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Making Your Own Beehives, R S. Coleman

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE publication of this article runs counter to my own principles to some extent as I have long maintained that most beekeepers will find it cheaper in the long run to purchase factory-made hives and frames.

I realise, however, that many apiarists possess both the skill and equipment to make hive-bodies, and that some at least can occupy slack periods profitably in this manner.

Time Of Lambing, W L. Mcgarry, I. K. Scott

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE time chosen for lambing depends on many factors, and the final decision rests with the individual flock-owner who has to consider how different times fit in with the overall programme of farm operations; how they will influence the marking percentage, the marketing, the thrift of his sheep and most important, how they influence the profit from his sheep operations.

Facts And Figures For The Man On The Land, J A. Mallett

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

FARM or station life calls for the exercise of so many different skills that the farmer or pastoralist is usually an accomplished handyman.

For those whose schooldays are far behind them however, the most difficult part of many tasks is that of dealing with the calculations involved, and it is hoped that these facts and figures will serve as a handy aid to those whose mathematical ability has not kept pace with their manual and technical skill.

Comprehensive Survey Of Sedimentation In Lake Mead, 1948-49, W. O. Smith, C. P. Vetter, G. B. Cummings, U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation

Publications (WR)

Reservoirs are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of the American landscape. Built for flood mitigation and to change a fluctuating river into a dependable source of water for irrigation, power, and other purposes, they are predestined, like natural lakes, to be destroyed sometime following their creation. Sedimentation sooner or later robs most lakes and reservoirs of their capacity to store water. The significance of sedimentation in the life of Lake Mead, the largest artificial reservoir in the world, was realized when the plan for the reservoir was conceived, and an aerial survey of the floor was made in 1935 before …

Progress ’60: 1960 Annual Report

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Table of Contents

Commissioners … 2

Fisheries … 3

Game … 8

Parks … 14

Information and Tourism … 18

Federal Aid … 21

Engineering … 26

Law Enforcement … 28

Communications … 29

Boating … 30

Financial statement … 31

Permit sales by county … 35

Hold On To Your Egg Profits, J A. Hoy

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

IN recent years, much sound advice has been made available to poultry farmers to assist them in developing their properties and operating them on profitable lines.

Much of this advice has been utilised to good advantage, but there are still many properties on which the profits are being reduced by feed wastage, damage by rats and mice, lack of sufficient attention to egg quality, unnecessarily high labour costs and failure to keep farm records.

Control Of The Red-Legged Earth Mite And Lucerne Flea : Treatment Of Seed With Systemic Insecticides, M M H Wallace

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE red-legged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor (Tuck.), and the lucerne flea, Sminthurus viridis (L.), are at present controlled effectively, cheaply and safely by a combined DDT/malathion spray (Jenkins, 1956, 1957) and this continues to be the general recommendation for farmers.

However, this combination has some disadvantages. The DDT in the spray ensures some residual control of the earth mite but has the unfortunate property of toxicity to the bdellid mites which are useful predators of the lucerne flea.

The malathion in the spray assists the DDT to control the earth mite and provides a good, quick kill of the lucerne …

What's Wrong With That Plant?, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

EACH year several thousand inquiries are received from people who want to know "What's wrong with that plant?" The plants range from common fruit, vegeable and pasture plants to rare ornamentals.

In most cases, the inquiries can be answered satisfactorily by Departmental officers who specialise in the study of various plant troubles.

Bulk Handling Of Superphosphate, H G. Cariss

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A MAJOR factor in our agricultural production is the outlay for fertilisers, including the cost of their application to the land.

Any means which can be employed to reduce these costs are therefore of extreme importance to the State's agriculture.

The bulk-handling of fertilisers could be one way of reducing these costs to the farmer.

The Fruit Industry In Other Lands. 3. The United States Of America, Frank Melville

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

MY visit to the United States extended over a period of ten weeks and in this time fruit areas in New York State, Washington State and California were seen.

In addition, certain other activities were covered in other centres. Contact with Research and Extension personnel was made.

Honey Flora Calendar For May, R S. Coleman

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A look at Flora available in May

The Fruit Industry In Other Lands. 1. The United Kingdom, Frank Melville

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE following report deals with the many aspects of fruit growing both technical and commercial covered during a tour of three overseas countries undertaken on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and the fruitgrowers of Western Australia.

In the course of the three and a half months spent on this work, 13 research establishments were visited and contacts were made with research personnel both within these organisations and elsewhere.

Visits to commercial fruit growing areas were made with extension officers and these included brief visits to packing houses.

