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G95-1272 Blue Mustard Control, Gail A. Wicks, Drew J. Lyon, Robert N. Klein

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Blue mustard is a serious weed in winter wheat and alfalfa in central and western Nebraska. This NebGuide discusses methods of control.

Blue mustard [Chorispora tenella (Pallas) D.C.] was introduced into the U.S. from Siberia in 1929 and was first reported in Lewiston, Idaho. It was identified in Keith County Nebraska in 1953.

Ec95-740 Pollution Prevention: A Tool Kit For Metal Finishers, Janet R. Hygnstrom, Wayne Woldt, Mohamed F. Dahab

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Here's a Look at What's Ahead in the Pollution Prevention: A Tool Kit for Metal Finishers:

• Pollution Prevention Contacts for EPA Regions VII and VIII>
• Why the Concern About Waste?>
• Getting Off to a Good Start>
• Hazardous Waste>
• Material Safety Data Sheets>
• Material Safety Data Sheets — A Closer Look>
• Pollution Prevention Strategies for Your Business, Through Changes in: Housekeeping and Maintenance, Inventory, Basic Operations, Equipment, Raw Materials, Process Technology, Waste Exchanges and Recycling>
• Ready to Begin Preventing Pollution?>
• Yard Waste, A Growing Concern>
• Blow Your Horn! Publicize Your Pollution …

Ec95-743 Pollution Prevention: A Tool Kit For Autobody Repair Shops, Janet R. Hygnstrom, Wayne Woldt, Mohamed F. Dahab

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Would you like to:

• Reduce your operating costs by using fewer materials and supplies?
• Reduce hazardous and nonhazardous waste transportation and disposal costs?
• Reduce liability and risks associated with hazardous waste?
• Reduce the paperwork and record keeping requirements associated with hazardous waste?
• Improve workplace safety and employee health?
• Help safeguard the environment?
• Improve your company's image?
• Increase your company's business activities?

If you answered "Yes," to any of the above questions, you may want to look at the materials in this pollution prevention tool kit.

Ec95-742 Pollution Prevention: A Tool Kit For Vehicle Maintenance Shops, Janet R. Hygnstrom, Wayne Woldt, Mohamed F. Dahab

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Would you like to:

• Reduce your operating costs by using fewer materials and supplies?
• Reduce hazardous and nonhazardous waste transportation and disposal costs?
• Reduce liability and risks associated with hazardous waste?
• Reduce the paperwork and record keeping requirements associated with hazardous waste?
• Improve workplace safety and employee health?
• Help safeguard the environment?
• Improve your company's image?
• Increase your company's business activities?

If you answered "Yes," to any of the above questions, you may want to look at the materials in this pollution prevention tool kit.

Nf95-218 Conjunctive Use Policy Options, William Miller

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Background

The hydrologic cycle controls water available for use. Rainfall, evaporation, runoff, percolation, and transpiration combine to influence the water available at a specific location at a particular point in time. The speed at which water moves among stages in the hydrologic cycle and the amount of time it spends in storage at any stage affects water availability to users. The conjunctive use issue refers to the portion of the hydrologic cycle where groundwater and surface water interface and influence each other.

Users who couldn't depend on an irregular flow of water over time developed systems that modify the variable …

G94-1217 Rodent-Proof Construction: Drains And Feeding Equipment (Revised November 2003), Scott E. Hygnstrom, Dallas R. Virchow, Dennis M. Ferraro, Richard R. Stowell

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Techniques are described in this NebGuide for excluding rodents from drains, pipes, feed bunks, bins, and storage containers.

Rodents often travel along pipes, electrical cables, conduits, drains, and other equipment to gain access to buildings used for housing livestock and storing feed. Rodent-proof materials should be installed to prevent access to buildings along these routes. Additional methods to consider in an integrated pest management (IPM) program include sanitation, toxicants, and trapping.

G94-1212 Child Care Furnishings Safety Checklist, Shirley Niemeyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This publication presents information about the appropriate selection and evaluation of children's furniture.

A child's environment should allow for exploration, experiences, and learning; but it must be safe, too.

Parents and child care providers need to know about potential hazards in a child's environment. Often, these hazards involve misused or poorly designed products.

