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4-H Project Guide : Beef Production, James O'Connell

SDSU Extension Circulars

The first and most important step in the baby beef phase is to select the type of calf that will make the most economical gains and finally dress out a highly desirable carcass. The success and profit of the enterprise will depend on the conformation, feeding ability and quality of the calf selected.

4-H Project Guide : Poultry Production, Boyd Bonzer, Herb Lippert, G. S. Weaver

SDSU Extension Circulars

Any boy or girl who wishes to enroll in the 4-H Poultry Project must be 10 years old on or before May 31; and must not have reached the age of 21 on January 1 of the current year. This boy or girl must be enrolled in the project before May 31. The 4-H member may have chickens, turkeys, ducks, or geese as the poultry project. The chicks should be bought at a reliable local hatchery each year. The first-year member should raise one hundred or more baby chicks. The following years, the member should enlarge the project. In taking …

Some Economic Aspects Of The Fluid Milk Industry Of Nebraska, Kenneth E. Anderson

Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Most citizens of Nebraska, especially the dairy farmers who produced milk for city consumption, are currently concerned with the problem of marketing fluid milk.In Nebraska and all over the United States, sales of wholesale milk farmers have been increasing for the past 15 years, while cream sales to creameries have been decreasing.

Production of milk in Nebraska is greatest in the eastern part of the state.Likewise, consumption is concentrated in Eastern Nebraska. This is most likely due to Eastern Nebraska’s highly concentrated population as well as the most favorable farm conditions for dairy cows.

Most of the bottled milk in …

4-H Meal Planning For South Dakota 4-H Girls, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College

SDSU Extension Circulars

Are you one of the nation's two million 4-H'ers who are trying to help feed your family well? This booklet offers suggestions and other helps that will help you—serve enjoyable meals—keep your family well nourished—practice thrift when need be—save time and energy where you can.

The Yield And Thiamine, Riboflavin And Niacin Content Of Alfalfa Hay As Related To Fertilizer Treatment Of Soil, Rasik L. Pathak

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Alfalfa has long been recognized as an outstanding hay plant in terms of both yield and feeding value. It is high in digestible protein, minerals, and vitamins. Because of its long life it can be economically produced. It is of exceptional value in maintaining soil fertility by helping to control erosion, by improving the physical condition of the soil, and by accumulating large amounts of nitrogen.

The great importance of alfalfa growing in the United States is attested by its rapid and continued expansion. It is one of the most important forage crops and is grown on a greater acreage …

The Desert Shall Blossom As The Rose, D. Wynne Thorne

Faculty Honor Lectures

IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE has not received attention commensurate with its significance in either ancient or modem times. Although most ancient civilizations depended on irrigation for their very existence, one can consult volume after volume of history only to find irrigation scarcely mentioned. To the agricultural specialist the great challenge and the strength and weakness of irrigation agriculture is not in constructing Boulder Dams nor in planning winding canals and syphons to carry water from the Columbia River to California. The critical point is on the farms where water is applied to the soil and crops are harvested. There the real battles …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

South Dakota Farm Fly Control [p] 45
Fertilizers and Irrigation Double Tomato Production [p] 49
Summer Grazing and Wintering Beef Cattle [p] 50
Starved Soil Can Not Produce Good Crops! [p] 56
Two New South Dakota Corn Hybrids [p] 59
Potato Blight Control Increases Production [p] 61
Farm Land Values in South Dakota Your Experiment Station and National Security [p] inside back cover

Microorganisms And Their Effects On Crops And Soils, T. M. Mccalla, T. H. Goodding

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Many of the cropping and tillage practices that a farmer uses are effective in crop productivity because of their influence on microbial activity.

Weed Control In Lawns And Gardens, Leonard L. Schrader, Soloman Cook

SDSU Extension Circulars

Weeds. are a problem in the city, small town and around the farm home, just as they are a problem in pastures, hay lands and tilled fields. Wherever weeds grow, they are an unsightly and expensive nuisance. In the vacant or untended lots m town, weeds become the source of seed that will spread to surrounding gardens, lawns and farm fields. Hampered vision at intersections, caused by rank-growing weeds, has contributed to many traffic accidents. In addition, they sap the soil's fertility, which probably is sent up in smoke when the weeds are burned in the fall. In gardens, they …