Altogether I had discussions with 127 research and extension personnel and industry …

Flood Plain Vegetation Of The Central Missouri Valley And Contacts Of Woodland With Prairie, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Origin And Development Of Streams And Their Woody Vegetation
Contacts Of Woodland With Prairie
The Larger Bottom Lands And Their Vegetation
Development Of Flood Plains
Flood Plain Soils
Flood Plain Forest
Page Extent Of Flood Plain Forest
Swamps
Marshes
Coarse Grasses Of Wet Lands
Transition To Big Bluestem Prairie
Community Life in Big Bluestem Prairie
Summary
Literature Cited

Comparison Of Vegetation Of Kansas-Nebraska Drift-Loess Hills And Loess Plains, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The western edge of True Prairie gives way very gradually on the Loess Plains south of the Platte River to Mixed Prairie of the Great Plains. North of the Platte a similar transition occurs in the valleys and on the slopes of the Loess Hills. But in northern Kansas the True Prairie of the Kansas-Nebraska Drift-Loess Hills is definitely separated by the Flint Hills Region from its western edge on the Kansas-Nebraska Loess Plains. In this study the vegetation, soils, and other environmental factors of the two areas are described and compared.

Recent Concepts On Skeletal Muscle Structure And Contraction, Henry L. Green, William L. Morgan Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue
Fall Livestock Outlook for South Dakota [p] 3
Effects of Diethylstilbestrol Implants on Milk Production [p] 7
How the Agriculture Division Is Organized [p] 12
Preventing Baby Pig Anemia [p] 16
Auctions—An Important Outlet for Marketing South Dakota Livestock [p] 22
Phosphorus Requirements for Turkey Breeder Hens [p] 27

Men Of Science In Texas, 1820-1880: V, S. W. Geiser

Field and Laboratory

A collection of short biographies of naturalists in Texas during the years 1829 thru 1880, from Norris to Zink.

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.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Downy Mildew of Corn and Sorghum [p] 3
Granular Insecticides for Alfalfa Weevil Control [p] 6
The Water You Use to Prepare Beverages and Foods Makes a Difference [p] 10
New Publications [p] 13
Arsanilic Acid, Selenium Poisoning, and Brood Sows [p] 15
Seed Treatment Controls Head Smut of Proso Millet [p] 18
Effects of Combine Adjustments on Sorghum Crackage [p] 20
Forage Management for Dairy Cows [p] 25
Problems Older Folks Face [p] 28

A New Center For Scientific Studies In The Southwest, Claude C. Albritton Jr.

Field and Laboratory

On October 14, 1957, the charter of The Graduate Research Center, Inc. was approved and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State at Austin, Texas. In the words of the charter, "this corporation is formed to support and encourage the advancement of knowledge in the pure and applied sciences, and to aid in the conduct of research and investigations in those fields at Southern Methodist University."

Men Of Science In Texas, 1820-1880: Iv, S. W. Geiser

Field and Laboratory

A collection of short biographies of naturalists in Texas during the years 1829 thru 1880, from Ker to Nichols.

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1959

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

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

Sheep Production Guide, James J. 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 …

Interrelationship Between Brain Damaging Processes And Peptic Ulceration, Perforation And Hemorrhage, James A. Marvel

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 1959, College Of Medical Evangelists

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | The Academic Procession

3 | The Vesper Service

5 | The Sermon

7 | Conferring of Degrees

9 | The Testament of Freedom

10 | Candidates for Degrees

16 | Candidates for Certificates

17 | Awards

18 | Academic Costumes

19 | Class Officers

20 | To Make Man Whole - Merilyn R. Chace & Perry W. Beach

21 | Waymarks

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Portable Floor Plate Brooder [p] 3
Iron in Water Creates a Laundering Problem [p] 7
Indian College Students Plan for the Future [p] 10
Insect Control for Alfalfa Seed Production in South Dakota [p] 16
Preserving Nutrients in Corn Silage [p] 20
Cooperative Integration in Marketing South Dakota Eggs [p] 24
Field Days [p] 28
A New Worming Product for Swine [p] 30

Motor Truck Transportation Of Cattle In Utah, Loren H. Grover

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The beef cattle industry in Utah is of major importance in the economy of the state. In terms of cash receipts it is the largest single agricultural enterprise. In 1957 cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves amounted to $38,405,000. This figure represents approximately 70 percent of cash receipts from the sale of all meat animals. It comprises 33 percent of cash receipts from the sale of livestock and livestock products and 24 percent of total cash receipts from farm marketings (2).

The production of beef animals will continue to assume a position of importance in Utah's agriculture, …

A Study Of Detachment Of Soil By Artificial Rainfall And Its Relation To The Dispersion Ratio And Water Stable Aggregates For Nine Utah Soils, Pundlik N. Kalbhor

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The study of soil erodibility has become of paramount interest in the last few decades. The effects of soil erosion are serious and extensive and affect nearly all people.

In general, man can do little or nothing about the geologic erosion or natural erosion in which the processes of rock weathering and soil erosion gradually wear down the earth's surface. However, human disturbance of the natural conditions of the land surface often creates accelerated erosion. Fertility of eroded soil is usually reduced measurably and crop yields are lowered considerably as erosion removes seed soil nutrients and cover crops. Loss of …

The Seventy-First Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Twenty-Sixth Convention Of The Iowa Junior Academy Of Science, April 17, 1959, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.