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Ec56-110 Pasture Balance For Eastern Nebraska, Donald F. Burzlaff

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 56-110: This is about pasture balance for Eastern Nebraska. It is a guide for planning and analyzing your farm pasture program.

Ec56-408 Satisfaction From Your Sewing Machine, Helen Rocke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 56-408: This is about the satisfaction from your sewing machine. Includes how to care for your machine, parts, comfortableness, choosing thread or needle, etc.

Ec56-1120 The Lady And The Law, Clara N. Leopold

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 56-1120 is about legal rights when it comes to various topics under laws.

FYI - Two cartoons were removed from the printed copy so that the text on the reverse side was lost as well as the cartoons.

Ec56-1114 Concerning Color...

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 56-1114: This is about colors. The properties of colors and the devices for locating color harmonies are included.

Minutes Of Meeting: 1956

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Meeting Minutes from:

December 3, 1956

October 1, 1956

April 24, 1956

February 23, 1956

Minutes from Annual Extension Meeting:

February 23, 1956

Expenditure Estimates

Ec56-111 Pasture Balance For South Central Nebraska, Donald F. Burzlaff

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 56-111: This is about pasture balance for South Central Nebraska. It is a guide for planning and analyzing your farm pasture program.

Cc143 Poultry Profit Pointers: Choosing Your Baby Chicks, Elvin C. Schulte

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The successful poultryman is very careful in buying chicks, and in selecting birds for his breeding or laying flock. Well-bred stock will do quite well even when conditions are poor, but poor stock will not pay under the best conditions.

This campaign circular discusses what to look for when purchasing chicks for your farm. This includes disease-free chicks, and the types and breeds. It also discusses how many to start with, when to start, keeping records, how to feed them, and preparing the brooder house for the arrival of new chicks.

Cc56-127 Profit Pointers For Poultry: A Management Program For Laying Hens, Elvin C. Schulte

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Building a profitable industry is a joint enterprise of farm producers, feed manufacturers, feed dealers, hatcherymen, educational institutions and allied industries.

This campaign circular discusses the selection, housing, equipment needed, water, feeding, health maintenance, ventilation, litter, lights, culling, record keeping, and marketing for raising poultry.

Rb56-178 Streak Mosaic Of Wheat In Nebraska And Its Control, R. Staples, W.B. Allington

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A mosaic of wheat was first observed in Nebraska by Peltier in 1922. Peltier found diseased plants in a large number of winter and spring wheat varieties at Lincoln, and in some instances, he successfully inoculated wheat and corn from the juice of infected plants. The temperatures under which Peltier maintained his inoculated plants are unknown and other criteria now employed to characterize the viruses were not utilized. It is probable, however, that he was working with what is now known as wheat streak mosaic virus.

This bulletin reports the results of studies on the epidemiology of wheat streak mosaic …

1956 Game, Forestation And Parks Commission Annual Report

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

No abstract provided.

Producing Sugar Beets : Extension Circular 1-61-2, J C. Swinbank, Don K. Wiles, Et Al

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Manual for producing sugar beets from start to finish.

Dairy Calf Club Manual : Extension Circular 6-01-2 1956, C. W. Nibler

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.

Electrification Project First Year : Extension Circular 7-42-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Contains a mailing schedule for leaders and members all forms and circulars needed to complete the 4-H project for Electrification project.

Let's Get Acquainted With Trees : Extension Circular 17-01-2, Karl Loerch, Don K. Wiles

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H manual is for boys, girls and leaders interested in learning more about trees and shrubs. It is a guide for the phase of the Nebraska 4-H Forestry Project known as "Lets Get Acquainted with Trees". Those taking pare in the project will have an opportunity to learn how a tree grows, how to identify trees and shrubs, and the benefits that can be derived from them.

Suggestions For Bulletin Boards : Extension Circular 11-105-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H circular discusses suggestions for bulletin boards. This includes frames, no frames, borders, materials to cover the board, colors, fabrics, etc.

Geology And Ground- Water Resources Of The Upper Niobrara River Basin, Nebraska And Wyoming, Edward Bradley, F. H. Rainwater

United States Geological Survey: Publications

The upper Niobrara River drainage basin comprises about 6,600 square miles in northwestern Nebraska and east-central Wyoming. The western half consists chiefly of rolling plains broken on either side of the Niobrara River by canyons of intermittent tributary streams; the eastern half is in the Sand Hills region of Nebraska.