Hairy Vetch For Nebraska, T. H. Goodding

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Hairy vetch is a winter annual legume. It may be planted either in the spring or fall. Hairy vetch often succeeds on soils where sweet clover and alfalfa fail. It is more tolerant to acid (lime-deficient) soils than most leguminous crops.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Homesteader Bromegrass [p] 25
Siberian Elm, A Great plains Toughie [p] 28
Antibiotics for Turkeys [p] 31
To Get Cottons Cleaner [p] 34
Looking Ahead to Irrigation [p] 38
Hackberry Leaf Galls [p] 40
Sporadic Bovine Encephalitis [p] 43
Your 1950 Research Investment [p] inside back cover

Annual Report: 1951

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Annual Program & Accomplishments ........................ 14

Budget Estimate ........................ 19

Cherry County Extension Districts (Map) ........................ 20

Cherry County 4-H Clubs (Map) ........................ 34

Cherry County Non-Stock Cooperative Labor Association ........................ 12

Clarke-McNary Forestry Cooperators (Graph) ........................ 60

Clothing, Family Economics & Community Life ........................ 88

Conservation of Natural Resources ........................ 62

Crop Production ........................ 38

Distribution of Windbreak Plantings (Map) ........................ 61

Farm Labor (Graph) ........................ 71

Farm Management ........................ 70

Feature Story ........................ 100

Form of Organization ........................ 21

4-H Club Work ........................ 32

General Economic Problems ........................ 75

History of Enrollment & Completion (Graph) ........................ 35

Home …

Cinderella Furniture, Isabel Mcgibney

SDSU Extension Circulars

With an elaborate gilt coach that had once been a pumpkin, and glass slippers that didn't disclose their former identity, a common colorless girl became a famous storybook beauty. With a wave of the magic legendary wand, the good fairy transformed the unattractive into the desirable, the ugly into the beautiful and the rundown into the useful. Today a woman is her own fairy. The magic wand that makes the old as good as new is imagination, ingenuity and know-how. Like the two chairs on the cover that Mrs. Homemaker proudly shows her family, the unattractive chair has completely changed …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Xiii. The Effect Of Additions Of Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal To High Corn Chick Rations, C. W. Ackerson, R. L. Borchers, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Feeding trials were conducted on three groups of chicks in eight lots receiving a growing mash containing dehydrated alfalfa meal at levels of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, and 15 per cent. Comparisons were not made simultaneously but no general trend toward growth depression was evident in comparable lots. In addition duplicate trials of four lots of newly hatched New Hampshire chicks were made on pelleted rations carrying 0, 2, 4, and 6 per cent of a good quality dehydrated alfalfa meal. The chicks were all fed accurately known amounts of the pelleted rations for six weeks. …

Agricultural Research In South Dakota: Sixty-Fourth Annual Station Report, July 1, 1950 - June 30, 1951, South Dakota State College Of Agriculture And Mechanic Arts

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Research In Agriculture 1949-1950: Annual Report., W G. Taggart

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

Farmer's 1950 Income Tax, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College

SDSU Extension Circulars

Every person whose gross income during the year is $600 or more MUST file a return even though no tax is due. Gross income is total income (subject to tax) before any expenses are deducted. If at least two-thirds of your gross income is from farming and your business year starts January 1, you have two choices. Either, (a) File your return and pay the tax on or before January 31, 1951; or (b) File an estimate of your tax and pay this amount by January 15, 1951, then file your return and pay any balance due by March 15, …

Farm Building Plans, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College

SDSU Extension Circulars

Buildings are a necessary part of each farm unit. They are used to provide shelter and facilities for farm family living, to house livestock, for storage and processing of food and feed, and for utility storage or service. Most farm buildings are designed to be used for many years. A carefully planned, well-located building carefully adapted to the use for which it is intended, is a profitable investment and a source of satisfaction. On the other hand, a poorly planned and improperly built structure may prove both costly and unsatisfactory. Every building on the farm represents a longtime investment and …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Pierre Rye [p] 1
Norghum Sorghum—A Good Feed for Swine [p] 4
Need for School District Reorganization [p] 6
Mosaic Disease Menaces Wheat [p] 9
Marketing Feeder Cattle and Sheep [p] 12
Does a Warm Barn Pay? [p] 18
Fruit Breeding Getting the Most Out of Your Soft Corn [p] inside back cover

