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Human Food from an Acre of Staple Farm Products
"This bulletin is designed to give an acre-for-acre comparison of the food value of different crops and animal products. It shows that corn, on a given area, will produce more human food than any other crop commonly grown on American farms. This crop heads the list in units of energy produced per acre, and is ahead of all other crops except navy beans and soy beans in tissue-building material. In the latter element soy beans far outclass all other crops, showing nearly twice as much protein per acre as navy beans, which rank second in this regard. It shows that the dairy cow is the most efficient of farm animals in the production of human food (milk) and that the hog is the most efficient in the conversion of grain into meat, producing five times as much per acre of crops as does any other animal. The bulletin is not designed as a guide for the planning of farm operations; that is a matter to be determined by local environment, equipment, and general conditions." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Cooper, Morton O. & Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grains for Western North and South Dakota
"This bulletin gives information regarding the best grains and the best methods of producing them in the western half of North and South Dakota (west of the one-hundredth meridian) and in the eastern fourth of Montana.... The crops considered are wheat, rye, emmer, spelt, oats, barley, flax, and proso millet." -- p. 3
Date:
1917
Creator:
Babcock, F. Ray; Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893- & Smith, Ralph W. (Ralph Waldo), b. 1877
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Home Storage of Vegetables
This bulletin describes methods for storing vegetables, including in basements, outdoor cellars, and banks and pits. Storage of apples is also discussed.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fumigation of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants with Hydrocyanic-Acid Gas
"By the careful use of hydrocyanic-acid gas in accordance with the directions given in this bulletin practically all insects infesting the foliage of ornamental plants in greenhouses may be controlled, and more cheaply and effectively than by any other means." -- p. 2. Discusses methods for fumigation, chemical mixtures, ventilation, costs, and greenhouses in general. Includes a guide to greenhouse fumigation.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Sasscer, E. R. (Ernest Ralph), b. 1883 & Borden, Arthur D. (Arthur Dickie), b. 1887
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preservation of Vegetables by Fermentation and Salting
"Among the practical methods of conserving surplus food, especially worthy of consideration at this time, are those based on preservation by fermentation and salting or brining.... The object of this bulletin is to describe and explain methods of preservation [of vegetables] by fermenting and salting, to indicate the purposes to which they are especially applicable, and to tell how the preserved products can best be prepared for table use. The methods are not given with the view that they will be substituted for canning or drying, but simply for the purpose of making housekeepers more familiar with additional methods of preserving foods which they may use if they so desire." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Round, L. A. (Lester Angell) & Lang, H. L.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Irrigation of Orchards
"Orchard irrigation in the arid and semi-arid regions of this country varies in practice, according to water supply, climate, soil, and situation of the land, and in cost of installation and maintenance of the system. The right selection of land for an orchard tract should be the irrigator's first step toward profitable fruit production. Expensive devices should not be used for distributing water in orchards of low value and small returns, but valuable orchards, yielding large annual returns will justify the best-known devices for successful irrigation. Prevention of waste of water should be a chief object of the irrigator not alone for the sake of economy but for the good of the orchard as well. A discussion of the factors essential to the successful irrigation of orchards, as well as of different methods used, is presented in the following pages." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Fortier, Samuel
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grains for the Utah Dry Lands
"This bulletin present the best available information on the small grain crops and varieties adapted to Utah dry lands and the cultural operations necessary to produce them." -- p. 3. The grains discussed are wheat, emmer, oats, and barley.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Jones, Jenkin W. (Jenkin William), 1888- & Bracken, Aaron F.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Saving Vegetable Seeds for the Home and Market Garden
"With the present urgent necessity for producing increased quantities of food, the seed supply becomes very important. Where the seed itself is used for food the high prices have tended to throw much-needed seed stock into the food market, and in many other cases increased plantings have drawn heavily on stocks already low on account of the cutting off of European sources of supply. As an emergency measure, therefore, it is important that as much seed a possible should be saved on our farms and in our market gardens. It has been done widely in the past and can be done readily again. This bulletin aims to give plain and explicit directions for saving the seed of our garden vegetables." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Tracy, W. W. (William Woodbridge), 1872-1932
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wheat Growing in the Southeastern States
This bulletin discusses best practices for growing wheat in the southeastern United States, which has loamy soils containing sand, silt, and clay that are well-suited to wheat production, although it is necessary to use fertilizers and a system of crop rotation. Soft red winter wheats are generally the hardiest variety in this region. Topics discussed include costs, crop production yields, seeding, varieties, and common pests.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Harvesting Soy-Bean Seed
This bulletin gives best practices for harvesting soy beans. Soy beans can be harvested manually using farm equipment -- such as the corn knife, mower, reaper, and binder -- or with machines. Before storing, soy beans must be completely dry. Other topics discussed include harvest time, curing, handling, thrashing, and straw production.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Raspberry Culture
"The raspberry is grown not only in small plantations for the home and local market, but in some sections as the principal commercial crop. In these localities the raising of raspberries has become highly specialized, and methods of growing which are peculiar to this indstury are employed. This bulletin furnishes information as to the best methods of raising raspberries, and particularly considers practices which differ from those used with other bush fruits. Varieties are listed, characterizations of the leading sorts and their adaptations are made, and the autumn-fruiting sorts are discussed. The varieties liked best for canning and preserving are listed and directions for their utilization given." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advice to Forest Planters in the Plains Regions
"Advice about tree planting to provide a windbreak and a supply of firewood, fence posts, and wood for repairs should be especially valuable to the settler in the Plains region. This bulletin gives advice that will enable him to select the species of trees that will bring the most profitable returns without overburdening him with care. Following the description of each species of tree adapted to the region, the points to be avoided in connection with its planting are summarized in a few concise 'dont's.' Information and advice also are given regarding time for planting, methods of cultivation, pruning, etc." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Smith, Seward Dwight, 1880-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Insects Affect the Cotton Plant and Means of Combating Them
