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Guide For A Field Conference On The Tertiary And Pleistocene Of Nebraska, C. Bertrand Schultz, Thompson M. Stout, Alvin Leonard Lugn, M. K. Elias, F. W. Johnson, M. F. Skinner

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The earliest record of the Museum states that in June of 1874 Professor Samuel Aughey was appointed Director of Cabinets. He was succeeded by Professor Lewis E. Hicks in June, 1885. Little work was carried on in paleontology, however, until Dr. Erwin H. Barbour took charge in 1891 and organized the first expeditions. In 1893, Mr. Charles H. Morrill began his generous support of the field work, and since that time important contributions by him and others have enabled this work to continue. The search for fossil remains has taken Museum parties to every county in Nebraska, and to several …

Ec1519 Jackrabbit And Cottontail Control, O. S. Bare

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1519 discusses jackrabbit and cottontail control.

Cooling, Storage, And Transporation Of Milk And Cream, P. A. Downs, F. D. Yung

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The care given milk and milk products should be such that they will be relished by young and old alike. Greater use of milk can be encouraged by serving fresh milk cold. Cooling of milk also insures a fine product several hours after production. This is important not only for milk that is to be used, but for milk or cream that is to be sold.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Ix. The Nitrogen Of Urea, C. W. Ackerson, W. E. Ham, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing one-third of the concentrate of a ration for growing chicks with a mixture of starch and urea that contained an amount of nitrogen equal to that contained in the concentrate withdrawn from the ration was studied with two lots of chicks. 2. All chicks of both lots consumed equal amounts of nitrogen during the experiment. 3. Conclusions were based on increases in body weight and content of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus at slaughter.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1940) 8(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

CONTENTS

The Northern Purple Martin as a Neighbor. By Mrs. George W. Trine ........................................................ 45

Birds of a Surviving Area of Original Prairie Land in Eastern Nebraska. By Don B. Whelan .................................................... 50

Some 1939 Bird Observations Made at Red Cloud, Webster County. By Charles S. Ludlow ................................................................ 55

Some Notes on the Summering Birds of Western Nebraska. By Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon ............................................ 61

Distribution and Migration of the Dowitcher in Nebraska. By Myron H. Swenk .................................................................... 63

Cooperative Migration List for the Spring of 1940 ........................ 75

General Notes ................................................ ..................................... 83

Minutes of the Forty-first …

A Study Of The Geographical And Ecological Distribution Of The Buffy Plains Pocket Mouse (Perognathus Flavescens Flavescens), With Description Of A New Subspecies From Nebraska, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The Buffy Plains Pocket-mouse (Perognathus flavescens flavescens) is a typical mammal of the Sandhill Region of Nebraska. Its home, like that of other species of pocket-mice, is a series of burrows in the ground, consisting of several entrance holes leading to the main 'burrow, in which is located the nest and the food storage chambers. In the Nebraska sandhills its burrows and nests are commonly placed beneath clumps of Spanish Bayonet or Prickly Pear Cactus, and the entrance holes usually are so distributed as to open from under the plant in all directions.

The writer had hoped to …

The Influence Of Whole Wheat, Bran And Shorts On Body Weight And Feather Growth In Chicks, F. E. Mussehl, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The proteins of the entire wheat kernel and of the bran and shorts are apparently utilized with equal efficiency by growing chicks when used with a base of corn, barley, oats, meat scraps, fish meal, and soybean meal. The relatively higher protein levels of bran and shorts, as compared to ground wheat, should be considered by the poultry producer in deciding which product or products can be used with greatest economy. A good concentration of a feather-growth factor is found in wheat bran. Other common feedstuffs carry the same essential, and the amount of bran which should be used in …

Block And Bridle Annual 1940

Block and Bridle Annual (1933–2021)

The objectives of the Block and Bridle Club of Nebraska may be stated in a few words. They are, to foster an interest in the livestock industry, and to advertise that industry through favorable publicity; to prepare outstanding students of today for leadership tomorrow; to provide a means by which to congenial group of young men may meet and benefit each from the association of the others; and to participate in activities of the Campus so that the entire student body may profit not only in money but in useful things accomplished.

