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The Tax System Of Nebraska With Special Reference To Its Relation To Agriculture, L. B. Snyder

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Progress in governmental affairs calls for constant study of matters pertaining to government. The recent agitation for moratoria on debts and taxes and the many tax reforms suggested are evidence of the need for such study. Before satisfactory reforms can be made, information on receipts and expenditures by governmental agencies must be secured. The expense connected with collecting, tabulating, and analyzing such data has prevented private agencies of the state from doing this. Because it was felt that such information would be useful and could be obtained by the College of Agriculture, this study was undertaken.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, October 1938, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 11, Number 10

The Canvas-Back, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
Publicizing Honey, B.E. Groom
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
News Notes, C.B. Waldron
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
North Dakota Visit, F.L. Skinner

The Aboriginal Utilization Of The Small Cacti In The American Southwest, Theodore Norris

Biology ETDs

The aim of this paper shall be, not simply to catalog the aboriginal uses of cacti in the Southwest, but to attempt to show their value to the aborigines as food, in general, and medical uses, ceremonial import, and their significance in myth and legend, in short, the place they occupied in southwestern life.

The Organization Of Content For Agricultural Teaching In Western Kansas High Schools, Leo Virgil Wedel

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The specific problem of this investigation pertains to, “The Organization of Content for Agricultural Teaching in Western Kansas High Schools." The study deals with the course of instruction in all high schools in the western half of the state teaching agriculture, except those teaching vocational agriculture. Schools teaching vocational agriculture are organized under the Smith-Hughes law. A school teaching agriculture organized under this law has a definitely prescribed course of study which does not apply to non-vocational schools. Thus, the necessity for the organization of a course of study for this latter type of school. This is a course that …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, September 1938, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 11, Number 9

The Coot, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
Mulleinum, Mrs. Maude K. Backlund
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Botanists in Park, O.A. Stevens
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley
Beekeepers Meet, J.A. Munroe
Garden's Fruition, W.E.H. Porter

The Spinal Nerves And Spinal Cord Of The Frog, Laverne A. Penn

Bachelors’ Theses

The common grass frog, Rana pipiens as wall as the bull frog, Rana catesbiana have served during many decades as material from which both the student of zoology and the investigator in biological problems have gathered valuable information about the anatomy and physiology of the common systems. Among these systems the central, peripheral, and sympathetic nervous system plays a coordinating role, because of the ramifying nature of its organization. It is the purpose of this thesis to investigate the gross and histological structure of these branches known as spinal nerves. When one inspects the literature on the nervous system of …

Bulletin No. 280 - Sinusitis Of Turkeys And Its Treatment, D. E. Madsen

UAES Bulletins

Sinusitis has long been recognized as one of the barriers to profitable production of chicken products; and with the growth of commercial turkey production in the west its existence in this bird has become increasingly significant. In Utah areas considerable loss is encountered yearly from this disease in turkeys. This loss has prompted some investigations as to what measures may be adopted for its control.

Influence Of Age Of Dairy Cattle And Season Of The Year On The Sex Ratio Of Calves And Services Required For Conception, R. F. Morgan, H. P. Davis

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The present study was based on records of the dairy herd of the University of Nebraska for the period 1896 to 1934, and covers five breeds, Holsteins, Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires, and milking Shorthorns. In all, 2,090 cows have been included. The purpose was to determine the influence of the age of the bull, the age of the cow, and the season of the year upon the number of services required for conception, and to determine also the influence of these factors upon the sex ratio of calves born, number of twins born, and the percentage of abortion.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, August 1938, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 11, Number 8

The Burrowing Owl, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Nature Department, H.L. Hopkins
N.D. State Parks, G.F. Will
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Letter from Michigan, Dr. A.F. Yeager
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Book Reviews, Mrs. F. Briley
Summer Arrives, W.E.H. Porter

Feeding And Care Of Calves, R. R. Thalman

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

It is not infrequent that considerable difficulty is encountered in raising calves with limited amounts of milk or none at all. Requests for information on calf gruels, mixed grain feeds, and commercial supplements are frequent enough to make a short circular upon this subject seem desirable. Furthermore, as the more diversified agricultural program gets under way these requests are increasmg.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 14, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Wound Healing In Potatoes (Triumph Variety) As Influenced By Type Of Injury, Nature Of Initial Exposure, And Storage Conditions, H. O. Werner

