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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 26. (open access)

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 26.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of naval correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Navies discussing their operations. According to the introduction in the first volume, the first series "embraces the reports, orders, and correspondence, both Union and Confederate, relating to all naval operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and inland waters of the United States during the war of the rebellion, together with the operations of vessels acting singly, either as cruisers or privateers, in different parts of the world. These reports are accompanied by such diagrams and maps as may be necessary" (pp. ix-x). Index starts on page 811.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Outfit for Boring Taprooted Stumps for Blasting (open access)

An Outfit for Boring Taprooted Stumps for Blasting

Report describing how to "blast stumps from the ground in order to prepare it for farming. It is comparatively easy to place the charge under a stump having a semitaproot or lateral system of rooting by boring or digging a hole in the earth to a point under the center of resistance and deep enough to give the desired effect." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Thompson, Harry
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pasture and Grain Crops for Hogs in the Pacific Northwest (open access)

Pasture and Grain Crops for Hogs in the Pacific Northwest

"This bulletin deals specifically with crops and systems of cropping that may be used in economical pork production in the Pacific Northwest. Scattered here and there throughout the Northwest are men who are successfully producing pork. They have been visited, and their methods, crops, and feeding systems have been studied. This bulletin makes the practices of these successful men available to all." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Hunter, Byron, b. 1869
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poultry House Construction (open access)

Poultry House Construction

"This article explains the essential principles of poultry-house construction, showing pictures of houses and fixtures which have given satisfaction in various sections of the country, with their plans and specifications; and contains hints on construction which will assist the poultryman in planning and erecting his buildings." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Production of Clean Milk (open access)

Production of Clean Milk

Report discussing how to produce clean milk free of disease-producing bacteria and identify sources of contamination.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Bureau of Animal Industry. Dairy Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of the Geology and Oil Prospects of Northwestern Oregon (open access)

Reconnaissance of the Geology and Oil Prospects of Northwestern Oregon

From introduction: This report is based on a hasty reconnaissance made during the summer of 1910 and on several explorations made by the writer in the years 1900 to 1905.
Date: 1914
Creator: Washburne, Chester W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Removal of Garlic Flavor From Milk and Cream (open access)

Removal of Garlic Flavor From Milk and Cream

"It is a well-known fact that when cows eat wild onion or garlic within four hours before milking there is imparted to their milk a very disagreeable flavor and odor. This flavor is not only unpleasant but it lowers the commercial value of the milk. Any method, therefore, which will remove this flavor and odor should be of interest to dairymen." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Ayers, S. Henry (Samuel Henry)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Road Drag and How It Is Used (open access)

The Road Drag and How It Is Used

"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." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Office of Public Roads.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ruidosa Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety and Efficiency in Mine Tunneling (open access)

Safety and Efficiency in Mine Tunneling

Report presenting the latest research into safety and efficiency in mine tunneling obtained during 1911 and 1912.
Date: 1914
Creator: Brunton, David W. & Davis, John A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

San Carlos Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Juan Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:48000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Juan Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
School Lessons on Corn (open access)

School Lessons on Corn

"With the rapid spread of the work of boys' clubs the need of the study of corn in the schools has come to be better appreciated. The purpose of this bulletin is to furnish lessons for developing the real educational value of this study." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Lane, C. H. (Charles Homer), 1877-1944
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shipping Eggs by Parcel Post (open access)

Shipping Eggs by Parcel Post

Report discussing the proper way to package eggs for shipment through the postal service.
Date: 1914
Creator: Flohr, Lewis B.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1913 (open access)

Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1913

Preface: The present paper is the first of a new series to be published by the Geological Survey under the title "Shorter contributions to general geology."
Date: 1914
Creator: White, David
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Soil map, Texas, Archer County sheet

Map displays soil types along with rock outcrops, rivers, creeks, lakes, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Archer County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Archer County, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Archer County, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Taylor, Arthur E. (Arthur Elijah); Lounsbury, Clarence; Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Scott, Ewing
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Watering Places on Western Grazing Lands (open access)

Stock-Watering Places on Western Grazing Lands

"The suggestions given in this bulletin for improving the water supply on grazing areas in the West are the result of the experience of the Forest Service in adding to or developing the water supply upon grazing areas on the National Forests, where the aim is to open up all new and heretofore practically unused range, to utilize more completely the forage on ranges now in use, and to insure a better control of the ranges themselves." -- p. 2
Date: 1914
Creator: Barnes, Will C. (Will Croft), 1858-1936
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sudan Grass as a Forage Crop (open access)

Sudan Grass as a Forage Crop

Report discussing Sudan grass and its potential for use as hay in the southern United States, if inefficient planting practices are abandoned. Best planting practices are discussed.
Date: 1914
Creator: Vinall, H. N. (Harry Nelson), 1880-1937
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sugar-Beet Growing Under Humid Conditions (open access)

Sugar-Beet Growing Under Humid Conditions

Report discussing best practices for the cultivation of sugar beets in humid climates.
Date: 1914
Creator: Townsend, C. O. (Charles Orrin), 1863-1937
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sugar-Beet Growing Under Irrigation (open access)

Sugar-Beet Growing Under Irrigation

Report discussing the necessary conditions and best practices for growing sugar beets in irrigated areas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Townsend, C. O. (Charles Orrin), 1863-1937
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
A System of Farm Cost Accounting (open access)

A System of Farm Cost Accounting

"This bulletin simply aims to give a description of a system of farm cost accounting which has been tried for three years in the State of New York with 53 farmers under widely differing conditions and has proved fairly successful. It is a method so simple that a farmer can keep it without assistance." -- p. 2
Date: 1914
Creator: Ladd, C. E. (Carl Edwin), 1888-1943
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas or Tick Fever (open access)

Texas or Tick Fever

Report discussing the spread and prevention of Texas fever (or tick fever) by ticks on cattle. Topics discussed include methods for distinguishing between harmless ticks and cattle ticks which spread the disease, the life cycle of the cattle tick, the course of disease after infection occurs, immunization practices, and other methods for prevention.
Date: 1914
Creator: Mohler, John R. (John Robbins), b. 1875
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library