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The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Poults, C. W. Ackerson, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Day-old poults were found to contain an average of 1.28 g nitrogen, 0.18 g calcium and 0.15 g phosphorus. 2. Day-old poults were fed equal amounts of a good growing ration for 52 days. Analysis of these poults showed retention of 42.6 per cent of the nitrogen, 23.4 per cent of the calcium and 31.3 per cent of the phosphorus contained in the ration. 3. Retentions of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus were on the same order as those obtained in like feeding trials with chicks.

Index To Volume Xv, Number 2, Florence J. Patton

Nebraska Bird Review

Accipitriidae, 25

Adams County, 45

Anatidae, 25

Announcements, 60

Bird Departure Dates, 1

Blackbird, Brewers, 45, 47; Red-winged, Eastern, 50; Yellow-headed, 39

Bluebird, Eastern, 29, 38, 50; Mountain, 52

Bobolink, 46, 47

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Willet, Western, 48

Woodcock, 53

Woodpecker, Hairy, 27; Northern Downy, 27, 50; Red-headed, 27; Western Red-bellied, 26, 39

Wren, Carolina, 42, 48; House, 39, 50; Prairie Marsh, 43; Rock, 46, 52

Yellow-throat, Northern, 50

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1947) 15(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Bird Departure Dates .........Wilson Tout 1

Recent Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds .........F.W. Haecker 5

"Drumming" in the Chimney Swift .........W.E. Eigsti 9

Banding Mourning Doves in Eastern Nebraska.........Wilhelmina and Leroy Gulotta 12

Hawk Populations in Nebraska......... John H. Wampole 20

Winter Birds of the Fontenelle Forest......... Charles A. Stewart 24

Notes on the Nesting of the Acadian and Alder Flycatchers......... Frank H. Shoemaker ......... 31

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1947......... 36

General Notes......... 40

Nebraska Bird Club News......... Adrian C. Fox......... 55

Announcements......... 60

News and Comment......... …

Ec882 Feed Fed - Gains In Weight - Money Records Of 4-H Beef Calves Nebraska 4-H Baby Beef Club Members Nebraska 1946, F. J. Chase

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 882 provides feed fed, gains in weight, and money records of 4-H beef calves from the Nebraska 4-H Baby Beef Club members in 1946.

Ec1551 Insect Control In The Production Of Alfalfa Seed, Ephriam Hixson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1551 discusses insect control in the production of alfalfa seed.

Chincoteague: A National Wildlife Refuge, Rachel Carson

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The national wildlife refuge at Chincoteague, Virginia, is one of the newest in a chain of sanctuaries placed along the flight lanes of the waterfowl. Coming down from the north the principal links of the chain are Parker River, Montezuma, Susquehanna, Brigantine, and Bombay Hook. Then from Chincoteague the links run south, through Back Bay and Pea Island, Mattamuskeet and Cape Romain. Chincoteague, like other waterfowl refuges, is needed because birds migrate, and because in so doing they expose themselves to great dangers.

The migration of birds is one of the ancient spectacles of earth, and one of the most …

Parker River: A National Wildlife Refuge, Rachel Carson

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is New England's most important contribution to the national effort to save the waterfowl of North America. Many million Americans have a direct stake in the success of this effort: the 2,000,00o waterfowl hunters, the millions who find recreation and esthetic pleasure in observing and photographing the birds, and all those, whom there is no way of counting, who understand the value of preserving wildlife as part of America's natural heritage.

