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The Nebline, December 1989

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

From front page of this edition: New Nebline Format This issue of Nebline is the new newsletter from your Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County. This newsletter replaces individual newsletters mailed to our agricultural, home extension, horticulture, and 4-H mailing lists. This issue of Nebline contains all of the news items we would have printed in the four individual newsletters. You are now receiving the benefits of all four newsletters in one publication. I'm sure you have noticed how fast things around us are changing. The extension service is not exempt from these changes. By stabilizing and/or reducing costs through …

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
UNL RESEARCH COUNCIL
CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOVES TO ARDC
EPA/USDA TOURS ARDC SEPTEMBER 22
LISA UPDATE
NEW FACULTY JOIN ARD
SAM CORDES BECOMES HEAD OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
ROBERT C. SHEARMAN HEADS AGRONOMY
JUDY ANNE DRISKELL LEADS HUMAN NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT
USDA COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS
PESTICIDE DOCUMENT NEARS COMPLETION
COMMODITY BOARD FUNDING ANNOUNCED
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED JUNE & JUNE 1989
STATE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (1987) COMPARED BY EXPENDITURES PER $1000 GROSS FARM INCOME AND PER CAPITA

State Farmland: Preferential Assessment Statutes, J. David Aiken

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

This report is intended to be a guide for persons interested in state statutes regarding preferential tax assessment of farmland. Previous USDA reports on this topic were published in 1961, 1963, 1967, 1974, and 1987. This report updates the 1987 USDA report. The report summarizes state farmland preferential assessment statutes through December 31, 1988. The report does not evaluate possible ambiguities within the statutes or include an analysis of relevant court decisions. Although these summaries provide a comprehensive survey of state statutory laws, they are not a substitute for copies of the state law. Taxpayers wanting to know how the …

Agricultural Experiment Station News July 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
BIOMETRY HEAD IS MARX
DAVID W. STANLEY-SAMUELSON
ARDC NEWS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DIVISION - CURRENT GRANTS AND AWARDS
GRANT AND CONTRACT INCOME DURING THE LAST THREE CALENDAR YEARS EXPRESSED ON DOLLARS PER RESEARCH FTE BASIS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED APRIL & MAY 1989
NEW PROJECTS
COMMODITY BOARD FUNDING

Agricultural Research Division 103rd Annual Report, July 1, 1988, To June 30, 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

It is a pleasure to provide the 103rd Annual Report of the UNL Agricultural Research Division. This report contains lists of current faculty, active projects, refereed journal articles, books and book chapters, germ plasm releases, brief descriptions of research in selected areas, and the financial report for the period of July 1, 1988, through June 30, 1989. This report was compiled in compliance with the intent of the law of the State of Nebraska that established the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station on March 31, 1887.

Foreword ... v

Administrative Personnel ... vii

Administrative Units ... viii

Organizational Chart ... viii …

Effect Of Host Plant On The Level Of Virulence Of Nilaparvata Lugens (Homoptera: Delphacidae) On Rice Cultivars, A. H. Bahagiawati, E. A. Heinrichs, F. G. Medrano

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The virulence of a planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) biotype 3, reared on rice cultivar ASD7and of N. lugens colonies collected on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines and reared on the widely grown commercial cultivars IR36 and IR42 was compared. Based on plant damage, insect weight, population growth, and feeding activity, the Mindanao N. lugens colonies reared on IR36 and IR42 were more virulent than biotype 3, although ASD7, IR36, and IR42 have the bph2 gene for N. lugens resistance. These results clearly indicate that in the screening of breeding lines for resistance to N. lugens, it is …

Agricultural Experiment Station News May 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
MARION O'LEARY HEADS BIOCHEMISTRY
GLENN HOFFMAN LEADS AG ENGINEERING
ARD DEFINITION OF "INTERDISCIPLINARY" VS "MULTIDISCIPLINARY" RESEARCH
NOTES FROM THE ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL
INDIRECT COSTS-WHERE DO THEY GO?
STATEMENT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ARDC-MEAD ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED FEBRUARY & MARCH 1989
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS

