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The Larger Corn Stalk-Borer (open access)

The Larger Corn Stalk-Borer

This report discusses a pale, dark-spotted caterpillar known as the larger cornstalk-borer which bores into and weakens cornstalks. "Only corn is injured seriously by this insect; some of the larger grasses are food plants, and sugar cane sometimes is damaged slightly. This bulletin gives the life history of the insect, its feeding habits, and methods of combating it. There are two generations in a season, so greater vigilance is necessary. The second generation passes the winter only in the corn roots, so if these are destroyed or plowed under deeply, the pest will be largely decreased. The injury is worst where corn follows corn, so rotation of crops will help to destroy the pest." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Ainslie, George G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conserving Corn From Weevils in the Gulf Coast States (open access)

Conserving Corn From Weevils in the Gulf Coast States

This report discusses the destructive impact of weevils on the corn crop in the southern United States and controls measures which farmers may find effective in reducing their losses to this pest. Among the insects discussed are the Angoumois grain moth and the rice or "black" weevil.
Date: 1919
Creator: Back, E. A. (Ernest Adna), 1886-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The City Home Garden (open access)

The City Home Garden

"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: 1919
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It (open access)

The Fowl Tick and How Premises May Be Freed from It

Report discussing the fowl tick, which commonly affects chickens but also other poultry. Topics discussed include fowl tick distribution, effects of tick attacks or infections, life cycle, and methods of combating the tick.
Date: 1919
Creator: Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rules and Directions for the Care and Distribution of Free Text-Books (open access)

Rules and Directions for the Care and Distribution of Free Text-Books

A pamphlet outlining the rules and directions for Texas public schools and their use of textbooks, following the enactment of the State Free Text-Book Law.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Blanton, Annie Webb
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Stanfield Lodge Number 217, A.F. and A.M. (open access)

History of Stanfield Lodge Number 217, A.F. and A.M.

History of the Stanfield Lodge, a masonic lodge in Denton, Texas, including the organization's funeral rites, participation in the laying of cornerstones, and a list of all previous members. The name, "Bailey A. Whiddon" is written in pen on the inside cover page.
Date: May 1, 1919
Creator: Bradley, S. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flat-Headed Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Flat-Headed Apple-Tree Borer

Report discussing the flat-headed apple-tree borer, a common insect enemy of fruit trees in the United States. Topics discussed include its life cycle, distribution, appearance, and methods of controlling it.
Date: 1919
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Eelworm Disease of Wheat and Its Control (open access)

The Eelworm Disease of Wheat and Its Control

"The eelworm disease of wheat, long known in Europe, has been found during the past year causing considerable damage in Virginia and in isolated localities in West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and California. Every effort should be made to control the trouble in these infested regions, to prevent its further spread, and to find other localities where the disease may exist. The disease may be recognized on young and old plants and in the thrashed wheat by the descriptions given in this bulletin. The trouble may be controlled by use of clean seed, by crop rotation, and by sanitation. If clean seed cannot be procured from uninfested localities, diseased seed can be made safe for planting by the salt-brine treatment here described." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Byars, Luther P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Special State Aid Libraries (open access)

Our Special State Aid Libraries

A pamphlet from the C. A. Bryant Company cataloging their library collections of books for public schools, organized by learning level.
Date: 1919~
Creator: C. A. Bryant Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Aid Equipment Bulletin (open access)

State Aid Equipment Bulletin

A pamphlet from the C. A. Bryant Company listing school supplies, such as chairs, desks, maps, and related items.
Date: October 10, 1919
Creator: C. A. Bryant Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
The European Corn Borer: A Menace to the Country's Corn Crop (open access)

The European Corn Borer: A Menace to the Country's Corn Crop

"The European corn borer probably is the most injurious plant pest that has yet been introduced into this country. It is now known to be present in an area of about 320 square miles near Boston, Massachusetts. Unless repressed and restricted it may be spread throughout the country and cause serious and widespread losses to the corn crop.... To suppress this pest burn or otherwise destroy during the fall, winter, or spring all cornstalks, corn stubble, crop remnants, and stalks of garden plants, weeds, or wild grasses within the infested areas likely to harbor the overwintering borers." -- p. 2. In addition to control measures, this bulletin also explains how to identify injuries caused by the corn borer and discusses its life cycle and habits.
Date: 1919
Creator: Caffrey, D. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bean Ladybird and Its Control (open access)

The Bean Ladybird and Its Control

"The bean crop of the Southwest suffers severe injury from the bean ladybird, which sometimes ruins entire crops. It is restricted to beans for food and attacks all kind. Both beetles and their larvae devour all parts of a plant -- leaves, flowers, and pods -- but the chief injury is to the foliage. This pest can be controlled in small areas by hand-picking the overwintered beetles and by brushing the larvae or young from the plants during hot, dry weather. On a larger scale it may be controlled by spraying with arsenite of zinc, arsenate of lead, or arsenate of lime. Clean cultivation should be practiced and early and late planting." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control of the Onion Thrips (open access)

Control of the Onion Thrips

"The onion thrips, a minute, prolific insect almost invisible to the unaided eye, is the most serious menace to the onion-growing industry throughout the whole United States.... The thrips preys upon cabbage, cauliflower, and similar plants, cucumber, melons, and other vine crops, and most other garden and truck crops, though it is more injurious to some than to others. It is injurious to roses and some other ornamentals and to greenhouse plants. It also breeds upon a large variety of weeds. Clean farming and proper crop rotation help to control the pest. Spraying with nicotine sulphate solutions has proved the most effective treatment. This bulletin gives directions for this work, with illustrations showing the outfits most effective under differing conditions." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Striped Cucumber Beetle and Its Control (open access)

