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A Seasonal Study Of Food Of Some Birds Of The Wasatch Chaparral, Herbert H. Frost May 1947

A Seasonal Study Of Food Of Some Birds Of The Wasatch Chaparral, Herbert H. Frost

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A seasonal change occurred in the type of food consumed by the birds studied. Plant food was more important in the winter than in the summer. Animal food, except in one species, was found to be more important during the summer months. The most important plant foods determined by frequency and listed in order of their abundance were: Helianthus annuus, Celtis sp., Quercus sp., Polygonum convolvulus, Amaranthus blitoides, Chenopodium album, and Amaranthus graecizans. The most important animal foods based on occurance in stomachs examined were: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera larvae, Orthoptera, Undetermined larvae, Diptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera larvae, Araneae, and Hemiptera. Seventeen …


A Taxonomic Study Of The Adult Mosquitoes Of Utah County With Notes On The Biology And Distribution Of The More Common Species 1946-1947, Cluff E. Hopla May 1947

A Taxonomic Study Of The Adult Mosquitoes Of Utah County With Notes On The Biology And Distribution Of The More Common Species 1946-1947, Cluff E. Hopla

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In Utah County, information has been lacking concerning the taxonomy and distribution of mosquitoes. With the knowledge of this condition, it is felt that information can be presented which will be of value both to the scienoe of Entomology and the area concerned.


History Of The Cotton Mission And Cotton Culture In Utah, Ivan J. Barrett Jan 1947

History Of The Cotton Mission And Cotton Culture In Utah, Ivan J. Barrett

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The writer, being interested in the agricultural project of cotton growing in early Dixie, and finding scarcely anything written on the subject, has gone into the original sources, histories, journals, diaries, etc., and found a reservoir of enlightenment regarding cotton culture in Utah's Dixie. He has tried to assemble from the most important sources, an informative yet interesting study of cotton culture in Utah. The writer in no wise pretends to have exhausted the subject, nor to have reached all the sources. Many of those early cotton growers who did most to produce this staple, kept no record of their …