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- Rural planning : the social aspects of recreation places.
- Describes the trend toward establishing planned recreation areas in rural communities, and the economic and social benefits they provide to farmers. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6304/
- The cherry blossoms, Washington DC
- A brochure and map describing the history and locations of Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29938/
- Bird Houses and How to Build Them
- "A few years ago only four species were commonly regarded as house birds -- the house wren, the bluebird, the tree swallow, and the martin. Since the movement to protect birds and make neighbors of them began, however, their natures and needs have become better understood, and it is now known that many other species will avail themselves of houses constructed for them by their human friends. The practice of erecting bird houses in this country, while now nation-wide, is not so common and uniformly distributed as it should be, and more extended provisions of this nature can not fail to result in a largely increased number of house birds." -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc85817/
- Good Seed Potatoes and How to Produce Them
- Report discussing seed selection practices for potatoes and the development of high-grade seed potatoes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc85744/
- Plum and Prune Growing in the Pacific States
- Report discussing the cultivation of plums and prunes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Discussions includes geographic distribution, different varieties, propagation, fertilizers, harvesting, and common diseases and insect enemies. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86049/
- Root-Knot: Its Cause and Control
- Report discussing the common plant parasite known as root knot, which is among the most destructive and important of plant diseases. In addition to discussion of the types of plants susceptible to root knot and methods by which the parasite spreads, control and prevention measures are described. "Once established in a field, this pest can be eradicated only by starving it to death by planting for two or three years crops not subject to infection, such as the large and small grains, a few of the leguminous crops, and special resistant varieties of others that have been developed by years of selection and breeding." -- p. ii. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86046/
- The Durum Wheats
- Report discussing the different varieties of durum wheat, their various uses, and areas to which they are best adapted. Among the varieties discussed are Kubanka, Arnautka, Mindum, Buford, Acme, Monad, Marouani, Pentad, and Peliss. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86043/
- Bean Diseases and Their Control
- "Beans are subject to a number of diseases that cause injury and loss. The purpose of this bulletin is to describe these diseases briefly, so that they can be identified by the grower, and to give recommendations for preventing and checking them." -- p. ii. Diseases for garden, field, and Lima beans are discussed and include anthracnose, blight, mosaic (curly leaf), rust, root rots, mildew, and baldhead. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86067/
- Rabbit Production
- "This bulletin sets forth the essential principles of rabbit raising and tells how to apply them in practice." -- p. ii. Topics discussed include necessary equipment, different breeds, feeding practices, and breeding practices, and preparing rabbits for market. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86060/
- Cover Crops for Soil Conservation
- "Cover crops are crops sown or planted in thick stands for the purpose of protecting and enriching the soil.... That the use of cover crops is a most efficient means for preventing soil erosion and increasing soil fertility is well known; yet this practice is not nearly so widely and extensively followed as it should be. The kinds of cover crops that should be used and the method of utilizing them to the best advantage varies in different regions, according to climatic conditions but almost everywhere cover cropping in some form can be profitably followed." -- p. 1. The bulletin considers cover crops as either legumes or non-legumes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86064/
- Internal Parasites of Swine
- "This bulletin is written to answer inquiries, largely from swine owners who slaughter hogs on their farms and find evidence of infestation with parasites. From the descriptions and illustrations readers should be able to identify most of the common parasites" -- p. ii. Parasites discussed include protozoa, flukes, tapeworms, and roundworms. The effects of these parasites as well as control measures and treatments are discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86066/
- Roof Coverings for Farm Buildings and Their Repair
- "This bulletin describes the common types of roof coverings classified as rigid shingles, bituminous roofing, metal roofing, and canvas roofing. The essential steps to be taken in making repairs are described and information given regarding certain roofing details." -- p. ii digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86063/
- Quackgrass
- "Quackgrass or witchgrass is a creeping perennial grass, related to common wheat, and one of the most widely distributed and destructive weeds in the North Temperate Zone.... Quackgrass can rarely be exterminated on large areas, but it can be brought under reasonable control. The best plan is to allow it to form a sod and then plow it in midsummer during dry hot weather. Attacking the weed in wet weather or in the spring when the rootstocks are growing vigorously is almost a waste of time. After plowing, the field should be harrowed frequently until winter and the following year planted with a cultivated crop. A smother crop may follow the cultivated crop. On small areas quackgrass can be eradicated by hand digging, smothering with tar paper, spraying with chemicals, or by other means. Quackgrass makes good hay, pasturage, silage, and lawns and often can be utilized more economically than it can be destroyed." -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86045/
- The More Important Apple Insects
- "In the present bulletin an attempt has been made to acquaint the fruit grower with the general distribution, description, life history, and control of the apple insects with which he is likely to be troubled. The orchardist would do well to study carefully the insects causing important injury, in order that remedial measures may be intelligently applied." -- p. 3 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86042/