Deterioration Of Midwestern Ranges, J. E. Weaver, F. W. Albertson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The native grasses of the mixed prairie and short-grass plains disclimax have been subjected for a long period of years to extreme drought, much overstocking, and severe damage from dust. Behavior of the vegetation during the dry year of 1933, the extreme drought of 1934, and the terrible dust storms and intermittent periods of desiccation during subsequent years, has been continuously observed (Weaver and Albertson, '36). Previous studies in this area furnished a back- ground which enabled one to compare present conditions with those of the pre-drought period (Weaver, '24; Clements and Weaver, '24; Albertson, '37). A large series of …

An Inquiry Into The Influence Of Environment On The Incidence Of Poultry Diseases, L. Van Es, J. F. Olney

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The principal purpose of the investigation reported here was to evaluate, if possible, hygienic measures, and in addition to gather whatever information might become available pertaining to the relation of certain disorders to a given poultry population after its exposure to their specific etiologic factors. The experiments were conducted on a piece of ground upon which poultry had not been maintained for many years, if ever.

Vegetative Composition And Grazing Capacity Of A Typical Area Of Nebraska Sandhill Range Land, A. L. Frolik, W. O. Shepherd

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The sandhill area of Nebraska occupies approximately 20,000 square miles of the central portion of the state. Being unadapted to cultivation, the land is for the most part still covered with native vegetation. It is utilized primarily for the production of livestock, chiefly cattle. During the period 1931 to 1938 the sandhills carried annually an average of 1,041,000 cattle, which amounted to 31 per cent of the total number in the state. The management practices used in the Nebraska sandhills have gained national recognition as a good example of range conservation in the United States. The purpose of this study …

Ec1517 Rat Control On The Farm, O. S. Bare, D. B. Whelan

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1517 discusses rat control on the farm

Ec1512 Revised 1940 Pests Of The Vegetable Garden, O. S. Bare

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1512 Revised 1940 discusses pests of the vegetable garden.

A Study Of Subspecific Variation In The Yellow Pocket-Gopher (Geomys Lutescens) In Nebraska, And Of The Geographical And Ecological Distribution Of The Variants, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The Yellow Pocket-Gopher (Geomys lutescens) was described by Merriam (14) in 1890, as a paler and smaller subspecies of Geomys bursarius, based on "numerous specimens received from the Sand Hills of western Nebraska", and especially upon an adult Cjl type specimen (No. 23595, U. S. N. M.) collected in the sandhills along Birdwood Creek, Lincoln County, Nebraska, May 27, 1889, by A. B. Baker. Although even as late as 1931 Scheffer (17) classified Geomys lutescens as a subspecies of G. bursarius, it is without doubt specifically distinct from G. bursarius. In all of its variations …

Ec1117 Revised 1940 Soap Making

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1117 Revised 1940 and provides information on soap making. This circular contains ingredients and utensils that are needed for soap making, methods for making soap, and recipes for a few kinds of soap.

Dairy Calf Club Manual : Extension Circular 6-01-2 1940, M. L. Flack

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This revised manual takes up the breeds of dairy cattle, selection of a dairy heifer for the three-year Nebraska 4-H Club project, care and management of the calf, heifer, and producing cow, the keeping of records, the fitting and showing of dairy animals, and the usual show ring qualifications. It is intended as a guide for 4-H dairy calf club members throughout the three years of their project.

Research Bulletin 119, Influence Of Whole Wheat, Bran And Shorts On Body Weight And Feather Growth In Chicks, 1940

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Research Bulletin 119, Influence of Whole Wheat, Bran and Shorts on Body Weight and Feather Growth in Chicks, 1940

Research Bulletin 120, Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chick,S Ix: The Nitrogen Of Urea, 1940

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Research Bulletin 120, Utilization of food elements by growing Chick,s IX: The Nitrogen of Urea, 1940

Leaders Key To True And False Test Covering "Facts About Cattle" For 4-H Baby Beef And Breeding Clubs : Extension Circular 2-65-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Answer key for "Facts about Cattle" test.

4-H Club Yard Beautification : Extension Circular 12-41-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H extension circular (ec) is a long term project for beautifying your yard. The 4-H Yard Beautification Club work affords boys and girls the opportunity to study trees, vines, shrubs, flowers, and lawns and to grow and care for them. They will also have an opportunity to observe various plants in their native surroundings on tours and hikes. They will be required to make simple garden accessories such as bird houses, trellises, garden furniture, and a picket fence.

