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The University Fruit Farm At Union, Nebraska, C. C. Wiggans

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The University Fruit Farm may be considered as a substation or detached portion of the Nebraska Experiment Station. It was established to assist in answering questions pertaining to fruit production, and only experiments of this sort are carried on. Supervision of this property rests with the Department of Horticulture of the Nebraska College of Agriculture. This circular has been prepared with the view of furnishing visitors to the farm with a brief outline of the experimental projects. Further information is available from either the local foreman or from the Department. Visitors are always welcome and helpful suggestions are solicited.

Viola Odorata L., Edwin Hubert Eames

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Maturity And The Ethylene Chlorhydrin Seed Treatment On The Dormancy Of Triumph Potatoes, H. O. Werner

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Western Nebraska dry-land Triumph potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) vary in maturity at the time of harvest, from some that are very immature to others with vines which are entirely ripe. Variations in maturity may be due to such factors as early frost, drouth, destruction of vines by hail or early blight, time of planting, and strain type (whether early or late maturing). The question of seed maturity and its influence upon duration of the dormant period is of considerable commercial importance, since these potatoes are annually being planted in south Texas as early as December 26 and in southern …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, August 1931, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 3, Number 8

Hints for Gardeners, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown
North Dakota State Horticultural Society News Letter, July 1931, C.B. Waldron, Secretary
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons
Our Most Dependable Fruit, A.F. Yeager
General Forest Tree Planting, J.B. Taylor, Ipswich
Our Finest Meeting
A Chimney Sweep, O.A. Stevens, Fargo
The History of the Mendel Pear, Karl Pfaender, New Ulm, Minnesota
Growing and Protecting Our Timber, John B. Hanten, Watertown
Beekeepers Meet at Aneta J.A. Munro, Fargo

Circular No. 95 - Annual Summary Of Publications, Blanche Condit Pittman

UAES Circulars

Circular No. 95 contains a summary of publications issued by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, through its Editorial and Publications Division, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, July 1931, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 3, Number 7

Home Again, A.F. Yeager, Fargo, N.D.
News Letter, June, 1931, North Dakota Horticultural Society, C.B. Waldron, Secretary, Fargo, N.D.
Tentative Program for South Dakota State Horticultural Society Meeting at Rapid City, July 29-30
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls
Flowers of Late Spring and Early Summer, O.A. Stevens, Fargo, N.D.
The Troubles of the Nurserymen, George W. Gurney, Yankton
A Garden in June, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown
Beekeeping Notes, J.A. Munro, Entomologist, Fargo, N.D.
South Dakota Notes
Evergreens of the Black Hills, E.A. Gates, Rapid City

The Alkaloids, Felix F. Barre

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis, presented for the degree of Bachelor of Science, provides a systematic chemical study of the alkaloids, a class of complex nitrogenous plant substances possessing basic properties. Barre opens by defining the alkaloids and surveying the various systems used to classify them, whether by natural versus artificial origin, chemical nucleus (pyridine, quinoline, or isoquinoline), volatility, or botanical family of origin, and outlines their general physical and chemical properties, including solubility, optical activity, and characteristic reactions with precipitating and color-test reagents.

The thesis details standard laboratory methods for the extraction and separation of alkaloids from plant material, including a step-by-step …

Circular No. 94 - Control And Eradication Of Bang's Abortion Disease, D. E. Madsen, W. H. Hendricks

UAES Circulars

The seriousness of Bang's abortion disease in Utah has made it necessary to promote more definite plans toward its control and eradication. The economic losses encountered are brought about not only through the loss of the calves but by the lessened milk production and lessened sale value of the animals themselves. Breeding efficiency is lower and such cows are more subject to udder infections. Many states now require that cattle shipped into them be negative to the abortion test; indications are that more states will adopt similar regulations. The passage of such regulation by some states would seriously interfere with …

Bulletin No. 229 - Production Study Of 160 Dairy Herds: Wellsville, Utah, 1929, George Q. Bateman

UAES Bulletins

The condensed milk plant located at Wellsville, Utah, could use more milk to an advantage. The dairymen of the section were anxious to supply this demand. The dairymen and manufacturers cooperatively planned a survey to determine by what means this demand could be brought about: Should the dairymen increase the size of their herds? If not, what could be done to increase dairy production?

