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Marriage And Friendship In My Antonia, David Stouck

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Three events or circumstances in Willa Cather's life seem directly related to the writing of My Àntonia. In 1916, the year the novel was begun, Isabelle McClung married, and the great friendship of Cather's life was profoundly altered. Second, by 1916 Cather was in her forty-third year and had written five books; she was no longer enjoying youth and first success but entering middle age, with its attendant disillusionments and disaffections. Third, she spent much of that year at home in Red Cloud, Nebraska, where she visited many of the people and places of her childhood. I think these …

Willa Cather's A Lost Lady: Art Versus The Closing Frontier, Susan J. Rosowski

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

When A Lost Lady appeared in 1923, readers immediately recognized Willa Cather's achiever ment. T. K. Whipple wrote, "with A Lost Lady, Miss Cather arrived at what can only be called perfection in her art'; Joseph Wood Krutch termed it "nearly perfect." Later readers continued the praise, calling it "perfectly modulated" and "a flawless classic" and generally judging it the finest of Cather's novels. While acknowledging its art, however, critics have stressed its themes in their interpretations, reading it as telling of the frontier's downfall, of the noble pioneer's passing, of materialism's onslaught, of woman's plight in a patriarchal …

Agricultural Experiment Station News September 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
EXPERIMENT STATION SEMINAR
PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
PROGRESS AT THE GUDMUNDSEN SANDHILLS RESEARCH CENTER
25TH ANNIVERSARY AND FIELD DAY NORTHEAST STATION
SAHS SEZ
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - August 1982

The Probe, Issue 25 - September 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association September, 1982
wolf recovery project
The Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission announced plans to hold a hunt to reduce the Everglades deer herd
OUR THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FOR THE BALANCE OF NATURE WORSHIPERS
The Army has found albino rats are cheaper to rear and train than dogs and may be more effective in detecting TNT in booby traps, bombs, and land mines.
"Western Regional Coordinating Committee" concerned with predator control.
U.S. environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
S.B. #2239, the antitrap bill
RODENT CONTROL GETS THE AXE
nominations for the offices to …

Water Current, Volume 14, No. 5, September/October 1982

Water Current Newsletter

Research Framework Now Available
Overview Highlights Project
Computer Used to Irrigate
Conservation Tillage Studied
Aiken Says Law Vague
Sandhills NebGuides
OWRT Funds Transferred
Federal Funding Possibilities
New Staff Members

The Probe, Issue 24 - August 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:
1080 Registration Hassle
How to Write Your Congressman
NADCA Predator Control Meeting
Health Hazards from Pigeons, Starlings, and English Rats and Mice
Methods of treating snake bite
Recent Reading Materials
Anti-Trap Bill – S.B. 2239
Permits to import or export wildlife
Letters to the Editor
Election Time

A Comparison Of The Levels Of Competence Needed And The Levels Of Competence Possessed By Vocational Agriculture Instructors In Nebraska For Horse Production, James Bruce Wilson

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

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 23 - July 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association July, 1982
increase in the price of duck stamp
list of chemicals Ray Matheny had reported at the California Vertebrate Pest Conference as being registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in ADC
[U.S.Dept. of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Annual Surnnany 1980
ANGEL ISLAND AGAIN
ANIMAL RIGHTS
Bird Dispersal Recordings – Sources of Supply. 1980 national Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation
AMERICA THE POISONED
Ol’ TIMER'S CORNER
WILDLIFE LEGISLATIVE FUND OF AMERICA
Make Sure That The New ESA Includes The Essential Common Sense …

Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue:

An Investment Returned ....................... 2

The Northeast Station- 25 years of Research, Extension and Service......... 3

Opportunities and Obstacles- Women Choose Agricultural Careers.............. 11

The Animal Welfare Movement- Where did it come from and where is it going?.............. 14

Center Pivot Irrigation- Runoff Analyzed on Sloping, Clayey Soil .................. 16

Nitrogen Management- Soils Change in Nutrient Content......................... 18

New Directions in Research ................................ 20

Biological Effects Of Low Doses Of Ionizing Radiations: Particle Tracks In Radiobiology, Robert Katz, Werner Hofmann

