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Nebraska 4-H Bird Club Manual : Extension Circular 5-01-2 1961, Louie Rudman

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

The material in this circular has been revised and updated to aid Nebraska 4-H bird clubs. It contains an outline of activities suitable for each month and descriptions of 58 birds. The descriptions of the birds have been arranged so that a few may be given special study each month. The objectives of the club are:

To learn the economic value of birds through a study of food habits.

To become familiar with Nebraska Laws that protect birds.

To learn to appreciate birds and encourage bird life on the farm.

To learn to describe a bird so that it may …

Soil And Water Conservation : Extension Circular 5-31-2, Harold H. Gilman, Russell E. Weiss

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

A Beginning 4-H project in Soil and water conservation.

Microorganisms And Soil Structure, T. M. Mccalla, F. A. Haskins

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

SUMMARY

Good stable soil structure is valuable for promoting the growth of plants and micro-organisms by permitting enhanced aeration and water penetration and by decreasing erosion under some conditions.

Micro-organisms influence water percolation through the soil. They may plug up soil pores with byproducts of growth and reduce water percolation. On the other hand, if a soil containing a large amount of microbial products is stirred and allowed to dry, then the percolation may be high.

Micro-organisms are involved in stabilizing soil structure by their products of decomposition and their cellular binding material, such as mycelia. Microorganisms differ greatly in …

Program For Reclamation Of Surface Aquifer, C. E. Jacob

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

This report is a final follow-up to a preliminary study done by the corps of engineers: preliminary study ground water contamination, RMA, 11 May 1960. Basic requirements for this study as outlined by the chemical corps included the following: 1. Plan for correction of contamination, 2. Determination of nature and extent of contamination, 3. Description and nature of phytotoxicants, 4. Determination of animal toxicity, and 5. Supplementary method of waste disposal. During the preparation of this report, chemical COPRS. Implied that the total responsibility for the combined efforts of all agencies involved in this work has been assigned to the …

Pensternon In Your Garden, Glenn Viehmeyer

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A new race of hardy perennials is beginning to appear in American gardens. These are the penstemons, a genus of plants closely related to the familiar snapdragon, which may become important ornamentals as they become better known to gardeners. The purpose of this bulletin is to show the possibility of the genus as an ornamental and to suggest species and species hybrids of possible value to Great Plains gardeners; to provide information about propagation and culture; and to encourage gardeners to engage in penstemon breeding as an avocation.

Evolutionary Relationships Among The North American Mallards, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

A comparative morphological, behavioral, and electrophoretic study was undertaken on six populations of North American mallards that are currently considered by the A.O.U. Check-list to comprise four species and two additional subspecies. These include Anas p. platyrhynchos, A. d. diaxi, A. d. novimexicana, A. f. fulvigula, A. f. maculosa, and A. rubripes. These forms are essentially allopatric in their breeding distributions, with the major exception of A. p. platyrhynchos and A. rubripes, which overlap throughout a several-hundred-mile zone in east-central United States.

Geographic ranges and population sizes are estimated, and evidence is presented to indicate that the …

Notes On The Collared Pika, Ochotona Collaris (Nelson), In Alaska, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Maps showing the geographic range of the collared pika, Ochotona collaris (Nelson), have been published recently by Hall (1951) and by Hall and Kelson (1959). According to these, this mammal occurs in the mountains between the Tanana and Yukon Rivers, and in the Alaska Range as far west as Mt. McKinley. A specimen from the summit of the Chugach Mountains (Baker, 1951) was not included on the aforementioned maps. Osgood (1904) referred to two specimens collected by C. L. McKay in the Chogmit Mountains, east of Lake Clark at the base of the Alaska Peninsula, and also mentioned a sight …

Da Pamphlet 70-5-8, Ussr: Missiles, Rockets, And Space Effort, A Bibliographic Record, 1956-1960, 28 September 1960, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual contains a detailed bibliography concerning the Soviet space program. The appendices contain supplementary information about the Soviet and American space programs.

