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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.
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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.
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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
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Farm Sheep Raising for Beginners

Description: This bulletin describes methods for raising sheep to farmers who have no experience with sheep. Topics discussed include flock size, breeding, seasonal care and behaviors, and the lambing season.
Date: 1917
Creator: Marshall, F. R. & Millin, R. B.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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How to Make Cottage Cheese on the Farm

Description: "Cottage cheese can be made on the farm or in the home with little labor and expense. It is a palatable, nourishing product that furnishes a means of utilizing skim milk to excellent advantage. The directions given in this bulletin are for manufacturing cottage cheese either for home use or for marketing on a small scale." -- p. 2
Date: 1917
Creator: Matheson, K. J. & Cammack, F. R.
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The House Fly

Description: "The presence of flies is an indication of uncleanliness, insanitary conditions, and improper disposal of substances in which they breed. They are not only annoying; they are actually dangerous to health, because they may carry disease germs to exposed foods. It is therefore important to know where and how they breed, and to apply such knowledge in combating them. This bulletin gives information on this subject. Besides giving directions for ridding the house of flies by the use of screens, fly… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950 & Hutchison, R. H.
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Management of Common Storage Houses for Apples in the Pacific Northwest

Description: "This bulletin deals with the fundamental of construction and the efficient management of common storage houses for apples under the conditions prevailing in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include ventilation, insulation, fruit quality.
Date: 1917
Creator: Ramsey, H. J. & Dennis, S. J.
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Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables As Taught to Canning Club Members in the Southern States

Description: "This bulletin will deal wholly with methods for canning, preserving, and jelly making. The directions given are chiefly for those products which seem most worth preserving in these ways, and the methods are those which seem best suited to the products." -- p. 3. Topics discussed including canning in glass, canning in tin, jams, fruit butters, marmalades, and jellies. Recipes included.
Date: 1917
Creator: Creswell, Mary E. (Mary Ethel), b. 1878 & Powell, Ola, b. 1889
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Strawberry Culture in Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia

Description: "Strawberries are more widely grown than any other kind of fruit. Centers of large commercial production are found in many different regions throughout the country.... This bulletin discusses the different cultural methods used in different sections and points out those which have been demonstrated by experience to be the most efficient. It is of interest to strawberry growers not only in the State mentioned...but also in other parts of the South and where the conditions are similar to those in… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
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Homemade Silos

Description: This report discusses different types of silos and gives instructions for building them. The types of silos discussed are concrete, stave, wooden-hoop, and modified Wisconsin.
Date: 1917
Creator: Rabild, Helmer & Parks, K. E.
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Screw-Worms and Other Maggots Affecting Animals

Description: This bulletin discusses the screwworm, which is a maggot that causes losses to livestock, and measures for its control. Other maggots and insects discussed include the sheep-wool maggot, the black blowfly, the green bottle fly, and the gray flesh fly.
Date: 1917
Creator: Bishopp, F. C. (Fred Corry), 1884-1970; Mitchell, J. D. & Parman, D. C.
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The Guinea Fowl

Description: This bulletin discusses guinea fowl as a substitute for game birds, including the varieties of guinea fowl, breed practices, eggs and incubation, brooding, feeding, roosting, and marketing.
Date: 1917
Creator: Weiant, Andrew S.
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Home Uses for Muscadine Grapes

Description: "In the following pages, directions for preparing a large number of Muscadine grape products are given.... It is not asserted that these recipes can in no case be improved upon or that they represent the only desirable Muscadine grape products. It is recommended that the housekeeper who can obtain these grapes use this publication merely as a suggestive guide and exercise her ingenuity to devise additional useful methods of preparation." -- p. 2. Recipes are given for grape syrups, juice, jelly… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Dearing, Charles
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Cranberry Insect Problems and Suggestions for Solving Them

Description: "The cranberry has many insect enemies, but some of them are of importance only on dry bogs. The foliage is attacked by three species of "fireworms," the tipworm, spanworms, army worms, and the cranberry fleabeetle; the fruit is eaten by the fruitworm , blossom worm, cranberry katydid, and grasshoppers; the vine is attacked by the girdler, toadbug, vinehopper, spittle insect, mealybug, and Putnam and oyster-shell scales; and the roots are destroyed by the rootworm and white grubs. This bulletin… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Scammell, H. B.
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The Common Mealybugs and Its Control in California

Description: "No one method for the control of the common mealybug can be recommended under all conditions. The remedy or remedies to be used will depend upon whether the trees are in house lots or orchards, whether few or many, and the infestation light or severe. In the case of severe infestation it will depend also upon the kind of fruit. This insect infests oranges of all varieties, grapefruit, lemons, and all other kinds of citrus fruit grown in California, causing deformity, weakening and dropping of … more
Date: 1917
Creator: Woglum, R. S. (Russell Sage) & Neuls, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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