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Poultry Progress: What Are Good Chickens?, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The desire for improvement is one of the highest of human virtues. Folks everywhere want good chickens. The poultry business is a competitive enterprise, and it is imperative that we have the best stock possible for the particular job to be done. But what are good chickens? Is there confusion about the term? Perhaps we can clarify the picture by asking one or two questions.

Poultry Progress: How Long Should A Chicken Live?, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Increased laying flock mortality has disturbed thoughtful hatcherymen, producers, processors, and research workers for several years, and very properly so, because hens which die before their time serve no useful purpose, except to raise in our minds the question, "Why?"

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1944) 12(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

A Survey of Nesting Birds in the Fontenelle Forest, by Dr. Frederic D. Garrett … 25

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1944 … 31

General Notes … 40

Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds … 44

Miscellaneous … 51

Membership Roll of the N.O.U. … 52

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1944) 12(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Distribution of Upland Game Birds in Nebraska,
By Levi L. Mohler ............................... 1

General Notes .................................. 7

Minutes of the Forty-fourth Annual Meeting ............................ 17

Report on the Forty-first Annual Field Day ................................ 21

Miscellaneous ...................................... 22

Index To Volume Xii, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Abies lasiocarpa, 41.

Alectoris graeca chukar, 2.

Audubon Wildlife Screen Tours, 22, 56.

Avocet, 34.

Bald pate, 33.

Bartramia longicauda, 2.

Bittern, American, 13, 21, 33.

Blackbird, Brewer’s, 38; Red-winged, 9, 13, 38; Rusty, 16, 38; Yellow-headed, 13, 21, 38.

Blinco, Mrs. George, Article by, 8–9.

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Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 13, 15, 16, 21, 35; Lewis’s, 35; Northern Downy, 13, 15, 16, 21, 30, 35; Red-bellied, 13, 15, 16, 21, 30, 35; Red-headed, 16, 21, 28, 35.

Wren, Bewick’s, 36, 43; Carolina, 36; House, 27, 30, 36; Prairie Marsh, 36; Western House, 9, 10, 13, …

External Parasites Of Poultry And Methods For Their Control, O. S. Bare

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

External parasites cause severe losses to Nebraska poultry producers each year, and in many cases may be the deciding factor between success and failure. Under present circumstances, when maximum production is essential, prompt and effective measures must be taken to hold these saboteurs in check.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1943) 11(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Nesting of the Red-shouldered Hawk in Sarpy County,
By Dr. Charles A. Stewart ..................................... 25

Photographing the Pileated Woodpecker in Minnesota,
By W. Leroy Wilcox ......................................................... 31

Bird Observations· from Southern Army Camps,
By Cpl. Ralph W. Velich .............................. 33

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1943 .... 38

General Notes ....................................... 45

A Message From N. O. U.'s President .........................48

Membership Roll of the N. O. U. ................................................... 50

Effect Of Manganese And Iodine Additions In A Specific Ration For Laying Hens, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

This preliminary experiment does not answer all of the questions that are presented about manganese and iodine requirements. It can only be taken to indicate that for a typical situation with a typical ration of the type that many poultry producers use, there was no satisfactory evidence that egg production, hatchability and the viability of the hens was limited by manganese and iodine in the ration.

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1943) 11(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Some Observations of the Loggerhead Shrike in Lincoln County, By Mary Paine Middleton ........................................................ 1

The Present Status of the Whooping Crane in Nebraska, By A. M. Brooking ...................................................................... 5

Results of a Two-Day Walking Trip Along the Missouri River in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, By Frederic D. Garrett ............................................................ 8

Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Regional Meetings and Field Days During May, 1943 ............................................................ 11

General Notes .................................................................................... 16

Announcement .................................................................................... 21

Book Review ........................................................................................ 22

A Message From N. O. U.'s President ............................................ 23

Obituaries ............................................................................................ 24

Index To Volume Xi, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams, A. A., 7, 13; Miss Joyce, 13; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J., 15.

Anhinga, 33.

Arbuckle, Col., 7.

Armitage, Ben., 7.

Asyndesmus lewis, 18.

Audubon, 31.

Avocet, 17.

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Yellow-legs, Greater, 12, 40; Lesser, 10, 12, 14, 15, 40.

Yellow-throat (subsp.), 14, 44; Florida, 36; Northern, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16; Western, 12.

Young, Mrs., 20.

Zimmer, John T., Article on Doctor’s Degree Awarded, 21–22, 49.

