Describes the characteristics of chinchillas; discusses how to care for chinchillas and raise them for fur.

Describes the advantages and disadvantages of part-time farming; provides recommendations for types of produce, equipment, and labor.

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.

Discusses ornamental hedges that are best for use in the southern Great Plains and methods for their care. Gives instructions for selecting planting stock, care, and pruning hedges.

Describes the types of guinea fowl and their characteristics .

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.

A guide to planting crested wheatgrass for grazing. Recommendations are based on experiments conducted from 1898 to 1952.

A guide to organizing and operating a dairy-herd-improvement association for the purpose of maintaining records used to improve the profitability of herds.

Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals, as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory." The general index begins on page iii and the index to advertisers begins on page v.

Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities and history of the Abilene Fine Arts Museum in Abilene, Texas during the 1950s. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, invitations, programs, booklets, letters, and exhibition information.

Minutes of the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities November 2, 1953 - April 4, 1955.

Telephone directory for Grapevine, Texas in December 1953 including a page for emergency and service numbers; pages 3 through 8 contain names and phone numbers for those in the town who have subscribed to the directory. The last nine pages contain advertisements for various businesses and restaurants nearby.

Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1952-1953 school year at the North Texas State College School of Music.

Describes various types of livestock that a small farm owner may want to raise.

Describes the characteristics of the sheep tick, the damage it causes to sheep, and methods of control.

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies. Subject index starts on page 173.

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies. Subject index starts on page 145.

Describes the benefits of using artificial egg incubation and artificial brooding of chicks as economical ways to replace chicken flocks from year to year.

Describes the risks that tobacco farmers may be taking, the costs of updating farming techniques, and the value of insuring the crops.

Describes the risk that farmers take, and the benefits of having insurance to protect an investment in crops.

Describes the risks that farmers take, and the benefits of having insurance to protect an investment in the corn crop.

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 637.

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.

Summer session catalog describes the course offerings and general information about Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.