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Distribution And Variation Of The Mexican Vole In New Mexico, Clyde Jones

Biology ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to describe kind and amount of geographic variation of Microtus mexicanus, a grass-inhabiting vole, in New Mexico and some adjacent areas. It was found that environmental conditions, such as amount of moisture, and amount and type of vegatational cover, as well as ecological competition with similar species, seemingly affect geographic variation among populations of M. mexicanus. Among the populations studied, geographic variation in color and size of the auditory bullae is more apparent than geographic variation in other features.

Parent And Son Banquet, Vocational Nfa Agriculture, Hyde County Training School Cafeteria, New Farmers Of America

Documents

Program for Parent and Son Banquet held by the NFA chapter of the Hyde County Training School in Swan Quarter, North Carolina.

Letter From W. T. Johnson To Mr. J. J. Vereen, Special School Representative For The Progressive Farmer, W. T. Johnson

Documents

Letter from W. T. Johnson to Mr. J. J. Vereen, Special School Representative for the Progressive Farmer, concerning the Vocational Agriculture Teachers' Conference

Sooty-Bark Canker Of Aspen In New Mexico, Stuart R. Andrews, Wallace E. Eslyn

Aspen Bibliography

In September 1959 sooty-bark canker of aspen (Populus tremloides) was observed for the first time in New Mexico.

Mating Patterns Of Birds Varied, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

The Nha And Nfa Chapters Of Green Bethel High School Welcome You To Their Family Banquet, New Farmers Of America, New Homemakers Of America

Documents

Booklet for family banquet at the Green Bethel school, sponsored by the NFA and the NHA.

Eight Species Of Swallows Regularly Spotted In Texas (Barn, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Letter From W. T. Johnson To Winners Of National Judging Contest, W. T. Johnson

Documents

Letter from W. T. Johnson to winners of National Judging Contest, with attached form.

Acer Glabrum Torr., K. Bamish, F. Vrugtman

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Farm Business Management Data And Practices: 1958 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Arnold Aspelin

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This pamphlet is the annual summary of Economic Project 264, '"Farm Business Management Data and Practices in South Dakota," for 1958, the third full year of its operation. A total of 53 cooperators turned in records for summary and analysis. The purpose of this project is to obtain data on costs, returns and organization on a few farms and ranches of various types in the different types of farming areas in the state. This information is used by the Experiment Station, the Extension Service, and the State College proper, in farm planning, budgeting, and teaching. It can also be of …

Everybody Talks, Ima Crisman

SDSU Extension Circulars

Everybody talks. They talk for business, for pleasure and just to kill time. Talk can be interesting, entertaining, even inspiring. Included are some suggestions for 4-H club members who want to talk not more but better.

4-H Handicraft Guide : Metal Craft, Henrietta Gohrig, Ivan Sundal

SDSU Extension Circulars

Metalcraft is an art that dates back mamy centuries, yet always proves to be very fascinating and practical. Metals most commonly tooled are aluminum, copper, and brass. The tooling of thin sheets of these materials is a craft that may be done by a first grader or a skilled craftsman. Annealed (softened) metals are best for hand tooling. The desirable thickness varies from 40 gauge to 34 gauge; 36 gauge is most commonly used. The metals are rolled into coils, and are sold by the lineal foot. They can be cut to the desirable size by household shears. The coils …

Keen Teens Choose Good Food, Cleora Ewalt

SDSU Extension Circulars

Scientists all over the country have been studying your nutritional status and eating habits. In their studies, teen-agers have consistently been found to be the poorest-fed members of the family. And in all studies, girls' eating habits are shown to be worse than boys'. Your teen years are a short part of your life span, but some of your most critical. There are estimated to be from 12 to 16 million of you in the United States. Many of you girls look forward to marriage and having families of your own. The nutritional well-being of your future husband and your …

South Dakota Horticulture, May/June 1960, State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 33, Number 3

They Planted Trees
Wild Flowers of the Prairies
Convention Program
What You Should Know About Garden Chemicals
Help us Make Our Highways More Beautiful
Share Your Garden With Shut-ins
17th SDFGC Convention Set

4-H Handicraft Guide : Wood Craft, John Younger, Ella Ollenburg

SDSU Extension Circulars

Handicraft work with wood offers 4-H members an .excellent opportunity to learn the fundamentals of wood working, including construction, identification, and finishing. Tool identification and care will be studied. This project is not designed to develop skilled carpenters but will equip you with the ability to plan and make many of your own personal wood articles.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 36, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Cuckoo Call Said Harbinger Of Luck To First To Hear, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Studies In Experimental Evolution, William Sidney Boyle

Faculty Honor Lectures

The Principle of organic evolution is the most fundamental one yet discovered in the sciences concerned with the nature and origin of living things. During the one hundred years which have elapsed since Darwin's explanation of the mechanisms of evolution a great deal has been learned to supplement his theory. Nevertheless, students of evolution universally acknowledge the significance of his profound contributions. The importance of natural selection as a creative force in evolution is inescapable.

The present discussion is chiefly concerned with techniques which the writer has used to accelerate, or at least to manipulate, the evolutionary processes. It may …

Blood Changes In Calves Experimentally Infected With Haemonchus Placei And Ostertagia Ostertagi, Darrell J. Graff

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Parasitic diseases of livestock have long been a subject of considerable interest. Great economic losses are inflicted each year on our growing livestock industry. If these parasitic diseases proceed undetected or untreated the hosts may suffer retardation in weight gain or succumb.

