City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 36 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 36

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Water for Table Use, Phosphates, Winter Wheat, Glutenous and Starchy Wheats, Dry Farming, Methods of Canning, Beet Molasses and Pulp, Feed Lots, Guinea Fowls, Color of Eggs, Spraying for Scale Insects, and White Pine in New England.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 25 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 25

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Watermelons in the North, Watermelon Culture in Georgia, Muskmelon Culture in the North, Rockyford Muskmelons, Cold Storage of Fruits, Selection of Seed Corn, Bread and Toast, Cooking Meat, Bitter Milk.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alsike Clover (open access)

Alsike Clover

Report discussing the distribution and cultivation of the leguminous crop alsike clover, which grows primarily in the northeastern United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, seeding, uses, and insect enemies and diseases.
Date: 1920
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States (open access)

How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States

"The means of increasing the number of birds about our homes are few and simple. They comprise adequate protection and the provision of suitable nesting places, food, and water.... This bulletin [recommends] practicable methods of attracting birds about homes [in the northeastern United States]. Especial attention will be given to the value of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees." -- title page. Protection for birds, winter feeding, water supplies, and nesting boxes and birdhouses are also discussed.
Date: 1914
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease (open access)

The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease

Report discussing the spread of the chestnut bark disease, including its causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, financial consequences, and the possible methods of controlling it.
Date: 1911
Creator: Metcalf, Haven, 1875-1940 & Collins, J. Franklin (James Franklin), b. 1863
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rape as a Forage Crop (open access)

Rape as a Forage Crop

Report discussing the cultivation of the rape plant as a forage crop, including its varieties, soil requirements and preparation, and harvesting. Also describes various uses of rape as a forage crop, weed destroyer, and cover crop.
Date: 1903
Creator: Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cropping Systems for New England Dairy Farms (open access)

Cropping Systems for New England Dairy Farms

"This paper gives the results of three years' study of the cropping systems on a number of the most successful dairy farms in New England. This study point[s] out the elements which go to make a satisfactory cropping system in that section and to make definite recommendations concerning crops to plant and the relative acreage of these crops on dairy farms." -- p. 3
Date: 1908
Creator: Dodge, L. G.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gipsy Moth and the Brown-Tail Moth and Their Control (open access)

The Gipsy Moth and the Brown-Tail Moth and Their Control

"This bulletin describes briefly the seasonal history and habits of [the gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth] and suggests the best methods for their control, determined and adopted as a result of many extensive experiments." -- p. 5
Date: 1917
Creator: Burgess, A. F.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beekeeping in the Clover Region (open access)

Beekeeping in the Clover Region

"Beekeeping methods suitable for the clover region are well developed but many beekeepers of this region are failing to obtain the full available honey crop because of deficiencies in their practice. A system of management is here given which will result in a full crop from these sources. The variation in the value of the clovers to the beekeeper is also discussed and the methods to be followed in bringing the clover region back to its former prominence in honey production are outlined." -- p. 2
Date: 1922
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Providence, Rhode Island--Connecticut--Massachusetts--New York

Map showing biological resources (aquatic organisms, terrestrial organisms, land use, etc.) in the Providence region of the Atlantic coast area. Scale 1:250,000.
Date: 1980
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Findings from the 2014 Paid Leave Analysis Grants Program (open access)

Findings from the 2014 Paid Leave Analysis Grants Program

This report provides and analysis of the Paid Leave Analysis grants awarded in 2014 to Massachusetts, Montana, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia. Additionally it identifies general lessons learned about what t takes to study, develop, and implement a state-level paid family and medical leave program.
Date: September 2016
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers (open access)

Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers

A report which provides evidence on Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law, which took effect in January 2014, based on a survey of small and medium-sized businesses in the food services and manufacturing sectors in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher & Waldfogel, Jane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Availability of Ground Water in the Blackstone River Area : Rhode Island and Massachusetts (open access)

Availability of Ground Water in the Blackstone River Area : Rhode Island and Massachusetts

This report is based on analysis of drillers' records of more than 700 wells and borings.
Date: 1974
Creator: Johnston, Herbert E. & Dicke, David C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plate 1 - Areoradioactivity and Generalized Geologic Map of Parts of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

Map with graded color shading to show levels of naturally-occurring gamma aeroradioactivity in an area of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, along with an inset geologic sketch of the same region. Explanatory text about the survey and map creation are printed at right. Scale 1:250,000.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library