Aircraft In Agriculture, N. E. Shafer, J. D. Furrer, J. W. Lomax

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Airplanes were first used in agriculture shortly after the close of World War I. They proved valuable for locating mosquito breeding areas, for forest fire patrol work, as an aid in locating outlaw cotton fields in the campaign against pink bollworm, and for surveying damage caused in large forested areas by the spruce budworm.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Stillbestrol [p] 77
Farm Electrification [p] 81
Egg Marketing Losses [p] 85
Harvesting Prairie Hay [p] 88
Soils Surveyed for Irrigation in Spink County [p] 92
Transferring the Farm Within the Family [p] 95
Sprinkler Irrigation [p] 98
Control Insects in Alfalfa Fields [p] inside back cover

Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1949 Seventh Annual Report, Maurice L. Mclinn, R. L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the seventh annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the North Central area are included in a separate pamphlet.

North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1950 Eighth Annual Report, Russell H. Garry, R. L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the eighth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the Southeastern area are included in a separate pamphlet.

Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1950 Eighth Annual Report, Russell H. Garry, R. L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the eighth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the North Central area are included in a separate pamphlet.

Health And Safety : A Manual For 4-H Club Members, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College

SDSU Extension Circulars

This bulletin on Health and Safety will help you see things that you can do to make your community a safer and a healthier place in which to live. You will find suggestions on activities that you as a club member can do to help improve health conditions for yourself and for your family. It will suggest activities that can be carried out by your club to make your community a healthier community for everyone living there. In addition, because the health of an individual is so closely tied up with safety measures, there will be suggestions that might help …

4-H Project Guide : Swine Production, Clifford Iverson, James O'Connell

SDSU Extension Circulars

Choosing a Breed: The question "Which breed shall I raise" confronts every purebred hog producer. He may have a personal preference which will assist him in choosing a breed. If he has no such preference, it would be well worth while to consider the most popular breed in the community. This procedure will help the breeder to gain popularity, in establishing a reputation, and in attracting more buyers into the community. Each breeder may believe he has the best breed because of size, feeding qualities, higher dressing percentage or some other factor; but there is more difference within breeds than …

63rd Annual Report, Agricultural Experiment Station, University Of Nebraska College Of Agriculture, May 1950

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

Soils Research Erosion Control and Moisture Conservation, Soil Microbiology and Crop Residue Management, Mineralogical Studies, Classification and Correlation of Soils in Soil Conservation Districts, Influence of Perennial Grasses on Soil Structure, Phosphorus Status of Nebraska Soils, Fertilizers for Corn on Nonirrigated Soils, Nitrogen Fertilizers for Bromegrass, Properties of Sandy Soils in Northeastern Nebraska, Fertilizers for Winter Wheat, Lime and Commercial Fertilizers for Sweetclover, Nitrogen Maintenance in Sharpsburg Silty Clay Loam Soil, Influence of Irrigation Practice, Seeding Rate and Fertilizer Application on the Production of Safflower, Cultural Experiments with Sugar Beets, Fertilizers for Potatoes Following Bromegrass Pasture, Influence of Irrigation Practice, …

North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1949 Seventh Annual Report, R. L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the seventh annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the Southeastern area are included in a separate pamphlet.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

James Hulless Oats [p] 49
Dubbed Hens Lay More Winter Eggs [p] 52
Fowl Cholera [p] 54
Tomatoes—South Dakota Hybrid No. 2 [p] 55
Hoppers—1950 [p] 57
South Dakota’s Vitamin C Fruit—Strawberries [p] 60
Controlling the European Corn Borer [p] 62
Newcastle Disease [p] 66
Losses in Stands of Ponderosa Pines [p] 69
Farm Income in the Red? [p] 71
Shelterbelt Cottonwoods That Live [p] 75
Sprays Destroy Elm Tree Pest [p] inside back cover

Microorganisms And Soil Structure, T. M. Mccalla

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

SUMMARY

Laboratory tests were made to determine the effectiveness of different compounds and microbial groups in increasing the stability of Peorian loess lumps against the action of falling water drops. The influence of these on percolation tests in the laboratory was also determined.

Many organic substances-dextrose, sucrose, starch, peptone, cullulose, and gum arabic-did not themselves contribute directly to soil-structure stability, though these substances do furnish energy material for soil microorganisms, which can convert them readily into either microbial tissue or decomposition products that increase soil-structure stability. Lignin, proteins, oils, fats, waxes, resin, and paraffin increased the stability of lumps of …