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Cattle Ranges of the Southwest: A History of the Exhaustion of the Pasturage and Suggestions for Its Restoration

Description: Report giving "a history of the exhaustion of the pasturage of central Texas, with suggestions for its restoration. The general features of the country are described; the early conditions of the ranges and the causes which have led to their deterioration are graphically portrayed. The obstacles in the way of the improvement of the ranges and how the value of the stock ranges may be renewed are topics discussed in detail. The report closes with brief descriptions of a few other of the most impor… more
Date: 1898
Creator: Bentley, H. L. (Henry Lewis)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corn Culture in the South

Description: Report discussing and promoting the cultivation of corn in the southern United States. "The purpose of the article is to encourage the more extensive growing of corn in those portions of the South where its culture has hitherto been more or less neglected." -- p. 2.
Date: 1898
Creator: Tracy, S. M. (Samuel Mills), 1847-1920
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 3

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Flax Culture, Crimson Clover, Forcing Lettuce, Heating Greenhouses, Corn Smut, Millet Disease of Horses, Tuberculosis, Pasteurized Cream, Kitchen and Table Wastes, Use of Fertilizers.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 4

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Pure Water, Loss of Soil Fertility, Availability of Fertilizers, Seed Selection, Jerusalem Artichokes, Kafir Corn, Thinning Fruit, Use of Low-Grade Apples, Cooking Vegetables, Condimental Feeding Stuffs, Steer and Heifer Beef, Swells in Canned Vegetables.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 5

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Humus in Soils; Swamp, Marsh, or Muck Soils; Rape; Velvet Bean; Sunflowers; Winter Protection of Peach Trees; Subwatering in Greenhouses; Bacterial Diseases of Plants; Grape Juice and Sweet Cider.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 6

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Fraud in Fertilizers, Sugar Beet Industry, Seeding Grass Land, Grafting Apple Trees, Forest Fires, American Clover Seed, Mushrooms as Food, Pigs in Stubble Fields, Ensiling Potatoes, Anthrax.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 7

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Home-Mixed Fertilizers, Forcing Asparagus in the Field, Field Selection of Seed, Potatoes as Food for Man, Corn Stover as a Feeding Stuff, Feeding Value of Sugar Beets, Salt-Marsh Hay, Forage Crops for Pigs, Ground Grain for Chicks, Skim Milk for Young Chickens, By-Products of the Dairy, Stripper Butter, Curd Test in Cheese Making, Gap… more
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Forestry for farmers.

Description: A guide to planting and maintaining small timber tracts or wood lots on farmlands.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods of curing tobacco.

Description: Describes the process of curing and aging for various types of tobacco, including export tobaccos.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Milk as food.

Description: Describes the composition of milk. Investigates the nutritive values and digestibility of milk and milk products in 19th century terms.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tomato growing.

Description: Discusses tomato growing in detail, including cultivation, pest control, and greenhouse growing. Includes a guide to growing tomatoes for canneries.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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