4-H Sugar Beet Club Demonstration : Extension Circular 12-51-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H Circular for the Sugar beet demonstration gives the member 8 problems to work through.

Problem I : a. Project goals and activities

b. Rotations

Problem II : Use of Fertilizers

Problem III : Seedbed Preparation

Problem IV : Planting

Problem V : Cultivation

Problem VI : Irrigation

Problem VII : a. Historic development

b. Grower-Processor Relationship

Annual Report: 1940

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

The educational program of agricultural extension was conducted in Cherry County during 1940 by the Cherry County Extension Service. 329 families and business firms subscribed $1529.15 for support of the work. The county commissioners provided office quarters at a cost of $258.00 for the year. Other income provided $80.00 additional funds making a total operating fund of $1867.15.

Expenditures for the year were $255.00 for office quarters, heat and light, $89.60 finance committee expense, and $1824.14 for conducting the general program.

The program of work directed special emphasis to F-F-L, Beef Cattle, 4-H and Project club work.

Test plats of …

Index To Volume Viii

Nebraska Bird Review

Amundson, Geno A., article by, 19.

Avocet, 20, 21, 61, 78, 85, 86.

Baldpate, 5, 13, 16, 76, 84, 97, 104.

Bittern, American, 13, 50, 60, 76, 86, 87, 90, 104.

Blackbird, Brewer, 21, 81, 84, 94; Red-winged (subsp.), 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21, 31, 44, 53, 56, 58, 62, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 105; Rusty, 5, 28, 57, 81; Yellow-headed, 6, 17, 20, 21, 26, 57, 81, 86.

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Wren, Common Rock, 62, 85; Eastern Carolina, 17; Western House, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 19, 52, 57, 59, 79, 85, 86, 89, …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1940) 8(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

The Relation of the Farm Shelterbelt to Wildlife. By Carroll F. Orendurff ................................................................ 1

General Notes ............................................................ 4

Distribution and Migration of the Chat in Nebraska and other Missouri Valley States. By Myron H. Swenk .................... 33

Research Bulletin 117, Vegetative Composition And Grazing Capacity Of A Typical Area Of Nebraska Sandhill Range Land, 1940

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Research Bulletin 117, Vegetative Composition and Grazing Capacity of a Typical Area of Nebraska Sandhill Range Land, 1940

Research Bulletin 118, Inquiry Into The Influence Of Environment On The Incidence Of Poultry Diseases, 1940

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Research Bulletin 118, Inquiry into the Influence of Environment on the Incidence of Poultry Diseases, 1940

Bulletin 325, Nebraska Tractor Tests 1920–1939, 1940

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 325, Nebraska Tractor Tests 1920–1939, 1940

Ec9920 Revised 1940 Home Preservation By Freezing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 9920 (revised 1940) is about preserving food for the home by freezing and storing it.

Ecology And Land Use, Edward H. Graham

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

AULUS, the Roman, spoke proudly when he announced that at last they knew malaria ~ was caused by the night air. Then, like other intelligent Romans of his day, he ordered all the doors and windows of his home tightly closed from sundown to sunrise to exclude the "pestilence that walketh by night." Little did the Romans realize that 1,500 years would pass before the truth would be known about malaria-that the disease is carried by the Anopheles mosquito. Yet of all the plagues of human history malaria probably has taken the heaviest toll of human lives. For twenty-five hundred …

A Study Of Local Size Variations In The Prairie Pocket-Gopher (Geomys Bursarius), With Description Of A New Subspecies From Nebraska, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Beginning in the fall of 1913, the writer has continuously been interested in accumulating accurate body measurements, taken in the flesh, of Nebraska pocket-gophers. As a result quite an assemblage of such data has been secured. In the case of Geomys bursarius, the bulk of these data relates to specimens trapped in the vicinity of Lincoln, Lancaster County, involving to date 48 adult and 38 immature males and 50 adult and 65 immature females. Recently these measurements have been tabulated and compared with such measurements of the species as have been recorded in the literature from other parts of …