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Tubers of the Triumph variety of potatoes, the one most extensively grown in western Nebraska, are more susceptible than those of other varieties to the various types of injury that occur at harvest time. This greater susceptibility is chiefly the result of long stolons, unusual tenderness of skin, and ease with which the tubers crack. The two latter characteristics have been accentuated by the custom of late planting adopted generally throughout the region in recent years. Many of the difficulties could be avoided by growing another variety. However, as there now seems to be no other variety as well adapted …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, July 1938, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 11, Number 7

Franklin's Gull, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Big Sioux Valley, H.L. Hopkins
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Beekeepers Meet, J.A. Munro
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Spring Marches On, W.EE.H. Porter
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
News Notes, C.B. Waldron
Book Review, W.A. Simmons
N.D. State Parks, Dr. Geo. F. Will

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1938) 6(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Is the Prairie Chicken Passing? By Glenn Viehmeyer ... 25

General Notes ... 29

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1938 ... 36

Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting ... 42

Report on the Thirty-sixth Annual Field Day ... 47

Studies On The Vitamin A Content Of Cheese, I. L. Hathaway, H. P. Davis

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The vitamin-A contents of twenty-two kinds of cheeses were studied by feeding these cheeses to rats whose body stores of vitamin A had been exhausted by being fed a vitamin-A-deficient diet. Twelve experiments were made in which approximately 1100 rats were used. There was considerable variation in the vitamin-A content of the samples studied. The samples of cottage, Neufchatel, and Limburger cheeses had the lowest vitamin-A potency.

The Use Of Kerosene Sprays For The Control Of The Dandelion, Robert William Hanks

Biology ETDs

One of the most persistant weeds found in New Mexico lawns is the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber). In Albuquerque, where this study was made, most lawns are of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), a poor competitor against the inroads of the dandelion. However, some lawns are of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon pers.), which, with its thick and vigorous turf, is a better competitor with the dandelion. The writer has observed, as Dittmer also found, that the turf of Bermuda grass on the campus of the University of New Mexico will crowd out or prevent the entrance of dandelions, while …

An Investigation Of The Stomach Contents Of Micropterus Dolomieu, Richard Evan Horrall

Biology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to scientifically analyze the stomach contents of Micropterus dolomieu. The study was based upon 168 stomachs taken from various sized fish caught by hook and line from the streams of Northern Illinois.

The Vitamin A Content Of Soybean Silage And Of A.I.V., Molasses, And Common Corn Silages, And The Effect Of Feeding These Materials Upon The Vitamin A Content Of Milk, I. L. Hathaway, H. P. Davis, J. C. Brauer

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

A study was made of the vitamin A content of soybean silage, and of A.l.V., molasses, and common corn silage. The silages were fed to groups of cows and the vitamin A content of their milk determined. The vitamin A determinations were made by feeding the silage or the milk to groups of rats whose body stores of this vitamin had been depleted by being fed a vitamin-A-deficient ration. Approximately 780 rats were used in these experiments. There were no apparent ill effects of feeding as much as 3.2 grams of the A.l.V. silage per rat per day for eight …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. V. A Comparison Of Cottonseed Meal And Linseed Oil Meal As Portions Of The Protein Concentrate, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Two lots of newly hatched chicks were fed rations differing only in five per cent of their make-up. In the ration of one lot five parts of linseed oil meal were added to 95 parts of the base, and in the other ration a mixture of 4.5 parts of cottonseed meal and 0.5 part of starch was added, to keep the protein level the same. The remaining portions of the two concentrates were made up of five parts each of meat scraps and fish meal. 2. The amounts of feed consumed by all chicks of both lots were kept …

Some Coccogoneales Common To The Vicinity Of Milwaukee, Joseph John Valenti

Bachelors’ Theses

The Cyanophyceae, a group of plants which are commonly known as the Blue-Green Algae, have a characteristic blue-green color due to a green pigment-chlorophyl, with which there is associated a blue pigment, phycocyanin. The Cyanophyceae are found everywhere on fresh salt water, on damp soil, rocks, bark, etc. These are among the simplest and lowest of all green plants. The plant consists of a single cell, but in most species these cells tend to adhere in colonies. These algae are able to grow at a higher temperature than can any other algae.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, June 1938, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 11, Number 6

The Black Tern, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Small Fruits, F.M. Schwab
President's Corner, F.X. Wallner
Eskers, H.L. Hopkins
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Review, Mrs. F. Briley
Spring Competition, W.E.H. Porter
Beekeepers' Meet, J.A. Munro
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Roses in North Dakota, C.B. Waldron

Determining The Sex Of Day-Old Chicks, H. E. Alder

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

More than 2,000 years ago people were interested in determining the sex of the embryo in hatching eggs and the sex of day-old chicks. No method of determining the sex of day-old chicks (except of course in sex-linked chicks) was of the slightest value until the Japanese method was discovered and developed. About 1925 Japanese scientists discovered the presence of a rudimentary copulatory organ located on the ventral rim of the cloaca which was present in all day-old males and only a few day-old females.

