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North And South Dakota Horticulture, December 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 12

Lewis's Woodpecker, O.A. Stevens
North Dakota News Letter, A.F. Yeager
Winter Care of Trees
Lilies and their Culture, G.L. Slate
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
American Foulbrood, J.A. Munroe
In Sunny California, A.L. Truax
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
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Bulletin No. 260 - Oat Varietal Tests In Utah, R. W. Woodward, D. C. Tingey

UAES Bulletins

The United States Census Report for 1930 shows that approximately 25 per cent of Utah farmers were growing oats at that time. Leading counties in oat production were Sanpete, Utah, Emery, Cache, and Weber, each of which produced over 100,000 bushels. Sanpete County produced over 200,000 bushels, whereas Boxelder, Sevier, Duchesne, and Salt Lake Counties produced slightly less than 100,000 bushels each.

Bulletin No. 258 - Alfalfa-Seed Investigations In Utah, John W. Carlson

UAES Bulletins

For many years alfalfa-seed production problems have engaged the attention of investigators in various parts of the world. Those factors which are regarded as of greatest importance in seed-setting are general climate, current weather, air humidity, soil moisture, and insect relationships within the various alfalfa-seed districts. Some attention in research has been given to pollen fertility and ovule sterility, as well as to general flower dynamics in relation to environmental conditions. Efforts have been made to develop strains of alfalfa having pollen that is resistant to injury by moisture or having self-tripping flowers or autogamous strains of alfalfa whose flowers …

Bulletin No. 259 - Drainage Of Land Overlying An Artesian Groudwater Reservoir: Final Report, O. W. Israelsen, W. W. Mclaughlin

UAES Bulletins

This bulletin constitutes a final report of some phases of cooperative drainage studies in Cache Valley, Utah. The drainage problem in Cache Valley is typical, in many respects, of drainage problems in other irrigated valleys of Utah and the West in general. Application of the principles indicated by the problems will doubtless add materially to the productivity of the land in the several communities concerned and will also contribute to the advancement of public welfare in the general improvement of health, economic, and social conditions. Alkali and water-logging affecting large areas are causes not only of low productivity of the …

Bulletin No. 264 - Relief Wheat, D. C. Tingey, R. W. Woodward

UAES Bulletins

Relief, a new variety of hard red winter wheat resistant to most forms of covered smut occurring in Utah, was bred by the Department of Agronomy, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Produced by hybridization, it resulted from a response to an urgent need for some more effective means of controlling the serious disease of wheat known as covered smut or bunt. In addition to being resistant to forms of covered smut which have caused such heavy losses to wheat farmers of central and northern Utah and southern Idaho, experiments have also shown that it appears equal in all other respects (such …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, November 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 11

The Rock Wren, O.A. Stevens
N.D. News Letter, A.F. Yeager
Winter Protection, P.L. Keene
Beekeeping Notes, F.D. Butcher
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Desert Wild Flowers, A.L. Truax
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
The Gooseberry, H.L. Walster

Bulletin No. 262 - Comparative Yields Of Spring Wheat Varieties In Utah, D. C. Tingey, R. W. Woodward

UAES Bulletins

Wheat was one of the first crops grown by early Utah settlers. It has since occupied an important place in the agriculture of the state. While wheat is almost the only crop grown successfully on dry-lands, it is also important under irrigation. Thirty per cent of the wheat acreage of Utah in 1929 was spring-sown, which produced 44 per cent of the state's production. Eighty-seven per cent of the spring wheat acreage was grown under irrigation, this acreage producing 92.3 per cent of the total spring wheat crop. Thirty-eight per cent of Utah farmers were growing spring wheat in 1929; …

Bulletin No. 263 - Relative Produciton Of Feed Grain From Spring-Grown Cereals In Utah, R. W. Woodward, D. C. Tingey

UAES Bulletins

Nearly one-third of the cropped acreage of Utah is devoted to cereals. Except for wheat, most of these crops are fed locally. In addition to this, an average of over a million bushels of corn, barley, and oats is shipped into the state each year to be used in various livestock and poultry industries.

The purpose of this publication is to show the comparative amount of feed produced by the different crops--wheat, oats, barley, and corn--under similar conditions as determined for the specified four years by acre-yields obtained in various agricultural regions of the state. One should bear clearly in …

Bulletin No. 261 - Barley Varietal Tests In Utah, R. W. Woodward, D. C. Tingey

UAES Bulletins

In 1929 approximately one-fourth of the farmers of Utah were growing barley, with an average of 6.3 acres to the farm. Cache, Sanpete, Sevier, and Utah Counties each produced over 100,000 bushels. According to the United States Fifteenth Census Report (1930), Davis, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, and Weber Counties each produced from 40,000 to 70,000 bushels.

