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Origin And Performance Of Ranger Alfalfa, W. R. Kehr

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Ranger alfalfa was developed through the cooperative efforts of personnel of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and released for seed increase in 1940. It is a winter-hardy, bacterial wilt resistant variety synthesized from five basic strains selected from Cossack, Turkistan and Ladak. Breeding methods used in the development of this variety were described in detail. Research results obtained on the performance of the basic strains and on the seed lots, produced under certification procedures, in controlled wilt and cold tests and forage yield trials under field conditions at the Nebraska station were presented …

"The Unknown Darwin", Loren Eiseley

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Organizing Watersheds In South Dakota, Joseph Paulson

SDSU Extension Circulars

Wherever you live, you are within a watershed. Your farm, ranch,' home on a town lot, or your busines. s in the city are all within the natural boundaries of some watershed. All the lands and waters of the nation are bounded by natural drainage divides.

Beautification Of Home Grounds: For South Dakota 4-H Club Members, Dean Martin

SDSU Extension Circulars

It is the purpose of this circular to provide information which will help South Dakotans make their homes more beautiful and more satisfying places to live. This applies to all homes whether they are located in the country or in town. The terms "landscaping," "home beautification" and "home grounds improvement" are often used to describe this activity. Regardless of the term used, it means developing more beautiful and enjoyable surroundings in which to live. A new concept in practical landscape planning suggests that the pL. n should first of all be practical and second it should add beauty to the …

Landscape Planning For Farm And Home, Dean Martin

SDSU Extension Circulars

It is the purpose of this circular to provide information which will help South Dakotans make their homes more beautiful and more satisfying places to live. This applies to all homes whether they are located in the country or in town. The terms "landscaping," "home beautification" and "home grounds improvement" are often used to describe this activity. Regardless of the term used, it means developing more beautiful and enjoyable surroundings in which to live.- A new concept in practical landscape planning suggests that the pLrn should first of all be practical and second it should add beauty to the home …

Vegetable Varieties, Dean Martin, Richard Nickenson

SDSU Extension Circulars

Suggested vegetable varieties for South Dakota are listed on the following pages in order of maturity for each kind of vegetable. The figure in parenthesis following the variety name is the average number of days to maturity for that variety. Following this is a short description of the variety, its uses, and other helpful information. A group of capital letters indicates disease resistance. Ref er to the key inside.

Summary Of Research On Diethlstilbestrol For Growing And Fattening Beef Cattle, D.V. Radabaugh, L.B. Embry

Agricultural Experiment Station Animal Husbandry Pamphlets

Numerous experiments on the response of growing and fattening cattle to stilbestrol have been reported in recent years. There has been a response to stilbestrol in most of these experiments, though to varying degrees. Many of the reports have been of a preliminary nature and in several instances have covered only one trial. A review of such experiments individually does not present a clear and concise picture of the effects of stilbestrol treatment. Therefore, results of most of the reported experiments have been reviewed and are summarized in the tables in this pamphlet. Four rather distinct phases of cattle feeding …

Nebraska Bird Review (April 1959) 27(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Nesting of the Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Gage County ............................................................ 19

Third Mid-Winter Meeting ...................................... 20

A Monthly Record of Birds Occurring at Bladen, Webster County, 1957 and 1958 ..................... 21

Articles of Incorporation .......................................... 24

1959 Treasurer's Report ..................................................... 26

General Notes ..................................................... 28

Excerpts from Letters .......... ................................ ..... 32

South Central Research Farm Annual Progress Report, 1958, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1958 progress report for the South Central Research Farm, Agricultural Expriment Station at South Dakota State College. This document represents the research conducted at the Station during 1959. The report includes weather data, winter and spring wheat testing, winter and spring barlet testing, oat and sorghum variety testing, safflower performance testing, corn variety performance testing, alfalfa and grass seed production, forage yield experiments, growing techniques, methods of summer fallow, and crop disease and their control.

Bulletin No. 11: A Roadside Crisis: The Use And Abuse Of Herbicides, Richard H. Goodwin, William A. Niering

Bulletins

A proposed program for use of herbicides on town roads, to avoid present destructive practices. 13 pp.

Cultural Practices For Alfalfa Seed Production, M. W. Pedersen, George E. Bohart, M. D. Levin, William P. Nye, S. A. Taylor, J. L. Haddock

All PIRU Publications

No abstract provided.

