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An American Fossil Giraffe Giraffa Nebrascensis, Sp. Nov., 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.

Elephas Scotti A New Primitive Mammoth From Nebraska, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

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

On February 18,1922, the mandible of an unusually primitive mammoth was secured for the palaeontological collections of Mr. Hector Maiben by Mr. E. T. Engle. The specimen was found in Aftonian gravel on the farm of Mr. E. J. Hartman, five miles south of Staplehurst, Seward County, Nebraska. It is numbered 18-2-22 in the accession book of the Nebraska State' Museum.

Elephas Scotti A New Primitive Mammoth From Nebraska, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

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

On February 18,1922, the mandible of an unusually primitive mammoth was secured for the palaeontological collections of Mr. Hector Maiben by Mr. E. T. Engle. The specimen was found in Aftonian gravel on the farm of Mr. E. J. Hartman, five miles south of Staplehurst, Seward County, Nebraska. It is numbered 18-2-22 in the accession book of the Nebraska State' Museum.

Chapter One: The Federal Land Grant, Robert Crawford

These Fifty Years: A History of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska

THE FEDERAL LAND GRANT

THE modern-day agricultural college with its four-year collegiate course, its high schools and short courses, its well-developed scientific research, and its extension activities, has been a development of hardly more than the last quarter century. Certainly fifty years will cover the outstanding accomplishments. After the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 it was many years before the agricultural or industrial colleges (as they were often called) began to lay the foundations of agricultural education and research as they are known today.

Because the prosperity of the New World hinged to a large extent on …

Chapter Two: The Founding Of The University, Robert Crawford

These Fifty Years: A History of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska

A HISTORY of the Agricultural College of Nebraska is also a history of the University of Nebraska. From the earliest years to the present day the two have been inseparably connected. The Agricultural College was established as one of the colleges of the University, later, in 1877, being incorporated in the Industrial College, and still later, in 1909, again becoming a separate college of the University, the College of Agriculture.

The University and Agricultural College received their endowment from two sources. The Enabling Act of 1864, providing for the state's admission into the Union, declared that seventy-two sections) (46,080 acres) …

Chapter Three: Establishment Of The Agricultural College, Robert Crawford

These Fifty Years: A History of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

IT IS here that we draw the dividing line and proceed with the history of the Agricultural College rather than that of the University. Having seen the University established with its integral college units, it is now fitting to devote our attention primarily to the College of Agriculture, with only such references to the University as occasion demands.

It will be recalled that one of the primary purposes of the Land Grant Act of -1862 was to offer industrial education to the people, or as the Act stated, "to teach such branches of learning as …

Chapter Four: The Industrial College And The Experiment Station, Robert Crawford

These Fifty Years: A History of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska

THE fifteen-year period from about 1875 to 1890 was marked by at least three important developments in the history of the College of Agriculture. One was the changing of the name of the Agricultural College to that of Industrial College and the consequent development of an engineering department within the Industrial College, as well as the reorganization of the work of the college. The second was the founding of the Agricultural Experiment Station with government funds supplied under the Hatch Act. The third important development was the erection of Nebraska Hall, a building to house the Industrial College, on the …

Chapter Six: The Crowning Years, Robert Crawford

These Fifty Years: A History of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska

THE years from about 1909 to 1923 were the crowning years in the history of the College of Agriculture. Could Professor Thompson, the first professor of agriculture, and those early residents of the state! who wagged their heads at agricultural education have stepped into the farm campus in 1923, Professor Thompson would have found his most sanguine dreams more than realized, while those who scoffed perhaps would have remained to learn. They would have found nine great buildings devoted exclusively to experimentation and instruction, among them the finest agricultural engineering building in the world, a dairy building famous thruout the …

Index: These Fifty Years, Robert Crawford

These Fifty Years: A History of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska

INDEX (11 pages)

A-Z

ADAIR, WILLIAM, 18.

Adams Act, 68, 98, 119-120.

Agricultural botany, election of Dr. Bessey, 47--48; studies, 54- 55; evolution of department, 94-95, 133. See also Plant pathology.

Agricultural chemistry, ear I y work, 39, 45-46, 54; evolution of department, 90-91, 133. See also Sugar beets and Sorghum.

Agricultural editor, 133.

Agricultural education, evolution of department, 95, 131-132; Shumway Act, 132; SmithHughes Act, 132.

Agricultural engineering, evolution of department, 94, 134 ; first building, 94; irrigation, 105-106,138,157,159-160; new building, 121, 124; tractor testing, 153.

