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Ec59-1820 Plant Diseases : Iris Scorch, John Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-1820: This is about iris scorch and how to control it.

Ec59-1819 Plant Diseases : Anthracnose Of Raspberry, John Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-1819: This is about anthracnose of raspberry and how to control it.

Ec59-1828 Plant Diseases : Iris Soft Rot, John L. Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 59-1828 is about plant diseases specifically iris soft rot. It includes information on the symptoms, causes and how to control it.

Ec59-1826 Plant Diseases : Bacterial Wilt Of Cucumber, Cantelope And Watermelon, John L. Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-1826 is about plant diseases, particularly bacterial wilt of cucumber, cantaloupe and watermelon and how to control it.

Ec58-123 Revised 1959 Questions And Answers About Stubble Mulching, C. R. Fenster, F. L. Duley, J. C. Swinbank

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 58-123 revised 1959 provides questions and answers about Stubble Mulch farming.

Ec1274 Revised 1959 Garden Vegetables, Wayne Whitney, Clinton Hoover, Bob Roselle, John Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1274 revised in 1959 discusses garden vegetables from soil preparation to insects.

Ec59-1824 Plant Diseases : Black Spot Of Roses, John L. Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-1824 is about plant diseases, particularly black spot of roses and how to control it.

Migratory Bird Regulations 1959-60

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Migratory birds, which move across State and National borders, are recognized as an international resource requiring conservation on a continental basis. Protection of migratory birds on the North American Continent is provided for by conventions between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada), concluded August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702), and between the United States and the United Mexican States, concluded February 7, 1936 (50 Stat. 1311). Protection in the United States is provided by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3,1918, as amended (40 Stat. 755; 16 U. S. C. 703). Birds protected by the Migratory Bird …

Bleak Reports Coming From Waterfowl Breeding Grounds, Ross Leffler

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

There is no optimism expressed in the reports from the Flyway Biologists and other observers making surveys on the waterfowl breeding grounds in Canada and the United States. The only bright spot is a report from Fairbanks, Alaska, that the Yukon Flats and other breeding areas in that vicinity are well populated with waterfowl. While this is a heartening sign, only in a small degree does it offset the prospects for poor production in the heart of the continental breeding grounds in the Prairie States and Provinces.

As one observer with many years of experience in the prairies has put …

Minutes Of Meeting: 1959

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Meeting Minutes from:

September 3, 1959

April 29, 1959

January 29, 1959

January 8, 1959

Letter of Transmittal

Expenditure Estimates

Ec59-802 The Nebraska Tax Situation, Everett E. Peterson, Edward B. Schmidt

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-802 is a discussion guide for the types of taxes in Nebraska and the advantages and disadvantages of each type.

Fm 5-30, Engineer Intelligence, May 1959, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

When this manual was issued, military intelligence in the US armed forces was highly decentralized. A number of organizations within the Army Corps of Engineers were responsible for producing engineer intelligence for US forces in the field and strategic engineer intelligence for use by the Department of Defense and US armed forces.

This detailed manual defines the engineer intelligence at length. It explains the role of the Corps of Engineers in the United States and of engineer elements within US forces in the field.

It explains the intelligence process, the planning and direction of collection efforts, the collection of information, …

Ec59-1822 Plant Diseases: Peony Blight, John L. Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-1822 is about plant diseases and especially peony blight (also called Botrytis blight) and how to control it.

Geologic And Ground-Water Reconnaissance Of The Loup River Drainage Basin Nebraska, R. T. Sniegocki, R. H. Langford

United States Geological Survey: Publications

The Loup River and its tributaries drain an area of about 15,230 square miles in central Nebraska. The upper three-fifths of the drainage basin is in the Sand Hills region of Nebraska, and the lower two-fifths is in the loess plains and hills region. An eastward-thinning wedge of semiconsolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age underlies the surficial dune sand and loess. These deposits, which are recharged by infiltrating precipitation, contain a tremendous volume of water at least 400 million acre-feet and annually discharge about 1.7 million acre-feet into streams. Although wells supply nearly all the water used …

Cc21 Revised 1959 Questions And Answers On Soil And Water Conservation Districts, Harold H. Gilman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 21 This circular includes questions and answers on soil and water conservation districts.

Ec59-709 Harvesting, Storing, Feeding Grain Sorghum......., E. A. Olson, J. C. Swinbank, Paul Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-709 is about how to harvest, store, and feed using grain sorghum.