A Comparison Of Daughters Of Sires In Artificial Breeding At Different Levels Of Management, Richard C. Cook

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

One of the largest problems facing the successful dairyman of today is selection of proper sires to mate to his high producing cows. Many breeders and dairymen have the impression that proven sires will give the same increase in production regardless of the dam's production or the level of environment present. Even though sires come from high producing herds, some as high as 600 pounds of butterfat, the average production of all cows in the state of Utah remains at a much lower figure. The average for all cows in Utah is about 250 pounds of butterfat and the average …

Effects Of Beta Rays, Gamma Rays, And Hydrochloric Acid On Tubers Of Jerusalem Artichoke, Subhi Al-Sammarai

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Levulose (D-fructose, fruit sugar), C₆H₁₂O₆ is a white crystalline ketohexose. This sugar has distinctive properties which make it of commercial interest. It is more costly than ordinary table sugar (sucrose). Levulose is characterized by a high degree of sweetness (6), great solubility (20), and medical usefulness when administered intravenously. Joslin (21) and Root and Baker (32) found levulose to be of great value in the treatment of diabetes. According to Daniel (8), it is assimilated and oxidized more quickly than sucrose, supplying the necessary energy requirements for the human system. Additional uses of levulose have …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue
Fertility Helps Corn Yield More, Grow Better Root Systems, Under Limited Moisture [p] 3
New Developments in Swine Shades [p] 6
Ponderosa Pine for Christmas Trees [p] 10
Tenderizing Meat by Chemical Injection [p] 14
1960 Filed Days [p] 16
Mulch Protection for Vegetables [p] 18
Feeding Value of alfalfa Haylage [p] 23
New Publications [p] 30

A Study Of The Roots On Stem Cuttings Of Pedilanthus Tithymaloides Smallii (Millsp.) Dressler, Leonard Morrow

Master's Theses

The geographical distribution of Pedilanthus tithymaloides is variously listed as Tropical America (Engler, 1919); from Florida to Venezuela (Taylor, 1936); and Caribbean America (Dressler, 1957). Because of its use as an ornamental, the plant is also found in Mexico, China and Java (Dressler, 1957); Hawaii (Degener. 1940); and Bermuda (Britton, 1918). Banerji (1951) and Rao (1956) have worked with fresh hedge material from India. White et al (1941) report that the species is found growing on the graves of natives in Zululand and Rhodesis, and acknowledge that the introduction "from American into the native kraals is a mystery."

The present …

The Aquatic Plants Of Central Utah And Their Distribution, Gerald E. Bessey

Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to determine what aquatic plants were common to central Utah and to outline the ecological factors that control their distribution. The main emphasis throughout has been upon the more macroscopic aquatic plants. Such algae were included as was warranted by their size,, abundance and importance in the various habitats in which they grew. As this study progressed it became evident that there was a need for a broad survey-type study of the aquatic plants that would include essentially all of the wet lands of the central Utah region. The area of study closely …

A Study Of The Parasites From Rainbow Trout Of A Commercial Fish Farm In Cache Valley, Utah, Kenneth L. Jones

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During the biennial period July 1, 1956 to June 30, 1958 the 12 state fish hatcheries in Utah produced and stocked in the waters of the state 20,092,902 fish weighing a total of 1,528,787 pounds, at a cost varying between 69 and 75 cents per pound. The cost figure depends upon what expenditures are included (Don Andriano, 1960). A substantial mortality occurs at the fish hatcheries in the state of Utah. The determination of the cause of any given loss is complicated by a number of factors. This is especially true of losses which may be due secondarily to parasites …

A Diallelic Study Of Six Chaff Variations In Wheat, Royal Jay Swenson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The colors of the glumes on wheat have been described as being white, yellow, brown, or black. The white actually ranges from cream or pale straw-yellow to dark yellow. Some varieties have white or yellow glumes with brown or black nerves.

Fluctuations Of The Clover Seed Chalcid, Bruchophagus Gibbus (Boh.), And Other Alfalfa Insect Populations In Cache Valley, Utah During The Summer Of 1958, Keith C. Tilley

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The clover seed chalcid Bruchophagus gibbus (Boham) as it is presently classified, was originally described by Howard, in 1879 as Eurytoma funebris Howard (Comstock 1880). Kolobova (1950) reported different races of chalcid on clover and alfalfa in Russia. Studies are presently being conducted in the United States to see if these are applicable to our fauna, Burks (1960).

Studies Into Some Physiological Relationships Between Dodder (Cuscuta, Spp.) And Alfalfa, Harold Edward Pattee

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In recent years the weed commonly known as dodder has become an important reason for the rejection of several alfalfa seed fields for certification in Utah. The rapid spread of infestation in alfalfa seed fields, difficulty in removing the dodder seed from the alfalfa seed due to the similarity in size, and a lack of adequate control are among the main causes for the rising concern with dodder, Dodder is an annual which reproduces from seed each year.

The Influence Of Soil Moisture Suction And Evaporative Demand On Actual Evapotranspiration And Yield Of Alfalfa, Bozorg Bahrani

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Evapotranspiration has been defined as the combination of evaporation of water from the soil surface and transpiration of water by vegetation. If the ground is well covered by plants, most of the water is lost by transpiration of water directly from the plant tissue, rather than by evaporation of water directly from the soil surface. The term consumptive use is synonymous with evapotranspiration.

Distribution And Movements Of Some Fishes In Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, 1958-59, Stanley K.Y. Loo

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During the summer of 1958, a study of the "Population Dynamics of the Small Benthic Fishes of Bear Lake, Idaho and Utah," was sponsored in part by a National Science Foundation grant to the Wildlife Management Department of Utah State University. The study was designed to extend over a period of three years.