The what and how of hybrid corn. (open access)

The what and how of hybrid corn.

Describes the process of creating hybrid corn on the farm; provides reasons for the hybridization of corn.
Date: 1941
Creator: Richey, Frederick D. (Frederick David), b. 1884
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airship aerodynamics. (open access)

Airship aerodynamics.

"This manual is designed as a text for the instruction of airship student pilots .... to give the knowledge of aerodynamics essential to the operation of [lighter than air aircraft]."(Page 2.)
Date: February 11, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ordnance maintenance : prismatic compass, M1918. (open access)

Ordnance maintenance : prismatic compass, M1918.

Describes the Prismatic Compass, M1918 and provides instructions for its operation, maintenance, and its functions in relation to various types of field artillery.
Date: July 17, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Orientation (open access)

Orientation

Provides a text and reference book covering the principles of orientation. Orientation is defined as "the accurate location of datum points and the establishment of lines of known length and direction".
Date: July 15, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airplane structures. (open access)

Airplane structures.

Describes structural details of service airplanes used by the Army Air Corps, sufficient for personnel to perform inspection and maintenance of their equipment.
Date: October 29, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Culture of Orchids. (open access)

Culture of Orchids.

Describes the different types of orchids, and the proper environment for growing orchids successfully.
Date: 1941
Creator: Lumsden, David, 1877-1945
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trichinosis: A Disease Caused by Eating Raw Pork. (open access)

Trichinosis: A Disease Caused by Eating Raw Pork.

Describes the life cycle and treatment for trichnosis, a parasitic worm that humans ingest when eating pork that has not been properly cooked.
Date: February 1941
Creator: Schwartz, Benjamin, 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The peach borer: how to prevent or lessen its ravages. (open access)

The peach borer: how to prevent or lessen its ravages.

Describes the life cycle of the peach borer and suggests methods for reducing damage caused by it.
Date: February 1941
Creator: Snapp, Oliver I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco cutworms and their control. (open access)

Tobacco cutworms and their control.

Describes the life cycle of the cutworm, the damage it causes to tobacco crops, and methods for control.
Date: 1941
Creator: Crumb, S. E. (Samuel Ebb)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diseases of raspberries and blackberries. (open access)

Diseases of raspberries and blackberries.

Describes the characteristics of diseases that infect raspberries and blackberries as well as their respective treatments.
Date: September 1941
Creator: Dodge, B. O. (Bernard Ogilvie), 1872-1960.; Wilcox, R. B. (Raymond Boorman), 1889-1949. & Demaree, J. B. (Juan Brewer), 1885-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rose diseases : their causes and control. (open access)

Rose diseases : their causes and control.

Describes diseases of both the stems and leaves of rose plants and methods for controlling them.
Date: 1941
Creator: Waterman, Alma M. (Alma May), b. 1893. & Weiss, Freeman.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton From Boll to Bale. (open access)

Cotton From Boll to Bale.

Describes the steps for harvesting, drying, handling, baling, and storing cotton.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Gerdes, Francis L. (Francis Leo), 1907-; Martin, William J. (William Jules), 1910- & Bennett, Charles A. (Charles Abel), b. 1889
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pricklypear Control on Short-Grass Range in the Central Great Plains. (open access)

Pricklypear Control on Short-Grass Range in the Central Great Plains.

Describes the problems ranchers face when pricklypear grows in grazing areas in the central Great Plains and the steps that should be taken to control its growth.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Costello, David Francis, 1904-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas Treatment for the Control of Blue Mold Disease of Tobacco. (open access)

Gas Treatment for the Control of Blue Mold Disease of Tobacco.

Describes different gas treatments for blue mold disease and gives advice about set-up, application, and cost.
Date: January 1941
Creator: Clayton, Edward E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intensive Projects Under the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act. (open access)

Intensive Projects Under the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act.

Describes the Farm Forestry Program and how it can be used to help farmers begin farm-woodland management projects.
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service. Forestry Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structure and development of the alimentary canal of the southern armyworm larva. (open access)

Structure and development of the alimentary canal of the southern armyworm larva.

Describes a scientific research study of southern army larvae. Describes in detail the alimentary canal of the larva.
Date: March 1941
Creator: Woke, Paul A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments with Trichogramma Minutum Riley as a control of the sugarcane borer in Louisiana. (open access)

Experiments with Trichogramma Minutum Riley as a control of the sugarcane borer in Louisiana.

Describes the scientific study of Trichogramma Minutum Riley and its effects on the sugarcane borer at different stages of life.
Date: January 1941
Creator: Jaynes, H. A. (Harold Andrus), 1900- & Bynum, E. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Angora goat. (open access)

The Angora goat.

Describes the characteristics, benefits, and uses of the Angora goat. Discusses methods of managing goats on the range.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, G. P. & Spencer, D. A. (Damon Alvin), 1887-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diseases of strawberries. (open access)

Diseases of strawberries.

Describes the multitude of diseases that afflict strawberries, and methods of controlling them.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Demaree, J. B. (Juan Brewer), 1885-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the age of farm animals by their teeth. (open access)

Determining the age of farm animals by their teeth.

A guide to determining the approximate age of livestock by observing the apparent development and wear of their teeth.
Date: 1941
Creator: Pope, George W. (George Whitfield), 1867-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reducing losses from tree diseases in eastern forests and farm woodlands. (open access)

Reducing losses from tree diseases in eastern forests and farm woodlands.

Describes diseases and other problems affecting trees in farm woodlands of the eastern United States. Provides suggested methods of disease control.
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Home canning of fruits, vegetables and meats. (open access)

Home canning of fruits, vegetables and meats.

Describes the equipment needed, and the necessary steps to successfully can meats, vegetables, and fruits.
Date: May 1941
Creator: Stanley, Louise, 1883-1954; Stienbarger, Mabel C. & Shank, Dorothy Esther, 1890-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Practical hog houses. (open access)

Practical hog houses.

Details the methods of construction of farrowing houses; includes the two main types: the box-type house and the A-type house.
Date: 1941
Creator: Russell, E. Z. (Ellsworth Zouave), 1866- & Craft, W. A. (William Arthur), 1894-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing black locust trees. (open access)

Growing black locust trees.

Discusses the practice of growing black locust trees for profit in the timber industry as a method of erosion control and soil building. Provides suggestions for watering, weeding, insect and disease control, and marketing of seedlings.
Date: January 1941
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library