Rocks ranging in age from Precambrian to Quaternary are exposed in the area described in this report. The pre-Tertiary rocks crop out only in a small area near Lusk, Wyo., and are not important as a source of water. Most of the area is underlain at considerable depth by the …

Cc56-133 Poultry Profit Pointers: Quality Eggs, Elvin C. Schulte

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Consumers are learning that eggs are a protective food, high in nutritive value, and essential in a good diet. As a result, they are buying more eggs. At the same time, housewives are becoming more egg-quality conscious. They are demanding better eggs. It is essential, therefore, that every egg producer take particular care of the eggs he produces and markets.

This campaign circulars discusses how a producer can deliver the best quality eggs to the market. It covers housing, feeding, producing clean eggs, cleaning eggs, cooling eggs, packaging eggs, and marketing.

Ec169 Revised 1956 Red Clover In Nebraska, D. L. Gross, J. D. Furrer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 169 revised contains information about Soil Improvement, Strains, Seeding practices, Clover Dodder, First year’s growth, Second year’s crop, Bees, and Harvesting & Processing of Common Red clover. And Weed Seeds found in Red Clover.

Producing Grain Sorghum : Extension Circular 1-51-2, Don K. Wiles, Et Al

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Manual for growing and producing sorghum from start to finish.

Producing And Marketing Corn; A Manual For Nebraska 4-H Clubs : Extension Circular 1-02-2, John D. Furrer, Don K. Wiles

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

A manual for producing and marketing corn. Discusses all aspects from selecting land and seed to cutting costs and maintaining income.

Stocker Feeder Club : Extension Circular 2-51-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Manual for raising and producing cattle.

4-H Swine Club Manual (Revised) : Extension Circular 2-01-2, K C. Fouts

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Revision of the swine club manual for 1943. Manual for the production of swine.

4-H Beef Club Manual : Extension Circular 2-61-2, Paul Q. Guyer, Don K. Wiles

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Revised and updated--Manual for raising a calf project. This includes all aspects from purchasing the calf to showing it and marketing it.

Good Wiring For Advanced 4-H Electrification Club Members And Leaders : Extension Circular 7-61-2, M. L. Mumgaard, Don K. Wiles

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

A 4-H manual used with the following contents: 1. Safety 2. Wire, Wiring, Connections 3. Switches and fuses 4 Distribution of Power 5. Interior wiring 6. Wiring tour. It also includes instructions for making a single-pole switch, three-way switch and a complete wiring system.

4-H Safety In The Home : Extension Circular 13-11-2, William D. Lutes

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H extension circular is for use in the Safety Project. This project in concentrating on safety in the home. The objectives for this project are:

1. To develop an attitude of care, judgment and consideration of others and yourself in daily activities.

2. To eliminate hazards in and around the home.

3. To assist families of 4-H members in becoming safety conscious.

4. To encourage 4-h members to participate in a family activity related to safety.

Selecting And Judging Chickens For Production : Extension Circular 14-05-2, Elvin Schultz, Don Wiles

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H circular is used in the selecting and judging project. This circular provides basic information on how to tell good layers from poor ones; how to select the proper birds for breeding purposes; and how to determine market quality of both live and dressed chickens.

Serving As A Junior Leader : Extension Circular 21-01-2

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This extension circular was prepared for the 4-h Junior leaders. It is a manual for them to get to know what their responsibilities are.

4-H Wildlife Conservation : Extension Circular 18-51-2, Morris Hemstrom

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-h manual is used for the Wildlife Conservation project. It includes activities for Game and Hunting, Gun safety and marksmanship, prerators, fish and fishing, fishing equipment, boats and boat safety, and wildlife conservation activities.

Good Electric Motor Care For Advanced 4-H Electrification Club Members And Leaders : Extension Circular 7-81-2, M. L. Mumgaard

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

The purpose of this 4-H manual is to help you with the electric motor project by providing the basic information about electric motors. The manual will not answer all your questions. For further information you are referred to your electrical dealer, power supplier, and County Extension Agent. They will have material, bulletins, and information that can be used to supplement what has not been discussed in this manual.

Annual Report:1956

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Annual Program & Accomplishments, 1956 ........................ 22

Beef Tips the Scale ........................ 4

Budget Estimate ........................ 26

Buyers Bump Bangs ........................ 4

Cherry County Extension Districts (Map) ........................ 2

Cherry County 4-H Clubs (Map) ........................ 21

Clarke-McNary Forestry Cooperators (Graph) ........................ 10

Colorful Clovers Net Heavy Returns ........................ 6

Distribution of Windbreak Plantings (Map) ........................ 12

Farm Labor (Graph) ........................ 15

Fertilized Corn in Cherry County ........................ 6

Free Choice ........................ 16

History of Enrollments & Completions (Graph) ........................ 20

Inventory of Equipment ........................ 27

Livestock Roundup ........................ 5

Long Range Objectives ........................ 31

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