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The Nevada Mouse Plague of 1907-08 (open access)

The Nevada Mouse Plague of 1907-08

Report discussing the history of the mouse plague in Nevada from 1907-1908, its causes, effects, and lessons for combating future plagues. Special attention is given to the importance of protecting hawks, owls, and other small predatory mammals which can help prevent future occurrences.
Date: 1909
Creator: Piper, Stanley E. (Stanley Edward)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 50 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 50

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Commercial Clover Seed, Dodder in Alfalfa Seed, Growing Potatoes Under Straw, Hens Versus Incubators, Preparing Fowls for Market, Preservation of Eggs, the Mound-Building Prairie Ant, Coagulation of Milk in Cheese Making, Effect of Alkali on Cement Structures, Silo Construction, a Cheap and Efficient Sterilizer, a Cheap and Efficient Ice Box, the Power Laundry for the Farm.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Onion Culture (open access)

Onion Culture

Report discussing the cultivation of onions, including Bermuda onions and green onions. Topics covered include climate and soil requirements, fertilizers, harvesting, storage and marketing.
Date: 1909
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peanuts (open access)

Peanuts

Report discussing the cultivation of the peanut and its value as a forage plant and source of oil.
Date: 1909
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 51 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 51

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Distance Between Corn Hills, the Bursting of Carnations, Street Trees, Spraying for Weeds, Market Classes and Grades of Sheep, Vetch Hay and Vetch Silage for Cows, Digestibility of Kale, Hulled Corn, and Mixing Fat into Dough.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conditions Affecting the Value of Market Hay (open access)

Conditions Affecting the Value of Market Hay

Report explaining the value of the different kinds and grades of market hay, which is a great source of confusion for many feeders and producers.
Date: 1909
Creator: McClure, H. B. (Harry B.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Management in Northern Potato Growing Sections (open access)

Farm Management in Northern Potato Growing Sections

Report discussing "the potato crop as a part of a system of farming, and [giving] special attention to the system of farming prevailing in Aroostook County, Maine, where potato growing is perhaps more highly developed than in any other section of the United States." -- p. 2
Date: 1909
Creator: Dodge, Lawrence G. (Lawrence Green), 1882-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 52 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 52

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Treatment of Muck Soils, Manures for Timothy Hay; Corn Breeding; Yellow Berry in Wheat; Weed Seeds in Feeding Stuffs; Hook-Worm Disease of Cattle; Effect of Machine Milking on Cows; Milk Supply of Cities; the Crow; and Labor, Wages, and Cost of Board in Minnesota.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Replanning a Farm for Profit (open access)

Replanning a Farm for Profit

Report discussing how failing farms can reestablish themselves as profitable enterprises by turning to different crops or animals and learning new agricultural techniques.
Date: 1909
Creator: Smith, Clarence Beaman, 1870-1948 & Froley, J. W. (John William)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 53 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 53

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Inoculation and Lime for Alfalfa, Citrus Culture in Southern Texas, Pruning Rotundifolia Grapes, Native Hays or Arid Region, Bermuda Grass, Short v. Long Feeding of Beef Cattle, Contagious Abortion of Cattle, Preventing Losses at Lambing time, Winter Lambs for the Pacific Coast Market, Feeding Work Horses, Colony Houses for Poultry, Food of the Crow Blackbird, and Flour for Baking Powder Biscuits.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Games Laws for 1909: A Summary of the Provisions Relating to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, Limits and Licenses (open access)

Games Laws for 1909: A Summary of the Provisions Relating to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, Limits and Licenses

Report presenting information on the game laws effective in the United States and Canada for 1909, with special emphasis on federal laws and provisions governing interstate commerce. The report is not a comprehensive overview of state game laws.
Date: 1909
Creator: Palmer, T. S. (Theodore Sherman), 1868-1955; Oldys, Henry & Brewster, C. E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Harmfulness of Headache Mixtures (open access)

Harmfulness of Headache Mixtures

Report discussing "the nature of the drugs [acetanilide, antipyrine, phenacetin], their tendency to form habits, and their injurious effects, particularly their depressing action on the heart. The beneficial effects of that provision of the food and drugs act which requires that the presence of certain powerful or dangerous ingredients of medicinal preparations shall be declared on the label are only fully obtained when the consumer is aware of the character of such ingredients and the ill effects which may be expected to follow their injudicious use. This brief resume of the investigation is therefore presented in popular form as a matter of great importance to the general public." -- p. 2
Date: 1909
Creator: Kebler, Lyman F. (Lyman Frederic), b. 1863; Morgan, Francis P. (Francis Patterson), b. 1867 & Rupp, Philip, 1862-1939
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods of Exterminating the Texas-Fever Tick (open access)

Methods of Exterminating the Texas-Fever Tick

Report discussing the cattle tick (also known as the Texas-fever tick), including its lifecyle, reasons for its eradication, and suitable eradication methods.
Date: 1909
Creator: Graybill, H. W. (Harry Webster), 1875-1938
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 54 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 54

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Methods and Cost of Clearing Land, Tobacco Improvement Work, Calf Feeding, Gasoline-Heated Colony Brooders, and Measuring Acidity in Cheese Making and Butter Making.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods of Poultry Management at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (open access)

Methods of Poultry Management at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station

This bulletin discusses the methods of poultry management employed at the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. It contains recommendations for breeding, natural and artificial incubation, feeding practices, and sheltering.
Date: 1909
Creator: Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irrigation in field and garden. (open access)

Irrigation in field and garden.

Discusses crop irrigation methods for use by individual farmers.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feeding of Farm Animals. (open access)

The Feeding of Farm Animals.

Describes the basic principles of livestock feeding, based on results of agricultural experiments as well as the practices of successful feeders.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insects affecting the cotton plant. (open access)

Insects affecting the cotton plant.

Describes certain insect pests of cotton, their life cycles, and methods for control.
Date: June 7, 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alkali Lands. (open access)

Alkali Lands.

Summarizes an 1898 study of the problem of alkaline soil conditions as the result of irrigation in Montana.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thirty poisonous plants of the United States. (open access)

Thirty poisonous plants of the United States.

Discusses thirty different poisonous plants, where they are found, and the poisoning symptoms associated with them.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The apple and how to grow it. (open access)

The apple and how to grow it.

A guide to apple growing, from soil preparation to harvesting.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture. (open access)

Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture.

Discusses the insects that affect the cranberry market and methods for controlling them.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beautifying the home grounds. (open access)

Beautifying the home grounds.

Describes practical and aesthetic uses for trees, shrubs, and vines in home landscapes. Discusses the benefits of home landscape planning.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Breeds of dairy cattle. (open access)

Breeds of dairy cattle.

Discusses the origins, history, and characteristics of various cattle breeds.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library