Atlanta 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: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin 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: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bees (open access)

Bees

Report discussing techniques for the proper management of bees by beekeepers. Topics discussed include equipment for keeping and maintaining hives, bee behavior, swarm management, honey production, wax production, and common disease and enemies of bees.
Date: 1910
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs (open access)

Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs

Report discussing the recent growth in agricultural clubs for school-age boys and girls, their aims and work, and recommendations for beginning such clubs in other communities.
Date: 1910
Creator: Howe, Frank William, 1865-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bread and Break Making (open access)

Bread and Break Making

"Perhaps no topic connected with the subject of human food is of more general interest than bread, and no crops are more important to the farmer than the bread-yielding cereals. This bulletin, which summarizes the most recent information on the use of cereals for bread making, is believed to be useful and timely." -- p. 2
Date: 1910
Creator: Atwater, Helen W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Breckenridge 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: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownwood 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: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canada Bluegrass: Its Culture and Uses (open access)

Canada Bluegrass: Its Culture and Uses

"The increasing realization of the agricultural value of Canada bluegrass has resulted in a demand for information regarding its habits, uses, and culture. This paper is intended to contain an agronomic discussion of this grass, embodying a description of the methods of culture and utilization now followed, and also some suggestions resulting from experiments conducted by the Bureau of Plant Industry." -- p. 2
Date: 1910
Creator: Oakley, R. A. (Russell Arthur)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canning Peaches on the Farm (open access)

Canning Peaches on the Farm

Report explaining how to successfully can peaches, including fundamental principles of canning, equipment necessary for canning, and marketing the canned peaches.
Date: 1910
Creator: Gould, H. P. & Fletcher, W. F.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canning Vegetables in the Home (open access)

Canning Vegetables in the Home

Report discussing the proper way to can and preserve vegetables, with an emphasis on sterilization techniques.
Date: 1910
Creator: Breazeale, J. F. (James Frank), 1874-1950
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Care of Food in the Home (open access)

Care of Food in the Home

Report discussing the proper methods of handling and preserving food. Topics discussed include mold, flies, dust, pet hair and dander, cold storage techniques, and disinfectants. Includes an index.
Date: 1910
Creator: Abel, Mary Hinman, 1850-1938
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Care of Milk and Its Use in the Home (open access)

The Care of Milk and Its Use in the Home

Report discussing the proper handling of milk in homes and the nutritional content of milk. The bulletin is divided into three parts: 1) The Care of Milk in the Home, 2) The Home Pasteurization of Milk, 3) Food Value of Milk.
Date: 1910
Creator: Whitaker, George M. (George Mason); Rogers, L. A. & Hunt, Caroline Louisa, 1865-1927
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry (open access)

The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry

From Introduction: "The present bulletin, published by the Bureau of Mines because of the analyzing and testing of fuels have been transferred from the Geographical Survey to the Bureau of Mines, briefly reviews the status of the coke industry, some features of practice in the use of coke in the foundry, the probable happenings of a cupola heat, and the reasons for modifying charging practice so that a particular coke can be used to best advantage."
Date: 1910
Creator: Moldenke, Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Construction of Concrete Fence Posts (open access)

The Construction of Concrete Fence Posts

Report explaining how to construct fence posts from concrete. Includes instructions for making molds for posts, mixing concrete, and building the fence itself.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Public Roads.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Control of Blowing Soils (open access)

The Control of Blowing Soils

"The rapid extension of agricultural operations into the sections of the United States where the rainfall is so limited as to make the problem of soil blowing a serious one has led to numerous calls for information concerning the best methods of solution." -- p. 2. Control of blowing of both sandy soils and soils from newly cleared lands are among the topics discussed.
Date: 1910
Creator: Free, E. E. (Edward Elway), b. 1883 & Westgate, J. M.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corn Cultivation (open access)

Corn Cultivation

"It is possible within a few years to double the average production of corn per acre in the United States, and to accomplish it without any 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: 1910
Creator: Hartley, C. P.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton Wilt (open access)

Cotton Wilt

"This paper deals with the essential details of [cotton wilt] and outlines a successful means of combating the disease through the use of wilt-resistant varieties." -- p. 2.
Date: 1910
Creator: Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Demonstration Work on Southern Farms (open access)

Demonstration Work on Southern Farms

Report discussing the origination and purpose of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work. The agency is primarily tasked with developing methods to control the spread of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, but it researches cultivation techniques for other crops as well, particularly corn and cowpea. This report summarizes the agency's preliminary findings.
Date: 1910
Creator: Knapp, S. A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economical Use of Meat in the Home (open access)

Economical Use of Meat in the Home

"The widespread interest in the most satisfactory and most economical ways of preparing meat for the table has led to the preparation of [this] summary of information on the cheaper cuts of meat and inexpensive meat dishes." -- p. 2
Date: 1910
Creator: Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932 & Hunt, Caroline Louisa, 1865-1927
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 21, 1909 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 21, 1909

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 Porto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 801.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 22, 1910 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 22, 1910

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 Porto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 801.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 49 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 49

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Tillage v. Sod Mulch in Orchards, Ear Characters of Seed Corn, Seed Disinfection, Blackleg of the Irish Potato, Progress in Horse Breeding, and Sweet Potatoes.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 55 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 55

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Poultry Manure, Early Onions in the Southwest, Oleander Poisoning of Live Stock, Fermented Cottonseed Meal for Hogs, Wintering Farm Work Horses, Alfalfa Meal as a Feeding Stuff, Mangels for Milch Cows, Records of Dairy Herds, Skim-Milk Buttermilk, Whipped Cream, Farm Butter Making, Camembert Cheese Making, Cement and Concrete Fence Posts.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 56 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 56

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Incompatibles in Fertilizer Mixtures, Principles of Dry Farming, Methods of Seeding Oats, Rolling v. Harrowing Winter Wheat, Destruction of Eelworms in Soil Pruning, Bean Anthracnose or Pod Spot, Animal Feeds for Farm Stock, Feeding the Pig, Jelly and Jelly Making.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library