During the several generations in which the United States has been converted from a land preeminently wild and unsettled into an industrial and …

Index To Volume Xv, Number 1, A. C. Fox, M. L. Hanson

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams County, 19

Agate, Nebraska, 24

Ager, James: The Snowy Owl in Kearney County, 18

Allen, Robert P., 22

Anderson, Dana: Waxwings at Columbus, Platte County, 16

Baldpate, 33

Benckeser, Harold R.: Notes on Wintering Birds in Keith County, 14; Occurrence of Gyrfalcon in Keith County, 18

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Witschy, Mrs. Rey: Field Day Notes from Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, 20

Woodpecker: Downy, 19, 20, 21, 33; Eastern Hairy, 14; Hairy, 19, 20, 21; Northern Downy, 14; Red-bellied, 19, 21; Red-headed, 20, 21, 33

Wren: Common Rock, 33; House, 21, 23, 24; Western House, 20, 33

Yellow-legs, 20; Greater, …

Developing Rapid-Feathering Chickens, I. L. Williams, H. L. Wiegers

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The object of this circular is to acquaint the poultry producer, hatchery operator, or any other person endeavoring to develop improved strains of chickens with a satisfactory method for eliminating slow-feathering individuals from his flock.

Ec173 Alfalfa And Sweetclover Silage, D. L. Gross

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 173 discusses alfalfa and sweetclover silage. Alfalfa and sweetclover are of special value as a livestock feed because of their protein and vitamin A content. When these crops are made into hay they often lose much of their value due to unfavorable curing conditions, and the loss of leaves which contains 75 percent or more of the protein and vitamin A. Second year sweetclover used as hay often causes bleeding disease in cattle unless handled very carefully to prevent spoilage. When used as silage this danger is apparently eliminated.

Ec1466 Revised 1947 Coccidiosis, S. W. Alford

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1466 Revised 1947 discusses coccidiosis.

Ec1550 Equipment & Methods For Spraying Livestock, Martin H. Muma, W. W. Derrick

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1550 discusses equipments & methods for spraying livestock.

Ec1507 Revised 1947 New Insecticides For The Control Of Grasshoppers, Ephriam Hixson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1507 Revised 1947 discusses new insecticides for the control of grasshoppers.

Ec1548 Controlling Hog Mange And Lice, Martin H. Muma

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1548 discusses hog mange and lice.

Block And Bridle Annual 1947

Block and Bridle Annual (1933–2021)

After being inactive for three years because of the War, the Nebraska chapter of Block and Bridle was reactivated on April 22, 1946.

Ec1549 External Parasites Of Chickens And Ddt, Ephriam Hixson, Martin H. Muma

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1549 discusses external parasites of chickens and DDT.

Suggestions For The Handling Of Certain Mammals, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

For experimental work, it is often desirable to handle the smaller wild mammals more freely than usual methods allow. Howell (Journal of Mammalogy (1937) 18(4): 513) suggests the feeding of pentobarbital sodium in milk or other food. While this may be satisfactory for animals accustomed to captivity, it can hardly be used for those newly captured.

The Girl's Room : Extension Circular 11-11-2, Dorothea F. Holstein

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

One thing every 4-H girl desires is an attractive home. This project is planned to help you make your room more attractive and more comfortable at little cost. It is hoped that you will talk over with your mother any plans for changes you wish to make. She may have materials on hand that are suitable for some of the articles you will make in the project. It is good management to use these materials if they are not needed for another purpose.

Ec1808 Vegetable Seed Treatment Pays

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 1808 is called Vegetable Seed Treatment Pays. Most of the time seeds rot in the ground after being planted is because of a poor seed or wet cold weather rather than molds or fungi. Seed treatment is the one of the simplest practices to help in controlling diseases. It also describes the different kinds of treatment for seeds.

Ec1547 Antu For Brown Rats, Clarence A. Sooter

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1547 discusses Antu for Brown rats : common brown or Norway rat.

