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Southeast Research Farm Annual Progress Report, 1959, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agronomy And Plant Pathology Departments

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1959 progress report for the Southeast Research Farm, Agricultural Experiment Station at Menno, South Dakota State College. This document represents the research conducted at the Station during the 1959 crop season including: fertility and cultural practice experiments, small grain variety testing, sorghum and soybean variety testing, corn breeding testing, grass and legume testing, and crop diseases and their control.

Northeast Research Station Watertown, South Dakota Annual Progress Report, 1959, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agronomy Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1959 annual progress report for the Northeast Research Station in Watertown, South Dakota. This report is issued by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and the South Dakota State College Agronomy and Plant Pathology Department. This report includes information on the 1959 crop season, fertility and cultural practice experiments, legume testing, grass testing, sorghum and soybean testing, corn breeding and yield testing, small grain testing, potatoes, and small grain diseases.

Effects Of Moisture On The Clover Root Borer And Red Clover Yields, K. P. Pruess, C. R. Weaver

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Rainfall and populations of the clover root borer, Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham), were artificially controlled in pots of red clover grown under shelters in the field. Populations of clover root borer were higher under dry conditions. Although yield losses were high in borer-infested pots, yield reductions were no greater under dry than under wet conditions.

South Central Research Farm Progress Report, December 1959, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1959 report for the Agricultural Experiment Station at the South Central Research Farm. This report includes sorghum, corn, and winter grain testing, alfalfa and grass seed production, cultural practices, legume and grass variety testing, and spring wheat and barley variety testing.

Food Fact Or Fad?, Cleora Ewalt

SDSU Extension Circulars

Many South Dakota people· have been asking for scientific facts concerning false or misleading claims being circulated about food and nutrition. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide facts to help combat some of the misinformation. This information summarizes statements of leading nutrition and health authorities, and "watchmen" of the public health. None of the info~ati.on is the findings of any research done by the author, nor does it contain any personal opinion nor conclusion. The South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics expresses its thanks to the following for cooperation in reviewing the manuscript: Division …

Insect Pests Of Trees And Shrubs, W.M. Hantsbarger, E.K. Ferrell

SDSU Extension Circulars

Shrubs and shade trees in full foliage are objects of beauty and should be protected from the ravages of insects. This circular does not attempt to describe all insect pests that may occur on trees and shrubs but rather singles out some of the more important ones that are troublesome in South Dakota. Information on pests not covered herein may be obtained from your County Extension Agent or by writing to the authors at South Dakota State College, Brookings. The insects described are divided into groups depending upon their feeding habits. These groups include the sucking insects, which feed on …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 35, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Clothing Project Guide For South Dakota 4-H Club Members, Anna Walker

SDSU Extension Circulars

Welcome to the 4-H Clothing project! You are about to begin or to continue your interest in a project which we hope you will find helpful and that you will enjoy. By the time you have finished the clothing project cycle you will have learned more about clothing care and wardrobe planning. You will have learned to be a better clothing shopper. Good grooming will become more important to you because you will want to be your own best exhibit. Sewing is part of the project. This will be fun because you will learn to make some article of clothing …

Nebraska Bird Review (October 1959) 27(4), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Thirty-Fifth Annual Cooperative Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ............................................................................ 50

Fall Records .............................................................................................. 67

Birding in Kearney "On The Run" .................................................... 69

General Notes ............................................................................................ 73

Index to Volume XXVII........................................................................ 74

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xxxvi. Parasites Of The Wolverine, Gulo Gulo L., With Observations On The Biology Of Taenia Twitchelli Schwartz, 1924, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Natural biotic relationships already had been severely disrupted in the United States by the time significant interest had developed in faunistic helminthology. Some mammalian species, particularly the larger carnivores, had been extirpated or were represented only by scattered individuals in the few remaining wilderness areas. Thus, it is not remarkable that the helminths of such species as the wolverine, Gulo gulo Linnaeus, have been little studied. Fortunately, however, much of arctic and subarctic North America has endured in its primitive state, and here it is still possible to undertake basic biological studies under undisturbed conditions.

Unexplored Frontiers Of Books, Loraine Vilas

SDSU Extension Circulars

Books for study, general reading or club use are available in the subjects of philosophy, travel, biography, literature, economics, history, science, religion, fine and useful arts. Reference service is available to individuals, clubs or schools requesting assistance with club pape!'S, business information, debate, programs, entertainment, etc.

