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Grouping of western trunk line territory.

Map shows railroad lines and territories for upper Midwestern states; state boundaries, cities, and towns. Scale [1:2,027,520].
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Wymond, Charles E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 1, April 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 1, April 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: April 13, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweet Clover on Corn Belt Farms (open access)

Sweet Clover on Corn Belt Farms

"Sweet clover is now grown successfully on many farms in the corn belt, both in rotation and as a catch crop to be plowed under. It has proved excellent for hay and pasture, and is unequaled by any other legume for soil improvement. Sweet clover may be used to good advantage for silage, and on some farms, with proper management, it is a profitable seed crop. Mixed with bluegrass, it makes a pasture of nearly double the carrying capacity of bluegrass alone. The object of this bulletin is to present details of management and of the more important farm practices followed on some of the successful corn-belt farms on which sweet clover is grown as one of the principal crops of the rotation. Cropping systems are outlined for farms of different types, and special attention is called to the three essentials of success in growing the crop -- lime, inoculation, and scarified seed." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Drake, J. A. & Rundles, J. C.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line (open access)

Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line

"This bulletin is written to suggest to the corn-belt farmer of the Middle West -- especially the farmer whose soil has been run down by continuous grain farming -- some ways of coordinating and 'cashing in' the scientific advice offered him in hundreds of bulletins already published.... Briefly, these are the conclusions reached by our most successful corn-belt farmer and agricultural experts: To make a money-maker of a farm that has become a losing proposition through steady grain farming you must in addition to raising standard grain crops -- (1) Grow legumes, (2) Raise live stock as a side line, (3) Keep accounts of receipts and expenditures, (4) Mix horse sense with scientific agriculture, (5) Try to secure enough capital to enable you to farm right, (6) Stick to whatever policy you adopt long enough to try it out, and (7) Confer with your County Agent and make a careful study of the bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture." -- p. 1-3.
Date: 1916
Creator: Vrooman, Carl Schurz, 1872-1966
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alfalfa on Corn-Belt Farms (open access)

Alfalfa on Corn-Belt Farms

"Alfalfa, on Corn Belt farms, if introduced in any considerable acreage, requires a great amount of labor at the most critical stage of the cultivation of corn. This bulletin tells how the more successful Corn Belt growers fit alfalfa into their cropping systems without interfering seriously with labor schedules. This is done in the main by speeding up the haying operations and corn cultivation by the use of labor-saving implements and more efficient methods. To some extent, the use of alfalfa for pasture serves to reduce the labor difficulties. The methods of handling the alfalfa crop that have been worked out by some of the more experienced Corn Belt growers are illustrated by several concrete examples of good management. The material for this bulletin was obtained on 235 Corn Belt farms on which alfalfa is grown successfully." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Drake, J. A.; Rundles, J. C. & Jennings, R. D. (Ralph Dickieson), 1892-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Notice to Appear

Postcard sent out by the Local Board of Grundy County in Iowa to notify Ejner L. Wind to appear for a physical examination. The front of the postcard gives information about the date of the examination, and also warns Ejner that failure to appear may result in a loss of rights or immediately induct him to imprisonment or military service. On the back of the postcard, there is postage information.
Date: November 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Carpet Beetle or "Buffalo Moth" (open access)

The Carpet Beetle or "Buffalo Moth"

Report discussing the carpet beetle (also known as the buffalo moth) and its geographic distribution, life cycle, habits, and methods for exterminating it.
Date: 1914
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1914
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1917
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] [61] (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] [61]

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Unusual v. Standard Fertilizers, Symptoms of Disease in Plants, Premature Dropping of Figs, Condimental Feeds, Feeding the Dairy Calf, Defects in Cottage Cheese, and the Iowa Silo.
Date: 1911
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Common White Grubs (open access)

Common White Grubs

"The present publication is merely intended to give a brief summary of the life history and habits of [common white grubs], as now understood, together with the best known means of controlling them." -- p. 2.
Date: 1913
Creator: Davis, John J. (John June), 1885-1965
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses (open access)

Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses

Technical report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the different uses of gypsum. The sources and uses of gypsum are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: July 1917
Creator: Stone, Ralph W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 180] (open access)

[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 180]

Document outlining the trial of recruit Sander Maki on charges of refusing his enlistment, including the final verdict and sentence, and a presidential commutation.
Date: August 24, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wanted Poster: Geo A. Williams, Fort Madison, Iowa, September 15, 1915]

Wanted Poster for Geo A. Williams, issued from Fort Madison, Iowa, September 15, 1915.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter - November 1918]

Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter in Dallas County, Iowa, sent in care of Harry Keller, discussing daily life in Camp MacArthur. The front of the postcard depicts field artillery at Camp MacArthur, Waco, loaded on wooden wagons with a company of soldiers organized behind the artillery.
Date: 1918-11-XX
Creator: Etter, Benjamin
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for "improved means for supporting trousers and drawers, or two garments of similar form, simultaneously by the same suspenders" (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Hudson, Edwin P. & Mally, Frederick W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for suspenders to be used for supporting trousers and drawers, or similar items. The suspenders also provide an improved means for supporting a "plurality of tabs" simultaneously.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for suspenders with a construction that allows for there to be an enhanced way of supporting two items of clothing like trousers and drawers, including illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History