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The Storage And Use Of Soil Moisture. Report Of Experimental Substation, North Platte, Nebraska, W. W. Burr Jul 1914

The Storage And Use Of Soil Moisture. Report Of Experimental Substation, North Platte, Nebraska, W. W. Burr

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The profitable cultivation of the non-irrigable lands in west central and western Nebraska is limited by the amount and efficient use of the precipitation. There are tracts of land in the sand hills and minor tracts of badly worn heavier soils where the need of soil fertility is becoming evident. But, in the main, the great problem at present is not one of soil fertility, but of how to get enough water to make use of the fertility now present. The rainfall of this section, which varies from an actual shortage to seldom more than a meager sufficiency, makes it …


Note On The Occurrence Of The Mammoth In Sioux County, Nebraska, H. J. Cook Jan 1914

Note On The Occurrence Of The Mammoth In Sioux County, Nebraska, H. J. Cook

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


A New Longisrostral Mastodon From Cherry County, Nebraska, E. H. Barbour Jan 1914

A New Longisrostral Mastodon From Cherry County, Nebraska, E. H. Barbour

Conservation and Survey Division

During the season of 1914, field work in the fossil regions was pushed less vigorously than usual owing to lack of funds. N evertheless some interesting and valuable material was obtained by the N ebraska Geological Survey, notably the great mandible of a new longirostral mastodon from Cherry County, together with associated tusk and bones.

The mastodon constituting the basis of this paper was found in the exposnres bordering the Snake River in section 33, range 30 west, and township 32 north. The talus slope was strewn with fragments of the tusk and bone of a mastodon. This led the …


Two New Fossil Dogs Of The Genus "Crynarctus" From Nebraska, E. H. Barbour Jan 1914

Two New Fossil Dogs Of The Genus "Crynarctus" From Nebraska, E. H. Barbour

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Plant Tissue In The Carboniferous Shales Of Nebraska, E. H. Barbour Jan 1914

Plant Tissue In The Carboniferous Shales Of Nebraska, E. H. Barbour

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


A New Canid From The Lower Pliocene Of Nebraska, Tephrocyon Mortifer, H. J. Cook Jan 1914

A New Canid From The Lower Pliocene Of Nebraska, Tephrocyon Mortifer, H. J. Cook

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Progress In The Study Of Nebraska Diatoma, C. J. Elmore Jan 1914

Progress In The Study Of Nebraska Diatoma, C. J. Elmore

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Note On The Dentition Of "Amphicyon Amnicola," A Gigantic Fossil Dog, H. J. Cook Jan 1914

Note On The Dentition Of "Amphicyon Amnicola," A Gigantic Fossil Dog, H. J. Cook

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.