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Christ Crucified: A Book Of Sermons Together With A Lecture On Evolution, G. C. Brewer Jan 1928

Christ Crucified: A Book Of Sermons Together With A Lecture On Evolution, G. C. Brewer

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Biological And Psychological Study Of Twenty Pairs Of Twins Ranging From Seven To Eighteen Years Of Age, Albert C. Worden Jan 1928

Biological And Psychological Study Of Twenty Pairs Of Twins Ranging From Seven To Eighteen Years Of Age, Albert C. Worden

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Although twins have always been of great Interest the only early data available are upon conjoined twins. The first record of such twins, which 18 known, 1s of the Bid-dendent Maids in the year 1100 A. D. From that date to the year 1824 when the Siamese Twins were born and later made famous by Barnum and Bailey's Circus, there have been many Interesting accounts of conjoined twins, but the nature of the present work and the probable unreliability of these accounts would make any discussion on the subject of these early conjoined twins not worth while.


Structure Of Texas Vegetation, J. E. Weaver Oct 1927

Structure Of Texas Vegetation, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

In his studies on the structure of the vegetation of eastern Texas, Tharp has recently made a notable contribution to plant ecology. That unexplored vegetation has always had an irresistible attraction for botanists is well ex-emplified in the resume of studies of Texas vegetation. An adequate review of the earlier work is given. This work began even before the colonists declared their independence from Mexico. It includes the studies of Lindheimer, who was both a geographer and collector; deals with the numerous papers along broad ecological lines by Bray; and traces the studies to the recent analysis of the vegetation …


Circular No. 68 - Summary Of Publications Jul 1927

Circular No. 68 - Summary Of Publications

UAES Circulars

Circular No. 68 contains a summary of publications issued by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, thru its Publications Division, since September 1, 1926. The publications of this Station are no longer sent to a general mailing list (except in cases of libraries and state editors) but are sent only on request. Therefore, copies of any of the publications listed will be sent without charge to those requesting them as long as the supply is available. However in the case of abstracts of scientific and technical papers the supply is very limited and the requests for these should be limited …


Circular No. 66 - Physical Curd Character Of Milk And Its Probably Relation To Infant Nutrition, R. L. Hill Jun 1927

Circular No. 66 - Physical Curd Character Of Milk And Its Probably Relation To Infant Nutrition, R. L. Hill

UAES Circulars

A problem which must be met by many mothers is that of obtaining for their infants an adequate substitute for breast milk. The weaning period is a very critical time in the life of every infant. Its ability to properly digest and assimilate the food supplied will largely determine its state of health, provided it is kept free from infection.

Milk formulas for the feeding of infants are often made up to conform to certain fat requirements. Some infants apparently have difficulty in properly assimilating a milk with a high fat content. This may be due to a low fat …


Forty-First Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, May 6 And 7, 1927, Iowa Academy Of Science May 1927

Forty-First Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, May 6 And 7, 1927, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Notice Of A New Proboscidean Amebelodon Fricki, Gen. Et Sp. Nov., Erwin Hinckley Barbour Jan 1927

Preliminary Notice Of A New Proboscidean Amebelodon Fricki, Gen. Et Sp. Nov., Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

Pursuant to advice from Mr. A. S. Keith of Freedom, Frontier County, Nebraska, the first Morrill Geological Expedition of the year was organized with Mr. Philip Orr in charge, and Mr. Keith's farm was visited at once, and on April 4th, 1927, the mandible, one rib, and a toe bone of a new proboscidean were procured.


Insecticidal Control For Sugarcane Borer: A Report Of Progress, W E. Hinds Jan 1927

Insecticidal Control For Sugarcane Borer: A Report Of Progress, W E. Hinds

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Certain Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Flaxseed And Of Linseed Oil, With Especial Reference To Date Of Harvest, Leo F. Puhr Jan 1927

A Study Of Certain Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Flaxseed And Of Linseed Oil, With Especial Reference To Date Of Harvest, Leo F. Puhr

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

From the review of the foregoing literature on flax, it is evident that little work has ever been done on the chemical composition of flax. Most of the work on flax up to the present time has been confined to the diseases of flax, principally the securing of varieties that are resistant to wilt. In an attempt to secure information in regard to the factors affecting the physical characteristics and chemical composition of flaxseed the following work has been done in this experiment: 1. The effect of time of harvesting upon physical characteristics of the seed. 2. The relation of …


