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The English Sparrow as a Pest
Revised edition. "The English sparrow defiles private and public property, fights and dispossesses useful native birds, replaces their songs with discordant sounds, and destroys fruit, grain, and garden truck.... The methods of ridding premises of English sparrows advocated in this bulletin have been used with success and can be relied upon if followed carefully and persistently. No one should undertake to kill these birds, however, unless able to distinguish them from native sparrows with absolute certainty. Otherwise some of the most valued songsters surely will be destroyed." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Dearborn, Ned
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man
Revised edition. Report discussing the benefits of undomesticated birds to farmers. "In the following pages are discussed the food habits and relation to man of 19 species of game, aquatic, and rapacious birds, including 5 species of hawks and owls." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton Improvement Under Weevil Conditions
Revised edition. Report discussing agricultural practices and cotton varieties which are more resistant to the boll weevil.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Cook, O. F. (Orator Fuller), 1867-1949
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comb Honey
Report discussing best practices for producing comb honey, including techniques for producing it at minimal cost and preferred equipment. There is little discussion of general beekeeping practices since the bulletin is intended for experienced beekeepers.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Common Mole of the Eastern United States
Revised edition. Report discussing the common mole of the eastern United States, its living and breeding habits, diet, and methods for exterminating it.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Scheffer, Theodore H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Value of North American Skunks
"Among fur animals [the skunk] is second in importance in the United States, the muskrat alone exceeding it in total value of fur produced. Skunk are kept and reared easily in captivity, and under intelligent management may become a source of profit, although thus far those who have made money in raising them have sold the animals chiefly for breeding purposes. Further experiment will be required to decide whether they can be made profitable as fur producers in captivity.... This bulletin discusses the habits and economic importance of the skunk, and furnishes ample instructions to those who desire to raise the animals in inclosures." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Lantz, David E. (David Ernest)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Road Drag and How It Is Used
Revised edition. "An attempt will be made in this paper to describe the best methods of constructing and using road drags and to supply information concerning the conditions for which such drags are adapted. Since, under favorable conditions, road drags may be effectively used in maintaining roads constructed of earth, top soil, sand clay, or gravel, a brief discussion of the essential features of each of these types of construction will also be given in order that the purposes of the drag may be more fully understood." -- p. 1
Date:
1917
Creator:
United States. Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Goose Raising
"Information with regard to the setting of eggs, as well as other details of the management of geese, are given in this bulletin." -- p. 2. Other topics discussed include common breeds of geese, feeding and practices, and preparing geese for market.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Lamon, Harry M. & Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mites and Lice on Poultry
"In addition to descriptions of mites and lice this bulletin tells of a new but cheap and effective insecticide for use in destroying poultry lice. It is sodium fluorid, a white powder, which can be obtained through druggists. A single application, which costs about half a cent, will destroy all of the lice on a bird. Hundreds of fowls have been treated in the experiments conducted, but no injury whatever to them has occurred. Full instructions regarding methods application are given in the bulletin." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970 & Wood, H. P. (Herbert Poland), 1883-1925
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hog Cholera: Prevention and Treatment
"The Bureau of Animal Industry for many years has made a study of the disease [hog cholera] and finally evolved the 'anti-hog-cholera serum,' which ca be regarded as the only known reliable preventive agent. It is the only agent which has been proved to have curative properties. This serum is now manufactured by several State institutions and by private firms licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose. The use of the serum is described fully herein, including treatment of herds, brood sows, young pigs, etc.: 1) confine sick hogs, 2) use serum, 3) employ sanitary measures, 4) disinfect, 5) cooperate." -- p. 2. Also includes a discussion about how to identify infected hogs.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Dorset, M. (Marion) & Hess, O. B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How to Detect Outbreaks of Insects and Save the Grain Crops
Report giving an overview of insects which commonly affect cereal grain: the Hessian fly, chinch bug, army worm, cutworms, grasshoppers, white grubs, billbugs, corn root-aphis, and wireworms. Discussion focuses on methods for preventing outbreaks of these harmful insects. Fall plowing is considered the most effective preventive measure.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Walton, William Randolph, 1873-1952c
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How to Attract Birds in the Middle Atlantic States
"For economic as well as for aesthetic reasons an effort should be made to attract and protect birds and to increase their numbers. Where proper measures of this kind have been taken an increase of several fold in the bird population has resulted, with decreased losses from depredations of injurious insects. This bulletin is one of a series intended to describe the best methods of attracting birds in various parts of the United States, especially by providing a food supply and other accessories about the homestead." -- p. 2. This particular bulletin focuses on birds in the Middle Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Date:
1917
Creator:
McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Control of Diseases and Insect Enemies of the Home Vegetable Garden
"This bulletin contains directions for the control of the most common insects and diseases of the home vegetable garden." -- p. 2. Includes discussion of fungicides, insecticides, mechanical methods of control, spraying methods, and well-known pests. Contains an extensive index of common garden vegetables and the insects and diseases which target them.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930c & Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton Wilt and Root-Knot
"Cotton wilt causes large preventable losses in the sandy soils of the cotton belt. Where root-knot also occurs, the injury is still greater. Wilt is caused by a soil-inhabiting fungus which plugs the water vessels in the stem of the plant. No treatment with fungicides, fertilizers, or any material applied to the soil or the plant will prevent it; but varieties of cotton which resist the disease have been developed by breeding and can be obtained through purchase from cooperators of the Department of Agriculture.... Root-knot is due to an eelworm which is a parasite on many crops. It can be controlled by the crop-rotation methods outlined in this bulletin." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Gilbert, William W. (William Williams), b. 1880
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Seed Corn
Revised edition. Report explaining how farmers can evaluate the quality of seed corn and prepare it for planting and storage.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Hartley, C. P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Self-Feeder for Hogs
"With the ingredients of a good ration constantly before them, placed so that they may eat at will, hogs will make gains more rapidly and more economically than when fed by hand. The time needed to bring them to a certain weight will be shortened and the labor of feeding them will be reduced. Results of experiments proving these facts are stated briefly in this bulletin, and plans for constructing self-feeders of several kinds are given, together with lists of materials needed." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892- & Gongwer, R. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Killing Horses and Curing Pork
"Choice ham and breakfast bacon can be produced by the farmer for much less than the cost of purchased meat. The cheapest meat a farmer can use is the product of his own farm. This is also true of the suburban or town farmer who fattens one or two hogs on kitchen and truck-garden wastes. Many farmers, for the first time, this year will have their own meat supply. Home-cured pork of the right kind always has a ready market in many cases it will prove the best way to market hogs. The home curing of pork is a good practice and should be more extensively adopted. This publication explains how to slaughter hogs and cure pork. Butchering and cutting up the carcass, lard rendering, brine and dry curing, smoking, and sausage making are all discussed in the following pages." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892- & Anthony, G. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Home Canning by the One-Period Cold-Pack Method: Taught to Canning Club Members in the Northern and Western States
"Without previous experience, and with no other equipment than that to be found in almost every home, anyone, adult or child, should be able to can food satisfactorily by the method described in this bulletin. By this method various vegetables, soups, meat, fish, and practically any other foods or combination of foods can be canned, as well as fruits and tomatoes, the products most commonly canned. The few simple, general rules necessary for successful canning, by the one-period, cold-pack method, and specific directions covering practically all foods that may be canned, are set out in the following pages." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Benson, O. H. (Oscar Herman), 1875-1951
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farm Sheep Raising for Beginners
This bulletin describes methods for raising sheep to farmers who have no experience with sheep. Topics discussed include flock size, breeding, seasonal care and behaviors, and the lambing season.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Marshall, F. R. & Millin, R. B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Drying Fruits and Vegetables in the Home with Recipes for Cooking
"Fruits and vegetables may be dried in the home by simple processes and stored for future use. Especially when canning is not feasible, or cans and jars are too expensive, drying offers a means of saving large quantities of surplus products which go to waste each year in garden and fruit plots. Drying also affords a way of conserving portions of food which are too small for canning. The drying may be done in the sun, over the kitchen stove, or before an electric fan. Manufacturers have placed driers on the market. Homemade driers are satisfactory.... The principles, methods, and equipment are described in the following pages." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
United States. Department of Agriculture.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Modern Methods of Protection Against Lightning
"This bulletin will give those persons interested in protection against lightning concise, practical, and up-to-date information accompanied by specifications for installing the equipment so as to secure the greatest degree of protection with the type of installation chosen.... The several sample sets of specifications, given herein, calling for rods and fittings of differing cost, will enable the prospective buyer of lightning protection to make an intelligent choice." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Covert, Roy N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Important Pecan Insects and Their Control
"The pecan has a number of important insect enemies of more or less extended distribution. Some of these injure the nuts, others the foliage and shoots, and still others the trunk and branches. Owing to the wide diversity in their methods of attack, no general directions for the control of these pests can be given, and in the adoption of remedial measures the peculiar habits of each species must be considered. This bulletin describes the more important insects that injure pecans and suggests the methods that should be followed to avert damage." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Gill, John B. (John Buchanan)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library