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1978: The Year of the W.A.S.P. (open access)

1978: The Year of the W.A.S.P.

Program for the 1978 Reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) held in Colorado Springs from September 27 to October 1.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Year of the W.A.S.P. 1978 Banquet] (open access)

[Program: Year of the W.A.S.P. 1978 Banquet]

Program for the 1978 Women Airforce Service Pilots banquet that has a short biography section on Senator Barry Goldwater and an information section about the Moods in Blue, and Air Force Academy singing group.
Date: 1978
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Better Grain-Sorghum Crops (open access)

Better Grain-Sorghum Crops

"This paper presents the best-known methods of improving the grain-sorghum crops on the farms where they are grown. These methods are simple and inexpensive of time or money, and are therefore within the reach of all farmers. More attention to the bettering of the quality and yields will be repaid as fully in these crops as in other cereals." -- p. 2. Sorghum crops can be improved for drought resistance, earliness, stature, productivity, and adaptability to machine techniques.
Date: 1911
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Windmills in Irrigation in the Semiarid West (open access)

The Use of Windmills in Irrigation in the Semiarid West

"Within the semiarid region there are millions of acres of rich, fertile land, now barren, some of which will be reclaimed through irrigation, but most of which can not be irrigated on account of the limited water supply, and must be farmed, if at all, without irrigation.... This land is now attracting eastern farmers who are prone to risk failure in view of the possibilities in years of favorable precipitation. There have been many deplorable failures during the recent years which could have been averted had the unfortunate settlers fortified themselves against periods of drought by irrigating small parts of their land holdings. It is realized that to accomplish this requires an outlay of capital and if this outlay is great it precludes the possibility of such procedure. With a view to helping these settlers, this Office has investigated the use of windmills as a means of pumping water for the irrigation of small areas in connection with the farming of more extensive areas without irrigation. It is the purpose of this bulletin to set forth in a simple, comprehensive way the possibilities of irrigation, using windmills only as means of power." -- p. 5
Date: 1910
Creator: Fuller, P. E. (Paul Edwin)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats (open access)

Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats

Report discussing the results of experiments undertaken to determine the viability of early oats in different regions of the United States since early oats typically thrive only in the Corn Belt and Great Plains regions.
Date: 1910
Creator: Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Loco-Weed Disease (open access)

The Loco-Weed Disease

Report describing the poisonous plant locoweed, including its appearance and its effects on horses, cattle, and sheep.
Date: 1909
Creator: Marsh, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potato Culture on Irrigated Farms of the West (open access)

Potato Culture on Irrigated Farms of the West

"In the mountain valleys of Colorado are found conditions of altitude, soil, and moisture naturally favorable to the growth of the potato, with an almost entire absence of harmful freezes and bacterial enemies." -- p. 5. This bulletin explains how potatoes can be cultivated to thrive in the western United States.
Date: 1910
Creator: Grubb, E. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irrigation of Sugar Beets (open access)

Irrigation of Sugar Beets

"A practical manual, giving methods pursued throughout the irrigated beet-growing sections and thereby furnishing information to new settlers in irrigated districts, as well as suggestions to beet growers as to the practices in States other than their own, should be of value in introducing the growing of beets and improving the methods of handling this important crop. As the matter now stands, each community where this industry has found favor is proceeding along lines suggested by local conditions which are more or less peculiar, and this bulletin is designed to be a compilation of the practices throughout the West, to which are added the results of experiments conducted by this Office in irrigation of sugar beets during the past four years." -- p. 9
Date: 1910
Creator: Roeding, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dodder (open access)

Dodder

Report discussing the weed commonly known as dodder or love vine and methods for controlling it. If procedures are properly followed, eradication of the weed in the United States is possible. Topics include varieties of dodder and plants that susceptible to attack by it, its life cycle, and ways it is unintentionally introduced to farms.
Date: 1921
Creator: Hansen, A. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Beet Leaf-Beetle and Its Control (open access)

The Beet Leaf-Beetle and Its Control

Report discussing the beet leaf-beetle, which is common in the Rocky Mountain region. Discussion include physical appearance, geographic distribution, life cycle, affected plants, and methods of control.
Date: 1921
Creator: Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Durum Wheats (open access)

The Durum Wheats

Report discussing the different varieties of durum wheat, their various uses, and areas to which they are best adapted. Among the varieties discussed are Kubanka, Arnautka, Mindum, Buford, Acme, Monad, Marouani, Pentad, and Peliss.
Date: 1923
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888 & Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893-
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Take-All of Wheat and Its Control (open access)

Take-All of Wheat and Its Control

This bulletin discusses take-all, a fungal disease of wheat, and methods for controlling it. It also describes the distribution, symptoms, and causes of take-all.
Date: 1921
Creator: Humphrey, H. B. (Harry Baker), 1873-1955; Johnson, Aaron G. & McKinney, Harold H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sugar-Beet Nematode in the Western States (open access)

The Sugar-Beet Nematode in the Western States

"The sugar-beet nematode is one of the most serious of the beet pests. It appears to have been imported with some shipments of beet seed many years ago. It has been found widely scattered in four of the western sugar-beet States and probably exists in other States where beets have been grown for several years. The sugar-beet nematode is the cause of a great deal of loss to the beet grower through reduction of his tonnage, and of a corresponding amount of loss to the sugar producer through reduction of the output of sugar. This bulletin treats of the nature and distribution of the sugar-beet nematode, indicates the most probable means by which this pest is spread, and suggests preventive measures and practical means of control." -- p. 2
Date: 1922
Creator: Thorne, Gerald, 1890-1975 & Giddings, L. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hard Red Winter Wheats (open access)

The Hard Red Winter Wheats

This bulletin discusses the classes and varieties of hard red winter wheats and the areas in which they are successfully grown. Among the varieties discussed are Turkey, Kharkof, Kanred, Blackhull, Minturki, and Baeska.
Date: 1922
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888 & Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893-
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society] (open access)

[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society]

Pamphlet describing Kempner addresses Economics Society about commission form of government. Also, it documents an article on "Commission Government: Would It Suit New Orleans by Edward H. Burns?"
Date: 1911-03-13~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Academy Packet] (open access)

[Air Force Academy Packet]

An Air Force Academy folder with several brochures inside promoting the school, admission steps, and cadet life. Included is a notice about alcohol on the premises of the Antlers Plaza Hotel.
Date: 1977~
Creator: United States Air Force Academy.
System: The Portal to Texas History