Factors Controlling Germination And Early Survival In Oaks, Clarence F. Korstian Jan 1927

Factors Controlling Germination And Early Survival In Oaks, Clarence F. Korstian

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

There is little information available upon the seed and seedling characteristics of the American oaks. Among the fundamental problems in American silviculture, those which relate to seed efficiency are especially important. The future productiveness of the hardwood forests in which chestnut has been an important·element rests largely upon seed and sprout efficiency. Seed efficiency is governed by (I) seed production, (2) seed distribution, and (3) the factors affecting the reproductive value of the seed, such as viability, storage of seed in the litter of the forest floor, and destruction by insects and rodents.


Bulletin No. 198 - Report Of The Director: For The 18-Month Period From January 1, 1925, To June 30, 1926 Dec 1926

Bulletin No. 198 - Report Of The Director: For The 18-Month Period From January 1, 1925, To June 30, 1926

UAES Bulletins

In the following report of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station for the past eighteen months, record has been made in as much detail as space would permit. The text is intended to give the present status of the projects under consideration and to record the changes and additions since the last report.


The Immediate Effect Of Gametic Relationship And Of Parental Type Upon The Kernel Weight Of Corn, T. A. Kiesselbach Dec 1926

The Immediate Effect Of Gametic Relationship And Of Parental Type Upon The Kernel Weight Of Corn, T. A. Kiesselbach

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

This investigation to determine the relation of the kernel weight of corn to the source of pollen with which it was fertilized has been made to answer several questions of both practical and technical interest: (1) To what extent is kernel weight affected in the current crop by the "breadth of breeding" or the gametic relationship? (2) What is the relation of the diversity of parental type to the immediate effect of foreign pollen upon the kernel weight of corn? (3) Is the immediate effect of cross-fertilization upon the kernel weight of sufficient importance to justify the annual mixing of …


Alfalfa Investigations, T. A. Kiesselbach, Arthur Anderson Dec 1926

Alfalfa Investigations, T. A. Kiesselbach, Arthur Anderson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The purpose of these alfalfa investigations has been to determine the relation of variety, source of seed, and cultural practice to the yield and quality of hay produced. Due to the high initial cost of seeding, the inconvenience and wastefulness of losing a stand prematurely, and the superiority of properly-made hay, an understanding of these relationships is very important.


The Segregation Of Carbohydrates In Crosses Between Waxy And Starchy Types Of Maize, T. A. Kiesselbach, N. F. Petersen Sep 1926

The Segregation Of Carbohydrates In Crosses Between Waxy And Starchy Types Of Maize, T. A. Kiesselbach, N. F. Petersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to report the Mendelian segregation of waxy and starchy carbohydrates in both the sporophytic and gametophytic generations of maize. This is of especial genetic interest because the counts of segregate waxy kernels have very commonly been short of the expected numbers, although this character appears to be a simple Mendelian recessive. Collins (1909) was the first to point out the physical difference in the endosperm of waxy and ordinary starchy varieties.

While the exact difference in their chemical nature has not been established, Weatherwax (1922) considered that the waxy carbohydrate was erythrodextrin because of …


Turkey Production, F. E. Mussehl Jul 1926

Turkey Production, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Whatever problems turkey production presents, lack of demand for roast turkey is not at this time one of them. Turkeys rate so high in popular esteem that very rarely indeed do prices fall below that of dressed chickens and usually the best grades are 12 to 15 cents per pound higher during the holiday season. The world of commerce has become quite complex but the consuming public still has one clear way of speaking to producers. In the language of the dollar we are apparently being asked to raise more turkeys.


Bulletin No. 195 - Field Studies Of Sugar-Beet Nematode, George Stewart, A. H. Bateman May 1926

Bulletin No. 195 - Field Studies Of Sugar-Beet Nematode, George Stewart, A. H. Bateman

UAES Bulletins

The sugar-beet nematode has now become of importance in Utah. It occurs in spots in practically all of the older beet-growing districts and in a few parts of the state in much larger areas. The intensity of infestation varies from mere traces to nearly complete occupation. One of the areas of severe infestation in Utah on a large area is in the Lewiston district, of northern Cache Valley. The survey here reported was undertaken in order to find the extent of nematode infestation in Cache Valley and the possibility of its control by ordinary cultural practices.


