Reducing damage to trees from construction work. (open access)

Reducing damage to trees from construction work.

Describes the damage often inflicted upon trees during construction projects, and explains how to plan projects accordingly to avoid these problems.
Date: 1949
Creator: Fowler, Marvin E. (Marvin Edward), 1904-; Gravatt, G. F. & Thompson, A. Robert.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Controlling the Japanese beetle. (open access)

Controlling the Japanese beetle.

Describes the characteristics of the Japanese beetle, the damage it causes to plants, and methods of control.
Date: March 1958
Creator: Fleming, Walter E. (Walter Ernest), 1899-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rural planning : the village. (open access)

Rural planning : the village.

Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
Date: 1940
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes. (open access)

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes.

Describes the importance of nitrogen-fixing bacteria on crops of legumes.
Date: December 1937
Creator: Leonard, Lewis T. (Lewis Thompson), 1885-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil and water conservation in the Pacific Northwest. (open access)

Soil and water conservation in the Pacific Northwest.

Describes types of erosion and methods for preventing the erosion of soil by water and wind.
Date: July 1937
Creator: Rowalt, E. M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mosquito remedies and preventives. (open access)

Mosquito remedies and preventives.

Describes measures, substances, and materials, both offensive and defensive, that have been found most effective against mosquitoes.
Date: June 1932
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950 & Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Windbreaks and Shelterbelts for the Plains States. (open access)

Windbreaks and Shelterbelts for the Plains States.

Describes the monetary and physical benefits to farms and orchards when windbreaks and shelterbelts are used.
Date: 1950
Creator: United States. Extension Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intensive Projects Under the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act. (open access)

Intensive Projects Under the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act.

Describes the Farm Forestry Program and how it can be used to help farmers begin farm-woodland management projects.
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service. Forestry Division.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands. (open access)

Dust Storms Come From the Poorer Lands.

Describes the different classifications of land and the effect soil erosion has on the quality of land and its future for crop production. Contains the results of an extensive study.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Finnell, H. H. (Henry Howard), b. 1894
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The soil that went to town. (open access)

The soil that went to town.

Describes the problem of soil erosion and methods for its prevention, in an elementary story format.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Gee, C. W. (Chester Wilson), 1904-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arbor day, its purpose and observance. (open access)

Arbor day, its purpose and observance.

Discusses Arbor Day as a holiday that recognizes the importance of United States forests and discusses a citizen's duty to preserve them and foster new growth of trees.
Date: November 1936
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shrubs for Wildlife on Farms in the Southeast. (open access)

Shrubs for Wildlife on Farms in the Southeast.

Describes the use of shrubs on farms to protect useful or beneficial wildlife and to prevent soil erosion.
Date: 1940
Creator: Davison, Verne E. (Verne Elbert), 1904-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest and Flame in the Bible. (open access)

Forest and Flame in the Bible.

A collection of biblical passages supporting the protection of forests, with descriptive text provided by the author.
Date: 1950
Creator: Vitas, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
What are we aiming at? : a forest conservation program. (open access)

What are we aiming at? : a forest conservation program.

Describes the need for a postwar program to increase timber production. Discusses the need for regulated conservation practices, incentives for responsible private forest management, and an increase in public forest land area.
Date: July 1945
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing the small forest (open access)

Managing the small forest

A guide to the basic principles of forest management, for use by small forest owners.
Date: September 1957
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
It could happen again. (open access)

It could happen again.

Describes the importance of soil conservation practices and their effect on wheat production.
Date: June 1948
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Game management on the farm. (open access)

Game management on the farm.

Describes ways that a farmer can support game on his land to make the best use of otherwise wasted land. Provides an overview of practical game management practices.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962.; Sheldon, H. P. & Gabrielson, Ira Noel, 1889-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
From the dust of the earth. (open access)

From the dust of the earth.

Describes how the things people enjoy in everyday life come from the soil, either directly or indirectly, and the value of participating in soil conservation.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Lathrop, William H., 1900-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing farm fields, wetlands, and waters for wild ducks in the South. (open access)

Managing farm fields, wetlands, and waters for wild ducks in the South.

Provides instructions for establishing ponds and marshes in order to attract wild ducks to farmlands. Discusses the recreational benefits of watching and hunting ducks.
Date: November 1959
Creator: Davison, Verne E. (Verne Elbert), 1904- & Neely, William W., 1915-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Planting and care of street trees. (open access)

Planting and care of street trees.

Describes the importance of shade trees within city limits, including: how to plan the layout of street trees; the various types of trees best suited for city growth; and how to properly maintain city-grown trees.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Mulford, Furman Lloyd, b. 1869
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grass crops in conservation farming. (open access)

Grass crops in conservation farming.

Describes the success of grassland improvement methods as demonstrated by experiment stations, agricultural technicians, farmers, and ranchers.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Dale, Tom, 1899- & Brown, Grover F., 1905-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conservation farming in the Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District, North Dakota. (open access)

Conservation farming in the Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District, North Dakota.

Reports the results of a soil conservation survey and makes the case for increased conservation efforts. Provides information on identifying land types and suggests simple methods of soil conservation.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Slope-Hettinger Soil Conservation District (North Dakota)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visual materials on soil and water conservation. (open access)

Visual materials on soil and water conservation.

An annotated list of films about soil and water conservation. Includes information about the films' suitability for use in elementary and secondary schools.
Date: August 1951
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil-Depleting, Soil-Conserving, and Soil-Building Crops. (open access)

Soil-Depleting, Soil-Conserving, and Soil-Building Crops.

Discusses soil conservation in a clear and concise manner. Discusses soil building, soil conserving, and soil depleting crops as well as the minerals to be found in soil.
Date: September 1938
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library