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North And South Dakota Horticulture, December 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 12

The Cardinal, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Our New Home, Dr. A.F. Yeager
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
News Notes, C.B. Waldron
Winter's Approach, W.E.H. Porter
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner

North And South Dakota Horticulture, November 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 11

The Fox Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Trees of the Dakotas, G.F. Will
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Outdoor Garden Ends, W.E.H. Porter
House Plants, C.B. Waldron
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Premium List

North And South Dakota Horticulture, October 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 10

The Swamp Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Trees of the Dakotas, G.F. Will
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Autumn Colors, R.E. Smith
October, W.E.H. Porter
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
Fruit and Vegetables Notes, F.X. Wallner
Autumn Landscape, C.B. Walron

North And South Dakota Horticulture, September 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 9

Lincoln's Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Trees of the Dakotas, G.F. Will
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
The Summer Garden, W.E.H. Porter
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
The Pansy, C.B. Waldron
Browning of Evergreens, F.L. Rockwell

Bulletin No. 289 - Business Analysis Of Farms In Utah County, Utah, Walter U. Fuhriman, W. Preston Thomas

UAES Bulletins

Project 179 of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station - "A Study of the Agricultural Resources of Utah and their Utilization" - was set up in April 1936 as a state-wide project. The object of this project was to measure by areas the basic agricultural resources of the state and to translate the information collected into a program of more efficient use. The more specific objectives were: (1) classification of agricultural lands of Utah according to present and potential productivity and use; (2) determination of the net productive area of agricultural lands and water supply now available, or which may be …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, August 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 8

The Chipping Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Trees of the Dakotas, G.F. Will
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Summer Blossoms, W.E.H. Porter
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Shade Trees, C.B. Waldron
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley

Bulletin No. 290 - Phosphate In Utah, J. Stewart Williams

UAES Bulletins

Agitation for the development of the western phosphate field as part of the national program of conservation and economic rehabilitation has, in the last three years, focused public attention on the phosphate reserves of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. In every conference or discussion on this subject, the minds of Utah's representatives have naturally turned to the question, "What is Utah's share in this great natural resource?" Obviously nature pays no heed to political boundaries, and neither does the prosperity of Utah's citizens depend solely upon that which is circumscribed within the state's boundaries. Nonetheless, it is necessary for Utahns …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, July 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 7

The Savannah Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
Our Wealth of Native Shrubs, G.F. Will
Grasshoppers, Thos. W. Hobart
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley
June's Blossoms, W.E.H. Porter
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Peonies, C.B. Waldron

North And South Dakota Horticulture, June 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 6

The Clay-Colored Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Our Wealth of Native Shrubs, G.F. Will
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley
Summers Curtain Raiser, W.E.H. Porter
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Some Hardy Roses, C.B. Waldron
Program Chairman
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe

Bulletin No. 288 - Draingage And Irrigation, Soil, Economic, And Social Conditions, Delta Area, Utah Division 4: Social Conditions, Joseph A. Geddes, Carmen D. Frederickson, Eldred C. Bergeson

UAES Bulletins

This study is a part of a more comprehensive one which was organized in 1928 for the purpose of ascertaining what conditions existed in bonded irrigation and drainage districts which were unable to. liquidate obligations incurred.

The first such area to be studied was the Delta Area in Millard County. This area was selected for this study because of the pressing need for more detailed and wider information than was available to either the farmers or the bondholders and because available facts based on careful study might aid in achieving fairer settlements. These data might also assist other areas in …

Bulletin No. 287 - Tests Of Corn Varieties And Hybrids In Utah, R. W. Woodward, D. C. Tingey, R. J. Evans

UAES Bulletins

The corn acreage in Utah is only about half that planted in barley and approximately one-fourth that sown to spring wheat. During the period 1910-30 this acreage was about equally divided into corn for grain, corn for silage, and corn fed to livestock in the field (table 1) . Since 1930 there has been a gradual increase in the acreage of corn grown for silage with the exception of the years 1936 and 1937.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, May 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 5

The White-Crowned Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
Tomato Growing, R.H. Seydel
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley and F.X. Wallner
Spring's Awakening, W.E.H. Porter
Our Wealth of Native Shrubs, G.F. Will
Beekeepers' Notes, J.A. Munroe
Spring Pruning, C.B. Waldron

Amount Of Underground Plant Materials In Different Grassland Climates, S. B. Shively, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