Agricultural Experiment Station News March 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
DR. JULIE ALBRECHT
DR. LAURIE HODGES
DR. NANCY LEWIS
DR. DALE WEBB
DR. JEFFREY S. ROYER
DR. DONALD WEEKS
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SYSTEM
DR. JOHN E. FOSTER
PREPROPOSALS - LISA 1990 FUNDING
FY 1991 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST
ARD OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL POLICY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS
TEKTRAN DATA BASE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE
1990 ESCOP RESEARCH INITIATIVE PRIORITIES
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS

Agricultural Experiment Station News March 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
SAHS HONORED FOR SERVICE
NEW ARD FACULTY
NEW MINORITY GRADUATE STUDENT RECRUITING PLAN
l02nd ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED
FACULTY RESEARCH INTEREST PROFILE
PROPOSED NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
ANNA H. ELLIOTT FUND GRANTS
LISA DEADLINE
STATEMENT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INDIRECT COSTS-BLESSING OR CURSE?
ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL FACILITIES
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FOR ARD FACULTY
PROGRAM SIZE AND FY87 RESEARCH EXPENDITURES OF SELECTED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
RESEARCH GRANTS ANDS CONTRACTS RECEIVED NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 1988 & JANUARY 1989
ARD TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS

G89-915 Testing Livestock Feeds For Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep And Horses, Rick Grant, Bruce Anderson, Richard J. Rasby, Terry L. Mader

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides tips on how to determine feeds you should analyze and nutrients to measure. It tells how to interpret the results of feed analysis.

Why Test Feeds?

Nutrient concentration can vary considerably in feeds, especially forages. Protein in alfalfa hay can range from 10 to 25 percent or more of the dry matter; grass hay will contain between four and 18 percent protein.

Use feed tests to target specific feeds to different livestock. Feed high quality forage to the most productive livestock or when nutrient needs are highest. Feed lower quality forage to animals with lower nutrient needs. …

G89-929 Consequences Teach Responsibility, Herbert G. Lingren

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes how to discipline children by letting them experience the consequences of their behavior, and by using "time-outs" and "reverse time-outs."

There are many ways to discipline children. Parents can choose ways that suit them as individuals and that fit their beliefs and values. Letting children suffer the consequences for their behavior is just one of many discipline methods.

Letting children suffer the consequences is a "hassle-free" way to discipline them. Children learn from experiences, just like adults. We call it "learning the hard way." The child learns that every act has a consequence. And, they learn to …

G89-928 Parent Checklist For Choosing Day Care, Herbert G. Lingren

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Choosing appropriate child care can be confusing. Here are some things to consider in selecting the best care for your child.

What Is Good Day Care?

Good day care requires three important things: a caregiver who provides your child with care and guidance and who works with you and your family to made sure your child grows and learns in the best way possible; a setting that keeps your child safe and healthy; activities suited to your child's stage of growth that help the child develop mentally, physically, socially and emotionally.

Heg89-244 Selection Of Case Goods -- Metal And Natural Materials, Shirley Niemeyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Construction, safety, finishes and styles for furniture made from metal and natural materials are discussed here.

Case goods is a term used to describe various types of cabinetry, chests, desks, bedsteads, tables and chairs. Case goods are made from a variety of materials: wood, metal, plastic and natural materials. A few are made from glass, mirror and stone.

G89-904 Corn Insects - Quick Reference, J. F. Witkowski, Frederick P. Baxendale

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides abbreviated information on all the economically important corn insect pests found in Nebraska. It provides a brief description, damage symptoms, incidence, sampling scheme, economic thresholds, and available references for these insects.

Ec89-1871 Wheat Streak Mosaic Disease, John E. Watkins, Roy C. French, John B. Campbell, Eric D. Kerr, Robert N. Klein

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Wheat streak mosaic was first recognized in Nebraska in the early 1920's as "yellow mosaic." This virus disease has the potential to cause serious crop losses in winter and spring wheats and in spring oats. It is most prevalent in the central and northern Great Plains. In Nebraska wheat streak mosaic commonly occurs in the west central and Panhandle, but also occurs in south central and eastern Nebraska. During some years the spring oat crop in northeast Nebraska is devastated by the combination of wheat streak mosaic and barley yellow dwarf diseases occurring in the same field.

