The Choice of Crops for Alkali Land (open access)

The Choice of Crops for Alkali Land

"The object of this bulletin is to bring to the attention of owners of alkali land the crop plants which are most likely to give satisfactory results. It can not be too emphatically stated that crop production on such soils is at best precarious. For this reason and because the alkali resistance of plants depends upon many varying conditions, it is impossible to offer more than suggestions as to what crops are best worth trying." -- p. 5-6. Topics discussed include the effects of alkali upon plant growth, plants well-adapted to alkaline soils, and alkali resistance in different types of plants.
Date: 1911
Creator: Kearney, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1874-1956
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bees (open access)

Bees

Report discussing the basics of beekeeping and bee behavior for farmers interested in the cultivation of bees for either pleasure or profit. Topics discussed include necessary equipment, hive management, and honey and wax production.
Date: 1911
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Rabies or Hydrophobia (open access)

Rabies or Hydrophobia

Report discussing the disease known as rabies or hydrophobia, including its causes, symptoms, and methods for prevention.
Date: 1911
Creator: Mohler, John R. (John Robbins), b. 1875
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Facts About Malaria (open access)

Some Facts About Malaria

Report giving general facts about the disease malaria, which is spread by mosquitoes. Topics discussed include the causes of malaria, its symptoms, and methods of prevention.
Date: 1911
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capons and Caponizing (open access)

Capons and Caponizing

Report discussing capons, which are castrated male chickens, and the castration process known as "caponizing." Topics discussed include breed selection, instruments and equipment, the castration operation, post-operative care, and kiling and preparing the capons for market.
Date: 1911
Creator: Slocum, Rob R. (Rob Roy), 1883-1944
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Successful New York Farm (open access)

A Successful New York Farm

Report discussing a farm in Monroe County, New York, which became successful due to excellent and systematic farm management in spite of the lack of beneficial political and economic circumstances for farmers at the time. The farm under discussion grew wheat, clover, potatoes, fruit (in orchards) and livestock, and its methods for cultivating these crops are detailed.
Date: 1911
Creator: Burritt, M. C. (Maurice Chase)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Grosbeaks and Their Value to Agriculture (open access)

Our Grosbeaks and Their Value to Agriculture

"Like many other native species the grosbeaks inflict some damage to crops, but the good they do by the destruction of noxious insects far outbalances the harm. The present bulletin aims to make these birds known to the farmer and to explain the nature of their services, so that he may appreciate them at their full worth and protect them." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include the food habits of the grosbeak, possible means of protecting crops, and ways of protecting the grosbreak.
Date: 1911
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Best Two Sweet Sorghums for Forage (open access)

The Best Two Sweet Sorghums for Forage

"At this time the several different sorghum varieties are grown promiscuously over the entire region adapted to this crop. This bulletin is prepared with a view to helping the farmer find the variety [of sorghum] best suited to his region and to grow and improve this variety so as to obtain better yields of forage." -- p. 2.
Date: 1911
Creator: Conner, A. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing (open access)

Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing

Report discussing the use of frames in growing the crops lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, parsley, eggplant, peppers, beets, and beans. Topics discussed include types of frames, soils and fertilizers, and control of insects and diseases.
Date: 1911
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Concrete on the Farm (open access)

The Use of Concrete on the Farm

"In view of the need of securing a cheap and permanent building material, this bulletin seeks to offer elementary suggestions for the manufacture of concrete where it is most needed." -- p. 2. The selection of cement, sand, gravel, and water for mixing concrete and the equipment and methods necessary for producing high-quality concrete are discussed.
Date: 1911
Creator: United States. Office of Public Roads.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Utilization of Logged-Off Land for Pasture in Western Oregon and Western Washington (open access)

The Utilization of Logged-Off Land for Pasture in Western Oregon and Western Washington

Report discussing the possible uses of land cleared of timber in Oregon and Washington and ways to prepare these lands for cultivation, especially for pasture plants.
Date: 1911
Creator: Hunter, Byron, b. 1869 & Thompson, Harry
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sanitary Privy (open access)

