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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
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
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
Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1944 (open access)

Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1944

Annual report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service describing activities of the organization, expenditures and receipts, and a discussion of other relevant topics for the fiscal year.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soldier Shows: Staging Area and Transport Entertainment Guide, Comprising Blackouts, Sketches, Quizzes, Parodies, and Games (open access)

Soldier Shows: Staging Area and Transport Entertainment Guide, Comprising Blackouts, Sketches, Quizzes, Parodies, and Games

This guide to staging entertainments for Armed Forces personnel aboard a troop transport includes scripts and instructions for comedy sketches, monologues, quizzes, and games. Includes practical advice on dealing with the difficulties of staging entertainments on board a ship or other performance area with limited space.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women's Army Corps Song Book (open access)

Women's Army Corps Song Book

Anthology of lyrics to songs for performance by members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Includes patriotic songs, official songs of the various branches of the Armed Forces, WAC songs and parodies, popular favorites, and songs from selected foreign nations. Many of the songs are either copyrighted or are parodies of copyrighted songs.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States Army. Women's Army Corps.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Scouting, patrolling, and sniping. (open access)

Scouting, patrolling, and sniping.

Discusses the relationship between Army scouts and their commanders, and the implementation of successful combat plans. Also discusses the role of snipers in disrupting the enemy's operations.
Date: February 6, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field fortifications (open access)

Field fortifications

"This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and shelters. It also outlines the principles of terrain appreciation which apply to field fortifications, and explains how to combine individual field fortifications into a unified system by means of organization of the ground."
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems. (open access)

Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems.

Describes aircraft engine systems, fuels, and lubricants.
Date: February 22, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cavalry reconnaissance troop, mechanized. (open access)

Cavalry reconnaissance troop, mechanized.

"The scope of the manual includes discussion and illustration of organization, equipment, training, and methods of employment of the mechanized cavalry reconnaissance troop and its components, designed to simplify and speed training and to facilitate understanding of basic doctrine."
Date: February 24, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
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
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
Cavalry drill regulations, horse. (open access)

Cavalry drill regulations, horse.

Describes mounted drill for horse cavalry units and organizations.
Date: March 13, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized. (open access)

Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized.

Prescribes drills for general use by any type of mechanized cavalry unit. Also provides instructions for conducting ceremonies and inspections.
Date: March 15, 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
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