Bulletin No. 230 - San Juan County Experimental Farm: Progress Report, 1925-30, Inclusive, James H. Eagar, A. F. Bracken

UAES Bulletins

San Juan County, located in the southeast corner of the state, has a dry-farm area of approximately 600,000 acres extending from Monticello 26 miles south to Blanding and 6 miles north to Peter's Hill and stretching from the Blue Mountains east 30 miles to the Colorado line. One-fourth to one-third of this area is covered with timber consisting mainly of pinion pine, oak brush, and juniper commonly called cedar. Both the juniper and pinion are of value as fuel and building material, and the juniper has an additional value for fence posts. While small areas have been cleared of timber …

Bulletin No. 228 - Twenty Years Of Rotation And Manuring Experiments At Logan, Utah, George Stewart, D. W. Pittman

UAES Bulletins

It was the task of the pioneers to "subdue" the land. To them, this meant removing the brush, opening the ditches, and reducing the coarse sod to a fine mellow seedbed. They performed their task. Then for one to three generations the sons, grandsons, and the great grandsons of the pioneers made the land feed them. The idea of "subduing" the land was so firmly established in the West, that few realized the soil was being depleted in a manner somewhat similar to a bank account always drawn on but never replenished. Highly productive land is able to stand such …

Bulletin No. 227 - Soft-Curd Milk, R. L. Hill

UAES Bulletins

Data on the early studies on the curd character of milk are found in Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 207 and, therefore, are not included here. The key to research in this field came to light with the development of the "Hill Test," the results of which were first published in 1923. This test furnished a means of quantitatively measuring the difference in curd character of various milks.

The term "soft-curd" milk originated with R. L. Hill to describe milk which on coagulation with pepsin or rennin forms a curd that is soft and clabbery in consistency, differing widely from …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, June 1931, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 3, Number 6

Cutworms on Columbines, Mrs. Fannie M. Heath, Grand Forks, N.D.
News Letter, May 1931, North Dakota Horticultural Society, C.B. Waldron, Secretary
The Waxwings, O.A. Stevens, Fargo, N.D.
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls
The Mariposa Tulips, Claude A. Barr, Smithwick, S.D.
South Dakota's Opportunity to Benefit Under the Clarke-McNary Act, Jay Higgins, U.S. Forest Service, Deadwood
Early Spring Flowers, O.A. Stevens, Fargo, N.D.
Garden Miscellany, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown
Horticultural Notes, John Robertson, Hot Springs
International Honey Producers Meet

The Ethnobotany Of The Isleta Indians, Volney H. Jones

Anthropology ETDs

This study is an outgrowth of the increasing interest in the history, ethnology, and archaeology of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Although much research has been done in this very fertile field, new and fascinating problems are constantly pre­senting themselves.

When one states that the environment greatly influences a people he speaks truisms and common knowledge. The arid South­west with its distinctive flora offers an unusual environment to which the Indian had adapted himself remarkably well. The object in general of this problem has been to study the reciprocal re­lation between the Isleta Indian and his plant environment; speci­fically, …

Microsporogenesis In Lilium Formosum, Marcella Alice Zeman

Bachelors’ Theses

Anthers of Lilium formosum were collected ranging from the very young to the mature. Anthers used for the writing of this paper were gathered around Easter time or early April. The anthers were removed from the bud and the ends were cut off. Each anther was cut into three or four parts at right angles to their respective lengths. After the washing, infiltration, and imbedding was completed, sections were cut from eight to ten micra in thickness. Before staining the sections were placed in a solution of hydrogen peroxide to bleach for three hours. Flemming 's triple stain, a combination …

