Soil map, Hunt County, Texas

Map displays soil types along with rivers, roads, bridges, railroads, towns, schools, and churches. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: February 1939
Creator: United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Hunt County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Hunt County, Texas

Text describes climate, agricultural history, soils and crops, land uses, and agricultural methods for Hunt County, Texas.
Date: February 1939
Creator: Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Marshall, R. M. (Richard Moon)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1938 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1938

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics and selected studies.
Date: April 1939
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 78, January-June, 1938 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 78, January-June, 1938

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 901.
Date: 1939
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 79, July-December, 1938 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 79, July-December, 1938

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 721.
Date: 1939
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 80, January-June, 1939 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 80, January-June, 1939

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 865.
Date: 1939
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal Mining in Europe: A Study of Practices in Different Coal Formations and Under Various Economic and Regulatory Conditions Compared with Those in the United States (open access)

Coal Mining in Europe: A Study of Practices in Different Coal Formations and Under Various Economic and Regulatory Conditions Compared with Those in the United States

From Introduction: "The major purpose of this bulletin, as indicated in the preface by Dr. John W. Finch, Director of the Bureau of Mines, is to give a critical review of the coal-mining methods used in the principal producing countries of Europe, to describe the reasons underlying the adoption of these methods, and to contrast them with coal-mining methods employed in the United States."
Date: 1939
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hartmann, Irving
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1936 (open access)

Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1936

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1939
Creator: Adams, W. W. & Kolhos, M. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1936 (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1936

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1939
Creator: Adams, W. W.; Geyer, L. E. & Parry, M. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature (open access)

Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature

The Journal contains the proceedings of the Senate of Texas including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order. Some volumes also contain supplementary materials. The index begins on page 2321.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1

The Journal contains the proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order. Some volumes also contain supplementary materials. The index begins in Volume 2.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 2 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 2

The Journal contains the proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order. Some volumes also contain supplementary materials. The index begins on page 4829.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reservoir Characteristics of the Eunice Oil Field, Lea County, New Mexico (open access)

Reservoir Characteristics of the Eunice Oil Field, Lea County, New Mexico

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil and gas production of the Eunice oil field in southeastern New Mexico. Properties of the oil field, and analysis of the oil and gas produced are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 1939
Creator: Anderson, C. C.; Hinson, H. H. & Schroeder, H. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grading Wool (open access)

Grading Wool

Revised edition. "Most wool growers need to know more about wool grading, whether they expect to grade wool or not. This bulletin contains information about the subject so growers interested may improve their position when they are ready to sell their wool. It also suggests ways to handle the wool so that its quality will be maintained through the shearing and the preparation of the fleece." -- p. ii
Date: 1939
Creator: Christie, James W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Native and Adapted Grasses for Conservation of Soil and Moisture in the Great Plains and Western States (open access)

Native and Adapted Grasses for Conservation of Soil and Moisture in the Great Plains and Western States

"The information given in this bulletin should enable farmers in the Great Plains and Western States to select from the more common species of grasses some one or more suited to their needs [for soil and water conservation]. Common harvesting equipment and farm machinery can be adapted to the proper handling of native grasses. This brings the cost of such work within the means of most farmers." -- p. i. Among the grasses discussed are wheatgrass, buffalo grass, bluestem, grama, Bermuda grass, wild rye, hilaria, Sudan grass, bluegrass, panic grasses, dropseed, and needlegrass.
Date: 1939
Creator: Hoover, Max M. (Max Manley), 1895-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrace Outlets and Farm Drainageways (open access)

Terrace Outlets and Farm Drainageways

"This bulletin is a compilation of the best information now available for farmers on the construction and use of terrace outlets and the protection, improvement, and maintenance of other sloping drainageways. The term "drainageways" as used in this bulletin refers primarily to channels of surface drainage in the upper reaches of watersheds or in unit drainage basins. 'Outlet' is a more restricted term and refers only to drainageways that are provided to receive and convey the discharge from the ends of terraces. The scope of this material is limited to surface runoff-disposal measures required in upland or rolling terrain where slopes are steep enough to cause channel erosion. It does not cover surface drainage or underdrainage of flatlands where natural drainage is inadequate." -- p. ii
Date: 1939
Creator: Hamilton, C. L.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seed Corn (open access)

Seed Corn

"This bulletin discusses the essentials in the selection and care of seed of open-pollinated varieties of corn. It is intended primarily for the grower who maintains and seriously endeavors to improve his locally adapted strain of open-pollinated corn by careful mass selection." -- p. 1
Date: 1939
Creator: Jenkins, Merle T.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reseeding Range Lands of the Intermountain Region (open access)