Agricultural extension, outgrowth of farmers' institutes, 122, 139; Smith-Lever Act, 122, 138; creation …

These Fifty Years: A History Of The College Of Agriculture Of The University Of Nebraska, R. P. Crawford

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

It seems especially appropriate at this time to publish a history of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska. The year 1922 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the formal establishment of the college by the Board of Regents, while the year 1924 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the enrollment of the first students in agricultural subjects. It is hoped and intended that this little volume shall preserve for the future much valuable material that would otherwise soon be forgotten.

Aspen In The Central Rocky Mountain Region, Frederick S. Baker

Aspen Bibliography

The detailed studies reported in this bulletin were carried out chiefly on the Ephraim Canyon watershed of the Manti National Forest in central Utah.

Studies Of Connecticut Hardwoods: The Treatment Of Advance Growth Arising As A Result Of Thinnings And Shelterwood Cuttings, Louis J. Leffelman, Ralph C. Hawley

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

The typical hardwood stand with which the silviculturist in Connecticut has to deal is even-aged in form. The causes which operated in the past to create stands of this character are thoroughly understood and do not require consideration in this study. That even-aged stands, particularly when densely stocked and composed of comparatively intolerant species, require thinning to develop the most vigorous individuals and to obtain maximum production, is an accepted principle of silviculture.

The study separates logically into five parts:

1. A system of classification for the woody vegetation.

2. Amount, character, and distribution of the advance growth and of …

The Chromosome Number Of Maize, T. A. Kiesselbach, N. F. Petersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The wide-spread interest in the genetics of maize, coupled with the uncertainty as to the number of chromosomes occurring in this species prompted the investigation which is here reported. From a review of the literature it appears that Kuwada (1911, 1915, 1919) is the only worker who has reported extensive counts of maize chromosomes. His results are summarized in table 1. Variations were reported in the number of chromosomes both within and between varieties as well as between different cells of individual plants. He concluded that sweet varieties are usually characterized by having twelve chromosomes, and starchy varieties by having …

Further Studies On The Effect Of Environment On Potato Degeneration Diseases, R. W. Goss, George L. Peltier

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The identification of potato degeneration diseases in the field is extremely difficult owing to the number of diseases now described, their manifestation on different varieties, the combination of several diseases on the same plant, and the further splitting up of these combinations into separate diseases. The influence of environmental factors in intensifying or inhibiting the symptoms of these diseases also increases the difficulty of diagnosis. In the present investigation the effect of environmental factors has been studied with the purpose of determining the limiting factor or factors in the masking of the symptoms, in the hopes of simplifying a complex …

The Occurrence Of Starch And Erythrodextrin In Maize And Their Segregation In The Pollen Of Hybrids, T. A. Kiesselbach, N. F. Petersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A variety of maize (Zea mays) differing from other known sorts in the texture of its endosperm was described by Collins (1909). The type of endosperm of this variety was designated as “waxy” in contrast with the starchy and sweet types of other maize. It has since been shown by Weatherwax (1922) that the carbohydrate of this waxy endosperm is erythrodextrin which can be distinguished from other carbohydrates by its red color reaction with iodine. It has recently been reported by Demerec (1924) and Brink and MacGillivray (1924) that this carbohydrate is also present in the pollen of …

Small Fruit Culture For South Dakota, A. L. Ford

SDSU Extension Circulars

It can no longer be said that small fruits are not successful in South Dakota. Everywhere in the state people are having remarkable success with the small fruits providing they confine their efforts only to the hardy varieties. It is true that there are some of the small fruits that cannot be recommended for use here, because of their lack of hardiness, but there are plenty of hardy ones from which to choose. In the near future there are almost certain to be more hardy varieties developed by our plant breeders.

1924 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International "Little I" Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Better Sires -- Better Stock: Build Better By Breeding, H. P. Davis

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Economy and logic indicate that the most satisfactory method of obtaining higher-yielding dairy cattle is to breed them. Nebraska raises the feeds - corn, oats and alfalfa - that will grow dairy cattle and can raise them as cheaply as any region. The method is simple. Use purebred dairy sires on the present cows. By the use of good purebred dairy sires great improvement can be obtained in a single generation.

Circular No. 53 - Summary Of Publications

UAES Circulars

This circular contains summaries of the publications of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station issued since September 1923. The publications of this Station are no longer sent to a general mailing list (except in the case of libraries) 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.

