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Summary, Dan F. Dickneite

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

During this workshop we have heard from some of the leading animal damage control and livestock management specialists in the Great Plains and adjoining states. It appears that western states personnel will likely be involved in wild animal damage control to a greater extent than before as control activities are passed from federal to the separate state agencies--hopefully, with financial assistance for both implementation and research.

There is no widespread agreement on numbers or severity of damage, or on the best damage control techniques to use. What works in one area of the country will not necessarily work in another. …

Extension Wildlife Damage Control In Arkansas, Rocky Lynch

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

With the curtailment of a service type predator control program that existed in Arkansas for 29 years, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1970 initiated a Nuisance Animal Control Section within the framework of the Commissions' Game Division. This extension - demonstration type wildlife control unit was named such because of the increase in rodent control (beaver and muskrat) within the state. Their numbers were spawned by the habitat inhancement in the delta and timber growing regions of Arkansas.

A Game Biologist visited the Missouri Department of Conservation and observed the technique of their predator control agent. With ideas …

Coyote Trapping As A Method Of Damage Control, Robert A. Smith

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Purpose of Program

Method

Cost of Service

Conclusion

Extension Wildlife Damage Control In Colorado, Dale A. Wade

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Wildlife damage control in Colorado may be more varied and difficult than in some other states. Colorado has a widely diversified agricultural, industrial and recreational business base and a great range of human density from the Denver Metropolitan area containing approximately half of the state population to the semi-desert and mountain areas where the population density is extremely low.

Approximately 40 percent of the land is federally owned, much of this in large tracts in the western two-thirds of the state. Privately owned land in this western area is primarily distributed along the more accessible valleys of major drainages. It …

G73-14 Grain Processing For Feedlot Cattle, Paul Q. Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Several changes have occurred in the cattle feeding business which have focused attention on grain processing. The first of these was, the arrival of big feedlots provided an opportunity to use larger and more sophisticated processing equipment at reasonable cost per ton of feed produced. Also, the need to minimize feed separation and digestive disturbances encouraged the use of more sophisticated methods of processing.

A second development that is now focusing attention on grain processing is the rapidly increasing costs of equipment, fuel and labor involved in grain processing. In recent years, these have been increasing more rapidly than the …

Ec73-130 A 1973 Guide For Herbicide Use In Nebraska, John D. Furrer, Charles Fenster, Alex R. Martin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 73-130 is a 1973 Guide for Herbicide Use in Nebraska.

Ec73-829 Nebraska Fence Laws, Harvey Perlman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 73-829 is about Nebraska fence laws.

Ec73-709 Feedlot Design, Norm Teter, Paul Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 73-709 is about developing and designing a feedlot.

Ec73-1859 Peach Diseases, Jack Riesselman, David Wysong

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 73-1859 discusses peach diseases.

Ec73-1533 Stinging And Biting Pests, Leroy Peters

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 73-1533 is about stinging and biting pests.

Ec73-1418 Feeding Replacement Pullets & Laying Hens, T. W. Sullivan, Earl W. Gleaves

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 73-1418 is about feeding replacement pullets and laying hens.

Ec73-254 Cow-Calf Operations In Nebraska : A Prospectus, Keith Gilster, James D. Heldt

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 73-254: Opportunities for Cow-Calf Operations in Nebraska-A Prospectus; the present status and characteristics of Nebraska’s beef cow-calf industry, Evaluation of some resources important to the beef cow-calf industry, economic considerations involved in operation, and factors to consider in future beef cow-calf production in Nebraska.

G73-65 Locating A New Feedlot, E. A. Olson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The selection of a site for a livestock feedlot directly affects the success of the feedlot.

The selection of a site for a livestock feedlot directly affects the success of the feedlot.

Factors to consider in choosing a feedlot location include: environmental considerations, streams, topography, water supply, land area, towns and zoning laws. Other items include a source of livestock and feed, transportation (roads), marketing facilities. Finally the operator must determine the size to build with provision for expansion.

Relationship Between Weight And 40K Count In Steers , R. K. Johnson, L. E. Walters, J. V. Whiteman

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Thirty-six Angus-Hereford steers were fed four diets of different potassium concentration for 2-week periods such that each steer received each diet for a 2-week period. The relationship between ⁴⁰K count loss and weight loss during a 24-hr. shrink period was evaluated by regression analysis. At the end of each of the four feeding periods the steers ,were weighed and ⁴⁰K counted unshrunk and again after 24-hr. shrink.

The mean weight loss during shrink was similar for all treatments (overall mean of 22.8 kg), however the mean ⁴⁰K count loss was larger for the high potassium diets than …

Effect Of A Combination Of Diethylstilbestrol And Methyltestosterone And Protein Level In The Diet On Performance And Carcass Traits In An Unselected Line Of Swine, L. E. Lucas, E. R. Peo, Jr., A. J. Svajgr

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Two experiments involving 372 barrows were conducted to evaluate the effects of orally administered diethylstilbestrol (DES) and methyltestosterone (MT) with varying levels of dietary protein.

