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Circular No. 4 - Memoranda Of Plans Of Irrigation Investigations

UAES Circulars

The present series of irrigation investigations was begun in 1901, and has been continued since then. Since January 1st, 1904, the investigations have been carried on in co-operation with the Irrigation Investigations (Chief, Professor Elwood Mead) of the Office of Experiment Stations, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Circular No. 2 - Memoranda Of Plans Of Irrigation Investigations

UAES Circulars

The present series of irrigation investigations was begun in 1901, and has been continued since then. Since January 1st, 1904, the investigations have been carried on in co-operation with the Irrigation Investigations (Chief Professor Elwood Mead) of the Office of Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Circular No. 1 - Memoranda Of Plans For Arid Farm Investigations

UAES Circulars

The Legislature of 1903 made an appropriation for the purpose of conducting experiments on the possibility of growing useful crops without irrigation in various parts of the State of Utah. The work was placed under the direction of the Utah Experiment Station. Six farms have been located under this act, and cultural and other work has been begun. This circular which contains the plans of the proposed investigations has been prepared for the convenience of those employed in the investigations.

Bulletin No. 79 - Process Butter: A Dairy Fraud, R. W. Clark, John A. Crockett

UAES Bulletins

A fraud which threatens to work great injury to the dairy interests of Utah, has made its appearance. It is a churning process by which the yield of butter can be abnormally increased by incorporating a large quantity of water and casein. A report has reached the Experiment Station to the effect that the promoters of this churning process are successfully enlisting the interest of Utah farmers and are selling county rights at fabulous prices.

This bulletin is issued only as a word of warning to those who would be entrapped. It is not probable that butter made according to …

Bulletin No. 78 - Experiments In Fattening Lambs, F. B. Linfield

UAES Bulletins

Sheep raising is among the most important agricultural industries of the state. Unlike the conditions in eastern states, the sheep industry of Utah is only indirectly associated with the farm. While the sheep owner generally lives on his farm, his sheep are kept on the public range and moved from place to place as feed and weather may make necessary. To be handled successfully on the range, sheep must be herded in large flocks. Under favorable conditions the expense account is comparatively light and returns substantial.

Bulletin No. 77 - Horse Feeding, Lewis A. Merrill

UAES Bulletins

Previous experiments reported by this Station have shown the value of lucern, the principal forage crop of this section, when fed to cattle, sheep and hogs. The main part of this bulletin is devoted to the value of lucern when fed to horses, though a brief review of the work previously done at this Station in connection with the subject of horse-feeding is included. There has been, and is, some prejudice existing against lucern forming a part or all of the ration of horses, not only in the East, where the value of this crop is not yet fully appreciated, …

Bulletin No. 76 - Forcing Lettuce, C. P. Close

UAES Bulletins

The winter growing of lettuce is not yet practiced in Utah. There is a good demand for lettuce in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and in some of the smaller towns during the winter, but this demand is supplied by the California grown product. It is yet to be determined whether or not lettuce can be grown profitably under glass in this State. The recent high prices of the winter product indicate that the forcing of a moderate amount of lettuce can be done with profit.

In the season of 1899-1900, the Experiment Station began a series of experiments with lettuce …

Bulletin No. 74 - Lead Ore In Sugar Beet Pulp, John A. Widtsoe, Lewis A. Merrill

UAES Bulletins

The recent great development of the beet sugar industry in the State of Utah, has made the matter of utilizing the sugar beet pulp an important question for Utah farmers. That beet pulp has a high feeding value, when fed in proper combinations, has been shown conclusively since the establishment of the first beet sugar factory in the State, ten years ago. The experience of other states, and of the beet sugar producing countries of Europe, has likewise demonstrated that beet pulp may be used profitably in the feeding of farm animals. It is doubtlessly true that much is yet …