Projecting Brookings Growth From College Enrollment Estimates, Norma Ruth Koch

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This study attempts to make a projection of population and commercial activity in the City of Brookings, based upon a prior projection of enrollment at South Dakota State College. In order to determine the material benefits which Brookings will derive from the location of South Dakota State College in the community, an estimate of the business expansion which will follow the anticipated increase in enrollment and employment at the college by 1970 is necessary. The objective of this study is to estimate the anticipated commercial expansion.

Saddlebag Insects Log Book, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

These pages from a log book serve as the key to the specimens collected by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds at the Saddleback Research Station in Oregon.

Grain Merchandising At The Country Elevator, Arthur B. Sogn

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The general public including the patrons has little knowledge of the internal operations of country elevators. This is due in part to the lack of adequate communication between the operator and his customers or patrons. In consequence the patrons too often fail to understand why a certain price for their grain is offered or why certain charges are made for services rendered. The farmer expects and is entitled to a ready market for his grains. The farmer may elect to sell his grain immediately at the current price, store it with the idea of obtaining a better price later, or …

A Search For Rules For International Wheat Surplus Disposal, James L. Leibfried

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Before a cooperative plan can be formulated for utilizing the wheat surpluses in underdeveloped countries, there are three points on which the exporting nations will have to agree. They are: (1) uniform terms (rates of interest and repayment, and etc.) for concessional sales; (2) the level of commercial wheat imports, if any, that the underdeveloped countries should be required to maintain; and (3) a basis for determining the quantity of wheat each exporting nation should supply on concessional terms. The general purpose of this study was to attempt to establish a basic rule for determining the level of commercial wheat …

Opportunities And Problems Of Using United States Surplus Food To Increase Capital Formation In Underveloped Countries, Ali Ahmed Attiga

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This study is an elaboration of the thesis that, under certain conditions and assumptions regarding the economies of underdeveloped countries, surplus food could provide a valuable and unique form of additional funds for accelerating capital formation in these countries. The central ideas of this thesis, including the conditions and assumptions which underlie their validity and some of their practical implications are examined in Chapter II. Chapter I consists of some background in formation on present inequality of wealth between the advanced and the less developed countries of the world and the economic and political implications of such inequality. Part of …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 35, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Economic Crop Alternatives For Dry Farm Areas Of Northern Utah, Earnest M. Morrison, Russell V. Withers

Utah Resources Series

Dry land farming is an essential part of the economy of northern Utah. With wheat in surplus production and subsequent crop controls a serious problem has developed in the area. The State Agricultural Statistician and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee report that between thirty thousand and forty thousand acres have been taken from wheat production and are available for crops other than wheat.

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xxxiv. The Parasites Of Wolves, Canis Lupus L., Robert L. Rausch, Francis Williamson

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

It is generally recognized that canine animals comprise an important reservoir of parasites and diseases transmissible to man. These animals, including the domestic dog, have unusual economic importance in arctic and subarctic North America, particularly for the Eskimos and Indians living in more remote regions. These aboriginal peoples continually have close association with canine animals and would appear to be quite vulnerable to infection from this source. That this is true is already evident, although data on morbidity from animal-borne diseases are far from complete. At the present time, at least in Alaska, these people have little ability to lessen …

Farm And Home Bulletin August 11-12 1959, Tennessee Agricultural And Industrial State University

Farm and Home Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Economic Opportunities Available To Farmers On 160-Acre Farms In Southeastern South Dakota, Leonard R. Benning

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

How can farm income be increased on 160-acre farms in south-eastern South Dakota? This question has been asked by many farmers who are trying to determine the most profitable cropping and livestock systems. The most profitable farm organization depends on how well the farmer selects his farm enterprises and combines the use of his land, labor, capital, and management. The major problem of the farm manager is selecting the enterprises in combination with available resources that will result in the greatest continuous earnings over a period of years. There is no one combination of cropping and livestock system which is …

Growth Measurements Of Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey And Jersey Males, H. P. Davis, I. L. Hathaway

