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Insect and fungous enemies of the grape. (open access)

Insect and fungous enemies of the grape.

Describes the characteristics of a variety of insects and diseases that threaten grapes, and methods of control.
Date: 1924
Creator: Quaintance, A. L. (Altus Lacy), 1870-1958 & Shear, C. L. (Cornelius Lott), 1865-1956
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Game laws for the season 1924-25 : a summary of federal, state, and provincial statutes. (open access)

Game laws for the season 1924-25 : a summary of federal, state, and provincial statutes.

A detailed review and summary of game laws for the 1924-25 season in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Date: August 1924
Creator: Lawyer, Geo. A. (George A.) & Earnshaw, Frank L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard baskets for fruits and vegetables. (open access)

Standard baskets for fruits and vegetables.

Discusses the value of using standard baskets for the packaging and shipment of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Date: September 1924
Creator: Downing, F. P. & Spilman, H. A. (Harold Addison), 1883-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The tobacco flea-beetle in the dark fire-cured tobacco district of Kentucky and Tennessee. (open access)

The tobacco flea-beetle in the dark fire-cured tobacco district of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Recommends methods for controlling the tobacco flea beetle in order to increase farm profits.
Date: July 1924
Creator: Morgan, A. C. & Gilmore, J. U. (John Ulysses), 1893-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clover failure. (open access)

Clover failure.

Describes clover culture and examines the reasons for its decline. Discusses the benefits of increased efforts in reviving clover culture.
Date: 1924
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural and Artificial Incubation of Hens' Eggs. (open access)

Natural and Artificial Incubation of Hens' Eggs.

Discusses both natural and artificial methods of incubation for chicken eggs.
Date: March 1924
Creator: Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Back-yard poultry keeping. (open access)

Back-yard poultry keeping.

Describes the advantages of keeping poultry at home; provides instructions for building, maintaining, and operating a poultry house.
Date: 1924
Creator: Slocum, Rob R. (Rob Roy), 1883-1944 & Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cranberry harvesting and handling. (open access)

Cranberry harvesting and handling.

Recommends methods of harvesting, handling, storing, and packing cranberries in preparation for market. Discusses the function of cooperative cranberry organizations in relation to sales and prices.
Date: April 1924
Creator: Franklin, Henry J. (Henry James), 1883-1958; Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Malde, O. G. (Ole Gustav), 1880-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cabbage diseases. (open access)

Cabbage diseases.

Describes the sources and characteristics of cabbage diseases, and methods of control.
Date: 1924
Creator: Harter, L. L. (Leonard Lee); Jones, L. R. (Lewis Ralph), 1864-1945. & Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operating a home heating plant. (open access)

Operating a home heating plant.

Discusses the requirements that should be met when selecting, installing, and operating a home heating system.
Date: 1924
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural and artificial brooding of chickens. (open access)

Natural and artificial brooding of chickens.

Describes processes for both natural and artificial brooding of chickens; also provides suggestions for raising young chickens.
Date: January 1924
Creator: Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Important Pecan Insects and Their Control. (open access)

Important Pecan Insects and Their Control.

Describes the characteristics of varieties of pecan insects, the damage they cause, and methods of control.
Date: January 1924
Creator: Gill, John B. (John Boyd), 1888-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diseases of stone fruits on the market. (open access)

Diseases of stone fruits on the market.

Describes damages that occur to stone fruits during marketing, including bruising and diseases.
Date: September 1924
Creator: Rose, Dean H. (Dean Humboldt), 1878-1963.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feeding Horses (open access)

Feeding Horses

Revised edition. "This bulletin explains the computation of rations for horses, suggests certain feed combinations which approximately meet the needs of horses under differing conditions, and reviews such factors of feeding as tend to make the horse more efficient." -- p. ii
Date: 1924
Creator: Bell, George A. (George Arthur), b. 1879 & Williams, J. O.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The City Home Garden (open access)

The City Home Garden

Revised edition. "Fresh vegetables for an average family may be grown upon a large back yard or city lot.... Thousands of acres of idle land that may be used for gardens are still available within the boundaries of our large cities. Some of the problems that confront the city gardener are more difficult than those connected with the farm garden, and it is the object of this bulletin to discuss these problems from a practical standpoint." -- p. 2. Soil preparation, tools, seeding, watering, diseases and pests, and space issues are all discussed and brief descriptions of several vegetables are given.
Date: 1924
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corn Cultivation (open access)