Bulletin No. 75 - Arid Farming Or Dry Farming, John A. Widtsoe, Lewis A. Merrill

UAES Bulletins

There are in Utah many lands that will not, for many years to come, be brought under irrigation; and there are many others that probably will never be irrigated. These are usually high-lying lands, often far from large streams, to irrigate which, would require the construction of exceptionally costly reservoirs, dams, and canals. Many Utah valleys are so far removed from the water supply of the State that it is improbable that water will be carried past other thirsting lands to these outlying places. The building of irrigation works is a venture in which profits and losses are considered; and …

Bulletin No. 73 - Experiments In Butter-Making And Cheese-Making, F. B. Linfield

UAES Bulletins

No bulletins have heretofore been issued by the Dairy department of this Station on the special question of the manufacture of dairy products. The main work of the Dairy department has been with the farm end of the dairy problem; viz: the production of milk. This includes the breeding, feeding and management of cows, the raising and developing of the young stock, and the economic disposal of the by-products of the dairy. From information gathered during my first year at the College it was apparent that this foundation work should have first attention. At this time but six to eight …

Power For Agricultural Purposes, Charles Andrew Brayton

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A review of the advancements by farmers upon implementation of scientific methods to create more efficient and progressive farm work.

Bulletin No. 72 - A Soil Survey In Salt Lake Valley, Utah, Frank D. Gardner, John Stewart

UAES Bulletins

Beginning in July, 1899, four months were spent in a thorough and detailed study of that portion of the Salt Lake Valley lying west of the Jordan River, the object being to map the soils with reference to their character and to the extent of, and damage from, "alkali" and seepage waters. The soils were classified according to their texture, and the waters examined with reference to their quality for irrigation purposes. The soils were further studied with reference to their "alkali" content and its effect in varying amounts upon the crops and vegetation. The methods of irrigation were looked …

Bulletin No. 71 - Carrying Capacities Of Irrigation Canals, Samuel Fortier

UAES Bulletins

During the summer of 1897 the writer was enabled to make, with the help of his assistants, T. H. Humpherys, A. P. Stover, and W. D. Beers, a number of experiments on the carrying capacities of irrigation ditches and canals. The funds necessary to carry on these investigations were provided by the U. S. Geological Survey and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Utah. Shortly after the field work was completed the writer resigned his position with the College to accept that of chief engineer and superintendent of the Ogden Water Works and the Bear River Canal System, and his time …

Bulletin No. 70 - Experiments In Pork Production, Luther Foster, Lewis A. Merrill

UAES Bulletins

Pig raising in Utah has not as a rule been considered a profitable branch of the live stock industry, especially as usually practiced on the farm, and up to within the past few years the growing of more pork than was used at home was the exception, but since creameries and cheese factories have come into existence, creating a large by-product of skim milk and whey, cheap and valuable. pig foods, when properly used, the business has made a healthy growth.

The Effect Of Certain Methods Of Soil Treatment Upon The Corn Crop, T. L. Lyon

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The effect of certain methods of soil treatment upon the corn crop in Nebraska.

A Preliminary Report On Experiments With Forage Crops, T. L. Lyon

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

A preliminary report on experiments with forage crops. Covers sorghum, cow pea, hairy vetch, Canada field pea, non-saccharine sorghums, soybean, and rye.

Summary

Permanent grass pastures may be successfully substituted by certain annual forage plants.

A quick-growing variety of sorghum affords pasture fully equal to native or cultivated grasses.

Sorghum has the advantage of affording more forage per acre, and in being green and succulent throughout the entire summer. Its disadvantage consists in the necessity of plowing land for each crop.

One acre of sorghum will furnish pasture for ten cows twelve days.

The most profitable time to pasture sorghum …

The Strawberry, George Washington Barber

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An instruction on the most effective procedures for growing, cultivating and enjoying the strawberry plant.

Observations Of The Adaptation Of The Leaves Of Kalmia Latifolia To Environment, Grace Ellen Wilson

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Samples taken from the plant for observation are from two different locations (high dry land with full sun/low moisture and a swamp) and show that the leaves of the plant flourish more in sunlight than in dark, swamp areas.

The Rainfall Of Nebraska, G. D. Swezey, George A. Loveland

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Covers the rainfall in Nebraska with respect to farming.

