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G73-27 Hedging Vs. Cash Contracts, Lynn H. Lutgen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide examines the advantages and disadvantages of hedging versus cash contracts.

There is substantial risk in agricultural production and marketing. Weather, insects, disease, world conditions and other circumstances can affect production and costs.

The actual market price which will exist when the commodity being produced is ready for sale is also unknown. Good management can at least partially compensate for the uncertainty associated with these and other unknowns.

The objective is to discuss two alternatives available to producers for reducing the market gamble or market risk. The alternatives are (1) hedging on the futures market and, (2) selling on …

G73-24 Winter Wheat Varieties, Lenis Alton Nelson, R.H. Hammons, P. Stephen Baenziger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides brief descriptions of selected winter wheat varieties released since 1984. The University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources conducts wheat variety trials in all parts of Nebraska. Private companies enter their varieties or hybrids in the test voluntarily. Public entries are chosen by the agronomy staff at the University. The current copy of the annual Extension Circular, Nebraska Fall-Sown Small Grain Variety Tests, includes detailed yield, bushel weight, other performance data, and period of years data. Nebraska Cooperative Extension and the University's Agricultural Research Division jointly publish these circulars which are available from Extension offices …

G73-35 How To Plant Wheat, C. R. Fenster, G. A. Peterson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Winter wheat needs a seedbed that is firm enough to provide good seed-soil contact and is moist enough to provide water for germination and seedling establishment. Winter wheat needs a seedbed that is firm enough to provide good seed-soil contact and is moist enough to provide water for germination and seedling establishment. Other Nebraska Experiment Station information is available on how to properly prepare the seedbed.

G73-60 Working With Wood I. Home Drying Lumber (Revised July 1987), Michael Kuhns, Richard Straight

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Avoid the expense of kiln-dried lumber by processing and drying your own lumber at home.

Anyone who has done much woodworking knows how expensive high quality, kiln-dried, hardwood lumber can be. Even kiln-dried construction lumber is expensive. Besides expense, there also may be problems with finding certain species of wood, highly figured wood, or hardwood boards thicker than one inch (4/4).

One way to avoid these problems is to dry your own lumber. Green, unsurfaced, or unplaned lumber can be obtained from many small sawmills in Nebraska and surrounding states. You may also want to obtain your own logs and …

G73-45 Managing Black Walnut Plantations For Timber (Revised March 1979), Neal E. Jennings, Frank A. Hershey

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A basic knowledge of tree needs and the application of simple management principles are required to produce quality black walnut timber.

Black walnut (Juglans nigra) is a high value timber species. The only way to maximize profit from black walnut plantations is by good timber management. Management practices that increase growth, improve quality and reduce damage, substantially increase profit. A basic knowledge of tree needs and the application of simple management principles are required to produce quality black walnut timber.

Protection, pruning and thinning are the major management activities.

G73-71 Lettuce (Revised April 1990), R.E. Neild, Roger D. Uhlinger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Successfully growing and harvesting lettuce is the focus of this NebGuide.

Lettuce is an increasingly popular vegetable in the United States. Because it is a basic ingredient in salads, lettuce is eaten more frequently than any other vegetable. Lettuce can be served alone with a variety of dressings or mixed with other fresh vegetables.

Its fresh color and crisp texture serve well as a garnish, and its leaves may be stuffed with fruit, cheese, seafood, poultry, ham, or egg salads. Although usually consumed fresh, leaf lettuce and chopped green onions "wilted" with warm vegetable oil and vinegar make a pleasing, …

G73-46 Hessian Fly On Wheat, John E. Foster, Gary L. Hein

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the life cycle, control and prevention of the Hessian fly. Plant-safe dates and resistant wheat varieties are also examined.

The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is not native to the United States, but was probably introduced by Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. This insect was given its common name by Americans because of its damage on Long Island in 1779. The pest has become distributed throughout the United States wheat production areas since then.

The Hessian fly belongs to the family of insects known as gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a group noted for their habit of …

G73-4 Bagworms (Revised June 1987), Frederick P. Baxendale

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Bagworms can damage juniper, arborvitae, pine, and spruce. Description, life history, and control are discussed in this publication.

The bagworm is native to the United States and is found in eastern Nebraska. Bagworms feed on many species of trees and shrubs, but are most common on junipers. They are rarely a serious problem on deciduous trees, except when larvae move away from evergreens.

G73-14 Grain Processing For Feedlot Cattle, Paul Q. Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Several changes have occurred in the cattle feeding business which have focused attention on grain processing. The first of these was, the arrival of big feedlots provided an opportunity to use larger and more sophisticated processing equipment at reasonable cost per ton of feed produced. Also, the need to minimize feed separation and digestive disturbances encouraged the use of more sophisticated methods of processing.

A second development that is now focusing attention on grain processing is the rapidly increasing costs of equipment, fuel and labor involved in grain processing. In recent years, these have been increasing more rapidly than the …

G73-66 Mound Design For Feedlots, Paul Q. Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Shaping each feedlot pen to minimize mud problems is an important part of feedlot design.

