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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.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Henry Amos

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding how the WKU Farm was used for Agriculture 150 Soil Conservation course.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Dallas Wheat

WKU Archives Records

Report on how the WKU Farm was used in courses on agricultural engineering and soil and water conservation.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Orland Alford

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding the management of the WKU Farm.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Randolph Richards

WKU Archives Records

WKU Farm report emphasizing ongoing research projects, crops and livestock yields and physical facilities.

Ua3/3/1 The Economical Approach To Raising Dairy Herd Replacements, With Emphasis On Source Of Protein, Henry Amos, Larry Mutter

WKU Archives Records

Research project with three objectives:

1. To arrive at the approximate dollar cost of raising dairy herd replacements
2. To determine whether it is possible for the young ruminant animal to utilize non-protein nitrogen to meet part of the protein requirement for growth.
3. To attempt to reduce the cost of raising dairy herd replacements to the College Farm by breeding the heifers to calve at 21-24 months of age rather than the system employed in the past which placed heifers in production at 30-36 months of age.

Ua3/3 Bowling Green Chamber Of Commerce Speech, Kelly Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Speech given by President Kelly Thompson at a Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring major industries of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Investigation In The Physiology Of The Spore Formation Of Pseudoples Trifolii (Rostr.) And Petr., Emory S. Crosby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Plant pathologists have worked to some extent for many years in an attempt to describe the complete physiology of the organism responsible for pepper spot of clover, particularly as found on white clover (Trifolium repens, L.). These works have not been extensive or concentrated and at the present time, no definite conclusions have been reached.

The causal agent of pepper spot of clover is Pseudoples trifolii (Rostr.).

Pseudoples trifolii usually is found parasitizing clover in the early spring and continues throughout the spring until the temperature exceeds thirty degrees centigrade. Elliott established that Pseudoples trifolii will not produce infectious spores …

Survey Of Agriculture In Fulton County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Report by the Fulton and Hickman County Chamber of Commerce by Hiram A. Morgan and produced by the Kentucky Utilities Company with agricultural data, including farmland values, farm characteristics, land use, labor, crops, livestock and products, and major sources of income.

Ua66/5/1 Yearbook, Wku Cherry Country Life Club

Student Organizations

Yearbook created by WKU Cherry Country Life Club. Includes the following:

• Legumes for Kentuck, C.L. Taylor
• Little Used Opportunity, C.A. Loudermilk
• The Importance of Records on Dairy Farm, A.O. Davis
• Thoughts of the Day
• Activities of the Club, Joseph Durbin
• Club Officers
• Names & Addresses of Graduates
• Farm Bull - Humor

Ua66/5/1 Constitution & By-Laws, Wku Cherry Country Life Club

Student Organizations

Constitution & Bylaws for the WKU Cherry Country Life Club.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 67, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, W.J. Edens, M.C. Ford, ? Arnold, ? Hopkins, Osborne Burd, Carl Wade and Harold Tygrett.

Ua30/1/1 Refrigerator & Storage Basement, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Archives Records

Architectural drawings of refrigeration and storage basement, probably part of the Agricultural Pavilion which was on main campus from 1931-1962. There is no date on the drawings. There is an entry way into the cattle barn.

Ua30/1/1 State Normal Farm Near Bowling Green, Kentucky, H. M. Yarbrough, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Archives Records

Map by surveyor H.M. Yarbrough showing location of 81 acres of WKU Farm. Scale is 1 inch = 15 poles, northwest orientation, 22" x 10". Includes location of Jonesville. The map is undated, 1930 is a circa date.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. V, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Chapel
• Class News
• Club News
• Editorials
• Kempusology Inside Out by Kelly Thompson
• Kollege Kampus Ravings by A. Shavings
• Personals
• Rambling ‘Round by Leon Cook
• Training School Notes

This issue contains articles:

• Kentucky Citizens, Students & Alumni of Western Teachers College Respond Splendidly to Kentucky Building Plans
• Summer School
• Western Car of Debaters in Collision
• Rocky Mountain Field Trip Progressing
• The Kentucky Education Association Convenes April 17-20 in Columbia Hall First Session Wednesday Evening 7:30
• Know Kentucky Kanters are off to Learn State
• Training …

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Archives Records

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on rural education.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue promotes on the Rural Life & Rural School Conference held in February 1917.

North And South: A Magazine Published For The Northern Farmer, Trucker, Horticulturist, Gardener, Dairyman, Stockman And Poultryman, Describing The Resources Of The South, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

This issue spotlights Kentucky with a brief history and photos; shown are Elmendorf cattle, horses, silos and barns, Hampshire sheep, Maple Grove Hog farm, concrete bridge in Woodford County, Central Lincoln road, tobacco, McKee Brothers farm, Falmouth Dairy, Nicholls Dairy, Hemp production, Campbellsville Turkeys, strawberry fields in Bowling Green, Ginseng near Cave City and Sunnyside Dairy.

Ua1b1 The Farmers' Chautauqua & The Greater County Convention, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding farmers' chautauquas held in Warren County in the fall of 1913 and the Warren County Convention which was held at Western Kentucky University.

Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of newspaper photographs highlighting Bowling Green and Kentucky businesses, parks, roads, industry, agriculture and pastimes. The scrapbook is not dated.

Sanitation Of Drinking Water, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

The Arena was an American literary and political magazine founded by journalist, Benjamin Flower. Flower wanted the magazine to "agitate, educate, organize," he used investigative techniques to obtain information to bring about social, economic and political reform. This article focuses on the contamination of drinking water and its role in spreading diseases.

An Essay On The Culture And Manufacture Of Silk, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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No abstract provided.