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Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to August, 1917

Description: Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: December 1917
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Self-Feeder for Hogs

Description: "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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Killing Horses and Curing Pork

Description: "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… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892- & Anthony, G. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Home Canning by the One-Period Cold-Pack Method: Taught to Canning Club Members in the Northern and Western States

Description: "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 meth… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Benson, O. H. (Oscar Herman), 1875-1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Drying Fruits and Vegetables in the Home with Recipes for Cooking

Description: "Fruits and vegetables may be dried in the home by simple processes and stored for future use. Especially when canning is not feasible, or cans and jars are too expensive, drying offers a means of saving large quantities of surplus products which go to waste each year in garden and fruit plots. Drying also affords a way of conserving portions of food which are too small for canning. The drying may be done in the sun, over the kitchen stove, or before an electric fan. Manufacturers have placed d… more
Date: 1917
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Modern Methods of Protection Against Lightning

Description: "This bulletin will give those persons interested in protection against lightning concise, practical, and up-to-date information accompanied by specifications for installing the equipment so as to secure the greatest degree of protection with the type of installation chosen.... The several sample sets of specifications, given herein, calling for rods and fittings of differing cost, will enable the prospective buyer of lightning protection to make an intelligent choice." -- p. 2
Date: 1917
Creator: Covert, Roy N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Important Pecan Insects and Their Control

Description: "The pecan has a number of important insect enemies of more or less extended distribution. Some of these injure the nuts, others the foliage and shoots, and still others the trunk and branches. Owing to the wide diversity in their methods of attack, no general directions for the control of these pests can be given, and in the adoption of remedial measures the peculiar habits of each species must be considered. This bulletin describes the more important insects that injure pecans and suggests th… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Gill, John B. (John Buchanan)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Potato Storage and Storage Houses

Description: "Potato storage serves two purposes, the first of which is to make possible a longer marketing period for the crop, and the second, to insure the minimum amount of loss from moisture and decay. The successful storage of potatoes is dependent on a number o factors; as, for example, the quality of the tubers stored, the temperature at which they are held, the moisture content of the air, the size of the storage pile, and the exclusion of light. The proper storage temperature for potatoes is suppo… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Stuart, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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The Boll-Weevil Problem, with Special Reference to Means of Reducing Damage

Description: "This bulletin contains a general account of the boll-weevil problem. It deals with the history of the insect in the United States, the damage it has done in different regions, and the reasons for local variations in damage, the indications for the future, the habits of the weevil in so far as they are connected with control measures, and the means of reducing the injury it causes by methods which have been tested in many experimental fields and by large numbers of practical planters." -- p. 2
Date: 1917
Creator: Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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Capons and Caponizing

Description: Revised edition. "The making, feeding, and marketing of capons, with details concerning methods and results, are presented in this bulletin [so] that caponizing may become a regular practice of the poultry raiser where conditions are favorable." -- p. 2
Date: 1917
Creator: Slocum, Rob R. (Rob Roy), 1883-1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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