Mud is our most costly weather hazard. Shaping each feedlot pen to minimize mud problems is an important part of feedlot design. While mud cannot be eliminated, proper shaping can reduce the number of days when it is a profit robber. And, proper shaping will also reduce the number of fly breeding areas within the pen, adding to summer comfort and gains. The cost is minimal at most locations if shaping is done before installing fencing, bunks, waterers and aprons.

G73-65 Locating A New Feedlot, E. A. Olson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The selection of a site for a livestock feedlot directly affects the success of the feedlot.

The selection of a site for a livestock feedlot directly affects the success of the feedlot.

Factors to consider in choosing a feedlot location include: environmental considerations, streams, topography, water supply, land area, towns and zoning laws. Other items include a source of livestock and feed, transportation (roads), marketing facilities. Finally the operator must determine the size to build with provision for expansion.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.

• Harris, James. The Trent Affair; Restraint vs. Irresponsibility
• Massey, Scott. Foolishness
• Oskins, Doug. Reuse of Sewage as a Potable Water Supply
• Alvey, Richard. …

G72-25 Pruning Ornamental Plants (Revised August 1987), R.D. Uhlinger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

March through May is the best time for pruning lawn trees, junipers, and flowering shrubs. Leaves are gone from the deciduous plants so we can see the branching structure and determine where cuts should be made. Healing occurs most rapidly when growth is starting in the spring, so wounds caused by pruning are quickly healed.

This NebGuide discusses when and how is the best time for pruning plants and the methods and tools to be used to complete the project.

Ec72-1221 Arbor Day: A Nebraska Creation

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Arbor Day, the Tree Planter's Holiday, started more than a century ago in Nebraska and is celebrated on the birthday of it's founder Julius Sterling Morton of Nebraska City. This extension circular talks about the history of Arbor Day and it's founder.

Ec72-855 Property Statement And Family Objectives For Estate Planning, Philip A. Henderson, Doug C. Nelson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Family estate planning is a phrase used to describe the acquisition, enjoyment, and disposition of the family's possessions. The estate plan organizes the resources of the family of an effort to provide for the present and future needs of the family and other heirs. A plan which is started early usually has a better chance of accomplishing the desired objectives.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 40, No. 2, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly magazine created for WKU alumni. Regular features are Hilltopics, Sports, Alumni Newsgrams and Notes and In Memoriam. This issue includes:

• Graduate School (College) is On Its Way
• Evening Class is Thataway
• The Hilltopper Hundred to the Rescue
• ETV - Keep Watching, It's All in Color
• Student Interns Learn How Government Works
• Significant Statements: The New Year Begins
• Good News for Fishermen: Reservoir Research
• There it Was! Your Homecoming - 1971
• Performing Arts Illuminate the Campus Scene
• Discovery 1 - Uncovering the Kentucky of Antiquity
• Discovery 2 - Reviving the Heritage of Kentucky
• Discovery 3 - The Intercultural Studies Program …

Opinions Of School Administrators Concerning Selected Aspects Of The Program Of Vocational Agriculture In Nebraska, Larry L. Viterna

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

A lack of available evidence in Nebraska to formulate decisions based on the opinions of school administrators, regarding programs in agricultural education at the high school level, prompted the investigator to propose a study which was designed to obtain the opinions of high school administrators regarding selected aspects of the program of vocational agriculture in Nebraska.Additionally the study was designed to then present those opinions in a form that would be considered useful to a variety of state and local supervisors of vocational agriculture programs as well as teachers and educators.This study was limited to superintendents and principals in the …

Rb246 Trees And Shrubs For Noise Abatement, David I. Cook, David F. Van Haverbeke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Excessive noise is a form of environmental pollution. The continual increase in the community noise level during the past two decades indicates a future noise problem comparable to the current air pollution problem of our large industrial centers.

Trees and other forms of vegetation are known to have some effect on the transmission of sound but precise information on their use as noise screens is rather meager. In this study, we attempted to derive accurate, useful information for the above purpose, and to add to knowledge about outdoor sound propagation. Actual plantings of trees and shrubs in the form of …

Ec71-854 Income Statement (Revised)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This extension circular is an income statement form that covers the following areas: Cash Farm Income (grain/hay sales, livestock sales, livestock product sales, government payments, custom work); Cash Farm Expenses (cash operating, breeding livestock purchases, gross cash farm expenses); Adjustment (inventory, machinery/equipment depreciation, fixed farm improvements depreciation, capital gain or loss on machinery/equipment, gross sales of machinery/equipment, real estate sold); and Non-Farm Income (operators's wage, wife's wage, interest/dividend income, gifts/inheritances, gain or loss on security, non-farm inventory change, net income on other farms owned and non-farm real estate).