G94-1220 Controlling Ticks, John B. Campbell, Gustave D. Thomas

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Identification and control of ticks common to Nebraska.

Ticks are members of the same phylum (Arthropoda) of the animal kingdom as insects, but are in a different class (Arachnida). The main difference is the body of a tick is composed of only two sections while insect bodies have three sections.

There are over 800 species of ticks, 100 of which are important to man and animals because of economic losses or disease transmission. Fortunately in the United States, only about 12 species are economically important because they transmit disease organisms (viral, bacterial, protozoan, and rickettsial) or cause economic losses to …

G94-1211 Safety In Children's Arts And Crafts Projects, Shirley Niemeyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the steps to take to ensure safety with arts and crafts materials and environments.

Arts and crafts activities let young children express themselves creatively. If you offer arts and crafts, it's important to have safe products and tools for the children in your care to use.

Some arts and crafts products contain solvents or materials that may expose children to toxic ingredients, fumes, or dusts.

G75-249 1994 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates - Part Ii (Revised February 1995), Raymond E. Massey

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A survey of producers and custom machine operators was conducted in fall 1994 to determine the rates being charged for many late summer and fall farm machine practices.

This NebGuide defines custom rates and reports common charges in 1994.

G94-1208 Managing The Alfalfa Weevil, Stephen D. Danielson, Thomas E. Hunt, Keith J. Jarvi

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The identification and life cycle of the alfalfa weevil are discussed along with scouting techniques, economic thresholds, and other integrated pest management tactics.

The alfalfa weevil is the primary insect pest of alfalfa in Nebraska. Management is essential to reduce crop losses, particularly during years when weevil infestation is high. Because there also are years when weevil damage is economically unimportant, it is necessary for growers to become familiar with sampling procedures, management guidelines, and control recommendations so control techniques are not used unnecessarily.

G94-1209 Evaluating The Landscape Of A Prospective Home, Don Steinegger, Roch E. Gaussoin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses facts to consider when examining a prospective home's yard and landscape.

Often home buyers hire an inspector to evaluate the roof, plumbing, heating system, and structure of a prospective home. Seldom, however, does the landscape receive similar scrutiny.

Buyers should consider investing time and, perhaps, even money in careful evaluation of the landscape they might be purchasing. A healthy, well-designed, well-maintained landscape adds significant equity (15 percent or more) to a property's value. In a climate like Nebraska's, characterized by hot, windy summers and cold, windy winters, lawns, trees, and shrubs play a major role in moderating …

G94-1204 Face Fly Control Guide, John B. Campbell

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The face fly congregates about the eyes and nose of animals, causing annoyance and possible disease transmission. This NebGuide discusses face fly breeding and effective controls.

The face fly closely resembles the house fly except it is slightly larger and darker. Other differentiating characteristics include: 1) the abdomen of the male face fly is orange and the female has an orange stripe; the abdomen of the house fly is white or light grey and 2) the compound eyes of male face flies nearly touch but are separated in the house flies.

The persistence and habit of congregating about the eyes …

G94-1207 Scab Of Wheat, John E. Watkins, Ben Doupnik, Jr.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The identification of and disease cycle of wheat scab is described along with its management. Guidelines for using wheat contaminated with vomitoxin also are included.

Scab or Fusarium head blight is an important disease of wheat, barley, oats, rye and wheatgrasses. Scab manifests itself by the premature death or blighting of spikelets in the wheat head. Direct yield losses are often minor, but can be higher than 50 percent in severely infected fields. The economic significance is magnified by the possibility that the low quality, shriveled grain also can become contaminated by mycotoxins (e.g. vomitoxin, zearalenone).

G94-1198 Switchgrass And Big Bluestem For Grazing And Hay, Robert B. Mitchell, Lowell E. Moser, Bruce Anderson, Steven S. Waller

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The grazing management and cultural practices discussed in this NebGuide can make switchgrass and big bluestem high quality summer forage. Switchgrass and big bluestem are native warm-season grasses that can provide abundant, high-quality forage during summer. Switchgrass and big bluestem produce 70 to 80 percent of their growth after June 1 in Nebraska, while more than 75 percent of cool-season grass growth, such as bromegrass and bluegrass, occurs before June 1. Therefore, switchgrass and big bluestem can provide forage to graze after cool-season pastures have been utilized. However, switchgrass and big bluestem must be managed differently than cool-season grasses. Poor …

G94-1213 Child Care Environment Safety Checklist, Shirley Niemeyer, Michael P. Vogel

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide reviews statistics about child care services and offers suggestions on maintaining a safe environment for children in your care.

