only agent which has been proved to have curative properties. This serum is now manufactured by several State institutions and by private firms licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose. The use of the serum is described fully herein, including treatment of herds, brood sows, young pigs, etc.: 1) confine sick hogs, 2) use serum, 3) employ sanitary measures, 4) disinfect, 5) cooperate." -- p. 2. Also includes a discussion about how to identify infected hogs.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Dorset, M. (Marion) & Hess, O. B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How to Detect Outbreaks of Insects and Save the Grain Crops
Report giving an overview of insects which commonly affect cereal grain: the Hessian fly, chinch bug, army worm, cutworms, grasshoppers, white grubs, billbugs, corn root-aphis, and wireworms. Discussion focuses on methods for preventing outbreaks of these harmful insects. Fall plowing is considered the most effective preventive measure.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Walton, William Randolph, 1873-1952c
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How to Attract Birds in the Middle Atlantic States
"For economic as well as for aesthetic reasons an effort should be made to attract and protect birds and to increase their numbers. Where proper measures of this kind have been taken an increase of several fold in the bird population has resulted, with decreased losses from depredations of injurious insects. This bulletin is one of a series intended to describe the best methods of attracting birds in various parts of the United States, especially by providing a food supply and other accessories about the homestead." -- p. 2. This particular bulletin focuses on birds in the Middle Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Date:
1917
Creator:
McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Control of Diseases and Insect Enemies of the Home Vegetable Garden
"This bulletin contains directions for the control of the most common insects and diseases of the home vegetable garden." -- p. 2. Includes discussion of fungicides, insecticides, mechanical methods of control, spraying methods, and well-known pests. Contains an extensive index of common garden vegetables and the insects and diseases which target them.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930c & Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System:
The UNT Digital Library