Zwink, Chris, 7.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1942) 10(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Should the Belted Piping Plover Be Recognized As a Valid Race?
By R. Allyn Moser .......................................................... 31

The Hungarian Partridge and Its Range in Northern Nebraska, By Glenn Viehmeyer ....................................................... 37

The Vanishing Bird Life of Nebraska, By A. M. Brooking ........... .43

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List For Spring of 1942 ....... .47

General Notes .......................................................... 52

List of Members .................................................... 56

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1942) 10(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Myron Harmon Swenk, A Biography, By Harry C. Oberholser.. 1

Distribution and Migration of the Solitary Sandpiper in Nebraska, By Myron H. Swenk and Edson Fichter.............. 15

Minutes of the Forty-third Annual Meeting ....................... 22

Report on the Fortieth Annual Field Day ...................................... 25

General Notes ....................................................................................... 30

Index To Volume X, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Aegialtis meloda, 34, 35; meloda circumcintus, 34, 35, 36.

Adams, Miss Beulah, article by, 52.

Ajaia ajaia, 52.

Andrena swenki, 5.

Annual Meeting, 43rd Minutes of, 22–25.

Avocet, 46.

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Woodpecker, Downy, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49, 55; Eastern Hairy, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49, 55; Ivory-billed, 54; Lewis’s, 54; Red-bellied, 25, 26, 28, 49; Red-headed, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49.

Wren, Bewick’s, 50; House, 26, 27, 28, 30, 50.

Yellow-legs, Greater, 26, 48; Lesser, 25, 26, 28, 30, 48.

Yellow-throat, Northern, 26, 27, 28, 50; Western, 30.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1941) 9(2) Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Myron H. Swenk .................................. 25

The Role of Owl Pellet Analyses in Faunistics
By Edson Fichter ................................................ 26

Present Day' Bird Life Along the Missouri River Compared With Say's and Audubon's Findings By F. W. Haecker and R. Allyn Moser .................................... 31

Cooperative Migration List For Spring of 1941 ................................ 35

General Notes ................................................................ 41

List of Members ............................................. 46

Nebraska Bird Review (January–June 1941) 9(1) Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

The Present Status of the Greater Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse in the Sandhill Region of Nebraska, by Glenn Viehmeyer ... 1

The First Wildlife Inventory of Nebraska Shelterbelts, by Carroll F. Orendurff ... 7

Nesting of the Great Horned Owl in Douglas County, by F. W. Haecker ... 8

General Notes ... 11

Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Meeting ... 19

Report on the Thirty-ninth Annual Field Day ... 24

Index To Volume Ix, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Andropogon furcatus Muhlenberg, 3, 6; hallii Hackel, 3, 6; scoparius Michaux, 6.

Agropyron smithii Rydberg, 6.

Ash, green, 7.

Avocet, 32, 37.

Anthus spinoletta rubescens, 43.

A.O.U. Meeting at Denver by Miss Mary Elsworth, 44.

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Woodcock, 32.

Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34, 38; Northern Downy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34; Red-bellied, 15, 16, 18, 19, 38; Red-headed, 24, 38; Pileated, 32.

Wood Pewee, 34; Eastern, 24, 38.

Wren, Baird’s, 44; Bewick’s, 33, 39, 44, 45; Prairie Marsh, 39; Rock, 32, 39; Short-billed Marsh, 32; Texas, 44; Western House, 24, 34, 39. …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Ix. The Nitrogen Of Urea, C. W. Ackerson, W. E. Ham, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing one-third of the concentrate of a ration for growing chicks with a mixture of starch and urea that contained an amount of nitrogen equal to that contained in the concentrate withdrawn from the ration was studied with two lots of chicks. 2. All chicks of both lots consumed equal amounts of nitrogen during the experiment. 3. Conclusions were based on increases in body weight and content of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus at slaughter.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1940) 8(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

CONTENTS

The Northern Purple Martin as a Neighbor. By Mrs. George W. Trine ........................................................ 45

Birds of a Surviving Area of Original Prairie Land in Eastern Nebraska. By Don B. Whelan .................................................... 50

Some 1939 Bird Observations Made at Red Cloud, Webster County. By Charles S. Ludlow ................................................................ 55

Some Notes on the Summering Birds of Western Nebraska. By Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon ............................................ 61

Distribution and Migration of the Dowitcher in Nebraska. By Myron H. Swenk .................................................................... 63

Cooperative Migration List for the Spring of 1940 ........................ 75

General Notes ................................................ ..................................... 83

Minutes of the Forty-first …

The Influence Of Whole Wheat, Bran And Shorts On Body Weight And Feather Growth In Chicks, F. E. Mussehl, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The proteins of the entire wheat kernel and of the bran and shorts are apparently utilized with equal efficiency by growing chicks when used with a base of corn, barley, oats, meat scraps, fish meal, and soybean meal. The relatively higher protein levels of bran and shorts, as compared to ground wheat, should be considered by the poultry producer in deciding which product or products can be used with greatest economy. A good concentration of a feather-growth factor is found in wheat bran. Other common feedstuffs carry the same essential, and the amount of bran which should be used in …

Further Studies On Prosthogonimus Macrorchis, Oviduct Fluke Of Poultry, With Special Reference To The Effect On Egg Production In The Ring-Necked Pheasant, Ralph W. Macy

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

An Inquiry Into The Influence Of Environment On The Incidence Of Poultry Diseases, L. Van Es, J. F. Olney

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The principal purpose of the investigation reported here was to evaluate, if possible, hygienic measures, and in addition to gather whatever information might become available pertaining to the relation of certain disorders to a given poultry population after its exposure to their specific etiologic factors. The experiments were conducted on a piece of ground upon which poultry had not been maintained for many years, if ever.