Being a child care provider means more than loving children. It means providing a safe environment for and protecting the children in your care so they can explore their world and develop trust.

G94-1185 Fertilizer And Pesticide Containment Guidelines, Larry D. Schulze, Gary Buttermore

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide summarizes Nebraska regulations on the proper storage of bulk liquid pesticides and fertilizers.

Significant quantities of agricultural chemicals -- both fertilizers and pesticides -- are used annually in Nebraska. Bulk supplies of these chemicals are stored for varying lengths of time by individual producers, chemical dealers, and custom applicators. Spills or potential leakage from storage tanks for liquid fertilizers and pesticides pose a major threat to the integrity of Nebraska's ground and surface water resources. Nebraska has a vital interest in protecting these resources and has made provisions to do so under the Nebraska Environmental Protection Act.

G94-1205 Shattercane And Its Control, Fred Roeth, Alex Martin, Robert N. Klein

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Shattercane infestations may destroy a crop if not properly controlled. This NebGuide describes the characteristics of shattercane and discusses non-chemical, preemergence, herbicide incorporation and postemergence control.

Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a forage-type sorghum also known as black amber, chicken-corn, and wild cane. Infestations are most prevalent in Nebraska river valleys and tributaries, but are found in upland areas also.

G94-1215 Bait Stations For Controlling Rats And Mice, Dallas R. Virchow, Scott E. Hygnstrom

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes the design and safe use of bait stations for rat and mouse control. It includes information on correct bait station placement and bait selection.

Toxic baits are often used to control the damage caused by Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and house mice (Mus musculus). Bait stations used in rodent control programs may increase both the effectiveness and safety of rodent baits (rodenticides).

G75-207 1994 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates - Part I (Revised August 1994), Raymond E. Massey

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A survey of producers and custom operators was conducted in the spring of 1994 to collect rates the respondents expected to prevail for custom work done in 1994. Only rates for spring and summer practices were requested.

This NebGuide reports common custom rate charges in 1994.

Nf94-206 Common Ground: The Case Of Seasonally Inundated Cropland, William Miller

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Increasing waterfowl migration habitat has been a goal of many groups and individuals for decades. Individuals have provided money for habitat by supporting private organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, and through the purchase of hunting licenses, duck stamps, and habitat stamps. All these activities have helped, but funds have been limited so it has not been possible to provide enough wetland space for the migrating waterfowl.

This NebFact discusses cost effective ways to provide more waterfowl migration habitat on seasonally inundated crops and a seasonal strategy that could provide habitat for geese and ducks during the spring and fall migration …

Nf93-136 Chemical Spots, Stains And Discoloration Of Home Furnishings, Shirley Niemeyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

We live in a world of chemicals. Unfortunately, some of the characteristics that make household chemical products the most useful are the same qualities that lead to trouble when these products are carelessly handled. A chemical stain or spot is a serious kind of stain that is appearing with increasing frequency and is different from ordinary stains. This type of discoloration or color is caused by a variety of chemical ingredients contains in dozens of common household products.

This NebFact discusses the different chemical spots, stains and discolorations that are found in your home furnishings.

Ncr93-497 Kitchen Planning, Wanda Olson, Delores Ginthner, Becky Yust

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Decisions you make about your kitchen depend upon your current and future needs, your lifestytle, your interests and the structural limitations of the house. A well-designed kitchen should be functional and aesthetically pleasing. It should harmonize with other areas of the house for a consistent appearance. The materials and furnishings you choose affect the appearance, character, and functionality of the kitchen. In addition, kitchen design can have a major impact on the energy system of the whole house.

This publication provides information to help you make those decisions as you build or remodel your kitchen.

G93-1145 Management Of The Army Cutworm And Pale Western Cutworm, Gary L. Hein, John B. Campbell, Stephen D. Danielson, James A. Kalisch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes the life cycle of the army cutworm and pale western cutworm, and provides recommendations for management.