Bulletin No. 226 - Alfalfa-Seed Production, J. W. Carlson, George Stewart

UAES Bulletins

Utah's alfalfa-seed crop is of far-reaching importance. Since 1919, the growing of this crop has been a major industry in western Millard County and in that part of the Uintah Basin situated in Utah. These places are two of the relatively few large areas in the United States peculiarly adapted by climate for the successful growing of alfalfa-seed. As a cash crop, alfalfa-seed has a high commercial value. It is also the basis of the state's alfalfa hay crop, which in turn constitutes the foundation of Utah's livestock industry. Because of its wide dissemination, Utah's alfalfa-seed crop influences the feed …

North And South Dakota Horticulture, May 1931, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 3, Number 5

What the Sleet Storm Taught Us, Mrs. Fannie M. Heath, Grand Forks, N.D.
News Letter, April 1931, North Dakota Horticultural Society, C.B. Waldron, Secretary
Domesticating the Pasque Flower, Claude A. Barr, Smithwick, S.D.
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons
Care and Planting Seedling Conifers from the Nursery, Walter Philbrick, Turtle Lake, N.D.
The Song Sparrow, O.A. Stevens, Fargo, N.D.
Landscape Hints for Farm and Home Grounds, Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
International Honey Producers Meet, J.A. Munro, Fargo, N.D.
Tomatoes, Thomas W. Hobart, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Temperature And Atmospheric Humidity As Factors Influencing Seed Setting In Alfalfa, Lealand A. Clark

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

For many years seed growers have thought that definite relationships existed between seed production and the weather. When this subject is approached there is little unity of opinion, even among neighboring seed growers. This lack of unity would indicate that growers generally are aware of some cause which affects seed setting, but they are not certain that any particular condition of the weather is the chief contributing factor. Scientific writers¹ on the subject are also confident that weather is probably one of the major factors influencing seed production.

The Rise And Development Of The Megagametophyte In Fritillaria Pudica And Fritillaria Atropurpurea, A Thesis Submitted To The Department Of Botany And The Graduate Council Of The Brigham Young University In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Master Of Science, Bertrand Fereday Harrison

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to present the results of a morphological investigation of the megagametophytes of two species of Fritillaria. The author has attempted to present the data in sufficient detail to clearly picture the significant features in the histories of this gametophyte generation without unnecessary repetition. The data are presented as their chronological sequence dictates.

A Preliminary Study Of The Flora Of The Henry Mountains Of Utah, W. D. Stanton

Theses and Dissertations

The Henry Mountains from the standpoint of plant geography are among the most interesting in the Rocky Mountain Region for they are entirely surrounded by desert and their unique location results in an intermingling of southern , eastern , and northern forms in the flora of this vicinity . In spite of these facts very little collecting or floral study has been done here and the Henry Mountains are still almost unknown floristically . This is unfortunate for much of the original vegetation has changed due to overgrazing by sheep . This preliminary study was undertaken with the view of …

Inheritance In A Wheat Cross Of Ridit X Utac, C. Leland Dalley

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Present-day plant breeding, on the foundation made many years ago, has achieved important scientific and economic results. By means of introductions and selections, superior strains such as Turkey and Kanred have been obtained. Through hybridization new combinations of characters result, combining desirable characters of different plant types in a single individual. In this program, wheat hybridization has occupied a worthy place.

Each year a number of wheat crosses are made at the Utah Experiment Station, the main purpose of which is to develop superior strains of wheat. Such an economic program is aided and hastened by studies in genetic behavior. …

Genetic Study Of Certain Spike And Floral Characters In Barley, Dwight Koonce

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Due to the commercial importance of barley many hybridization studies have been prosecuted in an effort to produce superior economic strains. While the economic breeding is still important, at present there is considerable scientific interest int he inheritance of the characters and in the location of the genes in the different linkage groups.

