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Successful Farming on 160-Acre Farms in Central Indiana.

Description: A guide to starting and running a successful 160-acre farm in Indiana, including what crops to plant, what animals to raise, what labor is necessary, what buildings are needed, and the costs involved. Recommendations are based on data gathered from a record of seventeen 160-acre farms in Indiana during 1910-1919.
Date: August 1925
Creator: Robertson, Lynn S. (Lynn Shelby), b. 1890 & Hawthorne, H. W. (Harvey W.), b. 1875
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Propagation of Game Birds

Description: "Success in the propagation of game birds has been enjoyed in the United States by individuals, by sportsmen's organizations, and by State game departments. There have been failures, of course, but methods that assure success are known. These are treated concisely in this bulletin.... Developed methods need only be carried out with energy and intelligence to produce satisfactory results. Raising game birds may be made profitable, since the demand exceeds the supply of adult birds for breeding, … more
Date: 1927
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Producing Family and Farm Supplies on the Cotton Farm

Description: Revised edition. "Home production of supplies offers the Southern farm family an easy way to reduce the cost of living. Because of the long growing season, and the short, mild winters of the Cotton Belt, garden vegetables may be grown there in abundance throughout the year with little labor and at trifling expense. Necessary livestock products and feeds for farm animals can be produced on the farm much more cheaply than they can be bought. This bulletin suggests ways in which southern farmers m… more
Date: 1923
Creator: Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Successful Farming on Eighty-Acre Farms in Central Indiana

Description: "This bulletin is primarily a story of the organization and management of successful 80-acre farms in central Indiana and adjacent areas which are following the type of farming that prevails in that part of the country.... Some of the leading principles of good farm organization and management on 80-acre farms are illustrated by the facts brought out regarding what the successful farmers on 80-acre farms have accomplished, not in a single year but over a series of years. The bulletin sets befor… more
Date: 1924
Creator: Hawthorne, H. W. (Harvey W.), b. 1875 & Robertson, Lynn (Lynn Shelby), 1890-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Factors That Make for Success in Farming in the South

Description: "This bulletin is designed to present, by pictures, charts, and brief text, some of the more important and fundamental factors that make for success on the Southern farm." -- p. 2 Factors discussed include record keeping, crop yields, the use of legumes as fertilizers, efficiency of labor, waste lands, and farm organization.
Date: 1920
Creator: Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Growing Beef on the Farm

Description: Revised edition. "This publication is intended to give in a general way the practices which successful breeders and feeders of beef cattle have found most profitable and which experiments have proved to be most reliable." -- p. 3. Practices discussed include herd management, rationing, feeding equipment, and the use of hogs.
Date: 1922
Creator: Farley, Frank W. (Frank Webster), b. 1888
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Growing Beef on the Farm

Description: Revised edition. "This publication is intended to give in a general way the practices which successful breeders and feeders of beef cattle have found most profitable and which experiments have proved to be most reliable." -- p. 1. Practices discussed include herd management, rationing, feeding equipment, and the use of hogs.
Date: 1925
Creator: Farley, Frank W. (Frank Webster), b. 1888
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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