- Stored-Grain Pests
- "Most of the damage done by insects to grain in storage and shipments is due to four species. These are the granary weevil, the rice or black weevil, the lesser grain borer or Australian weevil, and the Angoumois grain moth. Others of the 40 species or groups of species described in this bulletin can cause great damage to grain if storage conditions are unusually favorable for their increase.... These four pests live throughout their larval life entirely within the kernel, where they feed unseen, usually unsuspected.... The other pests discussed, with few exceptions, are 'surface feeders.'" -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86041/
- Beef-Cattle Barns
- Report giving instructions for designing and building barns for cattle. Considerations include the location, size, arrangement, and ventilation of barns. Different barn designs are provided. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86047/
- Community Bird Refuges
- Report explaining how communities may establish bird refuges. Because birds eat injurious insects and provide aesthetic value to communities, it is desirable to increase their numbers in most communities. Bird refuges may be established on farms, at roadsides, in parks and fairgrounds, at schools and colleges, in cemeteries, and at reservoirs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86040/
- Brahman (Zebu) Cattle
- "The development of numerous herds of Brahman cattle in sections of the Gulf coast, particularly in Texas, has attracted much interest to these animals. While they lack many of the desirable characteristics found in the beef breeds commonly raised in the United states, Brahman cattle appear to have other qualities which make them worthy of consideration for certain regions. They are especially adaptable for portions of the country having a hot climate, droughts, and where cattle pests are troublesome. Brahmans have been raised under conditions which have given them unusual resistance against such adverse surroundings. They are worthy of study and consideration, both from the standpoint of a distinct breed and as a factor in general cattle-breeding operations." -- p. 1 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86048/
- The Soft Red Winter Wheats
- "At least 66 distinct varieties of soft red winter wheat, known by nearly 400 different names, are grown commercially in the United States, and additional varieties are grown experimentally. These varieties differ widely in yield, adaptation, milling and baking value, and other characteristics. The most widely grown varieties in the United States in order of importance are Fultz, Fulcaster, Mediterranean, Poole, Red May, Red Wave, and Harvest Queen. The area of each of these varieties in 1919 varied from about 4,800,000 acres to about 1,000,000 acres." -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86044/
- Cooperative Marketing
- Report giving suggestions for organizing cooperative marketing associations among farmers. Topics discussed include membership contracts, sales pools, organizational structures, financing, bylaws, management, and assignment of duties. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86015/
- Planning the Farmstead
- "The object of this bulletin is to set forth general principles involved in planning the arrangement of the buildings of the farmstead in their relation to one another.... The main considerations influencing the determination of the farmstead site are its location with respect to the rest of the farm and to public utilities, the elevation and drainage of the proposed site, the available water supply, the nature of the soil, the relation to the points of the compass, and the prevailing breezes and protection from heat and cold." -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86012/
- Carpet Grass
- Report discussing carpet grass, which is an unappreciated but highly valuable grass that grows in permanent pastures on sandy soils, especially in the Coastal Plain of the southern United States. Discussion focuses on growing conditions and pasture practices. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86011/
- Milo, a Valuable Grain Crop
- Report discussing the grain milo and the potential for increased crop yields in the United States, especially in the Southwest. Topics discussed include varieties of milo, methods for increasing crop yield, soil requirements, harvesting, and storage. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86017/
- Diseases of Southern Pecans
- "This bulletin is intended to aid nurserymen, growers, and prospective growers in obtaining a more thorough and definite knowledge of the various diseases of the pecan, the extent of their distribution, and their relative importance.... Where remedies are known they are given, and where they are not known such information as is available is presented." -- p. 2. Diseases discussed include scab, nursery blight, wood-rotting fungi, brown leaf spot, crown gall, anthracnose, powdery mildew, mistletoe, dieback, rosette, staghead, tipburn, kernel spot, and black pit. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86010/
- Cowpeas: Culture and Varieties
- Report discussing the cowpea, a leguminous crop often grown in the Southern United States. Topics discussed include its several varieties, fertilizers, methods of sowing, and diseases. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86018/
- Grain Sorghums: How to Grow Them
- Report discussing the conditions and best practices necessary for growing grain sorghum, especially with respect to the different varieties and increased crop yields. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86014/
- Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Sheep
- Sheep are more vulnerable to parasites than other kinds of livestock. This report discusses the many parasitic diseases that affect sheep either externally or internally as well as preventive measures which can be taken. Parasites discussed include lice, the sheep tick, scab mite, arthropods, tapeworms, bladderworms, flukes, and roundworms. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86019/
- Dourine of Horses
- Report discussing the occurrence of the equine disease dourine (or covering sickness) in horses, including transmission of the disease, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86016/
- Castrating and Docking Lambs
- Report discussing the advantages of castrating and docking lambs to promote health and growth. Procedures for castration and docking are discussed in detail. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86013/