The army cutworm, Euxoa auxiliaris, and the pale western cutworm, Agrotis orthogonia, are sporadic pests that are distributed throughout the Great Plains. The army cutworm can be found throughout Nebraska, but is more common in the western half of the state. Because of the drier environment, the pale western cutworm is found only in the western third of Nebraska. Both cutworms can feed on a vast array of crops and weeds. Their major economic impact is limited to winter …

G93-1183 Butterfly Gardening, Dale T. Lindgren, Stephen M. Spomer, Amy Greving

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide outlines planting schemes and arrangements that will help attract butterflies to a garden area.

Butterflies can be found in almost any part of Nebraska, from the Pine Ridge's coniferous forests and across the grasslands of the Sandhills to the deciduous forests along the Missouri River. Watching butterflies, much like bird watching or observing wildflowers has become a popular and enjoyable pastime. Since many natural butterfly habitats have been lost to urbanization and other development, some environmental organizations have incorporated butterfly conservation into their programs. Many people are taking a personal interest in attracting these fascinating insects to their …

G93-1130 Insect Pests Of Stored Food In Kitchen And Pantry, Shripat T. Kamble, David L. Keith, James A. Kalisch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes seven of the most common insects that infest stored food products and provides prevention and control recommendations.

Finding insect-infested food products in the kitchen and pantry is relatively common in Nebraska. Dried food products that are often subject to insect infestations include: flour, cereals, cracked grains, cake mixes, crackers, powdered milk, macaroni, cured meats, dried fruits, nuts, popcorn, and spices. Other items such as pet foods, seed displays, ornamental corn, dried flower arrangements and ornaments made from plant parts may also become infested.

Insect pests most often encountered in stored food products are flour beetles; sawtoothed grain …

G93-1191 Glossary Of Water-Related Terms, William L. Kranz, Delynn Hay, James W. Goeke, David Gosselin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide is a glossary of water quantity, quality and human health related terms involving water. Terms are defined in contexts that could affect Nebraskans. We depend upon water for our very existence. The impact of water quality and quantity issues has never been greater. Yet the terminology used to describe the water we drink, the water we provide to plants and animals, the water stored underground, in lakes, rivers, and oceans, is not well understood by many Nebraskans. This listing of water-related terms is intended to reduce the potential for misunderstanding presentations made by elected officials, environmental agencies and …

G93-1157 Testing Irrigation Water, Delynn Hay, K.D. Frank

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide explains some of the reasons irrigation water should be tested and provides guidelines for collecting and submitting water samples. All irrigation water contains essential plant nutrients. These nutrients are free bonuses from a crop production standpoint. However, some nutrients can be present in amounts that will be toxic or damaging to crop growth. The nutrient content of Nebraska irrigation water can be highly variable from one location to another. The purpose of this guide is to provide guidelines for collecting and submitting irrigation water samples to laboratories for analysis. Reasons for having irrigation water tested are discussed. The …

G93-1150 Rinsing Pesticide Containers, Larry D. Schulze, Clyde Ogg

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

It is estimated that every year one million plastic agricultural pesticide containers are used in Nebraska. Effective rinsing of these containers saves money, protects the environment and meets federal and state regulations on pesticide use.

Proper rinsing of pesticide containers is easy to do, saves money and helps protect people and the environment. It also helps prevent potential problems with unrinsed containers and storage of the rinse solution (rinsate). Even during a busy season, the few extra minutes it takes to properly rinse empty pesticide containers is time well spent.

G93-1168 Moisture Testing Of Grain, Hay And Silage, Bruce Anderson, Rick Grant

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide offers methods to help producers test moisture content of grain, hay, silage and other feeds.

Knowing the moisture and dry matter (DM) content of feeds is important to farmers for several reasons:

1. Livestock performance depends on DM consumed; thus, DM content must be known to accurately formulate rations.

2. Knowledge of moisture content is needed for harvest decisions during haying and silage chopping and for safe storage of grains, hay, and silage.

3. Moisture content is a major factor related to the value, or price, of forages and grain.

Every producer should be able to test for …