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The Cotton Bollworm: An Account of the insect, With Results of Experiments in 1903

Description: Report describing the cotton bollworm, an enemy of the cotton plant, especially in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Discussion includes the bollworm's consequences for both cotton and corn as well as effective and ineffective methods of controlling it.
Date: 1904
Creator: Quaintance, A. L. (Altus Lacy), 1870-1958
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mercerization of Cotton for Strength With Special Reference to Aircraft Cloth

Description: The object of the present investigation was to determine the conditions for mercerizing cotton yarn to obtain the maximum strength for a given weight. Apparatus for controlling the variables was built and yarns were mercerized with it under systematically varied conditions of tension, time, temperature, and concentration of caustic soda. The strongest conclusion to be drawn from this work is that the strongest mercerized yarn of a given count from a given quality of cotton is obtained under cer… more
Date: February 1933
Creator: Wilkie, J. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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An Investigation of Cotton for Parachute Cloth

Description: "This is a resume of the work of the Bureau of Standards on a cotton parachute cloth for use as a substitute for silk in the event of an emergency curtailing the supply. Cotton yarn of high strength in proportion to its weight and otherwise specially suitable for parachute cloth was developed. Cloth woven from this yarn in the bureau mill was equal or superior to parachute silk in strength and tear resistance, met the requirements with respect to air permeability, and weighed only a few tenths … more
Date: September 1931
Creator: Appel, William D. & Worner, R. K.
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An Investigation into the Characteristics and Causes of Monthly and Yearly Price Fluctuations of Spot Cotton at New York, New York, During the Period, 1911-1953

Description: This study endeavors to give an insight into the causes and characteristics of price fluctuations of spot cotton at New York, N.Y., for the period 1911-1953, and to indicate whenever possible the factors which caused the price of cotton to rise or fall during selected periods.
Date: February 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Harry M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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[News Script: Maid of Cotton]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of three Texas girls are among the 20 are hoping to be crowned the 1974 Maid of Cotton at Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: December 26, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Studies on the Morphology and Biology of Cotton Rats (Sigmodon hispidus) from Northern Mexico to Southern Nebraska

Description: This investigation was designed to evaluate the need for retaining both Sigmodon hispidus texianus and Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri as subspecific designations. An attempt was made to demonstrate bioclimatic variation and reproductive seasonality in cotton rats. The validity of applying the results of isolated studies of cotton rat populations to the species as a whole was examined.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Cleveland, Arthur Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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[News Clip: School trip to cotton field]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a school field trip to a cotton farm.
Date: October 16, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[Man on the telephone in cotton warehouse]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man holding a telephone receiver up to his ear as he's standing next to crates of fresh cotton in a large warehouse. This man is employed with W. D. Felder and Company, a cotton company founded in Lubbock, Texas.
Date: [1950,1955]
Creator: Rogers, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A History of the Itasca Cotton Manufacturing Company

Description: "This study concerns the examination of the historical importance and achievements of a small cotton mill located in the agrarian Texas community of Itasca, Texas. Newspaper clippings and numerous interviews with former mill employees and Itasca citizens supplied factual material pertaining to the Itasca mill; however, company records provided the basic research material for this paper... The company offices have since been destroyed, and most of the records are now in the Southwest Collection … more
Date: December 1971
Creator: Ramsey, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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[News Clip: Cotton picking system]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Ellis County farmer Marvin Borders, utilizing a new type of mechanical cotton picker to revolutionize his business.
Date: September 19, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Maid of Cotton]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 19th annual Maid of Cotton, Helen Landon, stopping in Dallas as part of a nation-wide tour.
Date: February 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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Analysis of Interrelationships between Climate Change and Cotton Yield in Texas High Plains

Description: The Texas High Plains produces the most substantial amount of cotton in Texas. The region is a semi-arid area with limited precipitation, and it is, therefore, susceptible to climate change. Cotton production in the Texas High Plains is mostly dependent on irrigation to increase yield. The overall goal of this research was to study the interrelationships between climate change and cotton yield using correlation analysis and also to study how climate has changed in the region using trend analys… more
Date: May 2020
Creator: Sarbeng, Lorenda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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The Rio Grande Expedition, 1863-1865

Description: In October 1863 the United States Army's Rio Grande Expedition left New Orleans, bound for the Texas coast. Reacting to the recent French occupation of Mexico, President Abraham Lincoln believed that the presence of U.S. troops in Texas would dissuade the French from intervening in the American Civil War. The first major objective of this campaign was Brownsville, Texas, a port city on the lower Rio Grande. Its capture would not only serve as a warning to the French in Mexico; it would also dis… more
Date: May 2001
Creator: Townsend, Stephen A.
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Effects of cultivar and nitrogen application rate on lint, seed, oil, and protein yields of field-grown cotton

Description: Article describes how the objective of this study was to evaluate the lint, seed, oil, and protein yield responses of cultivars with different seed mass and composition to N application rates (0–168 kg N ha−1) for field-grown cotton. The authors conclude that variability in the distribution of photosynthates to fiber and seed as well as seed oil and protein composition can significantly alter trends in fiber, seed, and seed component yields in response to cultivar or N application rates for fie… more
Date: March 9, 2023
Creator: Parkash, Ved; Snider, John L.; Bruce, Aaron; Ermanis, Alessandro; Virk, Gurpreet; Kaur, Navneet et al.
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