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USDA Farmers' Bulletins
29
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6
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Soil Survey of Coleman County, Texas
Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Coleman County, Texas.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Hawker, H. W. (Herman William); Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Devereux, R. E. (Robert Eddins)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Dickens County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, springs, towns, schools, churches, ranches, experiment substations, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date:
1926
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mauriceville 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 1:24000
Date:
1926
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roby 2-b 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:
1926
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lakeview 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 1:24000
Date:
1926
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anthracnose as a cause of red-clover failure in the southern part of the Clover Belt.
Describes the characteristics of anthracnose, the damage it causes to red clover in the southern part of the Clover Belt, and methods of control; also discusses the development of strains of red clover resistant to anthracnose.
Date:
November 1926
Creator:
Pieters, A. J. & Monteith, John, 1893-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Corn Cultivation
Revised edition. "Corn yields per acre in the United States could be doubled within a few years, and this could be accomplished without increase in work or expense.... The lines of improvement that will most easily and quickly double the present production per acre are as follow: (1) Improvement in the quality of seed planted; (2) improvement in the condition of the soil; (3) improvement in methods of cultivation." -- p. 3-4
Date:
1926
Creator:
Hartley, C. P.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Laying Out Fields for Tractor Plowing
Revised edition. "Tractor plowing usually requires methods of laying out the land different from those followed when plowing with horses and an ordinary plow. Farmers plowing with a tractor for the first time are often at a loss for the most satisfactory methods of laying out their fields.... This bulletin embodies the descriptions of methods found best suited to their conditions and recommended by a majority of several hundred tractor owners who have reported their methods and experiences. Among these will be found methods of laying out land suited to nearly every farm in this country and to fields of different shapes." -- p. ii
Date:
1926
Creator:
Kinsman, C. D. (Claude Dennison), b. 1889 & Reynoldson, L. A. (Le Roy August), b. 1886
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Country Hides and Skins: Skinning, Curing, and Marketing
Revised edition. "This bulletin shows how farmers, ranchmen, and country or town butchers may produce hides and skins of better quality. It gives detailed directions for skinning the animals and for salting, curing, and handling the hides and skins, with suggestions for more advantageous marketing, to the end that both the producer of hides and the user of leather may be benefited." -- p. ii
Date:
1926
Creator:
Whalin, Charles Vivion, 1876-; Frey, R. W. (Ralph Wylie), b. 1889; Veitch, F. P. (Fletcher Pearre), 1868-1943 & Hickman, Richard W. (Richard West), 1852-1926
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Breeds of Sheep for the Farm
Revised edition. Report discussing the different breeds of sheep raised by farmers and their suitability for either wool or mutton.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Marshall, F. R.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Stable Fly: How to Prevent Its Annoyance and Its Losses to Live Stock
Revised edition. Report discussing the stable fly and methods for controlling it. Topics discussed include its distribution, life cycle, and breeding habits as well as natural and artificial methods of control.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judging Beef Cattle
Revised edition. Report discussing how buyers of beef cattle can determine the value of cattle offered in public sales. Topics discussed include parts of the carcass and classification systems used in judging cattle. Includes a suggested scorecard.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Thompson, E. H.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States
Revised Edition. Report discussing farm forestry in the southern United States, which "concerns the farmer chiefly as a matter of dollars and cents. Farm forestry may be said to be the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and the permanent value of the farm." -- p. 1. Topics discussed include marketing timber, protecting woodlands, and making empty spaces profitable.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cattle-Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication
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.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Ellenberger, W. P. & Chapin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electric Shot-Firing in Mines, Quarries, and Tunnels
From Introduction: "Data collected by the Bureau of Mines indicate the United States a large percentage of the blasting in quarries, shafts, and tunnels, and from 15 to 25 percent of the blasts in mining operations, are set off electrically. The Bureau of Mines is interested in electric shot-firing because of its use in mining, and especially because electric methods, when properly applied, are undoubtedly safer than other methods commonly used."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Ilsley, L. C. & Hooker, A. B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Manual of Testing Methods for Oil Shale and Shale Oil
From Introduction: "This paper is presented, therefore, as a manual of apparatus and methods that the bureau has developed for work on oil shale and found satisfactory for routine tests and for research. Explanation and discussion of the principles underlying the methods of testing are included wherever necessary for a clearer understanding."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Karrick, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil-Field Emulsions
From Introduction: "This bulletin deals entirely with the cause and removal of water emulsified in crude petroleum and the colloidal theories involved."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dow, D. B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiation and Utilization of Georgia Clays
From Introduction: "This report is divided into six parts as follows: (1) Occurrence of clays in Georgia and the source of the clays tested; (2) washing tests; (3) physical test; (4) utilization of kaolins white ware; (5) utilization of clays in refractories; and (6) utilization of clays in face brick."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Stull, R. T. & Bole, G. A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Possibilities for the Commercial Utilization of Peat
From Introduction: "The characteristics of the numerous varieties and types of peat and their geographic distribution in the United States have been discussed at length in those publications. This report therefore considers these topics only in their relation to the subjects specified in the following act (40 Stat. 1154) authorizing the investigation described herein."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Odell, W. W. & Hood, O. P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1924
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:
1926
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1924
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:
1926
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Underground Limestone Mining
From Introduction: "The aim of the report is to help the superintendent and the operator to adopt the safest and most efficient methods of removing rock underground."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Thoenen, J. R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1925
Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities 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:
1926
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Diamond Drilling: with Special Reference to Oil-Field Prospecting and Development
From Introduction: "In view of the increasing importance of the diamond drill in prospecting for oil, the Bureau of Mines issues this bulletin."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Edson, Frank A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library