Report On Overseas Study Tour June/July 1970, S T. Smith

All other publications

The above tour was organized by the Department of Primary Industry from monies allocated from CESG funds. The objects of study were stated as including basic extension philosophy and objectives, organizational aspects, roles of Universities and colleges in extension training and extension research, staff recruitment and development and roles of staff trained at different levels, research extension liaison, far management extension and extension methods, programme development and evaluation. The group included a representative from each State and from the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industry.

Ec70-951 Swiss Fondue, Ethel Diedrichsen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Cheese Fondue is a Swiss national dish which combines cheese and bread. In years past, quantities of bread and cheese were made during the winter for use throughout the year. Gradually, both became very hard. To make them more edible, the cheese was melted and the bread dunked in this mixture.

Fondue to served informally in a festive atmosphere. Each person spears a piece of crusty bread with a fork, going through the soft part first to secure the points in the crust. The bread is dunked in the fondue with a stirring motion.

This extension circular discusses the fondue …

Department Of Entomology Newsletter - No. 3, 1968, Bruner Entomology Club, Jon J. Tollefson

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Bruner Entomology Club

University of Nebraska State Museum, Division of Entomology

Field Trip, 1968

Insect Pathology Program

New Staff: Earle S. Raun (Chairman), John B. Campbell, Thomas J. Helms

Undergraduates and Undergraduate Teaching

Staff: Roscoe E. Hill, Kenneth P. Pruess, James M. Shalk, J. Derril Munson, Walter R. Akeson, Robert E. Roselle, Donald E. Lawson, Earle S. Raun, S. Dean Kindler, Robert Staples, Lloyd W. Andersen, Harold J. Ball, George R. Manglitz, Paul C. Peterson, Calvin M. Jones, John B. Campbell, David L. Keith, Thomas J. Helms

Clerical and Technical Staff: Esther A. Schock, Carla M. Tollefson, Barbara J. Lloyd, …

Ec68-1423 Turkey Management Guide, Thomas W. Sullivan, Earl W. Gleaves, Ted E. Hartung

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The extension circular is a guide to good turkey management. It includes the following subject areas: land and location, general building recommendations, equipment and supplies, source of stock, management practices, and disease prevention and control.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 36, No. 2, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

Magazine created by WKU Alumni Relations reporting on activities of WKU faculty, staff, students and alumni.

• Adams, Robert. Evolution of Student Government at Western
• Westerners in State Government - Louie Nunn, Howes Meade, Tom Emberton, Harold Kelly, William Hazelrigg, Lynn Frazer, Frank Groschelle, Robert Miller
• Mounce, Robert. Study of Religion at Western is an Intellectual Inquiry - Philosophy & Religion
• New Microscope Adds to the Study of Science
• Many Innovations Initiated in Physical Education Study
• Well-Known Speakers Challenge Students - Rodes-Helm Lecture Series
• Given, Ed. Former Hilltopper Greats Hit the Athletic Big Time - Clem Haskins, Darel Carrier, Bobby Rascoe, …

Ec67-1181 19th Century American Furniture And Furnishings, Magdalene Pfister

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

By popular definition an antique is an article one hundred or more years old. It is from the Victorian period that we have the "new antiques." The nineteenth century is considered by many authorities as a time of poor design and bad taste. However, when some of the pieces of furniture were taken from the clutter of patterns and bric-a-brac, they possess a certain charm. The furnishings reflect the ambitious people who were climbing industrially and socially. The history of furnishings in the nineteenth centory has no clear-cut pattern, but many overlapping developments and changing fashions. An industrial revolution was …

Department Of Entomology Newsletter - No. 2, 1966, D. W. Ribble

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Lawrence Bruner - Pioneer Nebraska Entomologist

Bruner Entomology Club

New Department Facilities

Staff: Lloyd W. Andersen, Nina Jeffrey, Aline N. Bare, Esther A. Schock, Calvin M. Jones, Robert E. Roselle, Roscoe E. Hill, Arthur F. Hagen, Kenneth P. Pruess, Terrance L. Dukes, Ahmed M. Kadoum, S. Dean Kindler, Robert Staples, Harold J. Ball, Donald E. Lawson, Gerald T. Weekman, George R. Manglitz, John F. Hermanussen, Walter R. Akeson, Henry Stevens, Johnny M. Perdue, James M. Schalk, Warren T. At yeo, J erold H. L. Bell, Jon J. Rhine

Graduate Students: Khogali Ahmed, David L. Keith, J. Derril Munson, Saad Elfaki, …

Ua3/3/1 Memo Re: Agriculture Department At Western, Marvin Russell

WKU Archives Records

Memo outlining existing conditions in the Agriculture Department in 1966 and goals for the future.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky University Farm, Larry Mutter

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding the use of the WKU Farm as laboratory, as demonstration farm, in research projects and for farm group meetings. Includes discussion of crops and livestock.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Billy Adams

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding use of WKU Farm in instruction with list of recommendations for improving the farm and its operation.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Millard Gipson

WKU Archives Records

Report discussing the development of a farm plan in conjunction with agriculture instruction.