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

This study was based on monthly observations of all Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey and Jersey males born in the University of Nebraska dairy herd between 1922 and 1942. There were varying numbers of animals for the different months of age for the several breeds. Measurements of weight, slope of the rump, thickness of skin, and 13 linear measurements were taken monthly, from birth to disposal of the animals. The linear measurements were of heights at withers, hooks and rump; of lengths-diagonal (shoulder point to pinbone), body and rump; of widths at chest, hooks and pinbones; of depths at chest and barrel; …

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xxxv. On The Identity Of Certain Cestodes (Taeniidae) From Foxes, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Some species of the genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758, are morphologically so similar in the adult stage that their separation is very difficult. Complicating this problem is the questionable validity of certain of these species which have been insufficiently characterized. There are two species, however, the adults of which possess well defined morphological difference but which have been repeatedly confused despite their having been adequately described by early investigators. These cestodes, Taenia crassiceps (Zeder, 1800) and T. polyacantha Leuckart, 1856, have for many years been recognized solely by their larval characteristics under the misconception that the adults were indistinguishable.

Nebraska Bird Review (July 1959) 27(3), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Dr. R. Allyn Moser .................................................................................. 34

Dr. R. Allyn Moser's Contribution to Ornithology ........................ 35

1958 Nesting Report ................................................................................ 36

Meetings and Reports ............................................................................ 38

General Notes ............................................................................................ 39

Some Early Records of the Wild Turkey in Nebraska .................... 42

The Distribution of the Western Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Missouri River Valley ........................................................ 43

Excerpts from Letters ............................................................................ 44

Some Aspects Of Regeneration Silviculture In Spruce-Aspen Stands In Alberta, L. A. Smithers

Aspen Bibliography

Surveys of spruce-aspen stands in Northern Alberta have shown that natural regeneration of white spruce is generally a failure on areas which have been logged but not burned (Candy 1951).

Sheep Production Guide, James O'Connell

SDSU Extension Circulars

Sheep production in South Dakota offers farmers an additional means of stabilizing their income and production. The two cash crops per year, wool and lambs, have always been popular. With the necessity of planting more grasses and legumes to conserve our land, the need of putting more emphasis on roughage-consuming animals is evident. During World War II the sheep numbers in the United States declined about 40 percent from their high peak of 1942. However, since the United States produces only a fraction of the wool that this country consumes, and with sheep numbers likely to stay below the peak …

Vertical Integration And The South Dakota Farmer, Lyle Bender, Arthur Anderson, Leonard Benning

SDSU Extension Circulars

Agriculture is undergoing some vast structural changes. Sometimes these changes are referred to as both a technical and an organizational revolution. These changes can be most readily seen in the way our methods of production and marketing are being organized, and in the tools with which we work. The technical revolution has been in process for many years, but in recent years its pace has increased. Technology has given us new or improved machines and equipment, improved crop varieties and livestock, and new or improved feeds and other farm production items. Most of this new technology in agriculture has increased …

Farm Business Management Data And Practices In South Dakota: 1957 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Arnold Aspelin

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This pamphlet is an annual summary of the project "Farm Business Management Data and Practices" for the year beginning January 1st, 1957 and ending December 31st 1957. Farmers and ranchers located in all of the seven "type of farming areas" in South Dakota keep records of receipts, expenses, inventories and livestock records to be analyzed by the Agricultural Experiment Station Economics Department. This project began in 1955 with only a few cooperators and has increased to 56 cooperators in 1957. The purpose of this project is to obtain data on costs, returns and organization on farms and ranches in all …

Breeds Of Chickens For Meat And Egg Production

Historical Materials from UNL Extension in Lancaster County

Farmers' Bulletin No. 2065
U.S. Department of Agriculture

The breeds and varieties of chickens discussed in this bulletin -- American, Asiatic, English, and Mediterranean -- are the ones most commonly used for the production of food.

American class:
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Bantam
Wyandotte
Wyandotte Bantam
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red Bantam
Rhode Island White
New Hampshire
Jersey Giant
Java
Dominique
Chantecler
Lamona
Buckeye
Holland
Delaware

Asiatic class:
Brahma
Brahma Bantam
Cochin
Cochin Bantam
Langshan

English class:
Orpington
Cornish
Cornish Bantam
Dorking
Sussex
Redcap
Australorp

Mediterranean class:
Leghorn
Leghorn Bantam
Minorca
Minorca Bantam
Ancona
Spanish
Blue Andalusian
Buttercup
Catalana

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 35, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.