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Stem Rust In Nebraska. Part I. General Survey Of Sources. Part Ii. Identification Of The Physiologic Forms Of Puccinia Graminis From Various Sources, George L. Peltier, A. F. Thiel Jul 1927

Stem Rust In Nebraska. Part I. General Survey Of Sources. Part Ii. Identification Of The Physiologic Forms Of Puccinia Graminis From Various Sources, George L. Peltier, A. F. Thiel

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Part I: Since the inception of the barberry eradication campaign in 1918 in Nebraska, the question has continually been asked, "Will the eradication of the barberry in the state eliminate or materially reduce stem rust?" In order that an answer might be obtained, an investigation to determine the sources of primary infection of stem rust on cereals was inaugurated in the spring of 1921. Although these studies have been carried on for 6 years, no definite statement regarding the relative importance of the primary sources and the amount of stem rust prevalent in the state from season to season originating …


The Pine Tipmoth In The Nebraska National Forest, M. H. Swenk Apr 1927

The Pine Tipmoth In The Nebraska National Forest, M. H. Swenk

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

On May 8, 1911, Mr. Smith Riley, the District Forester, with headquarters at Denver, in a letter to Acting Supervisor Pierce at Halsey, requested that the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station take up energetically the investigation of the pine tipmoth in the Nebraska National Forest. This request being presented to the Department by Mr. Pierce later in the month resulted in the presentation of the problem to the Experiment Station Council as a proposed Station project. The project was approved on May 31, 1911, and the expenses of the investigations of 1911 and 1912 that are reported upon in this bulletin …


Ec27-811 Harvesting Wheat In Nebraska With The Combined Harvester Thresher 1926, Arthur G. George Jan 1927

Ec27-811 Harvesting Wheat In Nebraska With The Combined Harvester Thresher 1926, Arthur G. George

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Frequent inquiry from wheat growers in Nebraska and others as to the relative merits of the combined harvester-thresher as an efficienct and economical harvesting machine led the Nebraska Agricultural College to make a study of this problem in the summer of 1926. The work was carried on by the Departments of Rural Economics and Agricultural Engineering, cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture which was conducting a similar survey in different parts of the United States. Perkins county, Nebraska, was the area selected for study as it is more or less typical of those parts of the state where …