Robert Katz Publications

A radiation field is made up of a tangle of particle tracks, from the primary particle and secondary and higher generation electron interactions, well isolated at low doses and with multiple intersections in cell nuclei at high doses. Low dose effects in multicellular systems are therefore the sum of individual track structures. Until we can state with confidence the structure of a particle track in biological matter for all end-points of interest, at least as well as we can for nuclear emulsions, our knowledge of low dose effects should be regarded as uncertain and inadequate. In this context “track structure” …

The Probe, Issue 22 - June 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association June, 1982
FROM AMBULANCE CHASERS TO ANIMAL POOPSCOOPERS
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) publication STP 680
LETTERS TO YE ED
MOUSE PADDY WAGON
KANGAROO TAIL SOUP
James A. T i l l's just completed M.S. thesis from Utah State University (1982) entitled: Efficacy Of denning in alleviating coyote depredation upon domestic sheep.
Neutroleum alpha has been used as a deodorant for many years in animal labs, to counteract displays of skunk displeasure, and for those rats who just had to die behind the walls. SNAKE REPELLENTS
Angel Island (California) deer herd …

Agricultural Experiment Station News June 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
From the Director’s Desk
Widaman Trust Awards to Twelve
SAHS SEZ
New AES Project Outline Format
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
Grants and Contracts
New Experiment Station Personnel
Journal Articles - Submitted for Publication
Journal Abstracts - Submitted for Publication
BULLETINS PRINTED
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - SUMMER, 1982

Agricultural Experiment Station News May 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
From the Director’s Desk
Search Advisory Committee for Dean and Director, AES
The Field Laboratory is Now Ours
Department of Agricultural Communications Review
SAHS SEZ
Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research-Year Four
Open House-Gudmundsen Sandhills Research Center, Friday, June 4th
ANNA H. ELLIOTT FUND
Calendar of Events
Grants and Contracts
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - April 1982
Calendar of Events – Summer, 1982

The Probe, Issue 21 - May 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association May, 1982
HERE'S ONE GROUP WE COULD JOIN - THE RAT TOLIFE SOCIETY.
"spectre of environmentalism and the threat of environmental groups"
new ADC books
Executive Order 11643 (Nixon's ban on 1080 on public lands)
Endangered Species ACT
FUND FOR ANIMALS.
PREDATOR CONTROL IS NOT NEEDED IN GAME MANAGEMENT?
THE BALANCE OF NATURE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - WILDLIFE LEGISLATIVE FUND OF AMERICA (WLFA)
NADCA Directory
SHOULD ADC BE SHIFTED FROM INTERIOR TO AGRICULTURE?
OL' TIMERS' CORNER
NADCA supporters

Planning For Reservoir Shoreline Development In Nebraska, Thomas Victor Cech

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Comprehensive second home development controls for reservoir shoreline areas in Nebraska do not exist at the state level, and regulations at the local level have often been created after problems have become critical.In addition, many existing local controls on shoreline residential development are not strictly enforced. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to:

1. Identify the extent and potential demand of second home development near Nebraska’s reservoirs;

2. Identify existing environmental and land use problems associated with such development;

3. Identify shoreline development regulations which exist at the federal, state, and local level which affect residential development in Nebraska;

4. Identify existing problems …

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Women's Studies University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Newsletter, Phyllis Schroeder

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

In the last ten years 350 Women's Studies programs were established across the country. Their common aims tend to cover the following

1. To include the achievements and expenses of women traditionally neglected in the teaching of the widest possible range of subjects from English and Philosophy to Mathematics and Biology.
2. To integrate women's studies into the curriculum throughout the university system, what is being popularly referred to as "humanizing the current curriculum."
3. To increase Women's Studies faculty in areas not currently represented, such as the sciences architecture, and music.
4. To strengthen the Women's Studies program in such a way that …

Agricultural Experiment Station News April 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
SAHS SEZ
TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY - SPAIN
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - March 1982

