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A Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, Signed at the City of Paris, on December 10, 1898.

Description: Book containing the text of the Treaty of Paris (1898) and accompanying papers, including statements from government officials, protocols from the conferences in Paris, France, and reports on colonies, protectorates, and states acquired by the United States via the treaty.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Senate.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Record, Volume 10, 1898-1899

Description: Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 1103.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Alfalfa, or Lucern

Description: Report discussing and promoting alfalfa for use as hay and as a soiling crop. Discussion includes instructions for planting, weed and pest control, and valuable uses of an alfalfa crop.
Date: 1899
Creator: Smith, Jared G. (Jared Gage), 1866-1957
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Farm Drainage

Description: Report discussing techniques for soil drainage, including tile-drainage and open drains.
Date: 1899
Creator: Elliott, C. G. (Charles Gleason), 1850-1926
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 8

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Soil Moisture, Fertility of Soils, Cover Crops for Orchards, Cultivating v. Cropping Orchards, Transplanting Trees, Fecundity of Swine, Food Value of Eggs, Starch from Sweet Potatoes, the Toad as a Friend of the Farmer.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cowpeas

Description: Report promoting the cultivation of the cowpea as a forage plant because of it adaptability to a wide variety of soils and agricultural conditions.
Date: 1899
Creator: Smith, Jared G. (Jared Gage), 1866-1957
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 9

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Sugar Beets on Alkali Soils, Planting and Replanting Corn, Improvement of Sorghum, Improved Culture of Potatoes, Second-Crop Potatoes for Seed, Cold v. Warm Water for Plants, Forcing Head Lettuce, the Date Palm in the United States, the Codling Moth, Jerusalem Artichokes for Pigs, Feeding Calves, Pasteurization in Butter Making, Gassy … more
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Vegetable Garden

Description: Report discussing basic suggestions for cultivating vegetable gardens in farm, suburban, and city environments.
Date: 1899
Creator: Greathouse, Charles H. (Charles Howard), 1857-1948
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 10

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Manure from Cows, Plants for Alkali Soils, Influence of Alkali on Plants, Feeding Value of the Corn Plant, Sows and Pigs at Farrowing Time, the Soy Bean as a Feeding Stuff, Alfalfa Hay for Hogs, Animal Matter for Poultry, Water and Animal Diseases, Construction and Cooling of Cheese-Curing Rooms, and Irrigation Investigations.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Suggestions to Southern Farmers

Description: Report summarizing the contents of papers read at the Interstate Farmers' Convention held at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 8-10, 1899. Topics discussed include soil properties, cotton products, livestock farming and feeding, horticulture, agricultural education, forage crops, and the Weather Bureau. The material collected in this report is intended primarily for residents of the South and the Southwest.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Southern Forage Plants

Description: Report discussing many of the abundant types of forage plants common in the Southern United States. The increasing profitability of raising livestock and the suitability of soils in the Southern United States for forage plants means pastures in the region hold great potential.
Date: 1899
Creator: Lamson-Scribner, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 11

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Excessive Irrigation, Cross-Pollination of Plums, Root Pruning of Fruit Trees, the Oxeye Daisy, Poisoning by Wild Cherry Leaves, Preserving Eggs, Gestation in Cows, the Long Clam, Silage for Horses and Hogs, Commercial Butter Cultures with Pasteurized Cream, and the Stave Silo.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 12

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Seaweed, the Tillering of Grains, Fertilizers for Garden Crops, Sweet Corn and Pole Beans Under Glass, Girdling Grapevines, Cereal Breakfast Foods, Food Value of Stone Fruits, When to Cut Alfalfa, Spontaneous Combustion of Hay, Preservation of Milk by Pressure, Cream Raising by Dilution.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 13

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Fertilizer Requirements of Crops, Persimmons, Forcing Rhubarb, Grinding Corn for Cows, Waste in Feeding Cornstalks, Molasses for Farm Animals, Feeding Ducks, Cost of Raising Calves, Feeding Calves with Milk of Tuberculous Cows, Killing the Germs of Tuberculosis in Milk, Ropy Milk and Cream, Dairy Salt.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Boundary Commission Upon the Survey and Re-Marking of the Boundary Between the United States and Mexico West of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896. Album

Description: Black and white photographs of monuments and characteristic scenes along the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande River. Includes captions in English and Spanish.
Date: 1899
Creator: International Boundary & Water Commission, United States & Mexico
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Good roads for farmers.

Description: Provides an overview of the best practices, costs, and recommended equipment for rural road building and maintenance. Describes the construction of earth roads, sand roads, sawdust or bark roads, corduroy roads, hard roads, gravel roads, shell roads, and stone roads.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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