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Potatoes in Popular Ways. (open access)

Potatoes in Popular Ways.

Describes the nutritional benefits of potatoes and provides recipes for a variety of ways to prepare them for different sorts of meals.
Date: February 1944
Creator: United States. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life history of the wireworm Melanotus longulus (Lec.) in southern California. (open access)

Life history of the wireworm Melanotus longulus (Lec.) in southern California.

Describes in detail the life cycle of the Melanotus Longulus wire worm, and in brief: the natural methods for its control, and the threat it poses to crops in southern California.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stone, M. W., (Marshall Weddell) & Howland, A. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nature and extent of mormon cricket damage to crop and range plants. (open access)

Nature and extent of mormon cricket damage to crop and range plants.

Describes the threat of the Mormon cricket and the extensive damage it can cause to plant life in the northwestern United States.
Date: 1944
Creator: Swain, Ralph B. (Ralph Brownlee), 1912-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judging condition and utilization of short-grass ranges on the central Great Plains. (open access)

Judging condition and utilization of short-grass ranges on the central Great Plains.

Provides advice for determining the quality of grasses on range land in an effort to improve grazing and the quality of livestock.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Costello, David Francis, 1904- & Turner, George T. (George Thomas), 1914-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 88, January-June, 1943 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 88, January-June, 1943

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 871.
Date: 1944
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Administration. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 89, July-December, 1943 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 89, July-December, 1943

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 781.
Date: 1944
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Administration. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1943 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1943

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies.
Date: February 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making a dress at home. (open access)

Making a dress at home.

A step-by-step guide to making a dress at home, using a commercial home sewing pattern and woven fabric.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Smith, Margaret, 1902-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Onion-set production. (open access)

Onion-set production.

A guide to growing green onions from sets, in order to increase production and alleviate a wartime onion shortage.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893-; Edmundson, W. C. (Wilbur Clifford), 1888- & Jones, H. A. (Henry Albert), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fitting dresses. (open access)

Fitting dresses.

A guide to fitting and altering ready-made dresses, or home-sewn dresses that that have been cut and basted. Does not include instructions for pattern alterations.
Date: 1944
Creator: Sommerfeld, Edna E. (Edna Ella), 1904-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control of flue-cured tobacco root diseases by crop rotation. (open access)

Control of flue-cured tobacco root diseases by crop rotation.

Describes farming methods that prevent root diseases in flue-cured tobacco.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Clayton, Edward E.; Gaines, J. G.; Smith, Thomas Earle, 1910-; Shaw, Kendall J. & Graham, T. W. (Thomas William), 1905-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radio communication. (open access)

Radio communication.

Discusses "radio communication fundamentals and the methods and technique involved in the installation and operation of radio communication equipment."
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon. (open access)

Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon.

A World War II Army manual describing "the tactical employment of the tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon ... of both the towed and self-propelled battalions."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Corps : railway-operating battalion. (open access)

Transportation Corps : railway-operating battalion.

Describes "the organization and operation of the railway-operating battalion upon a railway operated by the Military Railway Service. Its purpose is to assist military railway officers in the training and operation of their units and to guide command and staff officers charged with their employment."
Date: February 4, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Umpire manual. (open access)

Umpire manual.

Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
Date: March 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled. (open access)

Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled.

Describes the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and techniques for its tactical employment.
Date: May 9, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure. (open access)

Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure.

Describes Army procedures "for establishment, control, and termination of teletypewriter connections involving one more more manual switching centrals" as well as relaying sets of messages through reperforator centrals.
Date: September 19, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telephone switchboard operating procedure. (open access)

Telephone switchboard operating procedure.

A procedures manual for Army telephone switchboard operators.
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small boats and harbor craft. (open access)

Small boats and harbor craft.

A manual for U.S. Army sailors assigned to the Harbor Boat Service. Describes company organization, duties of personnel, equipment used, and basic seamanship.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Special Service Company. (open access)

The Special Service Company.

Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
Date: January 5, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer pioneer platoon. (open access)

Tank destroyer pioneer platoon.

Describes "the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer pioneer platoon."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized. (open access)

Cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized.

A training manual for the cavalry reconnaissance squadron, mechanized. Includes discussions of organization, combat, and logistics.
Date: August 28, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Corps : military railroads and the Military Railway Service. (open access)

Transportation Corps : military railroads and the Military Railway Service.

Describes the organization and operation of the Military Railway Service.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forward observation. (open access)

Forward observation.

"This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
Date: August 10, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library