Passion And Denial In Marl Sandoz's "Peachstone Basket", Fritz Oehlschlaeger

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The future reputation of Mari Sandoz will undoubtedly rest primarily on her nonfiction, especially Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, and Old Jules. Although Sandoz published a considerable body of fiction, it has not generally received critical acclaim. Moreover, she consistently expressed doubts about the quality of her fiction and thought her own strongest achievement was in nonfiction. As Scott Greenwell has noted, Sandoz "viewed herself primarily as a historian who only aspired to be a literary artist, and was struck again and again by the inadequacy of much of her fiction." When Virginia Faulkner, the editor of Hostiles and Friendlies, …

Migration Patterns For Age And Sex Classes Of Blackbirds And Starlings, Richard A. Dolbeer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater), and Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are ubiquitous breeding birds in much of North America. The Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is an abundant breeding bird east of the Rocky Mountains (Dolbeer and Stehn 1979). Although these species are widely dispersed and generally unassociated during the nesting season, they often associated closely in winter roosts containing up to 10 million birds in the southern United States (Meanley and Webb 1965, Meanley 1971). Little is known about the comparative migration patterns of the four species and the resulting mixture of local breeding populations in winter. Comparative …

Effect Of Pellet Size And Packaged Commercial Baits For The Control Of Pine Voles, Ross E. Byers, Mark H. Merson

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

No difference in field control of pine voles was found be¬tween 3 different pellet sizes broadcast at either 5.6 kg/ha (5 lbs/.p acre) or 11.2 kg/ha (10 lbs/acre) for either Volid or ZP Rodent Bait . Comparison of the 18 Volid plots with the 18 ZP Rodent Bait plots showed a statistical difference in animal control between these materials of 95% and 85% respectively. Place packs of Volid or ZP Rodent Bait were opened at approximately 95% of the active sites. Since about 5% of the sites were active by the apple indexing, we believe a low but residual population …

A Current Assessment Of Vole Damage And Numbers And Of Methods Used To Control Voles In Ontario Apple Orchards, Ronald J. Brooks, Stephen A. Struger

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

A province-wide evaluation of the amount, distribution, source and control of damage to Ontario apple trees was initiated. Data we re obtained from 280 responses to a questionnaire distributed to growers across Ontario, and from trap censuses in three widely separated areas. Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) damaged or destroyed 8,423 trees in our questionnaire sample and other mammals damaged another 10,307 trees. No relationship was found between application of rodenticide and levels of damage, but rodenticide-treated baits sharply reduced numbers of voles on our trap plots. Orchards with high levels of damage were on average only one-third as …

Long Term Vole Control In Ontario Apple Orchards, Zia Siddiqi, W. D. Blaine

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

A poisoned bait feeder station is being evaluated for a long term meadow vole control in Ontario apple orchards. This bait station can maintain a bait supply even under deep winter snow cover, commonly experienced in Ontario, when voles inflict extensive tree damage. Latest generation of acute anticoagulants, encapsulated zinc phosphide, and commercial formulation of zinc phosphide treated cracked corn bait in the bait stations are evaluated against the conventional broadcast application of the zinc phosphide treated cracked corn.

Rodenticide Evaluation In The Hudson Valley During 1980 And 1981, Paul F. Steblein, Milo E. Richmond

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

The objective of Cornell University's research program is to develop a successful integrated system to control pine and meadow vole damage in the apple orchards of the Hudson Valley. This is being accomplished by determining the effect of habitat manipulation and rodenticides on vole populations. We are also doing research to quantify the amount of damage apple trees sustain from various densities of pine voles. By coupling the results of these two avenues of research, we hope to provide growers with a cost-effective pest management plan. Efficacy of Chlorophacinone (Chempar, Inc.) and Brodificoum (ICI Americas, Inc.) in various populations and …

Orchard Rodent Baits: Toxicant Evaluations And Vole Pellet Size Preferences, Mark H. Merson, Ross E. Byers

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

Residues of the anticoagulant rodenticide Brodifacoum in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) sampled from an orchard popula¬tion after broadcast treatment with the commercial bait VOLID decreased as the orchard rate of application and concentration of Brodifacoum in the bait decreased. Oral LD— determinations for the experimental rodenticide EL-614 were 8.8 mg/kg for meadow voles and 24.0 mg/kg for pine voles (M. pinetorum) . No size preference by meadow and pine voles for bait pellets from 2.38 to 4.76 mm in diameter was observed in lab¬oratory tests.