The Fresh-Water Sponges Of Wisconsin, James Russell Neidhoefer

Bachelors’ Theses

The fresh-water sponges were observed but not recognized as animals at a very early period. The early investigators thought they were plants; later workers, colonial protozoa. In 1696, Leonard Plukenet first made public mention of them; and later, in i745, Linnaeus described them as Spongia and made mention of their, "globuli". After Linnaeus the term Spongia changed many times until, in 1816, Lamarck introduced the generic name Spongilla.

A Photographic Study Of The Musculature Of The Dog, Francis Joseph Millen

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis the author has endeavored to construct a realistic study of the muscles of the domesticated dog. It has not been his purpose to discover anything new, but rather to make a complete study and outline of the more important muscles of the dog's hind limb.

For references the author has selected two widely known comparative anatomy books. In order that a more complete understanding be had of the muscles themselves, their morphology and physiology, and their orientation, the author also employed the use of several smaller texts of lesser renown. A list of the texts used can …

The Muscles Of The Forelimb Of Canis Familiaris, Charles G. Wilber

Bachelors’ Theses

In the study of the anatomy of the vertebrates, there has been much work done and a large number of the forms have been studied with great thoroughness. Among the domesticated animals this is particularly true. The students of the veterinary sciences have given us a deep insight into the structure and function of the mammalian body. This is most certainly true in the case of the dog. The species Canis familiaris has been used for many years in the studies of physiology and surgery. However, it is also true that a plenitude of literature relative to the anatomy of …

The Lungs And Respiration In The Frog, Peter P. Strassburg

Bachelors’ Theses

In a wide sense, respiration is sometimes defined as the gaseous exchange constantly taking place between an organism and its environment. Essentially it is concerned with the intake of oxygen and the output of carbon dioxide but it also includes any other gas exchange that might occur. Small organisms take oxygen directly from the air or from the watery medium surrounding them into all parts of their structures. They also give off carbon dioxide from all their parts directly into the surrounding medium. They can do this successfully because they are small enough to have every cell in direct or …

Pancreas Of The Frog, Henry C. Boyer

Bachelors’ Theses

The pancreas has long been a subject of interest and speculation. It forms a favorable object for the study of secretory cells in general and has been used by various investigators who have studied the minute structure of the pancreas cell in relation to the secretory processes. Besides being a very active digestive gland it is the source of insulin; so that it is not surprising to find a vast amount of literature on the double function of the pancreas in general.

The Ovary Of The Frog, Wyman O. Bergner

Bachelors’ Theses

All living organisms, under proper conditions, are able to reproduce an organism of its own kind by the natural function of its reproductive system. Except in such cases where reproduction is assexual, there are always tow individuals, male and female, which produce two elements called the ovum and spermatozoa. In the vertebrate kingdom, the sperm unites with the ovum to form the new individual. This fertilized ovum is commonly referred to as the zygote, which produces the embryo from which the new individual is ultimately formed.

In this work the ovary is studied from several viewpoints: 1) anatomical; the size, …

Development Of Tissues Of Aesculus Hippocastanum, L., Robert E. Esser

Bachelors’ Theses

A few horse-chestnuts carried to the University one day in the fall as the nuts ripened, supplied some of the materials for this thesis. The work commenced at once with the gathering of a large supply of seeds. Attempts were made to reach the literature on the subject but failed, because, apparently there has been no work done on this plant in recent times as is shown by an almost complete absence of literature on the subject of the anatomy. Hence, nearly all references will be of a general nature.

A Cytological Study Of The Ciliated Epithelium Of Nucula Castrensis Hinds., Dorothy Blumer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Ever since the latter part of the 17th century, when ciliary movement was first observed, the study of ciliated cells has been of great interest to biologists, particularly to physiologists. In 1713 Leeuwenhoek recorded some observations he made on ciliary activity, using his primitive microscope. A knowledge of the structure and function of ciliated cells is also of importance in that branch of medicine pertaining to disorders of the respiratory passages and the movement of the ovum in the uterine tubes. The bivalve molluscs have come to be the classical example for the study of ciliated cells, both because of …