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Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review 23(2) April 1955

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Editorial ......................................... 26

A Striking Flight Habit ........................................ 26

The Vermilion Flycatcher in Nebraska ...................... 28

Some Birds of the Quicourt Valley ........................... 29

Cooperative Study of Bird Migration Through the Use of Spring Arrival Dates - 1955 ........................... 34

Twenty-Five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 10 ........................................... 36

A Consideration of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers As Winter Residents in Nebraska ............................ 42

General Notes ...................................................... 45

Book Reviews .................................................... 46

Stachybotrys Atra, An Effective Aggregator Of Peorian Loess, S. C. Downs, T. M. Mccalla, Francis A. Haskins

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Twelve cellulose-decomposing fungi were tested for aggregating ability with Peorian loess containing ground straw at a concentration of 1%. Of the 12 fungi, Stachybotrys atra was the most effective soil aggregator. Under laboratory conditions used, it produced from 2 to 30 times more aggregation than any of the other fungi tested. Studies were made of the influence of various environmental factors on the degree of aggregation effected by S. atra. An incubation time of 1 week was sufficient for a relatively high degree of aggregation. In comparison, longer periods resulted in only slightly improved aggregation. Varying the temperature between …

Two Unusual Occurrences Of Microstylolites, Benjamin H. Burma, Charles M. Riley

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Microstylolites are here reported in both quartzite and in welded tuff. Descriptions of these unusual occurrences and accompanying photomicrographs suggest difficulties in applying the widely held theory of pressure-solution for the origin of these features.

Industrial Wastes, Charles E. Renn

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This paper presents a summary of experiences with a variety of cyanogenic wastes. The work has attempted to evaluate the interaction of waste bearing waters and the environment in terms of waste disposal design requirements. In this, the approach is somewhat more critical than that commonly taken by fisheries biologists, conservationists, and others who have been concerned with the "preventive" aspects of waste disposal.

The first phases of the work were designed to discover the tolerable limits of certain waste components to fresh water fish. This was undertaken in 1950; in the interval the composition of the wastes has been …

Ec631 Revised 1955 Dairy Herd Management, C. W. Nibler

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 631-55 is a 1955 revision of extension circular 631 on dairy herd management. It discusses how to save labor, selecting a breed, raising a heifer, reproduction, common diseases in dairy cattle, and general dairy cattle management practices.

Birds Of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, Ian Mctaggart Cowan

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Jasper Park, with an area of approximately 4 200 square miles, is the largest accessible primeval wildlife sanctuary on this continent and as such its bird lite is of the greatest interest. The meagre available records of earlier conditions indicate that noteworthy changes in the park's avifauna have taken place in the last ,0 years. There can be little doubt that other changes will take place during the years to come. For this reason, then, if tor no other, it seems desirable that as complete a record as possible of the current situation be made, for only against it can …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review 23(1) Jan 1955

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

How To Keep A Bird File ...............................2

Making Bird Study Interesting To Young People ............4

News and Notes ....................................................6

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration, Part 9 .......7

Notes On Robin Nesting In Cass County ..................12

Fall Field Day 1954 .......................15

General Notes .....................................................19

Book Reviews .......................23

Communications.......................24

Commentary On Press Photographers And The Courtroom, William F. Swindler

Nebraska Law Review

The Attorney General of the United States, who happens also to be a graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Journalism, displays a certain ambivalence in the matter of the legal rights of press photographers. This is understandable enough, for there are many editors and reporters who are also of two minds on the subject. And it should be pointed out that the questions which arise with reference to Canon 35 must logically extend to the new communications medium of television which, if anything, will further complicate the whole business.

It is true, as the National Press Photographers Association …

The Place Of The Legal Fraternity In Legal Education, Milton D. Green

Nebraska Law Review

Legal education in America began with the apprenticeship system. If a young man wanted to become a lawyer, he persuaded an older practitioner to take him into his office where he ran errands, served papers, “polished up the handle on the big front door,” and in his spare time read law. That is a far cry from the modern approved law school which requires as a condition to admission at least three years of college work and the completion of three full years of intensive legal study. Throughout the years there has been steady pressure to improve the quality of …

What Kind Of Bankruptcy Legislation For Farmers?, Ernest Feder

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Vulnerability of Agriculture and Objectives of Farmer Debtor Relief Legislation

III. A Study of the Frazier-Lemke Act in Action … A. Reasons for Failure … B. The Indirect Effects of Section 75

IV. The Moratorium Bill: An Analysis of Its Major Provisions … A. Is the Moratorium Bill a Bankruptcy Bill? … B. Who Can File … C. The Offer of Rental Payments … D. The Creditors’ Meeting … E. Worthy and Unworthy Farmers … F. Causes Beyond the Farmer’s Control … G. The Moratorium … H. During the Moratorium … I. After the Moratorium: The …