The Striped Cucumber Beetle and Its Control

"The striped cucumber beetle is the most important of all our cucumber insect pests and does serious damage to all forms of cucurbits. It is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains and is to be found in most fields and gardens.... To control this pest and reduce its ravages four methods are employed: Preventive measures, the use of repellent substances, spraying with arsenical insecticides, and good farm practice. These are described fully on pages 10 to 19 and summarized on page 20." -- p. 2.
Date: 1919
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sweet-Potato Weevil and Its Control (open access)

The Sweet-Potato Weevil and Its Control

"Immense losses of sweet potatoes in the Gulf States are being caused by the sweet-potato weevil. This foreign pest, introduced into the United States years ago, has become very destructive recently and now threatens to invade all States in which sweet potatoes are grown. The slender, metallic-blue weevil, about a quarter of an inch long with red legs and 'waist,' attacks leaves, stems, and roots or 'tubers,' and its whitish larvae or grubs tunnel the stalks and roots and inflict great damage, both in the field and in storage. Owing to the increased production of the sweet-potato crop to meet war conditions, this weevil has become a pest of the greatest importance. Indeed, it is to the sweet-potato industry what the boll weevil is to cotton. This bulletin describes the insect and its injuries and gives a sufficient account of its life history to explain the control measures advised. The weevil can be stamped out in limited regions where it has not yet secured a firm foothold, and then, by quarantines, it can be kept out of States and parts of States not yet infested. It is vitally important at present to combat, by every means available, an insect that …
Date: 1919
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System: The UNT Digital Library
First annual exhibition: contemporary international art (open access)

First annual exhibition: contemporary international art

Catalog from the exhibition, "First Annual Exhibition: Contemporary International Art," November 18–27, 1919, held by the Dallas Art Association at The Adolphus Hotel. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, foreword, images.
Date: 1919
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Currants and Gooseberries (open access)

Currants and Gooseberries

"This bulletin gives information with regard to the essential features of currant and gooseberry culture, indicates the regions in which these plants may be grown, and points out certain restrictions on their culture due to insect pests and diseases.... The reader will find helpful suggestions regarding the selection of varieties of currants and gooseberries for planting, as well as recipes for making some widely popular fruit products." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States (open access)

Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States

"This bulletin discusses commercial methods [for strawberry growing] in the eastern United States, the territory including approximately one tier of States west of the Mississippi -- that part of the country where farm crops are usually grown without irrigation -- but not including the South Atlantic and Gulf coast region. The successful cultural methods followed in the different strawberry districts are described. These commercial methods are not all applicable to the growing of strawberries in the home garden, but as the underlying principles are the same, the practices may be modified without difficulty. Not only are complete directions given for planting, fertilizing, cultivating, harvesting, and marketing, but methods of using the surplus in canning, preserving, and by means of cold storage for future use are presented." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Culture: South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions (open access)

Strawberry Culture: South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions

Report discussing best practices for the cultivation of strawberries in the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, mulch and fertilizers, irrigation, harvesting, and diseases and insect enemies.
Date: 1919
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Culture: Western United States (open access)

Strawberry Culture: Western United States

"This bulletin applies to that part of the United States in which ordinary farm crops are grown largely under irrigation. It describes methods practiced in the more important commercial strawberry-growing districts in the irrigated regions of the West; it aims to aid those familiar only with local and perhaps unsatisfactory methods, as well as inexperienced prospective growers. The fundamental principles of the irrigation of strawberries are substantially the same as those which apply in the growing of other crops. Details of operation must necessarily be governed largely by the character of the crop grown. Since strawberries in the humid regions frequently suffer from drought, which causes heavy losses in the developing fruit, the information may prove suggestive to many growers in those localities who could install an irrigation system at small expense. Detailed information is also given as to soils and their preparation, different training systems, propagation, planting, culture, the leading varieties, harvesting, and shipping. Methods of using surplus strawberries for preserves and jams, for canning, and for flavoring for various purposes are given." -- p. 3
Date: 1919
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Varieties in the United States (open access)

Strawberry Varieties in the United States

"This bulletin is intended as an aid to both commercial and amateur strawberry growers in the selection of varieties best-suited to their needs and conditions." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include the distribution of varieties, the special purposes for different varieties, and new varieties. Includes a list of varieties.
Date: 1919
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Muscadine Grape Paste (open access)

Muscadine Grape Paste

"Muscadine grape paste is an economical, appetizing, and nutritious sugar-saving substitute for candy and other confections. It is excellent in combination with cheese, and especially with cottage cheese, as a substitute for the salad course or for a dessert. It may be made from the fresh fruit or preferably from the pulp of pomace left from grape juice and jelly making. It may be made with grape sirup or corn sirup instead of sugar. The pulp may be canned and the paste made at any convenient time or when desired for use. The making of muscadine grape paste is recommended for home use, but it may be made profitably for market where grapes are abundant. This bulletin gives directions for securing suitable fruit, the extraction of the pulp, and the sweetening, cooking, drying, and storing of the product, as well as the making of various combinations, fancy pastes, and pastes from other fruits." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Dearing, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfermented Grape Juice: How to Make It in the Home (open access)

Unfermented Grape Juice: How to Make It in the Home

This bulletin is a manual for preparing unfermented grape juice in the home. Two techniques are discussed, the cold-press method and the hot-press method.
Date: 1919
Creator: Dearing, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Comb-Honey Production (open access)

Commercial Comb-Honey Production

This bulletin details the process for producing honey which is marketed in its original honeycomb and discusses the equipment needed, management of bees, and collection of the honeycombs.
Date: 1919
Creator: Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library