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Dwarf Fruits.

Description: Describes methods for propagating dwarf fruit trees, and the steps necessary to maintain them.
Date: February 1939
Creator: Gould, H. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strawberry Clover.

Description: Describes the growth of strawberry clover in fields, its benefits and tolerance, and steps for planting, cultivating, and seed production.
Date: July 1939
Creator: Hollowell, E. A. (Eugene Amos)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fire-protective construction on the farm.

Description: Describes the damage that can occur to property and people as a result of fire; and discusses various farm construction projects that prevent a fire or offer protection should a fire occur.
Date: April 1939
Creator: United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Record, Volume 80, January-June, 1939

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 865.
Date: 1939
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Record, Volume 79, July-December, 1938

Description: Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico Station. Name and subject indexes start on page 721.
Date: 1939
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mining Practice

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines over practices of metal mining. As stated in the introduction, "this bulletin summarizes mining practices of a large number of metal mines in the United states and foreign countries. The adaptation of mining methods best suited to the various natural conditions in mines is discussed, and comparative costs are presented" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1939
Creator: Jackson, Charles Freeman & Hedges, Joseph Harold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Fuel Resources of the Southern Part of the Oklahoma Coal Field: Part 4. the Howe-Wilburton District, Latimer and Le Flore Counties

Description: From abstract: The Howe-Wilburton district is a narrow area of about 540 square miles that extends westward from the Arkansas State line for about 60 miles across Latimer and Le Flore Counties, Okla. It lies in the southern part of the Arkansas Valley physiographic province and is a part of the large Arkansas-Oklahoma coal field.
Date: 1939
Creator: Hendricks, Thomas Andrews
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spirit Leveling in South Carolina: Part 1. Northern South Carolina, 1896-1938

Description: From introduction: report.-This bulletin, which is published in two parts, contains the complete results of all spirit leveling done in South Carolina by the Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior, including those heretofore published.1 The 34th parallel of latitude, passing through Columbia, serves to divide the State into two sections, each of which is represented by one of the parts of the bulletin. Part 1 deals with the section lying north of the 34th parallel, de… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Staack, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1938

Description: From introduction: The presentation of a yearly record of the Alaska mineral industry is a continuing service that has been rendered by the Geological Survey from almost the earliest years of extensive mining in Alaska, and the present report, for 1938, is the thirty-fifth of this series. 2 Such a record, especially when supplemented by the statistics for the preceding years, not only affords an authoritative summary of current 'and past conditions but also indicates trends that are of signific… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Smith, Philip Sidney
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Subsurface Geology and Oil and Gas Resources of Osage County, Oklahoma: Part 3. Townships 24 and 25 North Ranges 8 and 9 East

Description: This report is part of a series describing the structural features, the character of the oil- and gas-producing beds, and the localities where additional oil and gas may be found in parts of Osage County, Oklahoma. This part discusses the geology and resources in the center part of the county.
Date: 1939
Creator: Bass, N. Wood; Kennedy, L. E.; Conley, J. N. & Hengst, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Subsurface Geology and Oil and Gas Resources of Osage County, Oklahoma: Part 2. Townships 22 and 23 North Ranges 8 and 9 East

Description: This report is part of a series describing the structural features, the character of the oil- and gas-producing beds, and the localities where additional oil and gas may be found in parts of Osage County, Oklahoma. This part discusses the geology and resources in the southeastern part of the county, around Hominy, Oklahoma.
Date: 1939
Creator: Kirk, Charles Townsend; Jenkins, H. D.; Leatherock, Otto; Dillard, W. R.; Kennedy, L. E. & Bass, N. Wood
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grading Wool

Description: Revised edition. "Most wool growers need to know more about wool grading, whether they expect to grade wool or not. This bulletin contains information about the subject so growers interested may improve their position when they are ready to sell their wool. It also suggests ways to handle the wool so that its quality will be maintained through the shearing and the preparation of the fleece." -- p. ii
Date: 1939
Creator: Christie, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Native and Adapted Grasses for Conservation of Soil and Moisture in the Great Plains and Western States

Description: "The information given in this bulletin should enable farmers in the Great Plains and Western States to select from the more common species of grasses some one or more suited to their needs [for soil and water conservation]. Common harvesting equipment and farm machinery can be adapted to the proper handling of native grasses. This brings the cost of such work within the means of most farmers." -- p. i. Among the grasses discussed are wheatgrass, buffalo grass, bluestem, grama, Bermuda grass, w… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Hoover, Max M. (Max Manley), 1895-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Terrace Outlets and Farm Drainageways

Description: "This bulletin is a compilation of the best information now available for farmers on the construction and use of terrace outlets and the protection, improvement, and maintenance of other sloping drainageways. The term "drainageways" as used in this bulletin refers primarily to channels of surface drainage in the upper reaches of watersheds or in unit drainage basins. 'Outlet' is a more restricted term and refers only to drainageways that are provided to receive and convey the discharge from the… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Hamilton, C. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Seed Corn

Description: "This bulletin discusses the essentials in the selection and care of seed of open-pollinated varieties of corn. It is intended primarily for the grower who maintains and seriously endeavors to improve his locally adapted strain of open-pollinated corn by careful mass selection." -- p. 1
Date: 1939
Creator: Jenkins, Merle T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reseeding Range Lands of the Intermountain Region

Description: "Revegetating deteriorated range lands by sowing adaptable, nutritious, and palatable grasses is vital for adequate forage production in the Intermountain region, for profitable livestock raising, and as a safeguard against flood and erosion damage. The effect of serious droughts, greatly aggravated by overstocking, has resulted in the replacement of valuable perennial grasses by annual weeds and grasses that have much less value as forage for livestock or for proper soil protection. The abando… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Stewart, George; Walker, R. H. (Rudger Harper), 1902- & Price, Raymond
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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