Nebraska: First To Revise Highway Laws With Own Staff, Henry Grether, Jean Caha

Nebraska Law Review

I. Procedure

II. Substantive Law … A. Sections of Statutes Arranged in Functional and More Logical Sequence … B. Archaic Provisions Eliminated … C. Ambiguities Clarified … D. Power Delegated to Department Broadened and Specifically Enumerated … E. Proper Engineering Practices of the Department Legalized … F. Legislative Intent and Definitions … G. Highway Establishment and Abandonment … H. Broad Authority Delegated for Efficient Inter-Governmental Relations of Cooperating Governmental Units … I. Research and Testing Essential to Modern Highway Engineering Provided for … J. Broad Authority for Access Control Measures Delegated to Department … K. Maintenance … L. Revenue and …

Birds Of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, Ian Mctaggart Cowan

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Jasper Park, with an area of approximately 4,200 square miles, is the largest accessible primeval wildlife sanctuary on this continent and as such its bird life is of the greatest interest. The meagre available records of earlier conditions indicate that noteworthy changes in the park's avifauna have taken place in the last 50 years. There can be little doubt that other changes will take place during the years to come. For this reason, then, if for no other, it seems desirable that as complete a record as possible of the current situation be made, for only against it can the …

Press Photographers And The Courtroom—Canon Thirty-Five And Freedom Of The Press, Herbert Brownell Jr.

Nebraska Law Review

At this stage in our enlightened history, no defense would seem to be necessary for securing the liberty of the press against those who would seek to impair or destroy it. We have learned from the experience of others that without a free, courageous, and vigilant press, our system of government cannot function. Fraud, corruption, and dishonesty in and out of government would flourish undetected. Injustice and indifference to the rights of the accused in the courts would thrive unchecked. Poverty, slums, and other evil conditions would go unnoticed and uncorrected. For these reasons, it has been said that next …

Proceedings Of The Nebraska State Bar Association House Of Delegates Meeting, 1955, John J. Wilson

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reproduction In The Wolverine, Gulo Gulo, Philip L. Wright, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The reproductive habits of the wolverine, largest of the terrestrial mustelids, have remained largely unknown. Recently Rausch (1953) has concluded that the American and European wolverines belong to the same species (Gulo gulo). In this paper, the reproduction of this species is investigated.

Improving Curd-Forming Properties Of Homogenized Milk, R. B. Maxcy, W. V. Price, D. M. Irvine

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Homogenizing milk for cheese reduces fat losses in the whey (6, 9, 12) and decreases leakage of fat from cheese stored at high temperatures (6, 11). Homogenization of milk influences its curd-forming properties with rennet. Trout (10) has reviewed this subject thoroughly. Gel strength is reduced and rate of coagulation is increased. Reduction in gel strength is directly related to the effectiveness of homogenizing.
Apparently no single explanation of the mechanism responsible for the lowering of gel strength by homogenization of the milk has been commonly accepted. One possibility is the adsorption of proteins on the newly created fat surfaces. …

Research Notes: Notes On The Life Cycle Of Fibricola Cratera (Trematoda: Strigeida), Glenn L. Hoffman

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The life cycle of Fibricola cratera (Barker and Noll, 1915) Dubois, 1932 was reported in 1940 (Cuckler, A. C., Journal of Parasitology 26 (6-Suppl.): 32-33). The writer repeated the life cycle at the University of Iowa in 1948-49 and wishes to add a few observations. Apparently the life cycle of Fibricola texensis Chandler, 1942 (Chandler, A. C., Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 61: 156-167, 1942) is very nearly identical to that of F. cratera. The genus has been reviewed by C. P. Read (Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 67: 165-168, 1948).

Mammal Observations At Lower Back River, Northwest Territories, Canada, H. L. Gunderson, W. J. Breckenridge, J. A. Jarosz

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The Back River drains the interior barrens of the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Blanchet (1930) the river has its headwaters in a high plateau and flows through a sand plain basin (not in accord with conditions of our base camp). The country north of the Back River drainage is of low relief. The river takes a northerly direction for the last one-third of its course. To the east, between the river and Wager Bay, the country is known to be very rugged.

The first known exploration of the Back River, then called the Great Fish River, was by …

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xxiv. Echinococcus Sibiricensis N. Sp., From St. Lawrence Island, Robert L. Rausch, Everett Schiller

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

As the result of field and laboratory investigations extending over a period of more than four years, we have amassed considerable information on the life cycle and ecology of a cestode of the genus Echinococcus (Rudolphi, 1801). Occurring on St. Lawrence Island, which lies in Bering Sea about 40 miles southeast of Cape Chukotskyi, northeast Siberia, this cestode not only has an interesting life cycle, but in the larval stage is an important parasite of humans.

