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Practical hog houses.

Description: Details the methods of construction of farrowing houses; includes the two main types: the box-type house and the A-type house.
Date: 1941
Creator: Russell, E. Z. (Ellsworth Zouave), 1866- & Craft, W. A. (William Arthur), 1894-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Painting on the farm.

Description: Describes the steps for preparing and painting different areas on the farm, along with the types of paint and equipment necessary to do the job.
Date: 1937
Creator: Holman, H. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Principles of dairy-barn ventilation.

Description: Explains the importance of ventilation and temperature regulation for dairy barns. Describes various types of barn ventilation systems and how they are constructed.
Date: 1931
Creator: Kelley, M. A. R. (Manley Alexander Raymond), 1888-1943
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 45

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: the Farm Home, Lining of Ditches and Reservoirs, Cement Pipe for Irrigation and Other Purposes, Pollination of Forced Tomatoes, Increasing the Productiveness of Corn, Shrinkage of Corn in Cribs, Grain for Cows at Pasture, Starters for Ripening Cream, Water Pans for Poultry, and Catching Hook for Poultry.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 48

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Plant Breeding on the Farm, Sorghum for Silage, Dry Rot of Corn, Starch from Sweet Potatoes, Profits from Tomato Growing, the Keeping of Apples, Weed Seeds in Manure, Weed Seeds in Feeding Stuffs, Forage Crops for Pigs, Market Classes and Grades of Horses and Mules, Profitable and Unprofitable Cows, Blackhead in Turkeys, Extraction of … more
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 50

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Commercial Clover Seed, Dodder in Alfalfa Seed, Growing Potatoes Under Straw, Hens Versus Incubators, Preparing Fowls for Market, Preservation of Eggs, the Mound-Building Prairie Ant, Coagulation of Milk in Cheese Making, Effect of Alkali on Cement Structures, Silo Construction, a Cheap and Efficient Sterilizer, a Cheap and Efficient I… more
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 57

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: A Perfect Stand of Corn, Protection of Seed Corn, Clover-Seed Production, Home-Grown Feeds for Hogs, Fleshing Horses for Market, Fertility and Hatching of Eggs, Marketing of Eggs, and Cement Silos.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] [61]

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Unusual v. Standard Fertilizers, Symptoms of Disease in Plants, Premature Dropping of Figs, Condimental Feeds, Feeding the Dairy Calf, Defects in Cottage Cheese, and the Iowa Silo.
Date: 1911
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 65

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Cost of Available Nitrogen, Management of Marsh Soils, Weeder Harrow for Dry Farms, V-Shaped Cotton-Stalk Cutter, Storage for Root Crops, Danger in Feeding Root Crops, Sanitary Care of Swine, Individuality of the Cow, and Hatching and Rearing Turkeys.
Date: 1911
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 29

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Injury by Smoke and Gases, Fertilizer Mixtures, Flint Varieties of Corn, Buying and Judging Seed Corn, Tobacco Seed, Cowpea Seed, Treating Seed Oats for Smut, Potato Culture, Tomato Growing, Influence of Feed on Milk, Protecting Cows from Flies, Experiments with Turkeys, Mineral Matter for Chickens, Brooder House, American Camembert Ch… more
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 30

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Top-Dressing Grass Land, Extension of Corn Growing, Peanuts for Forage, Winterkilling of Fruit Trees, Cranberry Culture, Lime-Sulphur-Salt Wash, Destroying Prairie Dogs, Clean Milk, Poultry Houses.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 38

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Loss of Nitrogen from Soils, Manure as Affected by Food, Continuous Corn Culture, Pasturing Wheat, Storage of Sweet Potatoes, Rotting of Potatoes in Storage, Hog Cots, the Disinfection of Stables, the Effect of Horsetail Weeds on Horses, Treatment of Calf Scours, Preserving Eggs, Wheat Bran, Testing Individual Cows, Clean Milk, Cleanli… more
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 41

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Wells and Pure Water, Phosphates and Soil Acidity, Pure Seed v. Poor Seed, Disease-Resistant Clover, Eradication of Wild Mustard, Sterilization of Soils for Preventing Plant Diseases, Seedless Tomatoes, Pickling Olives and Mock Olives, Hay Box or Fireless Cooker, Insect Enemies of Shade Trees, Feeding Whole Grain, Improvement of Cattle… more
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 19

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Maintenance of Soil Fertility, Thomas Slag, Rotation of Crops, Gardening Under Glass, Winter Irrigation of Orchards, Improvement of American Grapes, Condimental and Medicinal Cattle and Poultry Foods, Feeding Rice Meal to Pigs, Dressing and Packing Poultry, the Curing of Cheese, and an Improved Cow Stall.
Date: 1901
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Planning the Farmstead

Description: "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 a… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Betts, M. C. (Morris Cotgrave), 1875-1936 & Humphries, W. R. (Walter Raymond), 1896-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beef-Cattle Barns

Description: 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.
Date: 1923
Creator: Sheets, E. W. (Earl Wooddell), 1886- & Kelley, M. A. R. (Manley Alexander Raymond), 1888-1943
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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