Reseeding Range Lands of the Intermountain Region

"Revegetating deteriorated range lands by sowing adaptable, nutritious, and palatable grasses is vital for adequate forage production in the Intermountain region, for profitable livestock raising, and as a safeguard against flood and erosion damage. The effect of serious droughts, greatly aggravated by overstocking, has resulted in the replacement of valuable perennial grasses by annual weeds and grasses that have much less value as forage for livestock or for proper soil protection. The abandonment of unsuccessful submarginal croplands has also added greatly to the vast acreage of deteriorated but potentially productive range lands of the region in need of revegetation. Proper guides and procedure for revegetating run-down ranges and abandoned dry farms by artificial reseeding are necessary to safeguard against costly pitfalls and to insure reasonable success. The procedures herein outlined are based on the experiences and research to date and should prove helpful to those administering range lands and producing livestock in the region comprising Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho, and southwestern Wyoming, commonly referred to as the Intermountain region." -- p. i
Date: 1939
Creator: Stewart, George; Walker, R. H. (Rudger Harper), 1902- & Price, Raymond
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sand-Dune Reclamation in the Southern Great Plains (open access)

Sand-Dune Reclamation in the Southern Great Plains

"Among the most striking manifestations of the destruction of soils and crops by the windstorms of recent years are the gigantic sand dunes that have formed on some of the lighter soils of the Great Plains. Specialists of the Soil Conservation Service who were assigned to a study of the problem have been successful in devising methods by which these immense piles of sand, which have covered cultivated lands and good native sod, can be leveled and stabilized. Of still greater value to the farmers and ranchers in areas subject to this soil shifting are the methods of cultivation and land use that recent study and experiments have revealed as the best means of protection against the formation of dunes. This bulletin is written for the benefit of those farmers and ranchers who are faced with the problem of protecting their lands against possible damage from dune formation of with the more immediate problem of restoring lands that have been made temporarily useless by the invasion of these monstrous wind-blown piles of sand." -- p. i
Date: 1939
Creator: Whitfield, Charles J. & Perrin, John A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grasshoppers and Their Control (open access)

Grasshoppers and Their Control

"Grasshoppers in a single year have destroyed crops valued at over a hundred million dollars. The best way to prevent losses is the use of poisoned bait supplemented by tillage and seeding methods which restrict egg laying and imprison the young grasshoppers in the ground after they hatch. Bait is most effective while grasshoppers are still on their hatching grounds or massed along field margins. It should be put out when grasshoppers are doing their first feeding of the day. This usually occurs between 6 and 10 a.m. at temperatures of 70° to 80°F. Bait should not be spread unless grasshoppers are actively feeding. In mixing and distributing the poisoned bait care should be taken to prevent injury to persons and farm animals. Seeding grain only on plowed or summer-fallowed ground and plowing infested stubble before the eggs hatch greatly reduces the quantity of bait needed for control and decreases the liability of crop injury. Cooperation in the use of control methods by all the farmers in a community is necessary for best results." -- p. i
Date: 1939
Creator: Parker, J. R.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crops Against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains (open access)

Crops Against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains

"This bulletin briefly traces the circumstances which have created the soil problems in the southern Great Plains and shows how the hand of man has hastened present troubles. But it goes further and deals with the methods now being used to solve the problem on nature's own terms." -- p. 2-3. Some of the solutions discussed include contour farming, terraces, water conservation techniques, crop lines, and revegetation.
Date: 1939
Creator: Rule, Glenn K. (Glenn Kenton), 1893-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saving Soil with Sod in the Ohio Valley Region (open access)

Saving Soil with Sod in the Ohio Valley Region

Clearing of forests, overgrazing, and soil erosion have greatly depleted the soil of the Ohio Valley in the United States. Farmers should implement agricultural practices that encourage the growth of sod, which has the potential to restore the soil. "The use of grass in increasing the productivity of farm land, in conserving soil on pasture and cropland, and in protecting smaller eroded or erodible areas is discussed in this bulletin." -- p. i
Date: 1939
Creator: Welton, Kenneth
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mining Practice (open access)

Metal-Mining Practice

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines over practices of metal mining. As stated in the introduction, "this bulletin summarizes mining practices of a large number of metal mines in the United states and foreign countries. The adaptation of mining methods best suited to the various natural conditions in mines is discussed, and comparative costs are presented" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1939
Creator: Jackson, Charles Freeman & Hedges, Joseph Harold
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-820 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-820

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Legality of changing admission taxes under Art. 7047a (19), V.C.S., for a show giving as outdoor aeronautical demonstration without any racing.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History