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The Future Of Utah's Agriculture, W. Preston Thomas

Faculty Honor Lectures

Since the settlement of the state Utah's agriculture has been based primarily on irrigated farming. The major part of farm income and the livelihood of farmers and farm families comes from this type of farming. Also, Utah's hopes for agricultural expansion and development, the adding of new wealth, and the providing of employment for Utah rural people, lie in a further development of irrigation and irrigated farming. Range livestock and dry farming, when measured by income and employment of labor have been, and are likely to remain, minor enterprises when compared to irrigated farming. In this discussion of Utah's agriculture …

Range Sheep Industry In Kittitas County, Washington, Reginald M. Shaw

Geography Faculty Scholarship

This article summarizes the sheep industry in Kittitas County, Washington State as a microcosm of the entire Pacific Northwest sheep industry.

The Tax System Of Nebraska With Special Reference To Its Relation To Agriculture, L. B. Snyder

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Progress in governmental affairs calls for constant study of matters pertaining to government. The recent agitation for moratoria on debts and taxes and the many tax reforms suggested are evidence of the need for such study. Before satisfactory reforms can be made, information on receipts and expenditures by governmental agencies must be secured. The expense connected with collecting, tabulating, and analyzing such data has prevented private agencies of the state from doing this. Because it was felt that such information would be useful and could be obtained by the College of Agriculture, this study was undertaken.

Ec38-118 Soil And Moisture Conservation In Nebraska, D.L. J. Gross, E.H. Doll

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

When the white men first explored Nebraska, they found little erosion taking place. They found the hills, particularly in eastern Nebraska, covered with a dense growth of grass, underlain with a thick mat of decaying debris. The valleys were even more densely covered with the water-loving grasses and sedges. The soil underneath the prairie was black and spongy, the result of centuries of accumulating humus. The valleys bordering the streams were boggy and abounded with springs. Clear water flowed constantly in the streams. The upland draws in the more favorable parts of the state were heavily covered with the big …

What Science Contributes To Agriculture, W. G. Wiegand

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Breeding Better Flax Varieties For Minnesota, A. C. Arny

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of The Origin And The Cytological Development Of Some Legume Nodules, Fred W. Bieberdorf

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Inflation And Deflation Upon Nebraska Agriculture, 1914 To 1932, H. Clyde Filley

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

This study attempts to give the effects of war-time inflation and the subsequent deflation upon Nebraska agriculture. It presents statistical evidence of what happened. It is too late to prevent the present depression. Information concerning the situation may aid in promoting recovery. It is hoped that a knowledge of the inflation of 1916 to 1920 and the depression following may aid in avoiding the making of similar errors in the future.

Rb34-71 Effects Of Inflation And Deflation Upon Nebraska Agriculture, 1914 To 1932, H. Clyde Filley

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Nebraska farmers prospered during the period which followed the depression of the nineties and preceded the beginning of the World War. To be sure the prosperity was not uniformly distributed either by years or by areas. The corn crop was unusually short in a large portion of the state in 1901 and an almost total failure in many of the southern counties in 1913. Chinch bugs did considerable injury in 1901 and the Hessian fly in 1905 and 1914. There was noticeable damage from insects in some areas in other years. No part of the state, however, suffered from long-continued …

Citrus Notes-The Romance Of Farming, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

Speech presented at the Orange County Christian Endeavor Convention. Mr. Chapman stresses that as a vocation, farming stands at the head of all callings, both in antiquity and usefulness. All people rely upon the endeavors of the farmer, for the food they eat and the clothes they wear.

Citrus Talks-Back To Good Times, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This is a radio address that was given by Mr. Chapman during the Bank of America's "Back to Good Times" program. "Back to Good Times" urged Americans to invest and bank their money to help bring the country out of the Depression. Mr Chapman claims Californians have a special obligation to participate, considering its farmers are among the most prosperous in the nation.

Ec32-713 The Trench Silo In Nebraska, Ivan D. Wood, E.B. Lewis

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The original idea of using a trench for the storing of ensilage seems to have been the outgrowth of the practice long used in several European countries of storing clover and beet tops in pits. Shortly after the World War, western Canada followed by Montana and North Dakota began to use the trench silo. In Nebraska the true trench silo made its appearance about 1925 or 1926.

The trench silo as described in this circular, unless lined with some permanent material such as brick, concrete or stone, must be considered a temporary structure which will serve for a few years …

Ec31-133 The Management Of Nebraska Soils (Revised March 1936), P.H. Stewart, D.L. Gross

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The agricultural lands of this country are its greatest natural resource. History points out that nations with vast areas of good farm land are most likely to prosper and survive over long periods of time. Local communities, too, prosper and flourish in proportion to the productiveness of the surrounding land. Schools, social life, and business develop best in areas where the land is productive and properly managed and conserved.

