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Know Your Watersheds. (open access)

Know Your Watersheds.

Describes the necessity of water in everyday life, the water cycle, and provides suggestions for the management of watersheds.
Date: September 1957
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing the small forest (open access)

Managing the small forest

A guide to the basic principles of forest management, for use by small forest owners.
Date: September 1957
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snap beans for marketing, canning, and freezing. (open access)

Snap beans for marketing, canning, and freezing.

Discusses the importance of snap beans as a crop, its adaptability and varieties, its planting and care, as well as its disease and insect enemies and how to control them.
Date: September 1957
Creator: Zaumeyer, W. J. (William John)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory. (open access)

The Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory.

Examines the research facilities at the Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory and provides information regarding its location, the organization, and the types of research and service provided.
Date: September 1956
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Animal Disease and Parasite Research Branch.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barley diseases and their control. (open access)

Barley diseases and their control.

Describes the value of barley, diseases that threaten the crop, and methods of control.
Date: September 1955
Creator: Leukel, R. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American foulbrood of honey bees : how to control it. (open access)

American foulbrood of honey bees : how to control it.

Discusses American foul brood, a disease caused by a spore that infects bee larvae. Describes how to diagnose and control the disease. Lists the types of bees resistant to the disease.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Michael, A. S. (Albert Sylvester), 1910-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potato production in the northeastern and north central states. (open access)

Potato production in the northeastern and north central states.

A guide to growing and selling potatoes in the northeastern and north central United States.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Houghland, G. V. C. (Geoffrey Van Clief), 1897-1980; Akeley, Robert V.; Dykstra, T. P. & Shands, Wayland Arthur, 1905-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contour-furrow irrigation. (open access)

Contour-furrow irrigation.

Describes how farmers can use contour-furrow irrigation as a means of preventing soil erosion and maintaining even watering of crops.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Kohler, Karl O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drying Ear Corn With Heated Air. (open access)

Drying Ear Corn With Heated Air.

Provides a comparison of drying corn with heated air versus unheated air, the equipment and construction necessary to dry ear corn with heated air, and the benefits of drying corn with this method.
Date: September 1952
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Division of Farm Buildings and Rural Housing.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drying Ear Corn With Unheated Air. (open access)

Drying Ear Corn With Unheated Air.

Provides a comparison of drying corn with heated air versus unheated air, the equipment and construction necessary to dry ear corn with unheated air, and the benefits of drying corn with this method.
Date: September 1952
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Division of Farm Buildings and Rural Housing.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drying Shelled Corn and Small Grain With Heated Air. (open access)

Drying Shelled Corn and Small Grain With Heated Air.

Describes how to dry grain and corn with heated air, the equipment needed, and how to construct drying bins.
Date: September 1952
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Division of Farm Buildings and Rural Housing.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drying Shelled Corn and Small Grain with Unheated Air (open access)

Drying Shelled Corn and Small Grain with Unheated Air

This USDA leaflet provide guidance to farmers on the techniques for drying corn and small grains. Instructions are provided for mechanical means for drying, costs, ideal moisture content for the grain, and formulas for determining dried grain weights.
Date: September 1952
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
For higher production : soil and water conservation. (open access)

For higher production : soil and water conservation.

Describes how to conserve water and soil on a farm or ranch in order to maintain higher production of crops and livestock.
Date: September 1952
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sericea in conservation farming. (open access)

Sericea in conservation farming.

Describes the use of sericea as a means of ground cover and as a way to prevent soil erosion.
Date: September 1951
Creator: Bailey, R. Y. (Richmond Young), b. 1893
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vegetable Gardeners' Handbook on Insects and Diseases. (open access)

Vegetable Gardeners' Handbook on Insects and Diseases.

Describes diseases and insect pests of the vegetable garden, and recommends remedies for controlling them. Includes formulas for preparing insecticides and fungicides.
Date: September 1951
Creator: White, W. H. (William Henry), 1892-1951 & Doolittle, S. P. (Sears Polydore), 1890-1961
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wheat production in the eastern United States. (open access)

Wheat production in the eastern United States.

Describes different types of winter and spring wheat, discusses methods and practices that contribute to success, and diseases and insects that threaten the wheat crop.
Date: September 1951
Creator: Bayles, B. B. (Burton Bernard), 1900- & Taylor, J. W. (John Walter), 1890-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Whoa! : times have changed. (open access)

Whoa! : times have changed.

Describes modern practices of farming and the increasing need to have insurance to protect investments.
Date: September 1951
Creator: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rice culture in California. (open access)

Rice culture in California.

Describes the proper methods for planting and cultivating a rice crop in California.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Jones, Jenkin W. (Jenkin William), 1888-; Davis, Loren L. (Loren LeRoy), 1904- & Williams, Arthur H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soybean Production for Hay and Beans. (open access)

Soybean Production for Hay and Beans.

Describes the production of soybean plants for both soybean-hay and soy beans themselves. Discusses storage and marketing practices.
Date: September 1950
Creator: Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884; Cartter, J. L. (Jackson Leaphart), 1902- & Hartwig, E. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands. (open access)

Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands.

Describes the different classifications of land and the effect soil erosion has on the quality of land and its future for crop production. Contains the results of an extensive study.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Finnell, H. H. (Henry Howard), b. 1894
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Build a Farm Pond. (open access)

How to Build a Farm Pond.

Describes the steps necessary to build a pond on farmland, including surveying land, testing the soil, building a spillway, and maintaining the pond.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Atkinson, Walter S., 1905-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Storage of ear corn on the farm. (open access)

Storage of ear corn on the farm.

Describes how to build corn cribs to dry and store ear corn on the farm.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Shedd, C. K. (Claude Kedzie), 1884-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Storage of small grains and shelled corn on the farm. (open access)

Storage of small grains and shelled corn on the farm.

Explains how to build storage facilities on the farm for small grains and shelled corn.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Shedd, C. K. (Claude Kedzie), 1884-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use the land and save the soil. (open access)

Use the land and save the soil.

This bulletin briefly answers the questions: "What is soil and water conservation?" and "How does the Soil Conservation Service help farmers and landowners?"
Date: September 1949
Creator: Musser, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library