Soil Fertility (open access)

Soil Fertility

Report of an address given before the Rich Neck Farmers' Club, of Queen Anne's County, Maryland about methods ordinary farmers can use to improve the soil fertility of their lands.
Date: 1906
Creator: Whitney, Milton, 1860-1927
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Flowering Plants. (open access)

Annual Flowering Plants.

A guide to growing and using numerous types of annual flowering plants. Includes recommendations for planting school gardens, and the use of hotbeds or cold frames.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importation of Game Birds and Eggs for Propagation. (open access)

Importation of Game Birds and Eggs for Propagation.

Provides information and statistics regarding various species of game birds and eggs brought into the United States since the passing of the Lacey Act (1900) and the Egg Act (1902).
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Usefulness of the American Toad. (open access)

Usefulness of the American Toad.

Describes the beneficial characteristics of the toad.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alfalfa Seed. (open access)

Alfalfa Seed.

A guide to judging and testing the quality of alfalfa seed.
Date: 1904
Creator: Brown, Edgar, 1871-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barnyard Manure. (open access)

Barnyard Manure.

Describes the benefits of more economical management of organic farm resources, namely barnyard manure. Discusses the management and application of methods for using fertilizers on the farm.
Date: May 10, 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marketing Live Stock. (open access)

Marketing Live Stock.

A guide to buying and selling practices in livestock markets, domestic and foreign. Includes an overview of stock transport methods.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poultry as Food. (open access)

Poultry as Food.

Discusses the use of poultry in the American diet.
Date: 1903
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Horseshoeing. (open access)

Horseshoeing.

Describes the anatomy and characteristics of a horse's foot and hoof. Discusses proper shoeing methods, with the intention of helping horse owners avoid the consequences of improper shoeing.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture. (open access)

Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture.

Discusses the insects that affect the cranberry market and methods for controlling them.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three insect enemies of shade trees. (open access)

Three insect enemies of shade trees.

Describes some major pests of shade trees, the damage they cause, and methods of control. Discusses efforts to control shade-tree insects in cities and towns.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The manufacture of sorghum sirup. (open access)

The manufacture of sorghum sirup.

A guide to simple methods of sorghum syrup production, for farmers with limited facilities.
Date: 1901
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thirty poisonous plants of the United States. (open access)

Thirty poisonous plants of the United States.

Discusses thirty different poisonous plants, where they are found, and the poisoning symptoms associated with them.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco soils. (open access)

Tobacco soils.

Discusses tobacco growing in terms of soil, climate, and distribution.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The culture of tobacco. (open access)

The culture of tobacco.

A guide to tobacco farming, including sowing, planting, fertilizing, cutting, seed saving, and insect pest control.
Date: 1902
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The peach twig-borer: an important enemy of stone fruits. (open access)

The peach twig-borer: an important enemy of stone fruits.

Describes the European twig-borer, its life cycle, and methods for its control.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Squab Raising. (open access)

Squab Raising.

Discusses squab raising in detail, including the varieties of pigeons, methods of breeding, feeding, management, housing, disease control, killing, dressing, and selling.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cranberry Culture. (open access)

Cranberry Culture.

Describes cranberry varieties and provides advice for growing and selling them.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Winter Forage Crops for the South. (open access)

Winter Forage Crops for the South.

Discusses various forage crops grown for use in the South during winter months.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Celery Culture. (open access)

Celery Culture.

A guide to growing celery, including planting, watering, mulching, insect and disease control, storage, and selling.
Date: 1902
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Home Manufacture and Use of Unfermented Grape Juice. (open access)

Home Manufacture and Use of Unfermented Grape Juice.

Discusses the grape, causes of its fermentation and methods of prevention. Describes the composition, flavors, uses, and qualities of unfermented grape juice.
Date: 1903
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insecticides and Fungicides: Chemical Composition and Effectiveness of Certain Preparations. (open access)

Insecticides and Fungicides: Chemical Composition and Effectiveness of Certain Preparations.

Describes several pest-control products sold at the turn of the 20th century, including branded products and generic mixtures in use at the time. Provides buying advice to merchants and potential purchasers of those pesticides and fungicides.
Date: 1902
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Bisulphid as an Insecticide. (open access)

Carbon Bisulphid as an Insecticide.

A guide to the use of carbon disulfide ("bisulfid of carbon") as an insecticide against the cigarette beetle, as well as other insect pests and borers. The information is largely based on experiments conducted in 1901 by the Division of Entomology, at a large tobacco establishment in Washington, D.C.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pineapple Growing. (open access)

Pineapple Growing.

A guide to pineapple farming, including planting, gathering, disease control, shipping, and selling.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library