Observations On The Nighttime Resting And Biting Habits Of Anopheline Mosquitoes In Ddt-Treated And-Untreated Buildings, Clarence M. Tarzwell, Frank W. Fisk

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Laboratory cage tests and controlled experiments in houses have clearly demonstrated that residual-spray deposits of DDT are lethal to mosquitoes for considerable periods. Although these tests valuable information on the durability of DDT residual deposits, they did not give information on the mortality of malaria mosquitoes naturally entering treated dwellings in search of a blood meal. In order to secure a lethal dose of DDT from residual deposits, mosquitoes must actually touch the material and be exposed to it for a considerable period. This period has been shown to vary (1), depending on the temperature, age of treatment, density and …

Bulletin 388, Nebraska Tractor Tests 1920–1947, 1948

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 388, Nebraska Tractor Tests 1920–1947, 1948

60th Annual Report Of The Agricultural Experiment Station May 1947, W.W. Burr

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

Contents

Soils Research..................... 5-13

Field Crops Research..................... 14-33

Horticultural Crops..................... 34-40

Plant Diseases ..................... 41-45

Chemical Studies with Plant Materials ..................... 46-49

Insect Control Experiments ..................... 50-56

Feeding Hogs, Cattle and Sheep ..................... 57-64

Dairy Production and Manufacture..................... 65-67

Poultry Nutrition and Management..................... 68-70

Animal Diseases ..................... 71-72

Agricultural Engineering ..................... 73-75

Studies in Rural Economics ..................... 76-78

Home Economics ..................... 79-81

The Substations ..................... 82-96

Experiment Station Publications..................... 97-98

Experiment Station Administration and Staff..................... 99-101

Experiment Station Financial Report ..................... 102-103

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1947) 15(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Wintering Waterfowl 1946-1947. By John H. Wampole ... 1

Branta canadensis in Nebraska. By R. Allyn Moser ... 5

Notes on the Nesting of the Blue Grosbeak. By Mrs. Archie Middleton ... 8

Notes on Birds in Nebraska National Forest, Bessey Division. By Carl E. Smith ... 11

General Notes ... 14

Minutes of the Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ... 26

Report of the Forty-third Annual Field Day of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ... 32

News and Comment ... 34

Reviews ... 36

The Goss Lemming Mouse, Synaptomys Cooperi Gossii (Goues), In Nebraska, Edson Fichter, Merle F. Hansen

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

In the course of studies on the cestode parasites of microtine rodents by one of the authors (Hansen), specimens of mice were sent to the United State National Museum where they were identified by Dr. David H. Johnson. Two of these microtines proved to be Synaptomys cooperi gossii (Coues). These specimens of Synaptomys (U.S.N.M. Nos. 282343 and 282344), collected at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, on September 16, 1946 (male) and November 20, 1946 (female), respectively, are the first ones to be identified from Nebraska.

Research Bulletin 150, Effects Of Mowing Frequency On The Yield And Protein Content Of Several Grasses Grown In Pure Stands, 1947

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Research Bulletin 150, Effects of Mowing Frequency on the Yield and Protein Content of Several Grasses Grown in Pure Stands, 1947

Bulletin 387, Growing And Harvesting The Sweetclover Seed Crop, 1947

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 387, Growing and Harvesting the Sweetclover Seed Crop, 1947

Bulletin 386, Rations For Growing Leghorn Broilers, 1947

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 386, Rations for Growing Leghorn Broilers, 1947

Farm Fishponds, Verne E. Davison

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

An important part of soil and moisture conservation is making the best use of every acre on the farm. Where a suitable site for a farm pond exists, no better use can be made of such land than to develop it for the production of fish for the farm family. The recreation the pond affords adds much to the pleasure of rural life.

Thousands of farms have good pond sites. Properly developed and managed ponds may provide both food and pleasure to more than a million farm people.

This bulletin tells how to have good ponds. It explains how to …

A Redescription Of Taenia Taxidiensis Skinker, 1935, Robert Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Since the original description of Taenia taxidiensis Skinker, 1935,2 was based on an incomplete and apparently immature cestode, a redescription seems desirable.

The following description is based on 28 cestodes, taken from three infected badgers, Taxidea taxus (Schreber), all collected in southern Wisconsin. Of these, only one strobila had gravid segments, the others being immature. Most of the data given below are based on the single mature specimen, with additional measurements, where Possible, from the immature worms. No sections were made of these specimens, and the measurements given were taken fl·om stained wholemounts.