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Soil Survey of Anderson County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Anderson County, Texas

Text includes information on history, climate, physiography and geology, soils, agricultural methods, and agricultural conditions. Accompanied by soil map.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Austin area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Austin area, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of the Austin area, Texas.
Date: 1905
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Belden, H. L. (Herbert L.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Lavaca County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Lavaca County, Texas

Text describes climate and soils of Lavaca County, Texas.
Date: 1905
Creator: Mooney, Charles N.; Bennett, Frank; Strahorn, A. T. & Belden, H. L. (Herbert L.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893, Volume 1. (open access)

Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893, Volume 1.

Index to publications "issued during the period covered by the Forty-seventh to the Fifty-second Congresses, inclusive, printed either by order of Congress, or by the several Executive Departments of the Government."--p. iii
Date: 1905
Creator: Ames, John G. (John Griffith) 1834-1910
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893, Volume 2. (open access)

Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893, Volume 2.

Index to publications "issued during the period covered by the Forty-seventh to the Fifty-second Congresses, inclusive, printed either by order of Congress, or by the several Executive Departments of the Government."--p. iii of vol. 1
Date: 1905
Creator: Ames, John G. (John Griffith) 1834-1910
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1904 (open access)

Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1904

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies. Name index starts on page 715.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 16, 1904-1905 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 16, 1904-1905

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 1145.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bee keeping. (open access)

Bee keeping.

Discusses beekeeping in detail. Precautions against stinging and swarming are provided, along with information on types of bees, how to obtain honey and wax, and the risks of loss due to diseases and pests.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grape growing in the South. (open access)

Grape growing in the South.

Describes methods of grape culture used in the South. Intended for use by small farmers or large wine-makers.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conformation of beef and dairy cattle. (open access)

Conformation of beef and dairy cattle.

A guide to the judging of cattle, for use by breeders, farmers, stock feeders, or dairymen.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dairying in the South. (open access)

Dairying in the South.

A guide to dairy farming for new farmers in the South, for the purpose of improving the quality of their products.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 19. (open access)

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 19.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of naval correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Navies discussing their operations. According to the introduction in the first volume, the first series "embraces the reports, orders, and correspondence, both Union and Confederate, relating to all naval operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and inland waters of the United States during the war of the rebellion, together with the operations of vessels acting singly, either as cruisers or privateers, in different parts of the world. These reports are accompanied by such diagrams and maps as may be necessary" (pp. ix-x). Index starts on page 855.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 20. (open access)

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 20.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of naval correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Navies discussing their operations. According to the introduction in the first volume, the first series "embraces the reports, orders, and correspondence, both Union and Confederate, relating to all naval operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and inland waters of the United States during the war of the rebellion, together with the operations of vessels acting singly, either as cruisers or privateers, in different parts of the world. These reports are accompanied by such diagrams and maps as may be necessary" (pp. ix-x). Index starts on page 861.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Observation on the Ground Waters of Rio Grande (open access)

Observation on the Ground Waters of Rio Grande

Book that discusses the ground waters of the Rio Grande Valley as well as tests undertaken at pumping plants along the area. Appendix begins on page 74. Index begins on page 81.
Date: 1905
Creator: Slichter, Charles Sumner, 1864-1946
System: The UNT Digital Library