- Diseases of Apples in Storage
- This bulletin is a catalog of diseases that commonly affect apples being kept in storage. There is also a brief introductory paragraph about methods of disease control. Diseases discussed include scab, blotch, bitter rot, Northwestern anthracnose, and scald. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86025/
- Aspen Borer and How to Control It
- "This bulletin gives methods of controlling the aspen borer or reducing its damage to a minimum. It is based on extensive studies made in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado, but the data in general apply to all regions of the United States where the poplars are native. The introduced Lombardy poplar is very seldom injured, but the commercial cottonwood of the Mississippi Valley seems to be the only native species of poplar which is at all immune to the attack of this insect." -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86022/
- Cowpeas: Utilization
- Report discussing common uses of the cowpea and methods of cultivation which improve crop yields for these purposes. The cowpea may be used for seed, straw, hay, pasture, or soil improvement. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86021/
- Proso, or Hog Millet
- Report discussing proso (or hog millet), which is an early-maturing millet used as grain both for human food and livestock feed. Topics include varieties of proso, soil and climate requirements, methods of sowing, harvesting, thrashing, and diseases which commonly affect it. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86027/
- Alsike Clover
- Report discussing the distribution and cultivation of the leguminous crop alsike clover, which grows primarily in the northeastern United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, seeding, uses, and insect enemies and diseases. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86020/
- Dry Farming in Western South Dakota
- "The United States Department of Agriculture, since 1908 at the Belle Fourche Field Station, near Newell, and since 1912 at the Ardmore Field Station, has been conducting thorough investigations of methods of crop production in South Dakota. The results of these investigations show that the high fluctuation of yields, due to fluctuating rainfall, can not be sufficiently overcome by cultural methods to change the problem materially. These results and the experience of farmers who have succeeded indicate that the most favorable conditions for grain production are found when combined with or subordinated to stock production. The system and methods recommended are 1) keeping live stock to the capacity of summer pasture and winter feed, 2) the growth of cultivated annual crops (corn and sorghum) for winter feed, and 3) the growth of small grains following the corn without plowing. This system may be modified as local or individual conditions warrant the growth of alfalfa for hay or seed, or the growth of a larger acreage of wheat or other grains." -- p. 2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86028/
- Angoumois Grain Moth
- Report discussing the Angoumois grain moth, a pest now common in the United States which is destructive to corn, wheat, and other grains. Topics include the moth's life cycle, infestations, and methods of controlling it, including prompt thrashing and fumigation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86024/
- Essentials of Animal Breeding
- "This bulletin is written in simple language for the man who breeds farm animals, who wants to learn the rudiments of the science of breeding, and how to apply them in practice. It sets forth some of the known facts regarding the operation of the forces of heredity." -- p. 2. Topics include gestation periods, incubation for birds, fertility, Mendel's law of prepotency, selection, inbreeding, purity and pedigree, and livestock improvement techniques. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86029/
- Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture)
- Report discussing the weed commonly known as dodder or love vine and methods for controlling it. If procedures are properly followed, eradication of the weed in the United States is possible. Topics include varieties of dodder and plants that susceptible to attack by it, its life cycle, and ways it is unintentionally introduced to farms. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86026/
- Diseases of Sheep
- "Infectious and noninfectious diseases and common ailments of sheep in America are considered in this bulletin. It does not deal with diseases caused by animal parasites, such as gid, grub in the head, stomach, lung, and intestinal-worm affections, liver rot, scabies, etc., nor with plant poisoning. These diseases are described in other publications of the Department of Agriculture. The aim has been to give only the more important of characteristic symptoms which would be of value in distinguishing one disease from another.... Methods of treatment are outlined with regard to ease of application and the use of remedies which are both effective and easily procured." -- p. 39 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86023/
- The Southern Pine Beetle: A Menace to the Pine Timber of the Southern States
- Report discussing the destructive effects of the Southern pine beetle on pine forests in the southern United States. To prevent spread of the disease, infested trees should be located between November and March and destroyed. Methods for locating infested trees and destroying them are explained in detail. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86035/
- Feeding Cottonseed Products to Livestock
- Report discussing practices and giving guidelines for feeding cottonseed products to livestock. The composition and grades of cottonseed products are discussed, as well as their possibly poisonous effects on young calves and pigs, in addition to the suitability of cottonseed products for different classes of livestock. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86032/
- Control of the Root, Stalk, and Ear Rot Diseases of Corn
- Report discussing the effect of rot diseases on the stalks and roots of corn grown in the United States, particularly the dent varieties grown in the corn belt. Describes both the symptoms of the various rot diseases and control measures. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86031/
- Swarm Control