Index To Volume Viii

Nebraska Bird Review

Amundson, Geno A., article by, 19.

Avocet, 20, 21, 61, 78, 85, 86.

Baldpate, 5, 13, 16, 76, 84, 97, 104.

Bittern, American, 13, 50, 60, 76, 86, 87, 90, 104.

Blackbird, Brewer, 21, 81, 84, 94; Red-winged (subsp.), 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21, 31, 44, 53, 56, 58, 62, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 105; Rusty, 5, 28, 57, 81; Yellow-headed, 6, 17, 20, 21, 26, 57, 81, 86.

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Wren, Common Rock, 62, 85; Eastern Carolina, 17; Western House, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 19, 52, 57, 59, 79, 85, 86, 89, …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1940) 8(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

The Relation of the Farm Shelterbelt to Wildlife. By Carroll F. Orendurff ................................................................ 1

General Notes ............................................................ 4

Distribution and Migration of the Chat in Nebraska and other Missouri Valley States. By Myron H. Swenk .................... 33

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Viii. A Comparison Of Alfalfa Meal And Artificially Dried Sudan Grass Meal In Rations For Growing Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing the ten parts of alfalfa meal in a ration with artificially dried Sudan-grass meal on an equivalent protein basis was studied in a growth and body-analysis experiment with two lots of day-old chicks. 2. The chicks of both lots consumed equal amounts of dry matter during the feeding trial. 3. There were no significant differences in the growth rate or composition of the chicks at the end of a six weeks' feeding trial.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1939) 7(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Bird Banding Operations in Nebraska. By Harry E. Weakly .. 25

General Notes ........................................... 27

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1939 ... 37

Minutes of the Fortieth Annual Meeting .................... 43

Report on the Thirty-seventh Annual Field Day. . . . . . . . . . . .. 47

A New Bird Guide Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 48

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Vii. A Comparison Of Corn And Kalo In A Ration For Growing Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing 31 per cent of ground corn in a ration by 31 per cent of ground kalo was studied in a growth and body-analysis experiment with two lots of newly hatched chicks. 2. The amounts of feed consumed by all chicks of both lots were kept identical by hand-feeding equal amounts of the pelleted rations daily. 3. There were no significant differences in the growth rate or composition of the chicks at the end of a six weeks' feeding trial.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Vi. The Influence Of The Protein Level Of The Ration On The Growth Of Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Two rations containing 16 and 22 per cent of protein respectively were fed to newly hatched chicks in two series of feeding trials. In one series the lower protein level was secured by diluting the higher with 30 parts of starch so that the amount but not the quality of the protein was changed. In the other series the amount and quality of the protein both varied since the two rations were mixed by using different proportions of the base and concentrate to yield the 16 and 22 per cent levels in the finished rations. 2. Comparisons were made …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1939) 7(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Notes on Certain Ducks Nesting in Nebraska By Ward M. Sharp .................1

Some Ornithological Results of a Six-Weeks' Collecting Trip Along the Boundaries of Nebraska. By George E. Hudson .................4

General Notes................. 7

Announcements and Comments .................24

Index To Volume Vii

Nebraska Bird Review

Aechmophorus occidentalis, 30.

Aristonetta valisneria, 1.

Avocet, 18, 31, 39, 47.

Baldpate, 1, 14, 35, 37, 47.

Bittern, American, 4, 36, 37, 47; Eastern Least, 36.

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Wren, Common Rock, 6, 40, 47; Eastern Carolina, 36; Eastern Winter, 19, 20, 34; Long-billed Marsh, 35; Western House, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 23, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 47.

Yellowlegs, Greater, 35, 38, 47; Lesser, 14, 15, 29, 31, 35, 38, 47.

Yellow-throat, Northern Maryland, 9, 14, 17, 23, 30, 32, 36, 41; Western Maryland, 47.

Youngworth, Wm., article by, 8.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1938) 6(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Is the Prairie Chicken Passing? By Glenn Viehmeyer ... 25

General Notes ... 29

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1938 ... 36

Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting ... 42

Report on the Thirty-sixth Annual Field Day ... 47