Gain, Feed Conversion And Carcass Traits Of Swine Fed Under Two Nutritional Regimes, P. J. Cunningham, T. E. Socha, E. R. Peo, Jr., R. W. Mandingo

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Data involving 505 Gene Pool boars, barrows and gilts and 126 Hampshire boars and gilts fed two nutritional diets were presented. One diet consisted of high lysine corn, minerals and vitamins (10% protein) while the other diet was a 14% protein corn-soy diet.

Factors For Extending In-Progress Lactation Records To A 305-Day Equivalent, Jeffrey F. Keown, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Paper for Presentation at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science. The data consisted of 204,558 complete Holstein lactations in 2,100 herds compiled by the New York Dairy Records Processing Laboratory from 1959 to 1969. All lactation records had to have a 9th or 10th test day present to be regarded as complete. The generalized least squares analysis used a model including effects due to the mean, herd-year and season-age-stage of freshening which were assumed to be fixed. The error term included the random effects due to the cow and residual. Generalized least squares estimates for …

Reproductive Efficiency And Viability In Two Bos Indicus And Two Bos Taurus Breeds In The Tropics Of India And Colombia, L. (Lemka) Hamed, R. E. Mcdowell, L. Dale Van Vleck, H. Guha, J. J. Salazar

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Records from two herds in India and two in Columbia representing respectively two breeds of Bos indicus (Hariana and Deshi) and two Bos taurus breeds—Blanco Orejinegro (BON) and Costeño Con Cuernos (CCC) were evaluated for breeding efficiency and viability. Average age at first calving was 52.1, 46.3, 39.5 and 40.7 months for Hariana, Deshi, CCC and BON. Season of birth did not influence age at calving. Ranking for calving interval was similar, average 479, 418, 396 and 382 days with season effects significant (P<.05) for only Deshi. BON and CCC had fewer days open but much shorter lactation periods, average 73 and 157, thus days carried calf in lactation were similar for all breeds. Percent of time dry per calving interval was high for all breeds, 44.2, 36.7, 64.1 and 81.0 for Hariana, Deshi, BON and CCC. Average annual mortality of females by 12 months of age was 23.6% for Hariana, 17.0% Deshi and 27.0% BON. In the same herds 46.4%, 51.1% and 49.0% of females born alive lived to first calving and annual losses among cows were 18.0%, 17.0%, and 21.0%; therefore, affording little opportunity for selection among females. Temperament, as determined by response to the milking process with and without the calf present, showed all the breeds were similar in this respect. Environmental effects were most important for all traits but genetic differences were indicated for age at first calving and milk yield. On a theoretical basis little gain could be expected in net dairy merit from crosses between the Columbian and Indian breeds.

Genetic Aspects Of Beef Production Among Holstein-Friesians Pedigree Selected For Milk Production, L. L. Calo, R. E. Mcdowell, L. Dale Van Vleck, P. D. Miller

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

To explore the potential of cattle to produce both milk and beef, the genetic aspects of beef production among Holstein-Friesian bulls pedigree selected for milk were studied. The data included growth records of 504 bulls (DPT) by 120 sires (SPT) pedigree selected for progeny testing by American Breeders Service, 1964 to 1971. DPT bulls with proofs had an average predicted difference for milk (PMD) of +180 kilograms. The daughter average was 7,273 kg per lactation under varying herd conditions. Sires accounted for 10% of the variation in average daily gain (ADG), 10% in daily gain per 100 kg body weight …

Critical Flicker Frequency In A Harp Seal, Pagophilus Groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777), Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Critical flicker frequency (CFF) in a free-swimming harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) was investigated using behavioral techniques. The resulting CFF versus intensity contour indicates a definite rod-cone break, confirming a duplex photoreceptor population whose presence had not been observed in previous morphological reports.

The Bobwhite Quail, Norm Dey, Jack Sinn

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

A Year with the Bobwhite

Population Dynamics—Managing the Variables

The Way to Quail Abundance

The Ring-Necked Pheasant In Nebraska, William L. Baxter, Carl W. Wolfe

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Ringneck—Its Past and Prospects: A most successful exotic, pheasant numbers are declining

Nuptial Rites and Nesting: Spring recoups winter’s losses

Summer Broods: While cocks undergo their annual moult, hens enter the brooding period; for eight weeks, hens attend chicks

Hunting the Ring-necked Pheasant

Season of Testing: Nebraska’s winters test a pheasant’s mettle, but given good cover and an adequate food supply, the ringneck is almost impervious to the elements

Methods of Management

Life History And Ecology Of The Ring-Necked Pheasant In Nebraska, William L. Baxter, Carl W. Wolfe

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Table of Contents

The Study … 6

Population Studies … 8 ...