The Relationship Of Nutritional Factors To Apple Tree Root Damage By Pine Voles, F. A. Servello, J. J. Hasbrouck, R. L. Kirkpatrick, K. E. Webb

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

Damage to apple tree roots by pine voles is believed to occur primarily during the winter months. Cengel et a1. (1978) found that the stomachs of pine voles contained significant amounts of root material only during January and March sampling periods. In addition, the diet of pine voles at that time consisted primarily of less preferred grass species because preferred forb species were unavailable. Therefore, apple tree roots may serve as a food source in the winter when preferred forages are unavailable. If, in fact, pine voles are consuming roots in response to reduced food supplies, then one would expect …

Pine Vole Reinvasion Of An Unfilled Suitable Habitat, Pamela N. Miller, Milo E. Richmond

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

Despite years of research aimed at developing ecologically safe and effective methods for controlling pine voles these rodents remain a serious agricultural pest. A large portion of the damage occurring yearly could be avoided through close adherence to the current recommendations. A regular mowing and herbicide program to eliminate rodent cover combined with rodenticides comprise the integrated pest management program currently available. Effective toxicants include a ground spray and various pelleted baits which can be placed in the runways. Repeated mowing of grasses and the use of herbicides are two effective means of reducing or eliminating an existing population, and …

Radiotelemetric Evaluation Of The Effect Of Horticultural Practices On Pine And Meadow Voles In Apple Orchards: Iii. Use Of Orchard Border Habitats By Meadow Voles, Ralph E. Pagano, Dale M. Madison

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

A study was undertaken to determine if meadow voles,Microtus pennsylvanicus, use habitats adjacent to apple orchards. Considerations were given to how extensively these areas were used, if at all, and if a bulldozed strip would control their movements between the orchard and adjacent border habitats. Trapping and telemetry data showed that meadow voles do use the adjacent border habitats extensively and make frequent crossings between these areas and the nearby or¬chards. It would seem, therefore, important to include these areas in any vole management program. Although the bulldozed strip was effective in reducing movements between the orchard and adjacent …

Radiotelemetric Evaluation Of The Effect Of Horticultural Practices On Pine And Meadow Voles In Apple Orchards: Ii. Herbicide Application, Dale M. Madison, Ralph E. Pagano, Randall W. Fitzgerald

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

Pine voles (Microtus pinetorum) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) were studied in a commercial apple orchard in the Hudson Valley of New York during April and May 1981. Selected voles were given miniature radio transmitters and then tracked before and after herbicide application. A total of eight pine and meadow voles were tracked throughout the experimental period. Home range size decreased on the day following herbicide application but showed an increase from day 1 to day 5 & 7 after application. Movements away from the tree line into the aisles did not change significantly after herbicide …

A Preliminary Survey Of Genetic Variation Over Two Seasons Among Orchard Pine Vole Populations, J. E. Mcbride, J. J. Ney, A. R. Tipton, R. L. Kirkpatrick

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

The objective of this study was to test for genetic homogeneity among several discontinuous orchard pine vole populations, particularly between those that had been treated with endrin and those that had not. Endrin-resistant pine vole strains have been documented (Webb and Hors-fall 1967; Webb et a1. 1973), but have not been characterized genetically. Practically, this study was designed to determine if genetic differences existed among endrin-treated and non-treated orchard populations over two seasons of the year, by examining a few specific gene loci believed to be involved in endrin metabolism in small mammals.

Water Metabolism In Laboratory-Maintained And Free-Ranging Pine Voles (Microtus Pinetorum), D. Rhodes, M. E. Richmond

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

Prior study of water use by the pine vole, Microtus pinetorum, has indicated that these voles require large volumes of water on a daily basis and exhibit rapid turnover of body water relative to other mammals of similar body size (Rhodes and Richmond, 1981). However, the extent to which these animals are tolerant of water deprivation and hence the importance of available water to the members of this species remains unexplored. Similarly, data on rates of body water turnover in free-ranging pine voles are presently unavailable. Thus, this study examines rates of body water turnover and urine concentrations of …