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The What and Why of Agricultural Experiment Stations. (open access)

The What and Why of Agricultural Experiment Stations.

A summary of the purpose, origins, and work of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States.
Date: 1889
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Culture of the Sugar Beet. (open access)

Culture of the Sugar Beet.

Answers to the most frequently asked questions about growing sugar beets, based on inquiries received by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the late 19th century. Discusses climate, beet varieties, soil preparation, harvesting, and siloing. Includes detailed descriptions of tools used and the costs involved in beet farming and sugar production.
Date: 1891
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fungous Diseases of the Grape and Their Treatment. (open access)

Fungous Diseases of the Grape and Their Treatment.

Discusses four of the most destructive fungous disease affecting grapes, and methods for control.
Date: 1891
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Milk fermentations and their relations to dairying. (open access)

Milk fermentations and their relations to dairying.

Describes various processes by which milk is fermented. Includes discussions of butter-making and cheesemaking.
Date: 1892
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of experiments with inoculation for the prevention of hog cholera. (open access)

Results of experiments with inoculation for the prevention of hog cholera.

Presents results of experiments conducted between 1886 and 1892, demonstrating that no successful inoculation exists for hog cholera. Warns farmers about misinformation regarding the effectiveness of hog cholera inoculations.
Date: 1892
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spraying fruits for insect pests and fungous diseases : with a special consideration of the subject in its relation to the public health. (open access)

Spraying fruits for insect pests and fungous diseases : with a special consideration of the subject in its relation to the public health.

Discusses the use of insecticidal and fungicidal sprays on fruit, and its public health implications.
Date: 1892
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco: instructions for its cultivation and curing. (open access)

Tobacco: instructions for its cultivation and curing.

A concise guide to tobacco farming and curing.
Date: 1892
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of smuts of oats and wheat. (open access)

Treatment of smuts of oats and wheat.

Describes the different types of smuts affecting oats and wheat, and methods for their control.
Date: 1892
Creator: Swingle, Walter T. (Walter Tennyson), 1871-1952
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The rape plant: its history, culture, and uses. (open access)

The rape plant: its history, culture, and uses.

Describes the history, culture, and uses of the rape plant. Discusses the need for increased production of the plant in the United States.
Date: 1893
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cranberry culture. (open access)

Cranberry culture.

A guide to cranberry culture, including soil selection and preparation, planting, draining, flooding, fertilizing, and pest and disease control.
Date: 1894
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Destructive Potato Diseases: What They Are and How to Prevent Them. (open access)

Some Destructive Potato Diseases: What They Are and How to Prevent Them.

Describes methods of identification and control of three fungous diseases affecting the Irish potato: blight (downy mildew), Macrosporium disease, and potato scab.
Date: 1894
Creator: Galloway, B. T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fertilizers for Cotton. (open access)

Fertilizers for Cotton.

Presents the results of experiments conducted on the farms of the South Carolina Experiment Station and provides recommendations for preventing excessive or wasteful use of commercial fertilizers in cotton farming.
Date: 1895
Creator: McBryde, J. M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flax for Seed and Fiber in the United States. (open access)

Flax for Seed and Fiber in the United States.

Describes recommended practices for growing flax for both seed and fiber, with emphasis on improving the production and use of flax straw for fiber.
Date: 1895
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grape Diseases on the Pacific Coast. (open access)

Grape Diseases on the Pacific Coast.

Describes three major diseases affecting grapes in California and other Pacific Coast states, and ways to prevent them.
Date: 1895
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potato culture. (open access)

Potato culture.

Describes best practices for growing and cultivating potatoes.
Date: 1896
Creator: Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spraying for fruit diseases. (open access)

Spraying for fruit diseases.

Describes fungous diseases of grapes, apples, pears, quince, cherries, and plums. Includes recipes for fungicides and descriptions of spraying equipment used for treatment.
Date: 1896
Creator: Galloway, B. T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton seed and its products. (open access)

Cotton seed and its products.

Discusses cottonseed and its uses. Describes methods of manufacturing cottonseed products.
Date: June 1896
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Butter Making on the Farm. (open access)

Butter Making on the Farm.

Describes the steps used to make butter on the farm, including creaming, churning, coloring, salting, and working the butter.
Date: 1897
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Grow Mushrooms. (open access)

How to Grow Mushrooms.

A guide to growing mushrooms, with instructions for sorting and packing for shipment.
Date: 1897
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Manuring of Cotton. (open access)

The Manuring of Cotton.

Describes experiments in manuring cotton, the yield and profit of cotton crops when properly fertilized, and best practices in fertilizer application.
Date: 1897
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marketing farm produce. (open access)

Marketing farm produce.

Practical suggestions for packing, shipping, and selling farm products. Includes specific instructions for butter, eggs, poultry, game, meats, potatoes, fruits, vegetables, and honey.
Date: 1897
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sorghum as a forage crop. (open access)

Sorghum as a forage crop.

Describes methods of sorghum culture and discusses its use as a forage crop.
Date: 1897
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Black Rot of the Cabbage. (open access)

The Black Rot of the Cabbage.

Describes the black rot disease of cabbage, sources of infection, and suggestions for its prevention.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forestry for farmers. (open access)

Forestry for farmers.

A guide to planting and maintaining small timber tracts or wood lots on farmlands.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library