Methods … 8 ...

Results and Discussion … 9

Nesting Studies … 13 ...

Methods … 13 ...

Results and Discussion … 14 ...

Nest Parasitism … 16 ...

Effects of Nest Searching on Nest Fate ... 17 ...

Nesting Chronology ... 18 ...

Roadside Nests ... 21 ...

Nesting in Experimental Alfalfa ... 22 ...

Pheasant Production in Wetlands ... 23

Brood Studies … 26 ...

Methods ... 26 ...

Sampling Problems ... 26 ...

Results and Discussion ... 27

Cover Utilization by Pheasant Broods ... 29 …

America's Systematics Collections: A National Plan, Howard S. Irwin, Willard W. Payne, David M. Bates, Philip S. Humphrey, Belmont Writing Committee

University of Nebraska State Museum: Programs Information

"America's Systematics Collections: A National Plan'' is a report to the nation's systematics collections community, and includes a National Plan for the recognition and development of systematics coilections as an important national resource in the United States. The report states the goals of the systematics collections commnnity, and documents the importance of systematics coliections to science, society and education. The problems of the systematics collections community are identified and discussed. Recommendations are presented that, if implemented, could permit the systematics coiiections community to achieve its goals; the recommendations are reiterated within a framework of prioritiei. Eitimated new Support required by …

Chronic Effect Of Low Ph On Fathead Minnow Survival, Growth And Reproduction, Donald I. Mount

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas Rafinesque) were continuously exposed to reduced pH levels of 4.5, 5.2, 5.9, 6.6 and 7.5 (control) during a 13-month, one-generation test. Survival was not affected, even at the lowest pH tested. Fish behavior was abnormal, and fish were deformed at pH 4.5 and 5.2. Egg production and egg hatchability were reduced at pH 5.9 and lower, and all eggs were abnormal. A pH of 6.6 was marginal for vital life functions, but safe for continuous exposure. Free carbon dioxide, liberated by the addition of sulfuric acid to reduce the pH, may have had an unknown …

History Of Vocational Agriculture In Nebraska, M. G. Mccreight

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this publication is to present a history of Agricultural Education at the secondary school level in Nebraska. Attention is called to efforts of the State of Nebraska to implement instruction at the secondary level prior to the beginning of and during the early years of the twentieth century. These efforts laid the foundation for the State to be readily acceptable to vocational agriculture programs made possible by the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act by the Congress of the United States in 1917.The author has been a part of the Vocational Agricultural Program in Nebraska since 1938. He …

D.C. Background On Predator Control Legislation, Michael Frome

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

The tragic fiasco of federal predator control as we have known it is finished. The American people will no longer tolerate it. In this age of environmental concern, the people will not allow their tax dollars to be diverted for such a destructive and wasteful war against living wild creatures for the exclusive benefit of the sheep industry. There is now no turning back to old ways.

Indiscriminate trapping, shooting and poisoning have reduced some of the rarest, most beautiful and superbly adapted species of our wildlife heritage to the brink of extinction, although they consitutue a resource that could …

How Important Are Livestock Management Methods To The Orevention And /Or Reduction Of Losses To Coyotes, Don Good

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Professor.E. K. Faulkner, Extension Sheep Specialist from the University of Wyoming, stated that fencing the range was too expensive to be practical. He indicated that flares, pop-guns, color painting on sheep, and dogs have been used to cut down losses to coyotes but these methods have not been nearly so effective as the use of cyanide guns and 1080. He also indicated that losses to coyotes along with labor problems are the number 1 and 2 reasons for 200 sheepmen going out of the business the past 5 years in the range country. He said that shed lambing or lambing …

The Sport Hunting Of Coyotes, Edward L. Kozicky

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

In an effort to gain some insight into the sport hunting of coyotes in Kansas, Bob Henderson circulated 586 detailed questionnaires and received 228 replies--an excellent voluntary response.

Time does not permit detailed comments on each question and reply. We shall only hit the highlights, and add some editorial comment where it seems appropriate.

It should be remembered that those who took the time to answer the 35 questions were devotees of the sport. This point is emphasized by the fact that of the 225 hunters who responded, 95 have been hunting coyotes for 20 years or more. The next …

Sport Hunting As A Method Of Damage Control, L. Boddicker

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Predator damage control is an area of concern to the livestock producer. He is also often the most likely person to choose sport hunting of coyotes as a recreational activity. Sport hunting of problem coyotes can be an effective tool.

Agricultural producers want to know the skills to control depredating wildlife. A high powered rifle, traps, and various related equipment are standard for most livestock production operations.

Through the Extension effort we attempt to help the producer develop wildlife damage control skills. It is also our responsibility to help develop alternatives to aid the livestock producer with persistent wildlife damage …