- "The tendency [of bees] to swarm can be reduced by the introduction of superior stock by the use of well-arranged hives and good combs, and by management which prevents a congestion of bees in the brood nest. Swarming, therefore, can be prevented to a large extent by proper equipment and management. The conditions which reduce the congestion in the brood-nest (preventive measures) are at the same time the conditions which induce the bees to work with the greatest energy in gathering nectar. When remedial measures are employed, the manipulation is such that the colony is thrown into a condition comparable either to the swarm or to the parent colony in nature." -- p. 2. Also includes a discussion of the factors which may induce bees to swarm. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86037/
- Soil Defense in the Piedmont
- "This bulletin deals with erosion of the soil and measures of defense which have proved successful in controlling erosion in that part of the Piedmont country lying in the five States of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama. The region is the rolling foothill country of the Appalachian Range, and extends east and south to the fall line which separates the Piedmont from the broad, gently sloping Atlantic and Gulf Coastsal Plains." -- p. ii. Measures of soil defense considered include terracing, contour tillage, strip cropping, close-growing crops in the rotation, and contour furrowing in pastures. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86065/
- Subsistence Farm Gardens
- "Fruits and vegetables will naturally form an important part of the diet of families undertaking subsistence farming as a means of supplementing their food supplies and occupying their spare time. The supply of fruits and vegetables in most cases will be produced by methods differing more or less from those employed in regular farm gardens. This bulletin has been prepared with the limitations clearly in mind, under which the average subsistence homesteader is working, and includes brief cultural directions for about 20 of the most important garden vegetables, 5 of the small fruits, and 5 of the standard or tree fruits. The information contained herein applies mainly to climatic and other conditions prevailing in the Northern and Eastern States; the bulletin is not intended for distribution in the Cotton States, the Great Plains area, or the Pacific coast region." -- p. 1 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86062/
- Planning a Subsistence Homestead
- "Growing food for family-living purposes in connection with enough outside work to provide the family with the cash for necessary farm and family expenses is a combination that many families now want to develop.... This kind of farming has often been called subsistence farming and a farm of this kind a subsistence homestead. This part-time farming has certain problems of its own that are somewhat different from the usual farming problems. The family has to think of the quantity and variety of products it needs rather than of what the markets demand. Those who are inexperienced often overestimate the savings made possible by this way of living, and they often underestimate the costs in the way of the labor and cash necessary in such part-time farming.... This bulletin deals chiefly with the economic problems that will be met by those people who are planning to combine part-time farming and wage earning." -- p. 1-2 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86061/
- Dry-Farming: Methods and Practices in Wheat Growing in the Columbia and Snake River Basins
- "This bulletin deals with the dry-farming methods practiced on grain farms in the Pacific Northwest, where the rainfall is less than 15 to 18 inches annually, but it also contains advice helpful to all farmers of that region who practice summer fallowing. Its purpose is to show the possibility of increasing crop yields in the dry-farming areas by using improved methods and to discuss the practices which have been found most advantageous. ...The highest yields have been secured by plowing in the early spring and giving enough cultivation after plowing to keep the weeds well under control. The purposes of summer fallowing and details of the methods by which it is accomplished are given, and the application of these methods to the cultivation of "blow" soils and "nonblow" soils. Methods are suggested for preventing and stopping the blowing of soils. Attention is given to the saving of man labor by the use of large power units, methods of seeding winter and spring wheat are outlined, and suggestions are made for maintaining the organic matter in the soil." -- p. ii digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86055/
- Successful Farming on Eighty-Acre Farms in Central Indiana
- "This bulletin is primarily a story of the organization and management of successful 80-acre farms in central Indiana and adjacent areas which are following the type of farming that prevails in that part of the country.... Some of the leading principles of good farm organization and management on 80-acre farms are illustrated by the facts brought out regarding what the successful farmers on 80-acre farms have accomplished, not in a single year but over a series of years. The bulletin sets before the 80-acre farmers who are following the prevailing type of farming standards which some farmers have reached and which are believed to be within the reach of a great many other 80-acre farmers in central Indiana and adjacent areas." -- p. ii digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86052/
- The Rosette Disease of Wheat and Its Control
- Report discussing the newly-discovered rosette disease of wheat, the cause of which is still unknown. Discussion includes the disease's geographic distribution, affected crops, symptoms, and methods of control. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86051/
- Propagation of Aquatic Game Birds
- "A surprisingly large number (nearly 50 species) of the ducks, geese, and swans of North America have been bred in captivity, most of them, however, upon only a small scale. About 20 species have been bred rather frequently either in this country or abroad, and at least one of them, the common mallard duck, can be propagated as readily as, if not more readily than, the ring-necked pheasant of the group of upland game birds. The directions for propagating here given apply primarily to the mallard and the Canada goose, the most frequently reared birds of their groups. These directions summarize the experience of the most successful breeders both in the United States and in Europe. Exceptional treatment found desirable in the care of other species is noted." -- p. 1 digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86057/