Mycorrhizae Of Ponderosa Pine In Nebraska Grassland Soils, R. W. Goss

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

While the genus Pinus has been the subject of extensive mycorrhizal studies there are only a few scattered references to western yellow pine, P. ponderosa, and no detailed descriptive literature on the mycorrhizae of this species. P. ponderosa is indigenous to Nebraska and the one species most extensively grown in local nurseries for windbreaks and farm plantings. Similarly, there is little information on mycorrhizae in the Great Plains between the forested regions of the Mississippi River states and the Rocky Mountains. Because this predominantly grassland area is sparse in natural tree growth the individual tree as an ornamental or …

Genetic Control Of Coumarin Biosynthesis And Β-Glucosidase Activity In Melilotus Alba, G. W. Schaeffer, Francis A. Haskins, H. J. Gorz

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Two pairs of alleles, Cu/cu and g/5, are known to influence coumarin biosynthesis in Melilotus alba Desr. (Goplen e t al., 1957 ; Haskins and Gorz, 1957). Young leaves from CuCuBB plants characteristically contain substant i a l akounta of both free and bound co-in, CuCubb leaves are high in "coumarin" but virtually a l l the substance is in the bound form, and cucuBB and cucubb leaves are low in both forms. Lt has been suggested that the gene is involved in the formation of bound coumarin from coumarin precursors and that the gene is concerned with the conversion …

Statement Of Quartermaster Intelligence Interest, Office Of The Quartermaster General, Department Of The Army, Robert L. Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

According to the forward, the “Statement of Intelligence Interest reflects the over-all interest of the Office of the Quartermaster General in intelligence data and is intended as an aid to persons engaged in the collection, processing, and dissemination of Intelligence. “

In 1960, the Quartermaster Corps was one of the technical services of the Department of the Army. The Army technical services were bureaus providing the Army with supplies, equipment, training, and services. Each was headed by a chief. The Quartermaster General was the chief of the Quartermaster Corps. The Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the procurement, storage, and distribution …

Statement Of Quartermaster Intelligence Interest, August 1960, Office Of The Quartermaster General, Department Of The Army, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

According to the forward, the “Statement of Intelligence Interest reflects the over-all interest of the Office of the Quartermaster General in intelligence data and is intended as an aid to persons engaged in the collection, processing, and dissemination of Intelligence. “

In 1960, the Quartermaster Corps was one of the technical services of the Department of the Army. The Army technical services were bureaus providing the Army with supplies, equipment, training, and services. Each was headed by a chief. The Quartermaster General was the chief of the Quartermaster Corps. The Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the procurement, storage, and distribution …

Digenetic Trematodes Of Marine Fishes Of Puerto Rico, Ather H. Siddiqi, Raymond M. Cable

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Preface

This monograph reports the major part of an investigation begun by Raymond M. Cable in 1951, when he spent one year at the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagiiez, Puerto Rico, collecting and studying larval trematodes and the helminth parasites of shore birds and marine fishes. The work there was done under the auspices set forth in the Preface to Part 4, Volume 16, of this series; this part was facilitated especially by Virgilio Biaggi, N. T. Mattox, and Donald Erdman, who rendered invaluable assistance in the collection and identification of fishes. One trip …

Nebraska Bird Review (July 1960) 28(3), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Fall Roosting Sites and Flights of the Common Grackel and Associated Species in Kearney, Nebraska, 1959 ..................34

The Least Tern ..................39

Current Problems in Hawk and Owl Protection and Legislation ..................43

Identification of Birds in Flight.................. 45

Meetings and Reports ..................52

General Notes.................. 53

Letters to the Editor ..................55

The Significance Of Xenia Effects On The Kernel Weight Of Corn, T. A. Kiesselbach

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The purpose of this paper is to appraise the xenia effects of the pollen parent on the kernel weight of corn (Zea mays L.), and to interpret so far as possible their genetic, physiologic and applied significance. The conclusions will be based on local experiments and a review of the literature.