The Sanitary Privy

"Among the worst conditions ever to be found about any home is a soil that has become polluted with excrement from the human body. A number of widely prevalent diseases have been spread by means of such polluted soil, simply because the facts have not been generally known. This bulletin treats of such soil pollution and certain simple plans for avoiding it." -- p. 3. These unsanitary conditions can be largely eliminated through the installation of different kinds of privies. In addition to a discussion of the different types of privies and methods for constructing them, this report also details common diseases spread by human excrement.
Date: 1911
Creator: Stiles, Charles Wardell, 1867-1941 & Lumsden, L. L. (Leslie Leon), 1875-1946
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Eradication of Quack-Grass (open access)

The Eradication of Quack-Grass

Report discussing methods for destroying quack grass, which is also known as witch grass.
Date: 1911
Creator: Cates, J. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Winter Emmer (open access)

Winter Emmer

"In recent years [the] cultivation [of emmer] has greatly increased.... There are both spring and winter varieties, but the emmer crop of the United States heretofore has been almost entirely spring sown. This paper treats of winter emmer and the importance of using winter varieties for certain conditions and in certain districts. The general description of emmer, its history, etc., are applicable equally to spring or winter varieties." -- p. 5
Date: 1911
Creator: Carleton, Mark Alfred, 1866-1925
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease (open access)

The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease

Report discussing the spread of the chestnut bark disease, including its causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, financial consequences, and the possible methods of controlling it.
Date: 1911
Creator: Metcalf, Haven, 1875-1940 & Collins, J. Franklin (James Franklin), b. 1863
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forestry in Nature Study. (open access)

Forestry in Nature Study.

Report promoting the study of forests in elementary school in the United States and offering outlines for courses of study, teaching methods, plans for experiments.
Date: 1911
Creator: Jackson, Edwin R. (Edwin Roy)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training (open access)

Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training

Report discussing best practices for cultivating grapes, with special attention given to the training and pruning of vines.
Date: 1911
Creator: Husmann, George C. (George Charles), 1861-1939
System: The UNT Digital Library
Systems of Farming in Central New Jersey (open access)

Systems of Farming in Central New Jersey

Report discussing different cropping systems used on New Jersey farms, including the three-crop rotation system, small grain cropping systems, and alfalfa rotation systems. Includes an analysis of tenant farm which has successfully employed a four-crop system.
Date: 1911
Creator: Billings, George A. (George Austin) & Beavers, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tuberculosis: A Plain Statement of Facts Regarding the Disease, Prepared Especially for Farmers and Others Interested in Live Stock (open access)

Tuberculosis: A Plain Statement of Facts Regarding the Disease, Prepared Especially for Farmers and Others Interested in Live Stock

Report discussing the occurrence of tuberculosis in livestock, including its causes, symptoms, means of transmission, and the tuberculin test.
Date: 1911
Creator: American Veterinary Medical Association. International Commission on the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Paint on the Farm (open access)

The Use of Paint on the Farm

Report discussing best practices for painting on farms. Topics discussed include the care and selection of brushes, painting techniques for different surfaces, the composition and costs of paint, and whitewash.
Date: 1911
Creator: Walker, Percy H. (Percy Hargraves), b. 1867
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ice Houses (open access)

Ice Houses

Report promoting the construction and usage of ice houses, which store harvested ice for later use.
Date: 1911
Creator: Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland), 1867-1940
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seed Corn (open access)

Seed Corn

Revised edition. Report explaining how farmers can evaluate the quality of seed corn and prepare it for planting and storage.
Date: 1911
Creator: Hartley, C. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Testing Farm Seed in the Home and in the Rural School (open access)

Testing Farm Seed in the Home and in the Rural School

"The purpose of this bulletin is to encourage seed testing in the farm home and in the rural school by explaining the essential features of seed testing as it relates to farm seeds and by showing how satisfactory tests can be made by simple means." -- p. 3. Testing equipment, seed qualities, impurities, and testing processes are among the topics discussed.
Date: 1911
Creator: Hillman, F. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library