Ec1436 Revised 1954 Controlling Cannibalism In Poultry

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1436 Revised 1954 is a revised version of E.C. 1436 which talks about how to control cannibalism among all poultry and how it is caused in the first place.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (October 1954) 22(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Thirtieth Annual Cooperative Spring Migration Report ..................50

Book Reviews ..................70

Index ..................71

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xxi. Taxonomy, Morphological Variation, And Ecology Of Diphyllobothrium Ursi N. Sp. Provis On Kodiak Island, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

According to Eguchi (1934), two species of salmon (Oncorhynchus) serve as a source of human infection by a cestode identified as Diphyllobothrium latum (Linnaeus, 1758), in Japan. The possible role of these fishes in the transmission of cestodes to humans and other animals has not been investigated in North America, nor, apparently, on the Eurasian mainland. However, Ward (1930) reported unidentified Diphyllobothrium-like plerocercoids from Alaskan salmon; Simms and Shaw (1931) collected plerocercoids identified as D. cordiceps (Leidy, 1871) from Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum) from lakes in Oregon; and Wardle (1932) reported plerocercoids of Diphyllobothrium spp. from O. kisutch …

The Social And Political Conflict In Prussia 1858-1864, Eugene N. Anderson

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

T HE present study developed out of a desire to understand the character of liberalism and conservatism in Prussia on the eve of German unification. Who were the liberals? Who were the Conservatives? What were their ideals and how did they conduct themselves in public? How powerful was each group in the state? In conflict throughout the Nineteenth Century, the opponents reached the peak of their antagonism in the years between 1858 and 1866, the the years of the New Era, the constitutional conflict, and the first two wars of German unification. Fundamental social, economic, and political ideals were at …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1954) 22(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Birds of Prairie Island ...................18

A Reply To: When the Bird Watcher Reads ...................20

The Avocet in Nebraska ...................22

Editorial-How Well Do We Know the Birds of Nebraska? ...................26

General Notes................... 27

Communications ...................28

Book Reviews ...................29

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xx. The Histogenesis Of The Alveolar Larva Of Echinococcus Species, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The occurrence of the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) in a microtine rodent, Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas, on Bering Island was reported by Barabash-Nikiforov (1938) and Afanas'ev (1941). Rausch and Schiller (1951) reported this cestode from tundra voles, Microtus oeconomus Pallas, collected on St. Lawrence Island. Further observations have shown that it occurs also in C. rutilus in the same location. Both species of rodents have a wide circumboreal distribution.

Guide To The Preparation Of Military Reports Of A Technical Nature, The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Robert L. Bolin Depositor

United States Army: Publications

This is a brief text prepared for instructional purposes at the US Army Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, VA.

The manuscript covering the preparation of a technical report has been prepared for two reasons: first, to serve as a basic text for instructing student officers in the techniques of report writing and second, to serve as a means of reference. Student officers cannot be expected to retain in their minds all the minute details of report writing to which they are exposed during their period of school training. Considerable time may elapse after graduation and before they are called on …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (January 1954) 22(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Meadowlarks In Lincoln County ................................ 2

The Status of the Western Turkey Vulture in Nebraska ............ 3

Fall Field Day, 1953 ............................................................................ 6

Obituary-Mrs. A. H. Jones .................................... 9

General Notes ................................................................ 9

1954 Field Days ............................................................ 12

Book Reviews ..................................................... 12

An Analysis Of Divorce In Nebraska, Kenneth L. Cannon

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Each year the State of Nebraska compiles and publishes a considerable amount of data on marriage and divorce. An analysis of these data-such as a study of the extent, increase, and rate of divorce-offers a factual basis for determining how the family is faring in certain important aspects. Some indication of the probabilities of divorce may also be gained. The areas in a state where family breakdown is least and most pronounced may be located, and by comparing these areas, factors associated with high rates of divorce may be determined. The location of the areas may point out where research …

North American Prairie, J. E. Weaver

Papers of John E. Weaver (1884–1956)

TO MOST AMERICANS, the word "Prairie" suggests either a romantic element in pioneer fiction or a vast expanse of level land which must be crossed in going from one coast to another. But to the botanist, the American Prairie is a wonderfully complex society of living organisms.

This book tells the story of that society-the variety of its inhabitants; the constitution of its several communities; the internal struggles for domination of the society; and the battles of the Prairie as a whole against its two most vicious enemies, drought and overgrazing. Most striking, perhaps, is the story of that portion …

Proceedings Of The Nebraska State Bar Association House Of Delegates Meeting, 1954, Julius D. Cronin

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.