An Electrophoretic Study Of Egg-White Proteins In Twenty-Three Breeds Of The Domestic Fowl, Charles G. Sibley, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

A "conservative" taxonomic character is one which preserves evidence of evolutionary relationships. As Mayr (1942: 296) points out such characters are rare because structures are usually lost quickly when no longer needed and selection seldom neglects a functional structure for very long but continually modifies it as adaptive fitness is increased. However, because different characters evolve at different rates it is possible to find some characters which have changed more slowly than others and to use these as phylogenetic indicators. In birds, for example, plumage color and structure apparently change more rapidly than the skeleton or the muscular system. This …

Notes On Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Tornadoes, 27 June 1955, Robert G. Beebe

NOAA Technical Reports and Related Materials

Some general characteristics of thirteen tornadoes that occurred on the afternoon of June 27, 1955 in Scottsbluff County, Nebraska, are related. Two of these caused widespread attention due to their size and their proximity to the cities of Scottsbluff and Mitchell, Nebraska. These two were photographed extensively by residents near their paths. The experience of two men directly beneath one of the two large tornadoes is related.

Seasonal Variations Of Soil Moisture In South Dakota, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The purpose of this study was to estimate the average daily soil moisture in the various areas of South Dakota. Estimates of such soil moisture are presented in graphic form for locations represented by 25 U. S. Weather Bureau Stations in South Dakota. Estimates of the average soil moisture available may be of use in planning irrigation projects for large areas or for individual farms. The method used here in calculating the soil moisture for the past may prove to be a practical means by which farmers can determine when and how often to irrigate during the crop year. Further …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 35, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Utilization Of Surplus Milk In The Small Dairy Plant: 4. Stirred Curd Types Of Cheese, P. A. Downs, K. Nilson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

In this series of publications an effort is made to describe how a variety of products can be prepared in plants where surplus milk is a problem. Each type of product is described in detail, methods of manufacturing are outlined, and the equipment and supplies needed are listed. As far as possible similar equipment is used for several products. In this publication the preparation of a group of stirred curd types of cheese is presented.

Good Nutrition For The Family, Ethelwyn B. Wilcox

Faculty Honor Lectures

A BASIC OBJECTIVE of the Faculty Association of UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, in the words of its constitution, is to encourage intellectual growth and development of its members by sponsoring and arranging for the publication of two annual faculty lectures in the fields of (a) the biological and exact sciences, including engineering, called the Annual Faculty Honor Lecture in the Natural Sciences; and (b) the humanities and social sciences, including education and business administration, called the Annual Faculty Honor Lecture in the Humanities. The administration of the University is sympathetic with these aims and shares the cost of publishing and distributing …

Block And Bridle Annual, 1959

Block and Bridle Student Organization

Contents:

Dedication
James S. Kreycik
Byron P. Demorest
Animal Husbandry Hall
PART I. THE CLUB
Picture of Club Members
Block and Bridle Advisor
Picture of Club Officers and Advisor
Animal Husbandry Faculty
Sample Minutes
Financial Statement
PART II. AWARDS
Merit Trophy Winner
Outstanding Club Members
PART III. CLUB ACTIVITIES
Calendar of Events
Initiations
Feed and Nutrition Conference
Rooters Day
Homecoming Float
Student-Faculty Party
Christmas Ham Sale
Purebred Bred Ewe Sale
Pie Social and Barn Dance
Intracollegiate Judging Contest
Feeders Day
Honors Banquet
Science in Agricultural Day
Showmanship Contest
Quarterhorse Show
Election of Officers
PART IV. JUDGING TEAMS
Senior Livestock Judging …

Harry Scott Smith, Biological Control: Riverside (1883-1957): University Of California: In Memoriam, 1959, A. M. Boyce, H. Compere, R. Van Den Bosch

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Harry Smith was born at Aurora, Nebraska, November 29, 1883. He was brought up as a farm boy and experienced all the rigors of life on a prairie farm in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The hours of work in the fields, from dawn to dusk, made an indelible impression. Admittedly, he escaped from “haying” and “tending hogs” by enrolling in the State University at Lincoln, where he worked his way by waiting on tables at fifteen cents an hour. There he was granted his A.B. degree in 1907 and his M.S. degree in 1908. Insects became his …

Habitat Of Red-Backed Vole, Harvey L. Gunderson

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

These data are a part of a study of small mammal populations at Cedar Creek Forest, Anoka County, Minnesota. The live-trapping area of 5.0 acres, with 81 traps spaced 52 feet apart, was in a tamarack-white cedar bog. The study extended over a period of 7 years (1949-1955). Trapping periods of five days (four nights) extended from early May to the first part of October. In all, there were 14,580 trap-nights. A total of 428 voles were marked and weighed; data on 25 dead unmarked individuals are also included.

