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Eradicating Tall Larkspur on Cattle Ranges in the National Forests
"Poisoning by tall larkspur causes heavy losses of cattle in the National Forests each year. During the last three years 5,500 head of cattle were lost annually. The most effective way to prevent this loss is to grub out the plants, a method of eradication which gives permanent results; other expedients are likely to be temporary.... Results of grubbing work in National Forest ranges, together with the methods of operation, the tools to use, the best time to do the work, and the best way to dispose of the grubbed plants, are given in the following pages." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Aldous, A. E. (Alfred Evan), 1886-1938
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Live Stock Is Handled in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky
"The object of this bulletin is to show how livestock is handled and fits into the farm organization in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. The average successful farm of any long-established type will have various kinds of livestock distributed in about the proportion that owners or operators in general believe will pay best. Thus, a gradual process of selection is going on constantly in all agricultural regions, and it should be to the farmer's interest to know the best practice in his community and to have explained the economic advantages that have been secured by such practice. In this bulletin an effort has been made to bring out the fundamental practices that make for success with livestock in central Kentucky as determined by the practices of the more successful livestock farmers of that region." -- p. 3
Date:
1917
Creator:
Arnold, J. H. (Jacob Hiram), 1864-1921
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Breeds of Swine
This report gives an overview of different breeds of swine, focusing on the distinction between lard hogs and bacon hogs.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892-
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
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
Grains for Western North and South Dakota
"This bulletin gives information regarding the best grains and the best methods of producing them in the western half of North and South Dakota (west of the one-hundredth meridian) and in the eastern fourth of Montana.... The crops considered are wheat, rye, emmer, spelt, oats, barley, flax, and proso millet." -- p. 3
Date:
1917
Creator:
Babcock, F. Ray; Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893- & Smith, Ralph W. (Ralph Waldo), b. 1877
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Home Storage of Vegetables
This bulletin describes methods for storing vegetables, including in basements, outdoor cellars, and banks and pits. Storage of apples is also discussed.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Evaporation and Drying of Fruits
This bulletin gives methods and instructions for drying and evaporating fruits. Among the methods discussed are drying by kiln, artificial heat, and the sun. Details for market preparation are also provided. Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, prunes, apricots, and berries are fruits which may be dried.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882 & Gould, H. P.
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
The Bollworm or Corn Earworm
"Cotton bollworm, corn earworm, tomato fruitworm, and false budworm of tobacco are common names applied to one and the same insect when it is found attacking these various crops. In fact the insect is a very general feeder, attacking many wild plants as well as garden vegetables, alfalfa, cowpeas, and the crops indicated above. The bollworm, or corn earworm as it is most widely known, occurs as a pest in practically all parts of the United States." -- p. 3. This bulletin discusses the life cycle of the insect, its distribution, and measures for its control.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fleas and Their Control
"Of the approximately 500 species of fleas known to exist, less than one dozen are of special interest as pests to many and domestic animals, but any individual of one of these few species, when bent upon satisfying its appetite, fully occupies the attention of its chosen host. The human flea, dog flea, cat flea, sticktight flea or chicken flea, and the rat fleas (which carry the bubonic plague), are the principal species that annoy man and domestic animals in the United States. The main steps in control, as described in this bulletin, are the elimination of breeding places and the destruction of fleas on the infested animals. If breeding places receive proper attention the premises often will be cleared of fleas, even though little or no attention is given to the animals themselves." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970
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
Screw-Worms and Other Maggots Affecting Animals
This bulletin discusses the screwworm, which is a maggot that causes losses to livestock, and measures for its control. Other maggots and insects discussed include the sheep-wool maggot, the black blowfly, the green bottle fly, and the gray flesh fly.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970; Mitchell, J. D. & Parman, D. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Feeding and Management of Dairy Calves and Young Dairy Stock
This report discusses feeds and feeding techniques for dairy calves as well as diseases that affect calves in preparation for their separation from their mothers.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Brainerd, W. K. & Davis, H. P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grains for the Dry Lands of Central Oregon
"This bulletin discusses the production of small grains on non-irrigated lands in central and southeastern Oregon at elevations between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. The important crops for these dry-farmed lands are winter wheat and rye and spring wheat, rye, oats, and barley. Field peas are also of value as a legume for forage and grain. Dependence upon grain farming alone, however, is not advisable in this region; the grain crops should be grown for the winter feeding and the finishing of stock that are grazed on the nearby range." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Breithaupt, L. R. (Le Roy), 1886-
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
Methods of Controlling or Eradicating the Wild Oat in the Hard Spring-Wheat Area
"This bulletin explains the general precautions which should be taken under all circumstances. In addition it describes six special methods which have proved effective in controlling or eradicating the wild oat, indicating in each case the subdivision of the hard spring-wheat area in which the method will succeed. The bulletin applies particularly to North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, and it recommendations may not suit the conditions of the Pacific Coast States." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Cates, H. R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Winter Wheat on the Great Plains
"This bulletin is intended to answer the requests for information on the production of winter wheat on the Great Plains under dry-farming conditions that arise from the stimulus of a present and prospective price much higher than that under which the agriculture of the section has been developed and from the campaign for a large increase in the crop to meet the necessities of war conditions." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include wheat varieties and seeding.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Chilcott, E. C. (Ellery Channing), 1859-1930 & Cole, John S. (John Selden)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Asparagus Beetles and Their Control
"Asparagus growers in large sections of the United States now have to protect their crop against the attacks of the adults and young of two species of beetles introduced originally from Europe. These insects feed on the young and tender asparagus shoots and render them worthless for the market. Later broods devour the foliage and frequently kill the plants. This bulletin gives brief descriptions of the various stages of these pests, tells how they live and work, and gives suggestions for controlling them. Of remedial measures the best for general use is shown to be spraying with arsenate of lead directions for the preparation and application of which are given on pages 10-11." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How to Increase the Potato Crop by Spraying
"This bulletin tells how to control the Colorado potato beetle and late-blight (the worst two enemies of the potato), blister beetles, flea-beetles, cutworms, and other caterpillars, leaf-hoppers, "aphis" or plant-lice, early-blight, and other foliage diseases. For most of these insects and for the diseases discussed in this bulletin, spraying with Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead is recommended, but for leafhoppers and plant-lice, contact sprays, such as nicotine sulphate and eumulsions, are the best. For blight, Bordeaux mixture is an efficient means of control. Directions for preparing and applying these sprays are given. Other methods of control described in this bulletin, such as jarring and driving, together with crop rotation and clean cultural methods, also help considerably in protecting the crop." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929 & Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop
This bulletin describes methods for harvesting and thrashing a seed crop of sweet clover. Topics discussed include the problem of shattering and seed loss, necessary machinery and equipment, crop yields, straw production.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Coe, H. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sweet Clover: Utilization
This report discusses the different uses of sweet clover as a crop for hay, silage, pasturage, soiling, feed, and soil improvement.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Coe, H. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Construction and Use of Farm Weirs
"The purpose of this bulletin is to give practical directions for the construction and use of the smaller sizes of weirs, such as are suited to the measurement of water on irrigated farms.... The weirs described in this bulletin are the rectangular, Cipolletti, and 90 degree triangular-notch types, with free fall, sharp crests, and complete contractions." -- p. 1-2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Cone, Victor M.
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