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Population of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 1907 (open access)

Population of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 1907

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Census Bureau containing a statistical analysis of the population of the Oklahoma and Indian Territories (proposed to become the state of Oklahoma). The text contains summaries and tables breaking down the statistics according to sex, color, age, and location.
Date: 1907
Creator: Hunt, William C. (William Chamberlin), 1856-1929
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sea Island Cotton: Its Culture, Improvement, and Diseases (open access)

Sea Island Cotton: Its Culture, Improvement, and Diseases

Report explaining new cultivation techniques for growers of Sea Island cotton in Georgia and Florida. The deterioration of seed quality and poor farming practices for this unique cotton make the adoption of these techniques necessary.
Date: 1907
Creator: Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 42 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 42

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Extension of Rice Culture, Growing Seed Potatoes Under Mulch, Manure as a Summer Mulch in Forcing Houses, Renewal of Old Orchards, Injury by Bordeaux Mixture, Gluten Flours and Similar foods, Laxative Properties of Wheat Bran, Emmer as a Feeding Stuff, Roots for Farm Animals, Cabbage as Stock Feed, Pasturing Hogs, Cull Beans as a Feed for Hogs, and Healthy Poultry.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Games Laws for 1907: A Summary of the Provisions Relating to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, and Licenses (open access)

Games Laws for 1907: A Summary of the Provisions Relating to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, and Licenses

Report presenting information on the game laws effective in the United States and Canada for 1907, with special emphasis on federal laws and provisions governing interstate commerce. The report is not a comprehensive overview of state game laws.
Date: 1907
Creator: Palmer, T. S. (Theodore Sherman), 1868-1955; Oldys, Henry & Brewster, Charles E. (Chas. E.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 43 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 43

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Ice for Household Use, Culture and Varieties of Root Crops, Cowpeas and Soy Beans, Silage from Frosted Corn, Cooperation in Marketing Crops, Incubation of Eggs, Causes of Death of Young Chicks, Snow for Poultry, Eradication of Cattle Tricks, and Bacteria in Cream.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flax Culture (open access)

Flax Culture

Report discussing cultivation of flax, methods for processing its fiber, and common diseases which affect it.
Date: 1907
Creator: Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865-1956 & Marcy, William L. (William Larned)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gypsy Moth and How to Control It (open access)

The Gypsy Moth and How to Control It

Report discussing the introduction of the European gypsy moth to the Americas, its life cycle, potential to damage plants, and methods for its control.
Date: 1907
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 39 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 39

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Improvements in Peach Growing, Mulberries, Alfalfa in the Eastern States, Oat Culture in the South, Improvement of Grass Land, Succotash as a Soiling Crop, Tankage and Bone Meal for Hogs, Grinding Corn for Hogs, Dips as Lice Killers, Digestibility of Fish and Poultry, Honey Vinegar, and the Farm Woodlot.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leguminous Crops for Green Manuring (open access)

Leguminous Crops for Green Manuring

Report discussing the importance and efficacy of green manuring practices, including which leguminous crops are best used for green manure.
Date: 1907
Creator: Piper, Charles V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm (open access)

A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm

Report explaining how to successfully operate a tenant dairy farm by example of a 120-acre farm in southern Michigan. The farm discussed was owned by Mr. J. N. Neal and managed by Mr. Charles J. Angevine.Topics under consideration include operations contracts, cropping systems, buildings, employees, manure, equipment, and finances.
Date: 1907
Creator: Carrier, Lyman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 40 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 40

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Insoluble Phosphates, Forms and Methods of Applying Lime, Sediment in Irrigation Water, Hardy Bermuda Grass, Williamson Method of Corn Culture, Killing Sassafras Sprouts, Soluble Oils for San Jose Scale, Corn as food for Man, Storing Preserves and Canned Goods, Incubation of Chickens, Prevention of Nodule Disease of Lambs, Some Milk Terms.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Celery (open access)

Celery

Report discussing the cultivation, storing, and marketing of celery as popular crop for home consumption in the United States.
Date: 1907
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spraying for Apple Diseases and the Codling Moth in the Ozarks (open access)

Spraying for Apple Diseases and the Codling Moth in the Ozarks

Report promoting the spraying of apples with insecticides and fungicides in the Ozarks in order to prevent damage from bitter-rot, apple blotch, leaf-spot diseases, apple scab, and the codling moth. Each problem is described and a course of treatment by spraying is recommended.
Date: 1907
Creator: Quaintance, A. L. (Altus Lacy), 1870-1958
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Grape East of the Rocky Mountains (open access)

Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Grape East of the Rocky Mountains

Report discussing both the insects and fungi which commonly affect American varieties of grapes grown east of the Rocky Mountains. Methods for control, treatment, and recommendations are given.
Date: 1907
Creator: Quaintance, A. L. (Altus Lacy), 1870-1958 & Shear, C. L. (Cornelius Lott), 1865-1956
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advantage of Planting Heavy Cotton Seed (open access)

The Advantage of Planting Heavy Cotton Seed

Report discussing the importance of using heavy cotton seed and separating it for planting. Experiments have established that heavier seeds more reliably produce better plants. Methods of separating and testing the seeds are discussed, including the equipment necessary for seed separation.
Date: 1907
Creator: Webber, Herbert John, 1865-1946 & Boykin, E. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nonsaccharine Sorghums (open access)

The Nonsaccharine Sorghums

Report discussing nonsaccharine varieties of sorghum, which are grown primarily as forage plants or for their grain. Topics discussed include cultivation techniques ,harvesting, and best uses for a sorghum crop.
Date: 1907
Creator: Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cotton Bollworm: A Summary of Its Life History and Habits with Some Results of Investigations in 1905 and 1906 (open access)

The Cotton Bollworm: A Summary of Its Life History and Habits with Some Results of Investigations in 1905 and 1906

Report discussing the life cycle of the cotton bollworm, favorable conditions for its spread, the nature of damage that can cause, and means of controlling it.
Date: 1907
Creator: Jones, Charles R. (Charles Richardson), 1879-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost of Filling Silos (open access)

Cost of Filling Silos

Report describing the costs associated with filling a grain silo, including information about labor, machinery, supplies, crops types and conditions, and partnership arrangements among farmers.
Date: 1907
Creator: Carrier, Lyman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potatoes and Other Root Crops as Food (open access)

Potatoes and Other Root Crops as Food

Report discussing the nutritional value of potatoes and other root crops, including sweet potatoes, tropical roots such as cassava, and "succulent" roots such as beets and carrots.
Date: 1907
Creator: Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 41 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 41

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Wells and Pure Water, Phosphates and Soil Acidity, Pure Seed v. Poor Seed, Disease-Resistant Clover, Eradication of Wild Mustard, Sterilization of Soils for Preventing Plant Diseases, Seedless Tomatoes, Pickling Olives and Mock Olives, Hay Box or Fireless Cooker, Insect Enemies of Shade Trees, Feeding Whole Grain, Improvement of Cattle, Ventilation of Stables, Hog Cots, Preserving Eggs, and American Camembert Cheese.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Value of Corn and Corn Products (open access)

Food Value of Corn and Corn Products

Report discussing "the digestibility of different sorts of corn bread and other corn-meal dishes, the digestibility of hominy, corn breakfast foods and green corn, the relative nutritive value of corn meal ground in different ways, and the culinary qualities and methods of manipulating old-fashioned and modern corn meal." -- p. 2
Date: 1907
Creator: Woods, Charles D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diversified Farming Under the Plantation System (open access)

Diversified Farming Under the Plantation System

Report promoting crop diversification and crop rotation on farms, particularly among those engaged in the plantation system.
Date: 1907
Creator: Brodie, D. A. (David Arthur), b. 1868 & McClelland, C. K. (Chalmer Kirk), 1877-1956
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Important Grasses and Forage Plants for the Gulf Coast Region (open access)

Some Important Grasses and Forage Plants for the Gulf Coast Region

Report discussing Mexican clover, beggarweed, velvet beans, guinea grass, and para grass, which are among the most important grasses in the Gulf Coast region of the United States.
Date: 1907
Creator: Tracy, S. M. (Samuel Mills), 1847-1920
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Alcohol: Sources and Manufacture (open access)

Industrial Alcohol: Sources and Manufacture

Revised edition. This bulletin "is devoted to the description of the sources from which industrial alcohol may be made and the methods of [its] manufacture." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include legislation concerning denatured alcohol, agricultural sources of industrial alcohol, the yield and composition of alcohol-producing crops, alcohol by-products, and the manufacturing process for alcohol.
Date: 1907
Creator: Wiley, H. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library