Nebraska, in common with other states, has suffered by the depletion of soil fertility. The reduction in acres in legumes and grasses, and the deplation of the organic matter in the …

Rb30-244 Types Of Farming In Nebraska, Harold Hedges, F.E. Elliott

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

"Type of farming" as used in this bulletin is a term descriptive of a group of farms similar in size and enterprise combination. Thus a group of farms having the same kind, quantity, and proportion of crops oand livestock may be said to be following the same type of farming. The term "type-of-farming area" refers to an area within which there is a high degree of uniformity in the type of farming practicse and in the physical and economic conditions under which production takes place. This should not be understood to mean that there is absolute uniformity either in farming …

Citrus Notes-Official Opening, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This speech was presented at the official opening of the Orange County Fair. Mr. Chapman espouses the benefits of fairs to the advancement of agriculture and livestock breeding while emphazing the importance of amusements to the financial success of a fair. He compliments the Orange County Fair for balancing these needs to produce a successful and well-managed community event.

Grazing Periods And Forage Production On The National Forests, Arthur W. Sampson, Harry E. Malmsten

Aspen Bibliography

Stockmen in the West have always had confidence in the adequacy of the native forage crop to provide pasturage for their livestock. Indeed, under normal climatic conditions this enormous natural resource has not failed the grazier, except where it has been called upon to meet unreasonable demands. The productivity of the range has declined sharply, however, wherever the requirements of plant growth have been disregarded for many years in succession. Where there has been too early or too frequent and to heavy grazing, undue trampling, or some other unsatisfactory feature of range use, the results have been uniformly bad. Many …

Ec24-721 Dairy Barns For Nebraska, Oscar W. Sjogren, Ivan D. Wood

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The increasing interest shown among the farmers thruout this state in the betterment of dairy stock, and the tendency to give more attention to dairying on the farms, is bringing to the Agricultural College a great many requests for plans and suggestions for dairy barn construction. It is impossible to give every one of these inquiries individual attention to the extent of drawing a detailed plan to suit the conditions in each case. It is hoped therefore, that the material contained in this bulletin will offer helpful suggestions and answer many questions in the minds of prospective dairy men and …

Citrus Talks-Presiding - Horticultural Week, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This is the program for Horticultural Week, a series of conferences and conventions arranged by the California State Commissioner of Horticulture in Riverside. Charles C. Chapman presided over the "Fruit Growers and Farmers" session. The individual events were: 51st Fruit Growers and Farmers' Convention; Interstate Plant Quarantine Conference; California County Horticultural Commissioners' Convention; Convention of the California Association of Nurserymen; Vegetable Growers' Conference; Pacific Slope Branch American Association of Economic Entomologists Convention.

Citrus Talks-Citrus League, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

In this speech Chapman details the history and some of the accomplishments of the Citrus League. He also speaks some about the decline in interest in agriculture amongst the younger generation.

Citrus Notes-Agricultural Possibilities Of So. California, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This speech was given at the opening of the Land Show in Los Angeles. In it Mr. Chapman extolls the virtues of Southern California for agriculture and maintains that the region can compete very successfully with other regions when advances in shipping and refrigeration are taken into account.

Citrus Talks-Frost Prevention, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This is the program for the Convention of Fruit Growers, called specifically to address the subject of frost prevention. Mr Charles C. Chapman addressed the convention as the President of the Citrus Protective League. The presentations addressed the history and importance of frost prevention and various methods of achieving it.

Citrus Notes-The Santa Ysabel Ranch, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

These are notes for an article published in by the Fullerton News.

Citrus Notes-Agriculture, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

Speech presented at the Orange County Teacher's Institute. Mr. Chapman advocates for agricultural education in the primary and secondary schools. He also delves into the myriad attributes and abilities needed to be a farmer but also stresses that a farmer should be a student not only of nature but of books.

Gulf Coast Country, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses crop productions in several areas of The Gulf Coast. Includes several images of lands where mass production of crops were produced.

South Texas Garden At Old Fort Brown, William Doherty, E. C. Green

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the establishment of the South Texas Garden at Fort Brown, as well as the first telegraph in America. Includes images of the South Texas Garden before and after plowing it.

Egyptian Long-Staple Cotton, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses how Egyptian long-staple cotton as well as oranges and figs grow to perfection in the town of Raymondville. Includes images of oranges and long-staple cotton in Raymondville and Kingsville.

Citrus Talks-Handling The Orange From Tree To Market, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This speech was given to the Special Citrus Fruit Growers' Institute in Riverside. In it Mr. Chapman details some of the necessary methods and precautions that must be taken when picking and shipping citrus fruit to distant markets, to ensure that fruit is not unnecessarily damaged and profits lost. Extra care in these areas, according to him, will separate the successful from the unsuccessful grower.

Citrus Talks-Special Citrus Fruit Growers' Institute, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

This is the program for the Special Citrus Fruit Growers' Institute, which was sponsored by the Riverside Chamber of Commerce. Charles C. Chapman was a presenter.

Citrus Talks-Welcome To Prof. Cook And Prof. Wickerson, Charles C. Chapman

Charles C. Chapman Citrus Speeches

These are notes for a speech that was presented to the Farmer's Institute in Fullerton.

Agriculture Notebook, Jack Thorington, Joseph S. Winter

Winter Letterbooks

Jack Thorington's notebook with various notes on agriculture, dated 1893.