From the highlands of central Mexico entirely across the United States and northward into Canada extends the great midcontinental area of grassland. From this central mass, prairie extends westward across Wyoming into eastern Utah, and southwestward through northern New Mexico into northern Arizona. Other grasslands in the northwest cover most of southern Idaho, a part of northern Utah, large areas in eastern Oregon and Washington, and recur in British Columbia. The Pacific prairie occupies the Great Valley of California, and the Desert Plains grassland much of southern Arizona and New Mexico and southwestern Texas. Together they constitute the Grassland or …

The Ecology Of Agropyron Inerme On Protected And Heavily Grazed Range Land In Cache Valley, Utah, Wallace R. Hanson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During the past decade much attention has been attracted to the great range lands of the West. The inherently low productivity of these arid lands coupled with abnormal drought and constantly heavy use by livestock because of lack of grazing control, have caused these lands to become greatly depleted over most of the West. That the vegetation on most range land in the intermountain states is depleted appreciably is evident to the careful observer. Undoubtedly the vegetation of much of the range has decreased in quantity, but more serious in many cases is the decrease in quality. Valuable forage species …

The Rise And Development Of The Megagametophyte In Yucca Angustissima Engelmann, Antone W. Nisson

Theses and Dissertations

The studies involved in this investigation are based upon data and materials secured in the sandy areas of Washington and Iron Counties in southern Utah. The regions in which Yucca angustissima is found have a scant vegetation, are dry, sandy to sandy loam, well-drained, and with an elevation of from 2500 to 5000 feet. Watkins (1937) worked out a very extensive report of the megagametophyte development of Yucca rupicola. He begins with the four megaspore stage, and shows next the disintegration of the three micropylar megaspores. He reported that the chalazal megaspore forms eight free nuclei, by three successive divisions, …

Weather And Plant-Development Data As Determinants Of Grazing Periods On Mountain Range, David F. Costello, Raymond Price

Aspen Bibliography

Fundamental in economical range-resource management is the determination of proper grazing periods. It is of prime importance to be able to establish a date in the spring when the range has produced sufficient feed to keep livestock in thrifty condition, when it is reasonably safe from excessive trampling and packing of the soil, and when the more important key forage plants have attained sufficient development to withstand grazing use. Such opening dates, as well as the time to defer and rotate grazing and to remove livestock from the range, are dependent in part on the prevailing weather conditions and on …

The Effects Of Stinking Smut (Bunt) And Seed Treatment Upon The Yield Of Winter Wheat, T. A. Kiesselbach, W. E. Lyness

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The depreciating effects of bunt or stinking smut (Tilletia levis Kuhn and tritici [Bjerk.] Wint.) upon the yield and quality of winter wheat in Nebraska and many other states are well known. The practical control of this disease through seed treatment has also been established and is being extensively practiced by growers. At the time these experiments were initiated in 1923, formaldehyde was the most commonly used disinfectant, while copper carbonate was just gaining recognition following its introduction by Darnell-Smith in 1915. It has been the chief purpose of the investigations herein reported to study the relative merits of …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, April 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 4

The Vesper Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
Tomato Growing, R.H. Seydel
Horticultural Travelogue, A.L. Truax
Snow Bound, W.E.H. Porter
News Notes, C.B. Waldron

A Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Minnesota Flora, John W. Moore

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Frequent Clipping On The Underground Food Reserves Of Certain Prairie Grasses, F. S. Bukey, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A series of experiments in which true-prairie grasses were clipped at frequent intervals afforded excellent materials for a study of the effects of such treatment upon the food reserves. Two species of Andropogon, at present the most important dominants of true prairie, were employed. A series of quadrats on a north-facing slope in the Blemont prairie in Lincoln, Nebraska, in which little bluestem Andropogon scoparius, grew in about 70 of big bluestem, A. furcatus, were obtained about a mile distant from virgin lowland prairie near the flood plain of salt creek.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, March 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 3

The Pine Siskin, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
Lilies, F.L. Skinner
Books and Catalogs, W.E.H. Porter
S.D. Premium List

Effect Of Frequent Clipping On Plant Production In Prairie And Pastur, J. E. Weaver, V. H. Hougen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The degeneration of native bluestem prairies of eastern Nebraska occurs slowly under moderate grazing or slight overgrazing but within two to five years where overgrazing is pronounced. Although the changes in the plant populations are continuous until the soil is finally almost bare, for convenience of study they have been grouped into several more or less distinct stages (Weaver and Harmon, 1935). An intermediate stage in deterioration is indicated by a great increase in the abundance of bluegrass (Poa pratensis), blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis), or buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides), the latter especially on …