Nebraska Bird Review (April 1960) 28(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Golden Eagles ......................18

History and Status of Introduced Game Birds In Nebraska ..........................19

A Day of Bird Banding ..........................23

A Robin Study in Kearney, Nebraska ..........................24

1959 Nesting Report ..........................27

Fredrick J. Adams ..........................28

General Notes ..........................29

Meetings ..........................30

Treasurers' Report.......................... 30

Letters to the Editor ..........................32

A Quantitative Study Of Sexual Behavior Of Mallards And Black Ducks, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

In recent years an increased interest in the use of behavioral characteristics in evolutionary studies has developed, and this is particularly true in the case of waterfowl. The classical studies of Heinroth (1911), who was one of the first to apply knowledge of waterfowl behavior to systematics, have been elaborated on by Lorenz (1941; 1951-1953) in his important contribution toward the understanding of relationships in the Anatinae. These, and other, studies have stressed the qualitative behavioral differences occurring among different species as providing possible isolating mechanisms through their presumed function of conveying species-specific recognition signals. To the present, no extensive …

The Nebraska Sandhill Lakes: Their Characteristics And Fisheries Management Problems, D. B. Mccarraher

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

A brief look at the map of Nebraska will readily point out the obvious fact that the sandhills comprise a considerable portion of the land area of the state. To be more precise, an area encompassing around 20,000 square miles or about one quarter of the total state area. This is indeed a vast prairie region long noted for its fine cattle and native hay crops. It is a region of vegetative dune sandhills, sandy basins and valleys, exposed ground water, spring seep lakes and marshes. Since much is already known concerning the land portion of the sandhills it is …

Coordination Of Mosquito Control And Wildlife Management Some Effects Of Mosquito Larviciding And The New Pesticides On Fishes, Clarence M. Tarzwell

United States Public Health Resources

It is apparent to one who has been brought up on a farm and who has worked in the fields of mosquito control, fisheries management, and water pollution abatement, that there are some conflicts of interest and methods used in these fields. There are, however, many common interests and areas in which the aims and objectives coincide. All too often in the past. there has been a failure to explore and stress common interests and a tendency to emphasize conflicting interests. Our present age of specialization in, training and interest is in part responsible for this situation. In order to …

Hybridization In The Anatide And Its Taxonomic Implications, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

Without doubt, waterfowl of the family Anatidae have provided the greatest number and variety of bird hybrids originating from both natural and captive conditions. The recent compilation by Gray (1958) has listed approximately 400 interspecies hybrid combinations in this group, which are far more than have occurred in any other single bird family. Such a remarkable propensity for hybridization in this group provides a great many possibilities for studying the genetics of speciation and the genetics of plumage and behavior, and it also provides a valuable tool for judging species relationships. It may generally be said that the more closely …

Application Of Beutel’S Experimental Jurisprudence To Japanese Sociology Of Law, Shin Oikawa

Nebraska Law Review

This translation of a Japanese study of an American scholar’s work in Experimental Jurisprudence is perhaps best introduced in the words of the Japan Reading Newspaper review of February 29, 1960: “Shin Oikawa . . . tries to absorb Beutel’s study which is, among the recent fruits of American Jurisprudence, inclined toward legal realism, and he does so from the standpoint of a specialist in sociology of law in Japan. Considering the present condition of Japanese Jurisprudence, it is important to realize the necessity that such an article be read by many people. Conclusively, his article has important significance.” Professor …

Progress ’60: 1960 Annual Report

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Table of Contents

Commissioners … 2

Fisheries … 3

Game … 8

Parks … 14

Information and Tourism … 18

Federal Aid … 21

Engineering … 26

Law Enforcement … 28

Communications … 29

Boating … 30

Financial statement … 31

Permit sales by county … 35

Pike Hybrids (Esox Lucius X E. Vermiculatus) In A Sandhill Lake, Nebraska, D. B. Mccarraher

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

In the sandhill region of Nebraska both northern pike, Esox lucius, and grass pickerel, Esox vermiculatus, are abundant in several shallow natural lakes. Both species are known to utilize the same vegetative habitat for spawning during March and April. The pike is an important game species but the smaller pickerel is of little value to fishermen although in winter is at times taken by angling through the ice.