Relative Efficiency Of Roots And Tops Of Plants In Protecting The Soil From Erosion, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Plant cover, soil and topography are the major factors concerned in the problem of erosion. During the earlier studies, conducted largely by engineers, chief emphasis was placed upon topography. Following extensive work by pedologists, it is now generally conceded that type of soil is an equally important factor. Intensive studies on the effect of plant cover reveal the extremely important role played by plants in holding the soil against the forces of erosion. In this preliminary account of the relative effectiveness of roots as compared to tops in holding the soil in place, the results are based on extensive experiments …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, October 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 10

The Lazula Bunting, O.A. Stevens
N.D. Newsletter, A.F. Yeager
Fall Planting, P.L. Keene
Seed for Shelterbelt, Max Pfaender
Presidents Corner, F.X. Wallner
In Arizona, A.L. Truax
Secretary's Corner
Beekeeping Notes
Garden Clubs, Victor Lundeen

Role Of Fire In Pasture Management, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The practice of burning grass is an old one. It was extensively used by the Indians to attract game animals in early spring and to facilitate hunting. It is also highly probable that a large portion of the prairie was burned periodically during very dry years from natural causes

Response Of The Prairie To The Great Drought Of 1934, J. E. Weaver, L. A. Stoddart, W. M. Noll

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Drought during the growing season of 1934 was the greatest ever recorded in the prairie region. It offered an exceptional opportunity to study the response of native plants to extremely adverse water relations. Measurements of the environmental factors of the prairie, in connection with various grassland researches, have now been completed, except for one year, for the seventeenth consecutive growing season. In a summary of findings at the end of twelve years it was stated that although periods of drought are liable to occur at any time, and especially after midsummer, yet only twice during these twelve years was the …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, September 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 9

Chestnut-collared Longspur, O.A. Stevens
N.D. News Letter, A.F. Yeager
Garden Club Notes, P.L. Keene
Celotex, J.A. Munro
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
The Strange Southwest, A.L. Traux
Beekeeping Notes, J.A. Munro
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Walnuts from Seed, Mrs. L.G. Elsinger
The Indian, J.H. Berry

Bulletin No. 257 - Factors Promoting Positive Health In School Children, Almeda Perry Brown

UAES Bulletins

It is necessary only to observe groups of rural children to become convinced that too many of them are deprived of their rightful heritage of positive health.

Why children playing together, working together, under conditions which apparently vary but little, should exhibit such wide variation in health conditions, is a question of vital importance to all concerned with the care of children.

It was with the hope of finding some of the causes behind these variations that the present study was initiated. That the problem is complex and intricate was fully realized, and no hope was entertained that its solution …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, August 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 8

The Yellow-Breasted Chat, O.A. Stevens
N.D. News Letter, Dr. A.F. Yeager
Perennial Plants from Seed, P.L. Keene
Indian Vegetables, G.F. Will
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Beekeeping Notes, J.A. Munro
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Climatic Influences on Plants, W.H. Over
Dr. Hansen Honored

The Phaenogams Of Western Kentucky University State Teachers College, Gertrude Raymond

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The campus of Western Kentucky State Teachers College was laid out in 1910 by Mr. Henry Wright, landscape architect, with the view of planting ornamental shrubs and woody and herbaceous plants indigenous to Kentucky. In more recent years the gardens on the grounds of the Kentucky Building have been planted with many species of Kentucky plants.

This study was undertaken for the purpose of making a scientific classification of the flowering plants on the campus of Western Kentucky State Teachers College.

A Survey Of The Woody Plants Of A Selected Area In Osage Township Allen County Kansas, French Booher

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This paper contains the results of studies of the woody plants of a selected area in Osage township, Allen county, Kansas, during the spring, summer, and fall of 1934 and spring of 1935. The area is two miles long and approximately three hundred yards wide, located in the northeastern part of Allen county about three miles east of Mildred, Kansas. In making this survey the writer has attempted to identify and classify the woody plants, namely the trees, shrubs, and vines.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, July 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 7

The Lark Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
N.D. News Letter, Dr. A.F. Yeager
Cut Flower Arrangement, P.L. Keene
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
South Dakota Notes, R.W. Vance
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Blue Jay Squakie, Mrs. L.W. Kinyon
Great Plains Hort. Tour, H.N. Dybvig
Lead Flower Show, E.A. Gates
The Beauty of the Black Hills, Arthur Morcom

North And South Dakota Horticulture, June 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 6

The Towhee, O.A. Stevens
N.D. News Letter, Dr. A.F. Yeager
Garden Club Notes, P.L. Keene
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
South Dakota Notes, R.W. Vance
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Unusual Plants, Mrs. G. Jorgenson
Thots on the Shelterbelt, J.P. Vikla
The Wild Rose as a Climbing Vine, Maude K. Backlund
Crown Grafting Fruits, Emil Pfaender

North And South Dakota Horticulture, May 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 5

The Lark Bunting -- O.A. Stevens
N.D. News Letter -- Dr. A.F. Yeager
Garden Club Notes -- Purley L. Keene
Shrubbery Planting -- Prof. C.B. Waldron
Report of the Aberdeen Garden Club -- Mrs. F. Tiffany
President's Corner -- F.X. Waldron
Secretary's Corner -- W.A. Simmons
The Iris -- Mrs. Chas. Young
Spearfish Garden Club -- Mrs. F. Bettelheim
Memory's Garden -- Mrs. C.M. Tanner
Better Home Grounds -- A.R. Anderson
Grape Growing in North Dakota -- A.F. Yeager

Bulletin No. 2: The Connecticut Arboretum At Connecticut College, New London, George S. Avery Jr., Katharine Matthies, Katharine Blunt, C B. Graves, Katherine Floyd

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No abstract provided.