Ec59-203 More Profit Through Proper...Management Practices And Space Allotments For Growing-Finishing Pigs, Paul Q. Guyer, Donald F. Engel

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-203 contains information about managing practices and space allotments for larger finishing pigs. It includes information on cleaning pens, controlling mange and lice, providing clean and dry bedding, allotting space, watering, feeding, and removing waste.

Let's Sew : Extension Circular 4-31-2, Gerda Petersen

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

You have joined a 4-H Club and chosen Clothing as your project. What fun to use Mother's sewing machine! It will be exciting to make something to wear. We will tell you some secrets that every good sewer knows. You will learn many things. These are the things you will do: 1. Collect small tools needed for sewing in a suitable box. 2. Learn to use a needle and a thimble. 3. Learn to use the sewing machine. 4. Hem a kitchen hand towel on the machine. 5. Make a kitchen apron. 6. Make a pot holder. 7. Complete your …

Tractor Safety Questions : Extension Form 7-57-2, William D. Lutes

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Quiz to check your 4-H Tractor Safety.

Your Tractor - A Tool Of Production Or Destruction : Extension Form 7-58-2, William D. Lutes

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

The actual quiz containing questions pertaining to tractor safety.

Your Tractor - A Tool Of Production Or Destruction : Extension Circular 7-58-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Answer sheet for the questions on a previous question list.

Land Judging...In Nebraska : Extension Circular 18-86-2, Harold Gilman

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H extension circular ec18862 ec 18-86-2, is used to teach club members the qualities to look for when judging land.

The Existing Space In Nebraska Multistory Square Farm Houses, Jerre Lewis Withrow, Florence Mckinney

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The present study was made by the University of Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station to determine the extent of similarity in the plans of one particular style of house, the square house of more than one story. Patterns of remodeling will be developed if the similarity of existing houses justifies such a project. The two story square house was chosen for study because it is one of the predominant old style houses still in existence throughout the North Central Region.

Notes On Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Tornadoes, 27 June 1955, Robert G. Beebe

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: Technical Reports and Related Materials

Some general characteristics of thirteen tornadoes that occurred on the afternoon of June 27, 1955 in Scottsbluff County, Nebraska, are related. Two of these caused widespread attention due to their size and their proximity to the cities of Scottsbluff and Mitchell, Nebraska. These two were photographed extensively by residents near their paths. The experience of two men directly beneath one of the two large tornadoes is related.

Cc 173 Recommended Crop Varieties For Nebraska In 1959

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign circular 173: Recommended Crop Varieties, talks about the variety Nebraska has with different crops : small grains, sorghums, soybeans, legumes, grasses, corn

Ec59-806 Custom Harvesting Rates ....Paid In Nebraska 1958, Arlen Lutz, Jack Aschwege

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-806: This is a survey of harvesting rates in different districts in Nebraska in 1958. It includes charts and graphs of the rates.

Ec59-1591 Potato Disease And Insect Control Recommendations For 1959, Lloyd W. Andersen, John Weihing

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EC 59-1591: This is about potato disease and insect control. It includes recommendations for insect control in 1959.

Ec1321 Revised 1959 Our Egg Marketing Job, Kendrick Holleman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

EXTENSION CIRCULAR 1321 Revised 1959 is about egg marketing and includes production, quality control, assembling, grading, standardization, packaging, storing eggs, transportation, financing, risk assumption, and selling eggs.

Ec1321 Revised 1959 Our Egg Marketing Job, Kendrick A. Holleman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1321 R 1959 is about the grading of eggs, packaging, storing, transportation of eggs, financing, selling, and risk assumption.

Engineer Intelligence Study No. 191, Terrain Analysis, Alaska Slope Region, Alaska, 1959, Military Geography Branch, Usgs, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

The summary on Page 5 is paraphrased as follows. This digital document is a generalized description of the Arctic Slope region -- an area covering approximately 70,000 square miles. Access to the region and the feasibility of various access routes are discussed. Location and extent of natural fuel supplies are given. Factors controlling outdoor work feasibility are summarized graphically on Page 19. A terrain analysis of each of the three major physiographic provinces of the region. Those provinces are the Arctic Coastal Plain, Arctic Foothills, and Brooks Range provinces. Geographic factors which affected cross-country movement, construction, and water supply within …