The Natural Vegetation Of Ohio Ii. The Prairies, Paul B. Sears May 1926

The Natural Vegetation Of Ohio Ii. The Prairies, Paul B. Sears

Papers in Ecology

It is well known that many treeless areas existed in Ohio before white settlement. These areas, of various ecological character and usually restricted in size, were in a few cases fairly extensive—embracing from fifty to one hundred square miles. The term "prairie" was rather generally applied to them, although more exact terms were not wanting. Like the various forest associations, these treeless areas have played an important role in influencing industrial and cultural phases of human life in Ohio (1). The present paper is an attempt to reconstruct such areas, now destroyed or obscured by secondary successions induced by white …


Correlation Studies In Wheat, Joseph Reed May 1926

Correlation Studies In Wheat, Joseph Reed

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Considerable work has been done by plant breeders and investigators in the study of individual plant characters, but only a few have attempted to work out correlations between characters in crop plants. One reason for this seems to be, that many investigators have felt that correlation studies were of very little practical value. This attitude was due perhaps to the interpretation given correlation data, especially the nature of the casual agency or agencies to which the correlation was attributed. Most of our plant breeders however, have been too busy working on experiments with single characters and have given little or …


Fortieth Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 30 And May 1, 1926, Iowa Academy Of Science Apr 1926

Fortieth Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 30 And May 1, 1926, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.


Distribution And Structure Of The Forests Of Eastern Nebraska, John M. Aikman Jan 1926

Distribution And Structure Of The Forests Of Eastern Nebraska, John M. Aikman

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

This paper is a study of the distribution and structure of the forests of extreme eastern Nebraska. The Missouri river, which forms the eastern boundary of the state, has so greatly modified the climate, that along its course an arm of the deciduous forest extends far into the grassland. Most of the trees and shrubs composing this forest are at the extreme western limit of their range. The range, grouping, and behavior of the several dominants and subdominants, under the environmental conditions imposed upon them, and the transition of forest to grassland are the subjects of this investigation. This region …


Directory Of Certain Alumni The Department Of Geology And Geography The University Of Nebraska, E. F. Schramm Jan 1926

Directory Of Certain Alumni The Department Of Geology And Geography The University Of Nebraska, E. F. Schramm

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

In the Department of Geology and Geography, The University of Nebraska, there have been over 10,000 registrants between the years 1891 and 1926. So many inquiries have been received concerning alumni and their addresses that it seems advisable to publish this directory. The list is necessarily incomplete since many of the alumni have not informed the Department respecting their addresses and change of positions. Out of the total number of those who have pursued professional vocations the following have kept in close touch with the Department.


Archidiskodon Maibeni, Erwin H. Barbour Jan 1926

Archidiskodon Maibeni, Erwin H. Barbour

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

Archidiskodon maibeni was first described in Bulletin 10 of the Nebraska State Museum under the title" Skeletal Parts of the Columbian Mammoth, Elephas Maibeni." * Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn finds it expedient to found a new genus, Archidiskodon, to include the earlier and more primitive mammoths. Hence the change in the generic name. t'Mammoths and modern elephants have long been grouped together under 'the genus Elephas. Subdividing the genus does not necessarily do away with this convenient and rather familiar old arrangement.


Factors Determining Natural Reproduction Of Longleaf Pine On Cut-Over Lands In Lasalle Parish, Louisiana, Herman H. Chapman Jan 1926

Factors Determining Natural Reproduction Of Longleaf Pine On Cut-Over Lands In Lasalle Parish, Louisiana, Herman H. Chapman

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

The original ' pine forests, of the southern states covered from 125 to 130 million acres of land, about two-thirds of which was Longleaf pine. Four-fifths of this area had been cut over by 1920, leaving about 230 million acres, one-half of which is Longleaf pine. Of the cut-over lands, 31 million acres have not restocked. The Longleaf pine has thus been the principal tree crop on about 85 million acres of land, of which 11% million acres remained' in 1920, giving a cut-over area of nearly 73 million acres, or 114,062 square miles. This area is nearly half the …