Bulletin No. 256 - Drainage And Irrigation, Soil, Economic, And Social Conditions, Delta Area, Utah: Division 2: Soil Conditions, D. S. Jennings, J. Darrel Peterson

UAES Bulletins

Project 90-A Study of Factors Influencing the Financial Condition of Certain Utah Irrigation and Drainage Projects-was undertaken in 1928 as an intensified study of local areas. This study was divided among four departments, with a project leader for each particular phase of the study. These four project leaders, guided by the Station Director, have constituted a committee in immediate charge of this project. Subprojects and their respective leaders are: A-Engineering and Engineering Economic Aspects, O. W. Israelsen; B-Soil Productivity Aspects , D. S. Jennings; C- Contributing Sociological Aspects, J. A. Geddes; and D-Economic Aspects, W. Preston Thomas.

Inheritance Of Resistance To Three Physiologic Forms Of Bunt In Ridit X Utah-Kanred Cross, Muhammad Ibrahim Shah

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Bunt is a serious disease of wheat found in nearly all weat-growing countries of the world. In India the disease is more severe in the northern provinces than in the central and southern provinces as the temperature during planting time is favorable to the germination of the fungous growth in the northern part. In the central or southern parts, this is not the case. In the United States this disease causes heavy annual loss. The amount of smut in a field, or the percentage of smutted heads, is generally taken as an index of the reduction in yield or loss …

A History Of Wool Manufacturing As It Is Related To Wool Marketing In Utah, George Elwood Spencer

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It has been advocated by many sheep raisers and individuals interested in the wool industry of Utah, that wool manufacturing should become a leading industry of this state. Factors which seemingly corroborate such contentions are readily apparent. Utah's annual wool clip ranges between eighteen and twenty-five million pounds of wool.(1)*. The state is located in the center of the Western range states where the bulk of the higher quality wool of this country is grown. A part of the marketing costs of freight, commission charges to a limited extent, and high storage costs could be decreased. These savings would result …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, April 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 8, Number 4

Say's Phoebe, O.A. Stevens
North Dakota News Letter
The Lawn and the Drought, C.B. Waldron
Control Methods for Fruit Pests, John S. Robertson
Roses for the North, E.C. Hilborn
Pests in the Garden, F.X. Wallner
South Dakota Notes, R.W. Vance
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Gardening on a Hillside, Mrs. L.H. Robinson
Soil Color and Fertility

Bulletin No. 255 - Drainage And Irrigation, Soil, Economic, And Social Conditions, Delta Area, Utah: Division 1: Drainage And Irrigation Conditions, O. W. Israelsen

UAES Bulletins

Project 90-A Study of Factors Influencing the Financial Condition of Certain Utah Irrigation and Drainage Projects-has been Conducted cooperatively since 1928 by four different departments, each represented by a man in charge of one phase of the problem. These four department representatives have constituted a committee in immediate charge of this project, guided by the Station Director. Subprojects and their respective leaders are: A: Engineering and Engineering Economic Aspects, O. W. Israelsen; B: Soil Productivity Aspects, D. S. Jennings; C: Contributing Sociological Aspects, J. A. Geddes; and D: Economic Aspects, W. Preston Thomas.

Exotic Ancient Forests Of Washington, George F. Beck

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

The greatest fossil forest in the world is located within easy driving distance of the University of Washington campus in the State of Washington, near the Columbia River, east of the city of Ellensburg. Mr. George F. Beck, a member of the faculty of the Ellensburg State Normal School, and a former graduate student of the College of Forestry of the University of Washington, discovered this forest, which is now known as the Ginkgo Forest State Park. Aside from its importance from a scientific point of view, this "petrified forest," which contains a greater variety of species than any other …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, March 1935, North And South Dakota Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

The Raven, O.A. Stevens
North Dakota News Letter, A.F. Yeager
Premium List for 1935
South Dakota Notes, R.W. Vance
Pruning of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, G.W. Gurney
Pruning, Dr. A.F. Yeager
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Honor Roll
Our Friends at the Breakfast Table, Dr. Ferd. Brown

Relation Of Root Distribution To Organic Matter In Prairie Soil, J. E. Weaver, V. H. Hougen, M. D. Weldon

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Although the root distribution of the chief grasses and forbs of tall-grass prairie has been known for 15 years (18), no studies on the relation of root distribution to the organic matter in the soil have been made. In fact, so far as the writers are aware, few studies of this type have been undertaken in America. SPRAGUE (15), working in New Jersey, has attempted to correlate root occupation of the several soil layers with their specific soil properties. The grasses, chiefly Kentucky bluegrass and Colonial bent grass, were grown on a formerly cultivated soil of the gray-brown forest soil …