Resource Type

Chinchilla Raising. (open access)

Chinchilla Raising.

Describes the characteristics of chinchillas; discusses how to care for chinchillas and raise them for fur.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Kellogg, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1890-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Part-time farming. (open access)

Part-time farming.

Describes the advantages and disadvantages of part-time farming; provides recommendations for types of produce, equipment, and labor.
Date: 1953
Creator: Scoville, Orlin J. (Orlin James), 1911- & Smith, Katherine A. (Katherine Augusta), 1884-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ornamental hedges for the southern Great Plains. (open access)

Ornamental hedges for the southern Great Plains.

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.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Johnson, E. W. (Ernest W.), 1904-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Guinea Fowl. (open access)

The Guinea Fowl.

Describes the types of guinea fowl and their characteristics .
Date: December 1953
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Administration. Poultry Section.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reseeding southwestern range lands with crested wheatgrass. (open access)

Reseeding southwestern range lands with crested wheatgrass.

A guide to planting crested wheatgrass for grazing. Recommendations are based on experiments conducted from 1898 to 1952.
Date: 1953
Creator: Reynolds, H. G. (Hudson Gillis), 1918- & Springfield, H. W. (Harry Wayne), 1920-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The dairy herd improvement association program. (open access)

The dairy herd improvement association program.

A guide to organizing and operating a dairy-herd-improvement association for the purpose of maintaining records used to improve the profitability of herds.
Date: April 1953
Creator: Kendrick, J. F. (James Frank), 1904-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Livestock for small farms. (open access)

Livestock for small farms.

Describes various types of livestock that a small farm owner may want to raise.
Date: November 1953
Creator: Erskine, Ralph, 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The sheep tick and its eradication. (open access)

The sheep tick and its eradication.

Describes the characteristics of the sheep tick, the damage it causes to sheep, and methods of control.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Kemper, H. E. (Harry Elvin), 1888- & Peterson, H. O. (Harold O.), 1906-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1953 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1953

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.
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1952 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1952

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.
Date: January 1953
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incubation and brooding of chickens. (open access)

Incubation and brooding of chickens.

Describes the benefits of using artificial egg incubation and artificial brooding of chicks as economical ways to replace chicken flocks from year to year.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Olsen, Marlow William, 1906-
System: The UNT Digital Library
It's good business to protect your tobacco investment. (open access)

It's good business to protect your tobacco investment.

Describes the risks that tobacco farmers may be taking, the costs of updating farming techniques, and the value of insuring the crops.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
It's good business to protect your crop investment. (open access)

It's good business to protect your crop investment.

Describes the risk that farmers take, and the benefits of having insurance to protect an investment in crops.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
It's good business to protect your corn investment. (open access)

It's good business to protect your corn investment.

Describes the risks that farmers take, and the benefits of having insurance to protect an investment in the corn crop.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maintaining the Health of Livestock in Transit. (open access)

Maintaining the Health of Livestock in Transit.

Describes best practices for transporting livestock, in order to ensure their health and safety.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Cole, T. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diseases and parasites of poultry. (open access)

Diseases and parasites of poultry.

Describes various diseases and parasites which affect poultry, and methods of treatment.
Date: 1953
Creator: Hall, Walter J. (Walter Jay), 1891- & Wehr, Everett E. (Everett Elmer), 1895-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1953 (open access)

Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1953

Annual report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service describing activities of the organization, expenditures and receipts, and a discussion of other relevant topics for the fiscal year.
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The tobacco budworm and its control. (open access)

The tobacco budworm and its control.

Describes the characteristics of the tobacco budworm, the damage it causes, and methods of control.
Date: July 1953
Creator: United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Division of Truck Crop and Garden Insect Investigations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stable Flies: How to Control Them. (open access)

Stable Flies: How to Control Them.

Describes characteristics of stable flies, the damage they cause, and methods of control.
Date: May 1953
Creator: United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Division of Insects Affecting Man and Animals.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The wheat strawworm and its control. (open access)

The wheat strawworm and its control.

Describes the characteristics of the wheat strawworm, the damage it causes to wheat crops, and methods of control.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Phillips, W. J. (William Jeter), 1879- & Poos, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The red harvester ant and how to subdue it. (open access)

The red harvester ant and how to subdue it.

Describes the life cycle of the red harvester ant, the damage it causes, and methods of control.
Date: 1953
Creator: Barnes, O. L. (Olus L.), 1902- & Nerney, N. J. (Norbert J.), 1906-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The hessian fly and how losses from it can be avoided. (open access)

The hessian fly and how losses from it can be avoided.

Describes the life cycle of the hessian fly, the damage it causes to wheat and other grains, and methods of control.
Date: 1953
Creator: Cartwright, W. B. & Jones, E. T. (Elmer Thomas), 1892-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contour-furrow irrigation. (open access)

Contour-furrow irrigation.

Describes how farmers can use contour-furrow irrigation as a means of preventing soil erosion and maintaining even watering of crops.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Kohler, Karl O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The wheat quota referendum. (open access)

The wheat quota referendum.

A voter's guide for farmers eligible to participate in a referendum for or against a wheat marketing quota for the 1954 crop. Includes an explanation of the quota program.
Date: July 1953
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library