Includes:

Character of the precipitation

Amount of precipitation

Rainfall of the growing season

Number of rainy days

Variability of rainfall

Progressive changes in the rainfall

Monthly precipitation of all stations and locations in Nebraska from the earliest years to 1895

Average precipitation for Nebraska from the earliest years through 1895

Charts of normal precipitation--weekly, monthly, and annual

Experiments In The Culture Of The Sugar Beet In Nebraska, H. H. Nicholson, T. L. Lyon

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Experiments in the culture of the sugar beet in Nebraska in 1894 and 1895.

The Earliest Name For Steller's Sea Cow And Dugong, Theodore S. Palmer

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

In 1811, Illiger published a number of new genera, proposing among others, Rytina for the sea cow of Bering Island and Halicore for the dugong of the Indian Ocean. Nearly all recent writers on mammals have adopted these genera, apparently overlook ing the fact that both animals had been named before 1811. As early as 1794 Retzius described the sea cow in the 'Handlingar' of the Stockholm Academy of Science, placing it in a new genus which he called Hydrodamalis, and the species, based on the Vacca marina of Steller, Hydrodamalis stelleri. The generic description is sufficient to …

Water Supply In Nebraska, O. V. P. Stout

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Covers the water supply and irrigation with respect to farming in Nebraska in 1894.

Bulletin No. 29 - Irrigation: Amount Of Water To Use. Relative Feeding Values Of Timothy, Lucerne And Wild Hay, J. W. Sanborn

UAES Bulletins

In Bulletin 24 are given results of the first three years of experimentation as to the relation between the amount of water used and crop yield, soil fertility, and the exit, through drains, of the matters held in solution in the water applied. In this report are included the results of the first three years, plus those of the past season. The experiment is regarded of the very highest importance in that it deals with the right amount of water essential to the growth of wheat and grass crops, but more especially as it approximately determines whether the materials of …

Bulletin No. 28 - The Value Of Grass In The Production Of Pork: Exercise Vs. Non-Exercise Pigs

UAES Bulletins

This Bulletin treats of the economical use of grain when fed alone or when fed with green grass, and also of the economy of raising hogs on grass alone. Furthermore, the relation of exercise to the economical use of food is treated of. This Bulletin only reports the continuation of the experiment, as enlarged, carried on during the summer of 1892, and reported in Bulletin No. 22 of this Station.

Bulletin No. 27 - Irrigation; Early, Late And Usual, J. W. Sanborn

UAES Bulletins

Bulletin No. 23 reported the results of the first three years' trials in early and late irrigation. The trial reported in this Bulletin is a continuation of the trials reported in the Bulletin. above mentioned. The purpose of the experiment is to ascertain whether water added to the soil very early is so far stored that it will be available later in the season, and whether late irrigation has an injurious effect on the crop through its influence on development of stem and leaf at the expense of the seed; or, again, whether it is necessary to irrigate crops later …

Bulletin No. 26 - Sub-Irrigation Vs. Surface Irrigation And Water For Irrigation, J. W. Sanborn, Samuel Fortier

UAES Bulletins

It has long been held that irrigation water applied beneath the surface is better than surface irrigation, in relation to the amount used, the temperature of the soil, the amount of evaporation, washing of soil and yield of crop, including quality of crop received. Though philosophically there would seem to be little doubt that the propositions are well taken, sub-irrigation as an economical process has been over-pres ed by some as a mean of very greatly curtailing the amount of water used . There are those who have asserted that only one-tenth of the water applied by sub-irrigation would be …

Bulletin No. 25 - Fuits And Forest, Shade Adn Ornamental Trees, E. S. Richman

UAES Bulletins

After three years' trial on the experimental grounds we are ready to acknowledge the conditions unfavorable to the growth of strawberries; the high and dry location of the land, coupled with its sterility, make it unsuitable to the growth of strawberries. The first plants were necessarily, on account of lack of time, planted before the soil was fertilized. Manure was applied freely the second and third seasons, as a top dressing, but the ground, being compacted by frequent irrigation, never has been in the proper condition for strawberries, either as regards fertility or mechanical condition. A new bed has been …