Scientific Discoveries Concerned With Pathogenic Micro-Organisms, Matilda Mary Steinbrecher

Bachelors’ Theses

Stand where you choose some calm night and look up into the great dome of the sky. Realize that those countless stars, once believed to regulate our destinies, have been proven by science to be other worlds more or less like ours. Let your thoughts wander on to objects near at hand. You see the rocks and soil and plants as did mankind for ages back; but where they not so long back saw nought else, you see rocks breaking into fertile soil and realize that minute living beings are responsible. You have come to understand that all the nitrogen …

Bulletin No. 189 - Ridding The Land Of Wild Morning Glory, George Stewart, D. W. Pittman

UAES Bulletins

"Morning glory" is the common name for one of the worst weeds found in Utah. On account of its general resemblance to a cultivated plant spoken of as morning glory, the weed is frequently and more correctly known as the "wild morning glory." Since everyone who handles farm land knows the plant, a description of it is unnecessary. It may not be amiss, however, to mention that the name probably comes from the fact that the showy, funnel-shaped flowers are open only in the morning, being folded within the sepals after midday or earlier in hot, dry weather.

Bulletin No. 190 - Corn Silage In A Dairy Ration, W. E. Carroll

UAES Bulletins

In 1914 a study of the value of corn silage in the dairy ration was undertaken at this station. The first phase of the general question to receive attention was the effect of adding silage to a basal ration of alfalfa hay and grain.

Circular No. 52 - Rules And Regulations For The Utah Intermountain Egg-Laying Contest, Byron Alder

UAES Circulars

The contest will be located on a part of the Utah Agricultural College Farm near the experimental poultry yards. It will be managed by the Poultry Department with an experienced poultry raiser in direct charge of the feeding and care of the hens in the contest. It is hoped that the entry fee and the sale of eggs will pay for the expense of the contest. The buildings, ground, and fences will be built and furnished by the college.

Suggestions On The Incorporation Of Cooperative Livestock Shipping Associations Under The Laws Of South Dakota, M. R. Benedict, Turner Wright

SDSU Extension Circulars

The cooperative shipping of livestock form South Dakota points has become so general that nearly every farm is familiar with the workings of the Cooperative Shipping Association. During the early stages of this movement; that is, up to the present time, these organizations have been for the most part loosely formed, unincorporated associations of producers with no very permanent existence. Where they were well managed, they have accomplished fairly well the principal purposes of a livestock shipping association; namely, the narrowing of the handling margin at the local points, better grading of the stock shipped, and the elimination of excessive …

Western Yellow Pine Mistletoe, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

This bulletin gives the results of studies over a period of twelve years on the effect of mistletoe Razounzofskya cryptopoda (Engelm.) Cov. on the growth and seed production of western yellow pine. The intensive part of these studies was carried on near the San Francisco mountains in northern Arizona. " The parasite is the most widely distributed and one of the most serious enemies of the western yellow pine." On southern slopes and near the lower limit of the distribution of the pine, areas occur where 75 to 90 per cent of all trees above six inches in diameter are …

Plant Production As A Measure Of Environment: A Study In Crop Ecology, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Location and Description of Stations
Comparisons of Environments
Experimental Methods and Results, 1920
Experiments during 1921
Environmental Conditions
Plant Yield
Experiments during 1922
Environmental Conditions
Native Plant Yield
Growth Of Maize
Summary of Experiments on Native Vegetation
Summary

July 1924, Vi - Teacher-Training, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

Documents

Outline of issues for teacher-trainers.

Notes On Miltogramminae With Descriptions Of Two New Species, H. W. Allen

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Described from the following material: one male and one female reared from the nest of Bicyrles quadrifasciata Say, taken at Adaton, Mississippi, August, 1922, and three females collected about a Bembicid colony at the same locality (H. W. Allen); one male, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Mississippi, August 7, 1922 (H. W. Allen). In the U.S. National Museum, aside from the type and allotype: one female taken as it emerged from the nest of Bembex spinolae, June 6, 1914, Washington, D.C . (J.B. Parker); one female labeled "Parker Note No. 44," concerning which Professor Parker has furnished the information that, "this …

How To Study The Western Birds, Grace Mccormac French

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

Originally a radio broadcast, this document explores the fraternal nature of bird watching. It was included in the papers of Dr. James A. Macnab, Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds's mentor at Linfield College. The article mentions various books by bird-watching authorities and naturalists from around the Pacific Northwest.

Dirks-Edmunds, a 1937 graduate of Linfield, graduated from the University of Illinois in 1941; she returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

Control Equipment For The Study Of The Relation Of Environment To Disease, George L. Peltier, R. W. Goss

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The investigation of certain plant disease problems in Nebraska has necessitated the study of the relation of various environmental factors to these diseases. The control of these environmental factors in the greenhouse studies has been obtained by the use of previously described apparatus or their modification and adaptation, along with new methods which have been devised to meet the needs of these investigations. In view of the widespread interest in the subject of environmental control for experimental studies, it was deemed advisable to present briefly the methods now in use in this department in the hope that the information may …