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Growing Proso In Nebraska, P. H. Grabouski Jan 1966

Growing Proso In Nebraska, P. H. Grabouski

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Proso, sometimes called "hog millet," is receiving attention in the Nebraska Panhandle as a dryland grain crop because of acreage restrictions and limited crop alternatives.


Field Bean Production Under Irrigation In Nebraska, F. V. Pumphrey Mar 1957

Field Bean Production Under Irrigation In Nebraska, F. V. Pumphrey

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The purpose of this bulletin is to bring together the latest information available on the production of dry edible beans under irrigation in Nebraska. Cultural practices and disease control are stressed, but included are items on marketing, cleaning, and the use of by-products - straw and cull beans.


Answers To Questions About Partridge Pea, T. H. Goodding, J. C. Russel Jul 1954

Answers To Questions About Partridge Pea, T. H. Goodding, J. C. Russel

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station has been working with partridge pea since 1944. Seed has been distributed for tests, and several farmers are now growing it. It is primarily a plant for soil conservation and soil improvement. Its value in comparison with other legumes have not been fully established.


Microorganisms And Their Effects On Crops And Soils, T. M. Mccalla, T. H. Goodding Apr 1951

Microorganisms And Their Effects On Crops And Soils, T. M. Mccalla, T. H. Goodding

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Many of the cropping and tillage practices that a farmer uses are effective in crop productivity because of their influence on microbial activity.


Safflower Production In The Western Part Of The Northern Great Plains, C. E. Classen Jan 1950

Safflower Production In The Western Part Of The Northern Great Plains, C. E. Classen

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Recent development of new varieties with seeds averaging more than 30 per cent oil give safflower a good chance of becoming an important oil seed crop in the United States. It is the purpose of this circular to acquaint farmers with the crop and to outline the most promising production practices for those who undertake its production in the western part of the northern Great Plains.


Safflower Production In The Western Part Of The Northern Great Plains, C. E. Classen Feb 1949

Safflower Production In The Western Part Of The Northern Great Plains, C. E. Classen

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Recent development of new varieties with seeds averaging more than 30 per cent oil give safflower a good chance of becoming an important oil seed crop in the United States. It is the purpose of this circular to acquaint farmers with the crop and to outline the most promising production practices for those who undertake its production in the western part of the northern Great Plains.


Seed And Soil Treatments For Vegetable Crops Grown In Nebraska, M. W. Felton, J. E. Livingston Nov 1948

Seed And Soil Treatments For Vegetable Crops Grown In Nebraska, M. W. Felton, J. E. Livingston

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Tests conducted during the past four years at the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station have shown that when seeds are planted in cold, wet soils, better stands of vigorous seedlings are generally obtained when the seeds are treated before they are planted.


Bindweed Eradication In Nebraska, N. S. Hanson, F. D. Keim, D. L. Gross Aug 1943

Bindweed Eradication In Nebraska, N. S. Hanson, F. D. Keim, D. L. Gross

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Bindweed, which is easily recognized by its creeping, entwining habit of growth, is Nebraska's most destructive weed because of its effect on crop plants. Its total annual cost to the agricultural industry of the state is several million dollars, which ultimately affects all those citizens who depend directly or indirectly upon income from agriculture.