G89-926 Swine Reproductive Problems: Infectious Causes, Alex Hogg, Donald G. Levis

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes causes, clinical signs, control, prevention and treatment of swine reproductive problems due to infectious diseases. The reproductive potential for the ideal sow has been calculated as 31.2 pigs weaned per year. The United States average is 14 pigs per sow per year--less than one-half the reproductive potential of the ideal sow. A major part of this low reproductive efficiency is due to either infectious or non-infectious causes. The infectious causes of swine reproductive problems are addressed here.

Farming Systems Research/Extension And The Concepts Of Sustainability, Charles A. Francis, Peter E. Hildebrand

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Farming Systems Research and Extension (FSR/E) has strongly influenced the direction of agricultural development over the past two decades. Involving farmers, change agents and researchers, this participatory approach to technological improvement has evolved as an efficient means to develop individual components and more integrated systems that are uniquely suited to specific biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. Farmers with similar conditions and for whom specific recommendations are appropriate are grouped, in FSR/E, into identifiable Recommendation Domains. The technologies recommended conform with the biophysical and socioeconomic constraints that create environments within the domains, based on the philosophy that new technologies must conform with …

Concetta Tm (Papconc) C.V. (Rose Plant), Ellen T. Paparozzi

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea rose class, which was originated as a sport of the rose Gabriella; characterized by its bright orange red, well-formed hybrid tea type blooms with dark velvet overtones on the outer edges of the open flower; disease resistant with everblooming habit and outstanding pot forcing characteristics.

G89-925 'Helminthosporium' Leaf Spot And Melting Out Diseases Of Turfgrass (Revised December 1995), John E. Watkins, Roch E. Gaussoin, Terrance P. Riordan

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Symptoms and controls for "Helminthosporium" leaf spot and melting out are discussed.

Leaf spot and melting out are two fungal diseases of turfgrass within the "Helminthosporium" leaf, crown and root disease complex. They are the most common and serious groups of cool season turfgrass diseases in North America.

G89-951 Mushrooms, Puffballs, Fairy Rings, And Slime Molds In Turfgrass, John E. Watkins

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

How do you identify -- and treat -- mushrooms, puffballs, fairy rings and slime molds? Read on.

Some mushrooms and most puffballs are edible; some are foul-smelling, many are considered unsightly, and a few are poisonous; but when they appear on a lawn, most are considered a nuisance.

G89-915 Testing Livestock Feeds For Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep And Horses (Revised April 1997), Rick Grant, Bruce Anderson, Richard J. Rasby, Terry L. Mader

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides tips on how to determine feeds you should analyze and nutrients to measure. It tells how to interpret the results of feed analysis.

Why Test Feeds?

Nutrient concentration can vary considerably in feeds, especially forages. Protein in alfalfa hay can range from 10 to 25 percent or more of the dry matter; grass hay will contain between four and 18 percent protein.

Use feed tests to target specific feeds to different livestock. Feed high quality forage to the most productive livestock or when nutrient needs are highest. Feed lower quality forage to animals with lower nutrient needs.

G89-948 Safe Operation Of Compact Tractors, Robert D. Grisso, Rollin Schnieder

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Follow these safety tips and maintenance procedures for checking, servicing and operating compact tractors to extend their life and reduce breakdowns and accidents.

Lawn and turf maintenance is easier because of modern compact tractors, but carelessness can spell trouble.

Most tractors used in grounds care can be classified into three size groups: 1) riding lawn mowers (3 to 8 horsepower) which are fitted with a mower and usually do not have other equipment or attachments that could be mounted separately; 2) lawn and garden or compact tractors (7 to 40 horsepower) that can be mounted with a variety of tools …

G89-933 Supplemental Pastures For Sheep, Ted Doane, Bruce Anderson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Efficient and effective ways to pasture sheep are covered here.

Feed costs account for approximately 80 percent of all costs in many dry lot feeding programs for sheep. These costs can be reduced to 50 percent in the total cost with effective pasture programs.