A frequency index was calculated for each station. This index was …

Biotic Succession In A Douglas Fir Forest On Saddleback Mountain (Oregon Coast Range), Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This grant proposal, submitted to the National Science Foundation in 1959 by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, requested funding to continue an ecological study at Saddleback Mountain. Dirks-Edmunds requested $15,570.05 to fund weekly trips with students to the site in order to collect meteorological and synecological data on the forest; she anticipated the project would last two years.

Dr. Dirks-Edmunds graduated from Linfield College in 1937; she returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

The Louisiana Forest Industry: Its Economic Importance And Growth, Floyd L. Corty

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

Comments On Species Recognition With Special Reference To The Wood Duck And The Mandarin Duck, William C. Dilger, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

It is well known that closely related, sympatric species have evolved species-specific features which serve to minimize the possibility of "wrong" choices being made during pair formation. The amount of evolution of such species-specific features is roughly proportional to the deleterious effects of the "wrong" choices made in species recognition. Of course, if upon initial contact, the forms interbreed too freely panmixia will occur and both will eventually lose whatever genetic identity they may have had. On the other hand if, by the time of contact, the forms have incidentally developed differences sufficient to serve automatically as isolating mechanisms from …

Variability In The Electrophoretic Patterns Of Avian Serum Proteins, Charles G. Sibley, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

It has been known for more than 50 years that particular proteins characterize every species of plant and animal and that phylogenetic relationships are reflected in protein structure. The first application of this fact to taxonomic studies was by Nuttall ( 1901; 1904) who used the precipitin reaction of immune sera to test degrees of relationship in over 500 species of animals. With refinements in technique have come many more serological studies and the results have justified the statement by Landsteiner (1945) that “chemical differences parallel the variation in structure” and hence are useful in classification.

Water Systems For The Farm, William Peterson

SDSU Extension Circulars

Water under pressure is necessary on the modern farm. Probably more tons of water are needed than any other single product handled on the farm. Handling it automatically, with a pressure system, will save much work and time. Without water under pressure, animals often do not get enough water and production efficiency suffers. The home will be more sanitary if plenty of water, under pressure, 1s available.

Modern Meals: An "Inside" Story, Cleora Ewalt

SDSU Extension Circulars

No abstract provided.

Let's Begin Here: 4-H Project For Beginning Members, Agricultural Extension Service

SDSU Extension Circulars

No abstract provided.

Beekeeping In South Dakota, R.J. Walstrom, W.M. Hantsbarger

SDSU Extension Circulars

Beekeeping has provided many persons with a satisfying and continually interesting hobby. To others it means a profitable sideline easily fitted to a farming or other full-time occupation. The commercial beekeeper finds that this phase of agriculture provides him with an independent and respectable way of making a comfortable livmg. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide persons who are interested in starting a few colonies of bees a source of basic information suited to Northern Great Plains conditions. South Dakota provides the essential natural ingredients for the production of sizable crops of high quality honey. Honey bees also …

Beekeeping In South Dakota, R.J. Walstrom, B.H. Kantack, W.L. Berndt

SDSU Extension Circulars

Beekeeping has provided many persons with a satisfying and continually interesting hobby. To others it means a profitable sideline easily fitted to a farming or other full-time occupation. The commercial beekeeper finds that this phase of agriculture provides him with an independent and respectable way of making a comfortable livmg. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide persons who are interested in starting a few colonies of bees a source of basic information suited to Northern Great Plains conditions. South Dakota provides the essential natural ingredients for the production of sizable crops of high quality honey. Honey bees also …

Trees Of South Dakota, Paul Collins, L.L. Helwig

SDSU Extension Circulars

No abstract provided.