Major Changes In Grassland As A Result Of Continued Drought, J. E. Weaver, F. W. Albertson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A comprehensive research on 135 large tracts of prairie was completed in 1933 after five years of study. These tracts were distributed over an area of 60,000 square miles, including the eastern one-third of Nebraska, the western one-third of Iowa, and adjacent areas in the four neighboring states (2). This investigation furnished the background for an understanding of the profound changes which have occurred during the several years of the great drought, which first became pronounced in 1934. The response of prairie to the drought of that year has been discussed (3). Likewise, a detailed account of the destruction caused …

Fifty Years Of Achievement In Agricultural Investigation, R. T. Prescott

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

In Nebraska, a hustling frontier state in 1887, the legislature hesitated not at all in taking advantage of the provisions of the Hatch Act, and now that fifty years have elapsed since the Station was founded, seventy-five years since the Land Grant College Act was passed and the U. S. Department of Agriculture established, and almost twenty-five years since the Agricultural Extension Service was added, it seems worth while to present a general summary of achievement within the state. The main object will be to show some of the important things that have been learned through the investigations of the …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, February 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 2

The Redpool, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
South Dakota Trees, Gov. H.J. Bushfield
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Review, W.A. Simmons
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
The Willow, C.B. Waldron
Fine Weather Persists, W.E.H. Porter
Beekeeper's Notes, J.A. Munro

Bulletin No. 285 - A Study Of Farm Organization By Types Of Farms In Uintah Basin, Utah, George T. Blanch

UAES Bulletins

Project 179 of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station - "A Study of the Agricultural Resources of Utah and their Utilization" - was set up in April 1936 as a state-wide project. The object of this project was to measure by areas the basic agricultural resources of the state and to translate-the information collected into a program of more efficient use. The more specific objectives were: (1) classification of agricultural lands of Utah according to present and potential productivity and use; (2) determination of the net productive area of agricultural lands and water supply now available, or which may be developed; …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, January 1939, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 12, Number 1

The Pine Grosbeak, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
N.D. Premium List
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, H.E. Beebe
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
School Ground Planting, C.B. Walron
Letter from Michigan, Dr. A.F. Yeager
Late Experiences, W.E.H. Porter

Bulletin No. 284 - Lygus Bugs In Relation To Alfalfa Seed Production, C. J. Sorenson

UAES Bulletins

This investigation, which continued during the two succeeding years, had four primary purposes: (1) to determine the distribution of these plant bugs and the intensity of their infestation in the alfalfa-seed districts of the state; (2) to ascertain whether these bugs constitute an important factor, either causing or contributing to, the excessive flower-drop annually occurring in alfalfa-seed fields, or if they are otherwise responsible for decreased yields of alfalfa seed; (3) to study the general biology of these insects with particular reference to their life histories in alfalfa as the host plant; and (4) to investigate possible practical methods for …

Bulletin No. 286 - Some Trends In Utah's Agriculture, Walter U. Fuhriman

UAES Bulletins

During the last two decades agriculture has been subjected to many strains and stresses- social, economic, physical, and biological. Infestations of noxious weeds and insect pests have in some instances necessitated changes in crops grown and in farming practices. Changes in precipitation have induced alternate expansion and contraction of cultivated acreage in certain areas. Improved machinery has reduced the demand for farm labor, caused shifts in crops grown and in farm population. Changes in dietary habits have increased the demand for some farm commodities and decreased the demand for others, while wide fluctuations in farm prices have wrought rapid changes …

A Zygotic Lethal In Chromosome 1 Of Maize And Its Linkage With Neighboring Genes, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A Bolivian maize

maize with mosaic red pericarp and cob, here designated by the symbol M-M, crossed with a local inbred strain of maize having white pericarp and cob, W-W, produced in F₁ 21 M-M and 28

W-W plants, not far from the I : I relation expected on the assumption that

the M-M parent was heterozygous for pericarp and cob color, M-M/W-W.

In F₂ and segregating F₃ cultures, however, there were 130 M-M and 64

W-W plants obviously a 2 : I instead of the 3 : I relation expected. Later cultures

increased these records to …