An Ecological Study Of Timpanogos Creek From Aspen Grove To Wildwood, Marion L. Harris Jan 1926

An Ecological Study Of Timpanogos Creek From Aspen Grove To Wildwood, Marion L. Harris

Theses and Dissertations

Ecology may be oonsidered as one of the vital parts of botany, since there are two ultimate facts in this science; namely, the plant and its habitat . The habitat is made up of the physical factors that control function. At Timpanogos there are so many different habitats, that the chief problem is not that of finding a problem to study, but rather that of selecting one from the many. The purpose of this paper is to point out some of the interesting features that are found in a study of Timpanogos Creek from Aspen Grove to Wildwood.


Dairy Calf Care And Management, H. P. Davis, R. F. Morgan Jul 1925

Dairy Calf Care And Management, H. P. Davis, R. F. Morgan

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Calf raising begins before the calf is born. A cow that is healthy and in good physical condition will, in all probability, drop a strong, vigorous calf. The feeding and care of the cow before calving is therefore of the greatest importance for the future development of the calf.


The Effect Of Hydrogen Ion Concentration Of Solution Upon The Absorption Of Water By The Hard Seed Of Alfalfa, A. L. Starr Jul 1925

The Effect Of Hydrogen Ion Concentration Of Solution Upon The Absorption Of Water By The Hard Seed Of Alfalfa, A. L. Starr

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The hard seed coat found on some seeds has long been an object of interest to experimentors in seed germination and a great deal of work has been done on various phases of the problem. Some have attacked it with the idea of hastening germination, while others have been interested in determining the nature of the seed coat and isolating the factors which make it impermeable under ordinary favorable germination conditions.


Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, May 1 And 2, 1925, Iowa Academy Of Science May 1925

Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, May 1 And 2, 1925, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.


Bulletin No. 193 - Cache County Water Conservation District No. 1, William Peterson, G. D. Clyde, D. S. Jennings, M. D. Thomas, Karl Harris Apr 1925

Bulletin No. 193 - Cache County Water Conservation District No. 1, William Peterson, G. D. Clyde, D. S. Jennings, M. D. Thomas, Karl Harris

UAES Bulletins

Cache County Water Conservation District No. 1 lies on the west side of the valley about eight miles from and a little northwest of Logan, Cache County, Utah. Figure 1 shows the location of the project with respect to Salt Lake, Ogden, Brigham City, Logan, and Cache County. Cache County, with a population in 1920 of 27,000 people, is located in the north-central part of the state and occupies the greater part of the fertile Cache Valley. Cache County Water Conservation District No.1 includes 8490.78 acres (of which 7373.38 acres are allotted water) and extends from Bear River and its …


An American Fossil Giraffe, W. D. Matthew, E. H. Barbour Apr 1925

An American Fossil Giraffe, W. D. Matthew, E. H. Barbour

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

A fragment of the lower jaw of a large fossil mammal with two well-worn teeth was dug up in June 1918, at a depth of 20 feet, while digging a cess pool at Bradshaw, York County, Nebraska. This unique specimen, accessioned 7-7-18, was brought to the Nebraska State Museum by A. Archie Dorsey, and was donated by C. B. Palmet, both of Bradshaw. It undoubtedly occurred in loess, which is thickly as well. as extensively developed in this region. It is a ruminant jaw, the teeth preserved being P4 and m1. The characteristic pattern of the premolar excludes reference to …


Prosthennops Xiphodonticus, Sp. Nov.: A New Fossil Peccary From Nebraska, Erwin H. Barbour Apr 1925

Prosthennops Xiphodonticus, Sp. Nov.: A New Fossil Peccary From Nebraska, Erwin H. Barbour

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

During the field season of 1915, while collecting, a mile or two west of Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska, Messrs. A. C. Whitford and J. B. Burnett secured for the Morrill-Maiben Palaeontological Collections, The Nebraska State Museum, The University of Nebraska, a finely preserved jaw of a small fossil hog, or peccary, belonging to the genus Frosthennops, accessioned No. 85-11-8-15B. & W.

The mandible under consideration was preserved in fine sand and is without blemish save that the condyle and coronoid are wanting. The dentition is perfect. In allusion to the sword-like tusks, which are unduly large, the species name xiphodonticus …