"The cotton plant is unusually attractive to insects and probably no other cultivated crop has as large a list of insect enemies. Among these are some of the most destructive pests in the history of agriculture. Many cotton pests come to the cotton from other crops or from weeds around the fields. Weeds should not be allowed to grow. Rotation of crops is of assistance in controlling cotton pests. Poisons seldom are needed, except in poisoned baits in the spring and against red spiders, grasshoppers, and 'worms' when they threaten the crop. Thorough fall plowing, winter cover crops, early spring preparation, and repeated cultivation during the season are important measures of insect control. The cotton plants should be turned under in the fall. This bulletin describes the work of many insects and gives suggestions for their control." -- p. 2. Among the insects discussed are ants, cutworms, may beetles, aphids, grassworms, grasshoppers, bollworms, wireworms, and crickets.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Pierce, W. Dwight (William Dwight), 1881-1967
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Spring Oat Production
"Oats rank next to corn and wheat in crop acreage and value in the United States. But, notwithstanding this, less attention has been given to the production of oats than to any other important grain, so that yields often have been unsatisfactory and the crop sometimes unprofitable. The essentials for success in oat production are -- (1) well-prepared land that is retentive of moisture and fairly fertile, (2) good seed of suitable varieties, thoroughly cleaned and graded and treated for smut, (3) early seeding with a grain drill, (4) the harvesting of the crop at the proper time, (5) careful shocking and stacking so as to preserve the crop from injury by weathering, and(6) clean thrashing. Directions for making the growing of oats more generally profitable are given in the following pages." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rye Growing in the Southeastern States
"Rye should be grown much more widely than at present in many parts of the Southeastern Stats. In any consideration of the expansion of the acreage of bread grain and in any encouragement given for the production of home-grown bread in this section it is necessary to consider wheat and rye together. This is because rye can be sown safely on many fields with less risk than wheat. Further, rye can be used as a substitute for wheat as a bread grain by those who are accustomed to it. Rye succeeds on poorer and sandier soils and with less fertilizer than wheat. For these reasons it should be sown in preference to wheat where it has been proved a safer crop. Rye is also the best grain in most of this section for use as a cover, green manure, and grazing dcrop. Home-grown seed is best. Northern-grown rye is not suitable for sowing in the South." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Winter Wheat on the Great Plains
"This bulletin is intended to answer the requests for information on the production of winter wheat on the Great Plains under dry-farming conditions that arise from the stimulus of a present and prospective price much higher than that under which the agriculture of the section has been developed and from the campaign for a large increase in the crop to meet the necessities of war conditions." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include wheat varieties and seeding.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Chilcott, E. C. (Ellery Channing), 1859-1930 & Cole, John S. (John Selden)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fleas and Their Control
"Of the approximately 500 species of fleas known to exist, less than one dozen are of special interest as pests to many and domestic animals, but any individual of one of these few species, when bent upon satisfying its appetite, fully occupies the attention of its chosen host. The human flea, dog flea, cat flea, sticktight flea or chicken flea, and the rat fleas (which carry the bubonic plague), are the principal species that annoy man and domestic animals in the United States. The main steps in control, as described in this bulletin, are the elimination of breeding places and the destruction of fleas on the infested animals. If breeding places receive proper attention the premises often will be cleared of fleas, even though little or no attention is given to the animals themselves." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Standard Varieties of Chickens: II. The Mediterranean and Continental Classes
This bulletin describes the Mediterranean and Continental classes of chicken, especially with regard to their egg production. Leghorn, Minorca, White-faced Black Spanish, Blue Andalusian, Ancona, and Campine are the varieties of chicken discussed.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Slocum, Rob R. (Rob Roy), 1883-1944
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Everbearing Strawberries
"Strawberries may now be had throughout the summer and autumn month in the northern United States. Plants of the everbearing sorts may be set in the spring and a crop secured in the summer and autumn of the same year. The habits of these varieties have led to the development of cultural practices differing in special details from those followed in the production of standard sorts. Such practices are described in this bulletin, giving directions for raising the everbearing sorts." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include fertilizers, blossoms, tillage, mulching, harvesting, crop yields, and varieties.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Evaporation and Drying of Fruits
This bulletin gives methods and instructions for drying and evaporating fruits. Among the methods discussed are drying by kiln, artificial heat, and the sun. Details for market preparation are also provided. Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, prunes, apricots, and berries are fruits which may be dried.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882 & Gould, H. P.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homemade Fireless Cookers and Their Use
This report describes how to make a homemade fireless cooker and how to use it. Includes recipes for use with the cooker.
Date:
1917
Creator:
United States. Office of Home Economics.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Feeding and Management of Dairy Calves and Young Dairy Stock
This report discusses feeds and feeding techniques for dairy calves as well as diseases that affect calves in preparation for their separation from their mothers.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Brainerd, W. K. & Davis, H. P.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Powder-Post Damage by Lyctus Beetles to Seasoned Hardwood
"The sapwood of seasoned hardwood material of all kinds, both finished and unfinished, especially of hickory, ash, and oak, is often ruined by yellowish-white grubs from one-eighth to one-fifth inch in length which burrow through the solid wood in all directions and convert it into powder. These grubs are the young, or larvae, of small, slender, somewhat flattened, reddish-brown to nearly black beetles, known as powder-post beetles.... The object of this bulletin is to describe the methods which have been found effective in preventing these losses and to induce a more general adoption of them throughout the United States as well as to show the character and extent of the damage." -- title page
Date:
1917
Creator:
Hopkins, A. D. & Snyder, Thomas Elliott, b. 1885
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library