Annual Report- Game Division, Lloyd P. Vance, Shirley Lindholm

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Two classes of game farm permits were made available by the 1957 legislature to persons keeping protected species of wildlife in captivity. A pet or fancier permit authorizes the possession of fifty or less game birds or game animals where no commercial use is made of such wildlife. A commercial permit authorizes the possession of game birds and game and fur-bearing animals of regardless of number, where trade, sale, barter, or any commercial use is involved. During 1960, 195 pet permits and 92 commercial permits were issued for a total of 287 permits. In 1959 a total of 432 permits …

Translation Of Karapetyan, A. E. 1960. A Method Of Cultivation Of Lamblia. Cytology 2: 379-384. Transliteration: Metodika Kul'tivirovaniya Iamblii. Tsitologiya 2: 379-384, A. E. Karapetyan, Virginia Ivens

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Translation number 6, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States (6 pages)

Translation of Karapetyan, A. E. 1960. A method of cultivation of Lamblia. Cytology 2: 379-384. Transliteration: Metodika kul'tivirovaniya Iamblii. Tsitologiya 2: 379-384

Reported November 25, 1959, at the Leningrad Parasitological Society Conference, Leningrad, USSR

Translated from Russian to English by Virginia Ivens, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States, February 6, 1961 (notated: VI/s)

Comparison Of Vegetation Of Kansas-Nebraska Drift-Loess Hills And Loess Plains, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The western edge of True Prairie gives way very gradually on the Loess Plains south of the Platte River to Mixed Prairie of the Great Plains. North of the Platte a similar transition occurs in the valleys and on the slopes of the Loess Hills. But in northern Kansas the True Prairie of the Kansas-Nebraska Drift-Loess Hills is definitely separated by the Flint Hills Region from its western edge on the Kansas-Nebraska Loess Plains. In this study the vegetation, soils, and other environmental factors of the two areas are described and compared.

Malaysian Parasites Xxxv-Xlix, W. W. Macdonald

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

This is the third Study of the series from this Institute on the external and internal parasites and the biting insects of the Malaysian region. The earlier two volumes were planned and edited by Dr. J.R. Audy, and on his departure from Malaya in the middle of 1959 Mr. W. W. Macdonald continued the work which had been begun and collated and edited the papers in this present Study.

In the two previous volumes (Study No. 26, 1954 and No. 28, 1957) the emphasis was on the taxonomy of Trombiculid mites. In the present volume the emphasis has changed, and …

Effects Of Moisture On The Clover Root Borer And Red Clover Yields, K. P. Pruess, C. R. Weaver

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Rainfall and populations of the clover root borer, Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham), were artificially controlled in pots of red clover grown under shelters in the field. Populations of clover root borer were higher under dry conditions. Although yield losses were high in borer-infested pots, yield reductions were no greater under dry than under wet conditions.

Special Text, St 10-120-1, Quartermaster Intelligence: Organization And Procedures, December 1959, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a textbook used at the Army Quartermaster School. In the 1950s, military schools related to one of the Army Technical Services were run by that service. Since the format and content of Army field manuals were often very similar to those of special texts, the same staffs often prepared both

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the offices of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, and services to …

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xxxvi. Parasites Of The Wolverine, Gulo Gulo L., With Observations On The Biology Of Taenia Twitchelli Schwartz, 1924, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Natural biotic relationships already had been severely disrupted in the United States by the time significant interest had developed in faunistic helminthology. Some mammalian species, particularly the larger carnivores, had been extirpated or were represented only by scattered individuals in the few remaining wilderness areas. Thus, it is not remarkable that the helminths of such species as the wolverine, Gulo gulo Linnaeus, have been little studied. Fortunately, however, much of arctic and subarctic North America has endured in its primitive state, and here it is still possible to undertake basic biological studies under undisturbed conditions.