Resource Type

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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training (open access)

Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training

Revised bulletin describing information related to the propagation and cultivation of grapevines in the United States, including the best locations and soils, care of vines, and diseases.
Date: February 1932
Creator: Husmann, George C. (George Charles), 1861-1939
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grape Districts and Varieties in the United States (open access)

Grape Districts and Varieties in the United States

Bulletin discussing varieties of grapes grown in the United States (vinifera, muscadine, and American euvitis); information about planting methods, sites, soil, etc.; and the most suitable varieties to grow in each U.S. district.
Date: April 1932
Creator: Husmann, George C. (George Charles), 1861-1939
System: The Portal to Texas History
Methods and Equipment for Home Laundering. (open access)

Methods and Equipment for Home Laundering.

Guide to planning a laundry center at home. Describes various types of equipment and machinery available for washing, drying, and ironing. Describes the products used for laundering and the recommended laundering methods for specific fabric types.
Date: February 1940
Creator: O'Brien, Ruth, b. 1892 & Holbrook, Helen S. (Helen Shepard), b. 1882
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Fertility (open access)

Soil Fertility

Report of an address given before the Rich Neck Farmers' Club, of Queen Anne's County, Maryland about methods ordinary farmers can use to improve the soil fertility of their lands.
Date: 1906
Creator: Whitney, Milton, 1860-1927
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adjusting Corn Belt Farming to Meet Corn-Borer Conditions (open access)

Adjusting Corn Belt Farming to Meet Corn-Borer Conditions

"The European corn borer is recognized as a dangerous enemy of the corn crop.... Its eradication is considered economically impossible but it is believed that the injury may be kept at a point so low that little commercial damage will occur during normal seasons. This can be done by using control measures and practices that have proved to be effective.... On some farms some changes in the crops grown and in their sequence will aid materially in controlling the borer and may prove profitable even when borers are not present. The control program for the individual farm should be given consideration at once in order to avoid sudden disturbance of the organization and operation of the farm when control measures do become inevitable. The necessity of concerted effort by all producers in an infested district becomes evident when the life habits of the borer are considered." -- p. ii
Date: 1932
Creator: Myres, Kenneth Hayes, 1898-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape. (open access)

The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape.

Discusses nine different insect enemies of the grape, and methods for control.
Date: 1898
Creator: Marlatt, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rural Planning: The Social Aspects of Recreation Places. (open access)

Rural Planning: The Social Aspects of Recreation Places.

Describes the trend toward establishing planned recreation areas in rural communities, and the economic and social benefits they provide to farmers.
Date: 1924
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco soils. (open access)

Tobacco soils.

Discusses tobacco growing in terms of soil, climate, and distribution.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation of Eastern Grapes for Market (open access)

Preparation of Eastern Grapes for Market

Bulletin describing "the harvesting, packing and handling of eastern grapes for market" (p. ii), particularly with respect to commercial growers of eastern grapes for the table-grape trade.
Date: March 1928
Creator: Shaffer, Bernice Eldon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training (open access)

Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training

Revised bulletin describing information related to the propagation and cultivation of grapevines in the United States, including the best locations and soils, care of vines, and methods of grape growing.
Date: November 1917
Creator: Husmann, George C. (George Charles), 1861-1939
System: The Portal to Texas History
Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South (open access)

Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South

Revised edition. This bulletin discusses the cultivation of muscadine grapes in the southern United States. Topics discussed include propagation, pruning and training, soil management, fertilizers, harvesting, common diseases, and varieties.
Date: 1971
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Plant Science Research Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library