Inheritance Of Glume And Kernel Color, Of Awnedness, And Of Spike Density In A Cross Between Ridit And Sevier Wheat, Leslie W. Nelson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This paper is devoted principally to the presentation and discussion of the results obtained when certain contrasting characters were brought together in a wheat cross between Ridit and Sevier 59. this is one of the crosses made in an attempt to develop a wheat adapted to this region with the following desirable qualities: Bunt resistance, strong straw, hard kernels, and heavy yield. How near this ideal is approached in succeeding generations can be told only by extensive tests. The genetic study herein presented was made to hasten the time when some of the progeny of this cross may become of …

A Study Of Different Methods Of Applying Ammonium Sulfate Alone And In A Complete Fertilizer, Clarence Burnham

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The beneficial effects obtained from the application of farmyard manure to the soil have long been known in Utah, but now the point has apparently been reached where it becomes evident that the supply of manure is hardly adequate in some sections where intensive cropping is practiced. The use of commercial fertilizers to increase crop yields is a new practice in Utah agriculture as is shown in Table 1 from an estimate made from data kindly furnished by the Columbia Steel Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Ford Motor Company, Armour Packing Company, and Porter Walton Company.

The early sales in …

Viola Odorata L., Edwin Hubert Eames

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Bulletin No. 224 - Muck Soil Investigations: Progress Report, Sanpete County Experimental Farm 1927-30, Inclusive, Le Moyne Wilson, George Stewart

UAES Bulletins

The estimated area of muck or peat soil in Utah is approximately 21,000 acres. The muck occurs in many valleys of Utah. The largest areas are in the Sanpete and Utah Lake Valleys. The area in the former is estimated at 6500 acres and the Utah Valley area at 9000 acres; the other areas, all more or less significant in size, are scattered throughout the state.

Investigations reported have been confined entirely to the Sanpete area which is located near the south and bottom end of the valley and is west of the towns of Chester, Ephraim, and Manti. During …

Circular No. 93 - Better Sugar-Beet Culture For Utah, George Stewart, D. W. Pittman

UAES Circulars

Utah was one of the first states to begin sugar-beet growing. The industry grew rapidly, favored by the climate, by the naturally productive soils, by the freedom from pests, and by the system of intensive irrigation agriculture. California and Utah were among the leading beet-producing states at the time of the World War, and under the stimulus of high prices they remained so until the great depression of 1920. After that, the frequent occurrence of curly-top and the rapid spread of nematode, together with the low price resulting from increased cane sugar production in the tropics and from other causes …

Bulletin No. 225 - Progress Report: Carbon County Experimental Farm, 1927-30, Inclusive, I. D. Zobell, George Stewart

UAES Bulletins

The agricultural problems of the Carbon County Experimental Farm and of the locality which it serves are distinctly different from those of most of the farming localities of Utah. The low and uncertain winter rainfall, the comparative "rawness" of the soils, together with their almost infinite stickiness when wet, and the presence of considerable alkali throughout their body makes them peculiarly sensitive to time and manner of treatment and causes them to absorb water slowly and to erode readily.

North And South Dakota Horticulture, April 1931, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 3, Number 4

Horticulture, Walter Philbrick, Turtle Lake, N.D.
News Letter -- March 1931, North Dakota State Horticultural Society, C.B. Waldron, Secretary
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons
In Defense of the Wrens, Mrs. F.M. Heath, Grand Forks, N.D.
The Winter Meeting, J.A. Munro, Fargo, N.D.
The City Beautiful, Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls
Tomatoes, Thos. W. Hobart, Sioux Falls
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North And South Dakota Horticulture, March 1931, North And South Dakota State Horticultural Societies

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 3, Number 3

The Lapland Longspur, O.A. Stevens, Fargo, N.D.
North Dakota State Horticultural Society News Letter, C.B. Waldron, Secretary
South Dakota Notes
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons
The Lake Regions of South Dakota, Representative C.S. Amsden, Milbank, S.D.
More Garden Miscellany, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown
New Fruit Trials, John Robertson, Hot Springs
Cacti That Stand 25 Degrees Below Zero, Fannie M. Heath, Grand Forks, N.D.
Tomatoes, Thomas W. Hobart, Sioux Falls
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