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Industrial Alcohol: Sources and Manufacture

Description: This bulletin "is devoted to the description of the sources from which industrial alcohol may be made and the methods of [its] manufacture." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include legislation concerning denatured alcohol, agricultural sources of industrial alcohol, the yield and composition of alcohol-producing crops, alcohol by-products, and the manufacturing process for alcohol.
Date: 1906
Creator: Wiley, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Industrial Alcohol: Uses and Statistics

Description: "It is important that the farmer should have a general idea of the uses to which industrial alcohol (usually denatured) may be devoted. While this information is not necessary for the production of the raw materials, it is nevertheless valuable in indicating the particular lines of industrial development which may be promoted by free alcohol in the arts as related to the welfare of agriculture. The technical uses of alcohol are extremely numerous, and no attempt will be made to give them all, b… more
Date: 1906
Creator: Wiley, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home

Description: Report describing and promoting indoor plumbing for homes as well as different options for sewage and waste disposal, including earth closets. Heating systems for the home are also discussed.
Date: 1906
Creator: Wilson, Elmina T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Successful Hog and Seed-Corn Farm

Description: Report describing a system of management on a successful hog and seed corn farm in Illinois. Topics discussed include shelters, watering devices, types of feed, farm labor, and expect financial results.
Date: 1906
Creator: Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Example of Model Farming

Description: Report explaining how to successfully manage a farm by example of a small 15-acre farm in Flourtown, Pennsylvania. The farm discussed was owned by Rev. J. D. Detrich, and topics under consideration include soil improvement, systematic management, employees, animal feed, manure, and hay.
Date: 1906
Creator: Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 33

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Handling Seed Corn; Adaptation of Seed Corn; Effect of Root Nodules on Composition of Crops; Fumigation of Nursery Stock; Cooking Quality of Potatoes; Food Value of Cottage Cheese Rice, Peas, and Bacon; Methods of Feeding Poultry; Extermination of Cattle Ticks; and Covered Yards for Cows.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Control of the Codling Moth and Apple Scab

Description: Report discussing "the two principal enemies of the apple [...] the chief insect enemy, the codling moth, and the principal fungous disease, the apple scab.... The remedial treatment for both of these is of such a nature that the applications can be combined at a lessening of nearly one-half the cost of time and labor. The bulletin includes a brief but plain statement of the nature of the codling moth and the means of controlling it, followed by a similar portion relating to apple scab, and con… more
Date: 1906
Creator: Marlatt, C. L. & Orton, W. A. (William Allen), 1877-1930
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 34

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: American Sugar-Beet Seed, Stimulants for Seeds, Profits from Spraying Potatoes, Winter-Injured Fruit Trees, Durum Wheat, Fertility of Eggs, Indoor Versus Outdoor Feeding of Steers, Roughage for Steers, Cheap Dairy Rations, and Cottonseed Meal for Hogs.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maple Sugar and Syrup

Description: Report discussing the evolution of the maple syrup industry to its present state with special attention given to the modern manufacturing process of maple sugar and syrup.
Date: 1906
Creator: Hubbard, William F. (William Fairchild), 1876-1905
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Germination of Seed Corn

Description: Report discussing "the importance of testing the vitality of individual ears of corn which are intended for seed, and [showing] how such tests may easily be made by every farmer in his own home." -- p. 2
Date: 1906
Creator: Duvel, J. W. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cucumbers

Description: Report discussing the cultivation of cucumbers, including for early markets and pickling. Also discussed are the use of cold frames and forcing-house cucumbers, which are grown under glass.
Date: 1906
Creator: Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland), 1867-1940
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preparation of Vegetables for the Table

Description: Report discussing the nutritional value and chemical structure of vegetables, general principles for cooking vegetables, and common ways to prepare popular vegetables for meals. A few recipes are included.
Date: 1906
Creator: Parloa, Maria, 1843-1909
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 35

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Use of Commercial Fertilizers, Weight of Lime per Bushel, Spreading Lime, Soil Sterilization, Weights per Bushel of Seeds, Disease Resistant Crops, Corn Billibugs and Root-Louse, Asparagus Rust and Its Control, Alfalfa Meal as a Feeding Stuff, Singed Cacti as Forage, Cattle Feeding in the South, Milk Fever, Nail Wounds in Horses' Feet,… more
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 36

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Water for Table Use, Phosphates, Winter Wheat, Glutenous and Starchy Wheats, Dry Farming, Methods of Canning, Beet Molasses and Pulp, Feed Lots, Guinea Fowls, Color of Eggs, Spraying for Scale Insects, and White Pine in New England.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Brown-Tail Moth and How to Control It

Description: Report discussing the recent introduction of the European brown-tail moth into the Americas, its life cycle, and its possible impact on plant life, and methods to control it.
Date: 1906
Creator: Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 37

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Breeding Corn, Buckwheat, Sugar Beets on Alkali Soils, Alfilaria as a Forage Plant, Apple Bitter Rot, Grass Mulch for Orchards, Hardiness of Young Fruit Trees, Protecting Cows from Flies, Effect of Silage on Milk, and Cold Storage of Cheese.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 38

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Loss of Nitrogen from Soils, Manure as Affected by Food, Continuous Corn Culture, Pasturing Wheat, Storage of Sweet Potatoes, Rotting of Potatoes in Storage, Hog Cots, the Disinfection of Stables, the Effect of Horsetail Weeds on Horses, Treatment of Calf Scours, Preserving Eggs, Wheat Bran, Testing Individual Cows, Clean Milk, Cleanli… more
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Group of hunters holding frogs]

Description: Photograph of a print of men who are returning from hunting with the frogs that they've caught. Among them is Dr. William Bruce, the President of NTSNC. All are wearing tall boots for wading and caps. Behind them is a fence and something with a large wheel. The print is bordered by tape.
Date: [1906..1923]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hunters standing together]

Description: Photograph of a print of a hunting party holding the frogs that they caught. They are all wearing high boots for wading and all but one are wearing caps. Among them is Dr. William Bruce, the President of NTSNC. Behind them is a fence and something with a large wheel. The print is bordered by tape.
Date: [1906..1923]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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