Sheep can be efficient at converting forage into meat and wool. The following pasture alternatives and combinations allow the development of a pasture program where sheep can be on pasture for approximately 10 months of the year, if weather permits.

G89-901 Understand Your Soil Test: Sulfur, K.D. Frank, Delno Knudsen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Factors leading to sulfur deficiency, soil and water tests, soil test interpretation and fertilizer materials that contain sulfur are covered here.

Sulfur, one of the macro-nutrients, may be deficient in some sandy soils but usually is plentiful in other soils of the state. The amounts contained by healthy crops are on the same order as phosphorus, ranging from 0.2 percent to .5 percent sulfur. It is a component of certain amino acids, and so is part of several proteins essential for plants and animals.

G88-892 Mixing Quality Pig Feed (Revised July 1992), Duane Reese, Mike Brumm

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Pig feed quality problems and mixing recommendations are covered here. Feed ingredients represent over 60 percent of the total cost of farrow-finish pork production and 65-70 percent of the variable expenses. Attention to quality preparation, in addition to purchasing decisions, is a component of feed ingredient cost management. Errors in formulation, misuse of feed mixing equipment, use of poor quality feed ingredients or lack of a quality assurance program can have costly consequences.

G89-922 Stain Removal For Washable Fabrics (Revised April 1999), Rose Marie Tondl

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Spaghetti sauce, ink and chewing gum are just a few of the things that can leave their mark on clothing. This NebGuide has suggestions for removing stains from washable fabrics.

Home stain removal done quickly and cautiously can decrease family clothing care costs. Clothing expenditures are reduced by minimizing the replacement of damaged clothing. The following instructions and techniques use normal home laundry products and readily available stain-removal agents. These procedures apply only to washable items and not to garments labeled dry clean only. Always check the care label for recommended laundering procedures and follow the instructions.

G89-907 Drinking Water: Testing For Quality (Revised April 2005), Sharon Skipton, Bruce I. Dvorak, Wayne Woldt

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Why test water quality? Concern about water quality often leads consumers to ask questions such as "What is in my water?" or "Is my drinking water safe?" All water from natural sources contains dissolved substances. These substances are often called contaminants, especially when the amounts present are at possibly harmful or problematic levels. The substances in water can result from either natural processes or human activities. At low concentrations, many do not cause known harmful effects and may be beneficial. Research shows some substances may be harmful only when present at high enough concentrations. The only way to know if …

G89-899 Weed Control In No-Till Corn, Grain Sorghum And Soybean Production, R.S. Moomaw, Alex Martin, R.N. Stougaard, Fred Roeth, G.A. Wicks, Robert N. Klein, Paul J. Jasa

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Tips for successful no-till weed control, weed control principles for no-till row crop production, and no-till row crops planted into legume or small grain residues are covered here. Soil erosion by wind and water is a strong societal concern in our state and nation. Current estimates are that more than 100 million tons of topsoil are eroded annually in Nebraska, with 75 percent of that coming from row crop areas. Nebraska farmers have been implementing changes in their crop production practices to reduce soil erosion.

G89-905 Weed Control On Crp Acres (Revised July 1997), Robert N. Klein, Gail A. Wicks, John E. Watkins, Jerry D. Volesky

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Establishing perennial grasses on former cropland presents a challenge. Weed control can be accomplished with herbicides, tillage, burning, mowing, and crop competition. The key to weed control is timeliness. Weeds should be controlled on CRP acres to reduce the risk of seeding failure and eliminate possible reseeding costs. Soil moisture must be available for seed germination, seedling emergence, and establishment to be successful in getting stands of grasses and/or legumes. Weeds can quickly and thoroughly consume soil water throughout the upper soil profile and must be controlled to allow grass and legume seedlings to germinate and emerge. In addition, rapid-growing, …

G89-908 Controlling Snake Problems Around Homes, Ron J. Johnson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Controlling snake problems around residences is covered here. Occasionally people encounter snakes around their homes or in other places, and wonder what to do about the snakes or whether they are dangerous. In nearly all cases, these are harmless types such as garter snakes or bullsnakes. However, Nebraska does have four kinds of poisonous snakes: the prairie rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake, small rattlesnake, copperhead.