Corn Cultivation

Revised edition. "Corn yields per acre in the United States could be doubled within a few years, and this could be accomplished without increase in work or expense.... The lines of improvement that will most easily and quickly double the present production per acre are as follow: (1) Improvement in the quality of seed planted; (2) improvement in the condition of the soil; (3) improvement in methods of cultivation." -- p. 3-4
Date: 1924
Creator: Hartley, C. P.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man (open access)

Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man

Revised edition. Report discussing the benefits of undomesticated birds to farmers. "In the following pages are discussed the food habits and relation to man of 19 species of game, aquatic, and rapacious birds, including 5 species of hawks and owls." -- p. 2
Date: 1924
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mexican Bean Beetle in the East (open access)

The Mexican Bean Beetle in the East

Report discussing the Mexican bean beetle, which is the most serious insect enemy of beans in parts of the United States. Although it has long been present in the southwestern United States, it has recently spread to the Southeast and destroyed much of the bean crop there. This bulletin describes the beetle's life cycle and different control measures, including spraying and dusting with insecticides.
Date: 1924
Creator: Howard, Neale F.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rosette Disease of Wheat and Its Control (open access)

The Rosette Disease of Wheat and Its Control

Report discussing the newly-discovered rosette disease of wheat, the cause of which is still unknown. Discussion includes the disease's geographic distribution, affected crops, symptoms, and methods of control.
Date: 1924
Creator: Johnson, Aaron G. (Aaron Guy), 1880-; McKinney, Harold H.; Webb, Robert W. (Robert William), b. 1895 & Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Successful Farming on Eighty-Acre Farms in Central Indiana (open access)

Successful Farming on Eighty-Acre Farms in Central Indiana

"This bulletin is primarily a story of the organization and management of successful 80-acre farms in central Indiana and adjacent areas which are following the type of farming that prevails in that part of the country.... Some of the leading principles of good farm organization and management on 80-acre farms are illustrated by the facts brought out regarding what the successful farmers on 80-acre farms have accomplished, not in a single year but over a series of years. The bulletin sets before the 80-acre farmers who are following the prevailing type of farming standards which some farmers have reached and which are believed to be within the reach of a great many other 80-acre farmers in central Indiana and adjacent areas." -- p. ii
Date: 1924
Creator: Hawthorne, H. W. (Harvey W.), b. 1875 & Robertson, Lynn (Lynn Shelby), 1890-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Udder Diseases of Dairy Cows (open access)

Udder Diseases of Dairy Cows

"A cow that is healthy in every other respect, but has a diseased or nonproducing udder, is worthless in a dairy herd. The prevention and treatment of the diseases which bring about this condition are discussed in this bulletin. The limitations of a bulletin of this kind preclude anything more than a brief discussion of each disease and a suggested line of simple treatment adapted to the means and condition of the average dairyman." -- p. ii. Diseases discussed include inflammatory diseases, abscesses, gangrene, tuberculosis, cowpox, warts, tumors, fistulas, bad flavors and odors, bloody emissions, and fevers.
Date: 1924
Creator: Bunyea, Hubert, 1885-1942
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emmer and Spelt (open access)

Emmer and Spelt

Report describing the types of wheat known as emmer and spelt, which are not widely grown in the United States and differ from other types of wheat in that most of the kernel is not removed from the chaff during threshing. The history, distribution, adaptation, varieties, culture, harvesting and threshing, and uses of both emmer and spelt are discussed.
Date: 1924
Creator: Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893- & Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cattle Scab and Methods of Control and Eradication (open access)

Cattle Scab and Methods of Control and Eradication

Revised edition. "Cattle scab can be eradicated by dipping or spraying, but dipping is the better method of treatment. Lime-sulphur dips, nicotine dips, and crude-petroleum dips are efficacious. Methods of preparing and using these dips are described and the intervals between dippings and the conditions under which the various dips may safely be used for the different kinds of scab are discussed. Also, plans of cattle-dipping plants and directions for building vats and dipping cattle are given." -- p. 2
Date: 1924
Creator: Imes, Marion
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hog Lice and Hog Mange: Methods of Control and Eradication. (open access)

Hog Lice and Hog Mange: Methods of Control and Eradication.

Revised edition. Report discussing lice and mange, two external parasites which commonly affect hogs. Infected hogs may experience irritation, arrested growth, lack of vitality, and have an increased risk of death. Both diseases are discussed in details along with potential remedies. Treatments include hand applications, spraying, hog oilers, medicated hog wallows, and dipping.
Date: 1924
Creator: Imes, Marion
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library