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[News Script: Floods]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 12:00pm.
Date: April 9, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 1: Thief River Falls, Grand Forks, Fargo, Milbank, Watertown, New Ulm and St. Cloud Quadrangles of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota

Description: During the months of August and September, 1979, geoMetrics, Inc. collected 12,415 line miles of high sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic data in adjoining portions of South Dakota and Minnesota over seven 1 by 2 degree NTMS quadrangles (Thief River Falls, Grand Forks, Fargo, Milbank, Watertown, New Ulm, and St. Cloud). All radiometric and magnetic data were fully corrected and interpreted and are presented as eight volumes.
Date: October 1979
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quaternary Geology of Minnesota and Parts of Adjacent States

Description: Description of geology in Minnesota and explanations of glacial drift within the state an immediate surroundings (Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota) with sections detailing the movement of each glacier and relevant geological notes. Index starts on page 147.
Date: 1930
Creator: Leverett, Frank, 1859-1943
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Sioux Falls Quadrangle, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota: Final Report, Volume 1

Description: Report documenting results of an airborne high-sensitivity gamma-ray spectrometer and magnetometer survey of the Sioux Falls quadrangle in South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, including data acquisition methods, a summary of data and outline of data presentation, area geology, and interpretation of results.
Date: April 1981
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods of Controlling or Eradicating the Wild Oat in the Hard Spring-Wheat Area

Description: "This bulletin explains the general precautions which should be taken under all circumstances. In addition it describes six special methods which have proved effective in controlling or eradicating the wild oat, indicating in each case the subdivision of the hard spring-wheat area in which the method will succeed. The bulletin applies particularly to North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, and it recommendations may not suit the conditions of the Pacific Coast States." -- p. 2
Date: 1917
Creator: Cates, H. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line

Description: "This bulletin is written to suggest to the corn-belt farmer of the Middle West -- especially the farmer whose soil has been run down by continuous grain farming -- some ways of coordinating and 'cashing in' the scientific advice offered him in hundreds of bulletins already published.... Briefly, these are the conclusions reached by our most successful corn-belt farmer and agricultural experts: To make a money-maker of a farm that has become a losing proposition through steady grain farming you… more
Date: 1916
Creator: Vrooman, Carl Schurz, 1872-1966
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Growing Hard Spring Wheat

Description: "This bulletin discusses the topographic, soil, and climatic features of the northern Great Plains, with special reference to the production of hard spring wheat in that area. Cultural methods for growing the crop are given." -- title
Date: 1915
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888
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Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats

Description: Report discussing the results of experiments undertaken to determine the viability of early oats in different regions of the United States since early oats typically thrive only in the Corn Belt and Great Plains regions.
Date: 1910
Creator: Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Durum Wheats

Description: Report discussing the different varieties of durum wheat, their various uses, and areas to which they are best adapted. Among the varieties discussed are Kubanka, Arnautka, Mindum, Buford, Acme, Monad, Marouani, Pentad, and Peliss.
Date: 1923
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888 & Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Emmer and Spelt

Description: Report describing the types of wheat known as emmer and spelt, which are not widely grown in the United States and differ from other types of wheat in that most of the kernel is not removed from the chaff during threshing. The history, distribution, adaptation, varieties, culture, harvesting and threshing, and uses of both emmer and spelt are discussed.
Date: 1924
Creator: Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893- & Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adjusting Corn Belt Farming to Meet Corn-Borer Conditions

Description: "The European corn borer is recognized as a dangerous enemy of the corn crop.... Its eradication is considered economically impossible but it is believed that the injury may be kept at a point so low that little commercial damage will occur during normal seasons. This can be done by using control measures and practices that have proved to be effective.... On some farms some changes in the crops grown and in their sequence will aid materially in controlling the borer and may prove profitable eve… more
Date: 1932
Creator: Myres, Kenneth Hayes, 1898-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beekeeping in the Clover Region

Description: "Beekeeping methods suitable for the clover region are well developed but many beekeepers of this region are failing to obtain the full available honey crop because of deficiencies in their practice. A system of management is here given which will result in a full crop from these sources. The variation in the value of the clovers to the beekeeper is also discussed and the methods to be followed in bringing the clover region back to its former prominence in honey production are outlined." -- p. 2 more
Date: 1922
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beef Production in the Corn Belt

Description: This bulletin discusses beef production in the Corn Belt of the United States with special regard to feed preparation, cattle selection, and methods for fattening cattle.
Date: 1921
Creator: Black, W. H. (William Henry), 1888-1949
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wheat Scab and Its Control

Description: This bulletin discusses wheat scab, a fungal disease of wheat, rye, barley, and oats that is caused by a parasite. It describes the appearance of afflicted crops as well as the parasite's life cycle and proposes a variety of control measures.
Date: 1921
Creator: Johnson, Aaron G. & Dickson, James G. (James Geere), b. 1891
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Humphrey]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about senator Hubert Humphrey who has responded to a Watergate committee staff report with a sometimes emotional phone call to the associated press.
Date: June 28, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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