Beef Production in the South (open access)

Beef Production in the South

Report giving an overview of methods for raising cattle in the southern United States. There are special discussions of cattle feed, methods for fattening cattle, and the different breeds of cattle adapted to the region.
Date: 1914
Creator: Ward, W. F. (William Francis) & Gray, Dan T. (Daniel Thomas), 1878-
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

Daingerfield Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Deep Boring at Spur (open access)

The Deep Boring at Spur

Report concerning drill boring exploring the geological features underneath Spur, Texas,
Date: 1914
Creator: Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fort Hancock Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gainesville Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gay Hill Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Navasota Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Reports: 1912-1914 (open access)

North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Reports: 1912-1914

Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date: 1914
Creator: North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruidosa Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Carlos Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Juan Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:48000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Juan Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Archer County sheet

Map displays soil types along with rock outcrops, rivers, creeks, lakes, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Archer County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Archer County, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Archer County, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Taylor, Arthur E. (Arthur Elijah); Lounsbury, Clarence; Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Scott, Ewing
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Lunatic Asylum Biennial Report: 1913 & 1914 (open access)

Texas State Lunatic Asylum Biennial Report: 1913 & 1914

Biennial report of the Sate Lunatic Asylum describing the general state of the institution during fiscal year 1914.
Date: 1914
Creator: State Lunatic Asylum
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Orphan Home Biennial Report: 1913 & 1914 (open access)

Texas State Orphan Home Biennial Report: 1913 & 1914

Biennial report of the State Orphan Home describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1914.
Date: 1914
Creator: State Orphan Home
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Weatherford Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Roost. (open access)

Bat-Roost.

Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that thins out rows of growing cotton plants by destroying the superfluous plants and leaving stands at the proper intervals, including illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Copeland, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Heated Instrument. (open access)

Electrically-Heated Instrument.

Patent for an electrically-heated instrument. This scissor-like instrument has an electrically-heated edge that can be used to simultaneously sever and cauterize.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Chapman, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator and Conveyer. (open access)

Excavator and Conveyer.

Patent for an excavator machine designed "to continuously excavate the ground at different elevations, as in ditching or cutting away embankments" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Lee, James Milton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment. (open access)

Harrow Attachment.

Patent for an improved attachment for cultivators used in farming.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Jones, James W. & Tucker, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Raising and Lowering Railway-Tracks and Applying Ballast Thereto. (open access)

Machine for Raising and Lowering Railway-Tracks and Applying Ballast Thereto.

Patent for machines designed for "raising and lowering railway-tracks and applying ballast thereto." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Sparks, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History