Attachment for Riding-Cultivators and Other Agricultural Implements (open access)

Attachment for Riding-Cultivators and Other Agricultural Implements

Patent for an attachment for riding cultivators and other agricultural implements which has an adjustable point that allows the same depth of furrow to be made across undulating ground.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Simpson, Charles Neil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool (open access)

Combination Tool

Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date: October 18, 1904
Creator: Millican, Wilber Ashby
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton choppers and cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Holland, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a bailing press. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossem
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
combination lock (open access)

combination lock

Patent for a combination lock. Illustration included.
Date: December 25, 1906
Creator: Wilcox, Ferdinand S. & Tucker, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recognizing Feral Hog Sign (open access)

Recognizing Feral Hog Sign

This pamphlet provides information about the signs that feral hogs leave behind and how to recognize them in order to "develop a management strategy." (p. 1).
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economics of Irrigation Systems (open access)

Economics of Irrigation Systems

This document provides information on irrigation systems for the AgriLife extension Texas A & M System.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Amosson, Stephen Harold
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snaring Feral Hogs (open access)

Snaring Feral Hogs

This pamphlet provides instructional information about applying snares in appropriate areas which can maintain the population of feral hogs in Texas.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn (open access)

Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn

This guide discusses insect and mite pests in the approximate seasonal order that they damage corn- pre-emergence, seedling to tassel and tassel to hard dough.
Date: February 2002
Creator: Porter, Patrick; Cronholm, Gregory B.; Troxclair, Noel; Patrick, Carl D.; Morrison, Pat & Archer, Thomas L.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Texas Groundwater Resources : Through Groundwater Conservation Districts (open access)

Managing Texas Groundwater Resources : Through Groundwater Conservation Districts

"This publication provides an overview of Texas water law, a summary of the powers and responsibilities of groundwater conservation districts, a review of the processes involved in creating district, and an overview of issues related to groundwater conservation districts" (p. 1).
Date: February 2002
Creator: Texas Cooperative Extension
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Making a Feral Hog Snare (open access)

Making a Feral Hog Snare

This pamphlet provides instructional information about creating a snare to manage the population of feral hogs and the damage these animals cause in Texas.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eagle Mountain Watershed Management (open access)

Eagle Mountain Watershed Management

This document provides information on watershed management for Eagle Mountain Lake.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Clayton, Brent
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drivers of Vegetation Change on Texas Rangelands (open access)

Drivers of Vegetation Change on Texas Rangelands

This document provides information on vegetation changes on the Texas Rangelands.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Ansley, Jim & Hart, Charles R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry. (open access)

Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry.

This document provides information on managing external parasites in livestock and poultry.
Date: April 2000
Creator: Hoelscher, Clifford E.; Patrick, Carl D. & Robinson, James V.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Modifications for Feral Hog Traps (open access)

Door Modifications for Feral Hog Traps

This pamphlet provides instructional information about how to modify the rooter/lifter trap door design to be applied to "basic corral or box designs" that capture and manage the population of feral hogs.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corral Traps for Feral Hogs (open access)

Corral Traps for Feral Hogs

This document provides information on corral traps for feral hogs.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey; Berg, Matt; Dictson, Nikki; Gallagher, Jim; McFarland, Mark & Cathey, James C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals (open access)

Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals

This document provides the proper use of sulfonamides for market show animals.
Date: February 2008
Creator: Faries, Floron C. & Fajt, Virginia
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stormwater Management : Rain Gardens (open access)

Stormwater Management : Rain Gardens

This document provides information on rain gardens for stormwater management.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Jaber, Fouad
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Placing and Baiting Feral Hog Traps (open access)

Placing and Baiting Feral Hog Traps

This document provides information on federal hog traps for AgriLife Extension Texas A & M System.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box traps for feral hogs (open access)

Box traps for feral hogs

This document provides information on box traps for feral hogs.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restoring Native Grasslands (open access)

Restoring Native Grasslands

This document provides information about restoring Texas grassland, range management, and watershed management.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Hays, K. Brian
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Using Fences to Exclude Feral Hogs from Wildlife Feeding Stations (open access)

Using Fences to Exclude Feral Hogs from Wildlife Feeding Stations

This document provides information on using fences on feral hogs to exclude them from wildlife feeding stations.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Timmons, Jared
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin to Houston Passenger Rail Study (open access)

Austin to Houston Passenger Rail Study

The purpose of the Austin to Houston Passenger Rail Study is to analyze the feasibility of implementing 110 mph intercity passenger rail service between Austin and Houston including possible service to Bryan/ College Station. This feasibility analysis consisted of identifying the characteristics of existing rail infrastructure and operations in the study corridors, analyzing potential alternative alignments for the passenger rail operations, and determining required infrastructure and impacts for potential passenger rail service in the study area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water (open access)

Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water

"The Texas AgriLife Extension Service facilitated a random sample survey of Texas residents to evaluate their awareness of, attitudes about and willingness to act on water issues. The results of this survey will be useful to citizens, local governments, state agencies and policy makers in planning for the future" (p. 6).
Date: September 2010
Creator: Boellstorff, Diane E.; Boleman, Chris T. & McFarland, Mark Lee
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History