Pecan shellers of San Antonio: the problem of underpaid and unemployed Mexican labor (open access)

Pecan shellers of San Antonio: the problem of underpaid and unemployed Mexican labor

A book about the livelihood of migrant Mexican pecan shellers. The book contains information concerning: the pecan-shelling industry in San Antonio, the earnings of the pecan shellers in 1938, the social lives of the pecan shellers, and the potential prospects of the pecan shellers.
Date: 1940
Creator: Menefee, Selden C.; Cossmore, Orin C. & Webb, John N.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Kaufman County, Texas

Map displays soil types, creeks, lakes, towns, churches, schools, roads, railroads, and Texas Land Office survey lines. Includes legend and symbols. A polyconic projection, North American Datum. "Horizontal control by Texas State Reclamation Department. 10000 foot grid based upon Texas (North central) system of plane coordinates."
Date: June 1940
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Zavala County, Texas

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, sloughs, tanks, towns, roads, railroads, farms, ranches, and gas pipelines. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: June 1940
Creator: United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey, Kaufman County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey, Kaufman County, Texas

Text describes climate, agricultural history, soils and crops, land uses, agricultural methods, productivity ratings, and morphology and genesis of soils for Kaufman County, Texas.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Huckabee, J.W. (John Walter)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey, Zavala County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey, Zavala County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Zavala County, Texas.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Smith, H.M. (Howard Malcolm); Layton, M. H.; Miller, J. T.; Glassey, T. W. & Marshall, R. M. (Richard Moon)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rural planning : the village. (open access)

Rural planning : the village.

Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
Date: 1940
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1939 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1939

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics and selected studies.
Date: June 1940
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 81, July-December, 1939 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 81, July-December, 1939

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 893.
Date: 1940
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Gold-Mining Districts in the Black Hills, South Dakota (open access)

Reconnaissance of Gold-Mining Districts in the Black Hills, South Dakota

From Introduction: "The principal purpose of the survey is to make public information not generally known concerning the gold deposits in the Black Hills. Operating mines, particularly the Homestake, are discussed only briefly."
Date: 1940
Creator: Allsman, Paul T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1937 (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1937

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: 1940
Creator: Adams, William W.; Geyer, L. E. & Parry, M. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1938 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1938

Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1940
Creator: Adams, William W. & Wrenn, Virginia E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes 1940 (open access)

United States Earthquakes 1940

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1940. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stemming in Metal Mines. Progress Report 2 (open access)

Stemming in Metal Mines. Progress Report 2

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the progress made in metal-mine stemming. Different types of stemming methods and testing procedures are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Johnson, John A.; Agnew, Wing G. & Mosier, McHenry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wheat Jointworm and Its Control (open access)

The Wheat Jointworm and Its Control

Revised edition. "The wheat jointworm is a very small grub which lives in stems of wheat, feeding on the juices of the plant and causing a slight swelling or distortion of the stem above the joint. The egg from which it hatches is laid in the stem by an insect resembling a small black ant with wings. This insect attacks wheat only. The injury which it causes to wheat is very distinct from that caused by the Hessian fly, yet the effects caused by these two insects are often confused by farmers." -- p. 1-2. This bulletin gives a brief outline of the life cycle and the nature of the injury to the plant by the jointworm so that any farmer may readily recognize its work and be able to apply the measures of control herein recommended.
Date: 1940
Creator: Phillips, W. J. (William Jeter), 1879-1972 & Poos, F. W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Defense in the Pacific Southwest (open access)

Soil Defense in the Pacific Southwest

"The Pacific Southwest, as considered in this bulletin, embraces the two States -- California and Nevada. Evidences of soil and water losses are briefly touched upon, as are the factors contributing to these losses. The bulk of the bulletin deals with measures of defense that are now being employed on farms and range land within project areas of the Soil Conservation Service and in areas where members of Civilian Conservation Corps camps have been assigned to erosion-control activities." -- p. i. Some of the measures discussed include the use of cover crops, contour farming, crop rotation, subsoiling, strip cropping, and terracing.
Date: 1940
Creator: Rule, Glenn K. (Glenn Kenton), 1893- & Netterstrom, Ralph W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Irrigation Pumping Plants (open access)

Small Irrigation Pumping Plants

"Throughout the United States are many farms, parts or all of which could be irrigated by pumping from either ponds or streams or farm wells. This bulletin is intended to furnish owners or operators of such farms with information that will give them some indication of initial and operating costs and enable them to determine whether soil and water suitable for irrigation are available and what kind of irrigation plant and equipment will be most satisfactory for their purpose. Having examined these factors, a farmer can decide whether irrigation is likely to be profitable on his farm." -- p. i
Date: 1940
Creator: Rohwer, Carl & Lewis, M. R. (Mortimer Reed), 1886-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stock-Water Developments: Wells, Springs, and Ponds (open access)

Stock-Water Developments: Wells, Springs, and Ponds

"The need for effective utilization of grazing areas and the scarcity of stock water have led to unprecedented activity in the development of water supplies during the last few years as a part of conservation practices in range and pasture areas. Economical construction, planned distribution, and adequacy of stock-watering centers are essential to profitable grazing enterprises. Inadequate coordination of stock-water developments with necessary conservation practices and the improper location or construction of these facilities have made many water supplies unsatisfactory. This bulletin deals with the requirements and development of stock-water supplies suitable for grazing areas." -- p. ii
Date: 1940
Creator: Hamilton, C. L. (Clifford Leslie), 1904- & Jepson, Hans G.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cattle-Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication (open access)

Cattle-Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication

Revised edition. 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 and instructions for constructing a concrete vat are given.
Date: 1940
Creator: Ellenberger, W. P. & Chapin, Robert M.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1937 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1937

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over quarry accidents in the U.S. during 1937. The number, type, and location of the accidents are presented and discussed. This report includes tables.
Date: 1940
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Wrenn, Virginia E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Industries Survey of the United States, California: Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, Mother Lode District (South). Mines of the Southern Mother Lode Region, Part 2 -- Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties (open access)

Mineral Industries Survey of the United States, California: Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, Mother Lode District (South). Mines of the Southern Mother Lode Region, Part 2 -- Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mining operations in the southern Mother Lode Region of California. A review of this area is presented, and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1940
Creator: Julihn, C. E. & Horton, F. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1335 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1335

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: Payment of costs in connection with the prosecution of offenses under Article 567b, Vernon's Penal Code.
Date: January 6, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1335A (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1335A

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: Payment of costs in connection with the prosecution of offenses under Art. 567 b., Vernon's Penal Code (Reconsideration).
Date: May 9, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1430 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1430

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: Irregular motor bus operations.
Date: June 7, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1436 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1436

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: Liability of the State of Texas on the claim of E. L. Martin, Inc..
Date: February 15, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History