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Cattle-Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication
This bulletin discusses the cattle-fever tick and methods for controlling it. Possible methods include dipping, pasture rotation, and arsenical dips. The life history of the tick is also discussed.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Ellenberger, W. P. & Chapin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Corn Cultivation
Revised edition. "Corn yields per acre in the United States could be doubled within a few years, and this could be accomplished without increase in work or expense.... The lines of improvement that will most easily and quickly double the present production per acre are as follow: (1) Improvement in the quality of seed planted; (2) improvement in the condition of the soil; (3) improvement in methods of cultivation." -- p. 3-4
Date:
1926
Creator:
Hartley, C. P.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Country Hides and Skins: Skinning, Curing, and Marketing
Revised edition. "This bulletin shows how farmers, ranchmen, and country or town butchers may produce hides and skins of better quality. It gives detailed directions for skinning the animals and for salting, curing, and handling the hides and skins, with suggestions for more advantageous marketing, to the end that both the producer of hides and the user of leather may be benefited." -- p. ii
Date:
1926
Creator:
Whalin, Charles Vivion, 1876-; Frey, R. W. (Ralph Wylie), b. 1889; Veitch, F. P. (Fletcher Pearre), 1868-1943 & Hickman, Richard W. (Richard West), 1852-1926
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Garden irises.
Describes different types of irises, and methods for growing them successfully in a home garden.
Date:
January 1926
Creator:
Morrison, B. Y. (Benjamin Yoe), 1891-1966
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Idle land and costly timber.
Describes various problems with idle land, and provides methods for its protection and utilization.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Greeley, William Buckhout, 1879-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judging Beef Cattle
Revised edition. Report discussing how buyers of beef cattle can determine the value of cattle offered in public sales. Topics discussed include parts of the carcass and classification systems used in judging cattle. Includes a suggested scorecard.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Thompson, E. H.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Laying Out Fields for Tractor Plowing
Revised edition. "Tractor plowing usually requires methods of laying out the land different from those followed when plowing with horses and an ordinary plow. Farmers plowing with a tractor for the first time are often at a loss for the most satisfactory methods of laying out their fields.... This bulletin embodies the descriptions of methods found best suited to their conditions and recommended by a majority of several hundred tractor owners who have reported their methods and experiences. Among these will be found methods of laying out land suited to nearly every farm in this country and to fields of different shapes." -- p. ii
Date:
1926
Creator:
Kinsman, C. D. (Claude Dennison), b. 1889 & Reynoldson, L. A. (Le Roy August), b. 1886
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States
Revised Edition. Report discussing farm forestry in the southern United States, which "concerns the farmer chiefly as a matter of dollars and cents. Farm forestry may be said to be the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and the permanent value of the farm." -- p. 1. Topics discussed include marketing timber, protecting woodlands, and making empty spaces profitable.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Soil Productivity As Affected by Crop Rotation
This bulletin discusses the effect of crop rotation practices on soil productivity, and also describes the possible effects of fertilizers and other forms of soil improvement. "The purposes of the discussion which follows are to emphasize the value of crop rotation in farming economy and to stress the principles of rotation in their relation to the maintenance of soil productivity and to soil improvement." -- p. 5
Date:
1926
Creator:
Weir, Wilbert W.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Stable Fly: How to Prevent Its Annoyance and Its Losses to Live Stock
Revised edition. Report discussing the stable fly and methods for controlling it. Topics discussed include its distribution, life cycle, and breeding habits as well as natural and artificial methods of control.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tomatoes for canning and manufacturing.
Describes the steps necessary for successfully producing tomatoes for canning.
Date:
November 1925
Creator:
Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Barley : culture, uses, and varieties.
Describes the characteristics and uses of barley, the area of the country where it is best grown, and the steps for successfully producing barley.
Date:
October 1925
Creator:
Harlan, Harry V. (Harry Vaughn), 1882-1944.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton ginning.
Describes the the mechanical process of cotton ginning, using a saw gin.
Date:
October 1925
Creator:
Meloy, G. S. (Guy Stanley), 1874-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Laws relating to fur animals for the season 1925-26.
Describes the federal laws and regulations regarding fur animals and the fur trade in North America.
Date:
September 1925
Creator:
Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892- & Earnshaw, Frank L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Successful Farming on 160-Acre Farms in Central Indiana.
A guide to starting and running a successful 160-acre farm in Indiana, including what crops to plant, what animals to raise, what labor is necessary, what buildings are needed, and the costs involved. Recommendations are based on data gathered from a record of seventeen 160-acre farms in Indiana during 1910-1919.
Date:
August 1925
Creator:
Robertson, Lynn S. (Lynn Shelby), b. 1890 & Hawthorne, H. W. (Harvey W.), b. 1875
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fitting, showing, and judging hogs.
Provides suggestions for selecting and preparing swine for livestock shows and fairs. Describes judging criteria.
Date:
July 1925
Creator:
Russell, E. Z. (Ellsworth Zouave), 1866-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cow-testing associations, and stories the records tell.
Describes the history and functions of farm cow-testing associations; provides steps for starting a new cow-testing association.
Date:
June 1925
Creator:
McDowell, J. C. (John Chambers), 1867-1943
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Breeds of Sheep for the Farm
Revised edition. Report discussing the different breeds of sheep raised by farmers and their suitability for either wool or mutton.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Marshall, F. R.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Beef on the Farm
Revised edition. "This publication is intended to give in a general way the practices which successful breeders and feeders of beef cattle have found most profitable and which experiments have proved to be most reliable." -- p. 1. Practices discussed include herd management, rationing, feeding equipment, and the use of hogs.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Farley, Frank W. (Frank Webster), b. 1888
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Fruit for Home Use
Revised edition. "This bulletin aims to furnish, in concise form, information that will be of practical help to the beginner in fruit growing. It deals with the widely grown temperate-climate fruits, such as the apple, pear, peach, and plum. Lists of desirable varieties of these fruits are given for the different parts of the country. Because of the number of fruits considered and the territory covered, cultural directions are necessarily brief, but they cover the most important general points." -- p. 2
Date:
1925
Creator:
Gould, H. P. & Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judging Beef Cattle
Revised edition. Report discussing how buyers of beef cattle can determine the value of cattle offered in public sales. Topics discussed include parts of the carcass and classification systems used in judging cattle. Includes a suggested scorecard.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Thompson, E. H.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Making and Feeding of Silage
Revised edition. Report discussing the use of silos for storing feed for livestock, with special attention to silage for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, and sheep. Topics discussed include crops for silage, preparing crops for storage, and storage practices.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Woodward, T. E. (Thompson Elwyn)c; Rommel, George M. (George McCullough); Sheets, E. W.; McNulty, J. B. & Marshall, F. R.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Onion Diseases and Their Control
Revised edition. Report discussing diseases which affect onions in both the field and in storage, and methods for their control. Diseases discussed include smut, mildew (blight), leaf mold, fusarium rot, pink root, root knot, neck rot, soft rot, black mold, smudge (anthracnose, black spot), rust, white rot, dodder, and macrosporium rot.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Plain concrete for farm use.
A guide to equipment, methods, and materials used for mixing concrete. Includes instructions for constructing concrete forms and for maintaining concrete structures and finishes.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Miller, T. A. H. (Thomas Arrington Huntington), 1885-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library