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Pineapple Growing.

Description: A guide to pineapple farming, including planting, gathering, disease control, shipping, and selling.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Flowering Plants.

Description: A guide to growing and using numerous types of annual flowering plants. Includes recommendations for planting school gardens, and the use of hotbeds or cold frames.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cranberry Culture.

Description: Describes cranberry varieties and provides advice for growing and selling them.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beautifying the home grounds.

Description: Describes practical and aesthetic uses for trees, shrubs, and vines in home landscapes. Discusses the benefits of home landscape planning.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Weeds Used in Medicine.

Description: Lists and describes plants that are useful in "crude medicine" (or botanical medicine) to help the reader identify and use them.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corn, milo, and kafir in the southern Great Plains area: relation of cultural methods to production.

Description: Presents the results of agricultural experiments studying production methods for corn, milo, and kafir. The studies were conducted at field stations in Garden City, Kansas; Dalhart, Texas; and Amarillo, Texas.
Date: 1915
Creator: Chilcott, E. F. (Ellery Franklin), 1885-; Griggs, William David. & Burmeister, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1887-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Meadows for the northern states.

Description: Describes the different varieties of clover, hay grasses, and regular grasses that are found in and best suited to meadow lands in the northeastern and midwestern United States; also explains methods of seeding and fertilizing.
Date: November 1920
Creator: Piper, Charles V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926 & Carrier, Lyman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Alfalfa.

Description: A guide to growing and using alfalfa on the farm. Includes recommendations for different regions of the United States.
Date: 1921
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Planting and care of street trees.

Description: Describes the importance of shade trees within city limits, including: how to plan the layout of street trees; the various types of trees best suited for city growth; and how to properly maintain city-grown trees.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Mulford, Furman Lloyd, b. 1869
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drying crude drugs.

Description: Explains the fundamental principles of drying crude vegetable drugs. Provides drawings and instructions for constructing two types of driers.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Russell, G. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Utilization of alfalfa.

Description: Describes various uses for alfalfa, with instructions for each.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Oakley, R. A. (Russell Arthur) & Westover, H. L. (Harvey Leroy)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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How to grow alfalfa.

Description: Describes the characteristics and benefits of alfalfa, and the proper steps for growing it successfully for seed and hay.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Oakley, R. A. (Russell Arthur) & Westover, H. L. (Harvey Leroy)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dahlias for the Home.

Description: Discusses the appeal of dahlias; describes the different varieties and how to grow them successfully at home.
Date: November 1923
Creator: Morrison, B. Y. (Benjamin Yoe), 1891-1966
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Barley : culture, uses, and varieties.

Description: Describes the characteristics and uses of barley, the area of the country where it is best grown, and the steps for successfully producing barley.
Date: October 1925
Creator: Harlan, Harry V. (Harry Vaughn), 1882-1944.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Control of potato-tuber diseases.

Description: Describes various potato-tuber diseases, as well as the various methods of control of these diseases.
Date: May 1926
Creator: Shapovalov, Michael. & Link, George K. K. (George Konrad Karl), b. 1888.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Planting the roadside.

Description: Describes the benefits of planting trees and shrubs on the roadside, and the proper procedures for doing so.
Date: June 1926
Creator: Mulford, Furman Lloyd, b. 1869
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Anthracnose as a cause of red-clover failure in the southern part of the Clover Belt.

Description: 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-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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