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Managing For Profitability In The Beef Industry Proceedings

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Moderator - Rick Rasby

Global Perspective of the Beef Industry and Challenges to Remain Competitive — Allan Nation

Low Input Cow/Calf Systems — Dick Clark and Don Adams

Producer Panel, Moderator - Homer Buell

Nebraska's Dynamic Landscape — Jim Stubbendieck

Matching Beef Genetics to the Resources — Jim Gosey

Complimentary Forages/Annuals/Year-Round Grazing

Managing Irrigated Pastures and Meadows for Grazing

Evaluating Pasture Stability

1991 Nebraska Cattlemen Bull Selection Clinics

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Program

Welcome and Introduction

Use of Expected Progeny Differences (EPD's) in Bull Selection

... at Columbus: by Steve McGill, Director Shorthorn Performance Records, American Shorthorn Association, Omaha, NE

... at North Platte, Chadron and Gering: by Keith V ander Velde, Director Beef Programs, American Breeders Service, De Forest, WI

... at Fairbury, Sutton, Verdigre: by Roy Wallace, Director Beef Programs, Select Sires, Plain City, OH

Demonstration of EPD use in Bull Selection: - Dr. Jim Gosey, NU Extension Beef Specialist, Nebraska Cattlemen, Purebred Council Representative; Featured Speaker--McGill, Vander Velde or Wallace

Discussion of Breeding Soundness Examination (BSE) of Bulls: by …

1989 Nebraska Bull Selection Clinics

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) - What They Are--What They Aren't -- Dr. Jim Gibb, Director, Education and Research, American Polled Hereford Association (APHA), Kansas City, MO.

Demonstration of EPD use in Bull Selection--Dr. Jim Gibb, APHA • Dr. Jim Gosey, Extension Beef Specialist, UNL • Dick Helms, Vice-Chair, NC Purebred Council, Arapahoe

Breeding Soundness Examination (BSE)--Don Hudson, D.V.M., Extension Veterinarian, Univ. of NE., North Platte • Gary Rupp, D.V.M., Director, Veterinary Program, US MARC, Clay Center

Use of Pelvic Measurements--Dr. Gene Deutscher, Extension Beef Specialist, Univ. of NE, North Platte

BULL SELECTION WORKSHEETS

USING EPDs IN SELECTING BULLS.

U.S. BEEF …

Ak-Sar-Ben Beef Seminar Ill, Knights Of Ak-Sar-Ben

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Opening Remarks - Mr. Robert G. Volk

"Objectives of 4-H" - Dr. William E. Caldwell

Moderator's Remarks - Dr. Frank H. Baker

"Carcass Characteristics of Various Breed Crosses" — Dr. Robert Koch

Production Committee Report - Mr. Chuck Schroeder

Judges Committee Report - Dr. Miles McKee

Marketing and Distribution Report - Mr. Carl Gardner

Education Committee Report - Dr. Joe Hughes

Summary of Ak-Sar-Ben Beef Seminar III - Moderator

News Release on Ak-Sar-Ben Beef Seminar III

Alfalfa Inoculation Tests, C. W. Pugsley

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

During the winter of 1909-10 an effort was made to secure cooperators among the farmers of Nebraska to test the value of inoculating newly seeded alfalfa fields. This investigation was 8uggested by reports received from correspondents during 1909. The names of farmers willing to cooperate were secured by correspondence and by conferences at the various Short Courses held during that year.

In the spring of 1910 about thirty-five farmers, located largely near Broken Bow, Cambridge, Franklin, and Blair, agreed to test the effect of cultures sent by the United States Department of Agriculture, soil from well-established alfalfa fields, and farm …

Growing Crops In Western Nebraska: Report Of Experimental Substation, North Platte, Nebraska, W. P. Snyder, W. W. Burr, E. A. Burnett

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Beef Production., H. R. Smith

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Contents: Part I. Comparison of Rations. Part II. Comparison of Breeds and Types.

Spraying Apple Trees

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

The degree of success in spraying depends almost wholly upon when the materials are put on and how they are applied. 'The two principal pests that concern Nebraska apple growers are the apple scab and the codling moth worm. There are other injurious insects and fungous diseases common to the orchard, but if the orchard is properly treated for those two the others will in a large measure be controlled.

Spraying As An Essential Part Of Profitable Apple Orcharding, R. A. Emerson, R. F. Howard, V. V. Westgate

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

It was therefore planned from the start not merely to demonstrate the possibility of controlling apple insects and diseases but also to determine whether they could be controlled profitably. To accomplish this it was necessary to know: exactly what it cost to spray, what sprayed fruit yielded, and what it was worth in comparison with unsprayed fruit from the same orchards. In every spraying demonstration the time spent in mixing and applying the materials and the quantity of material used were recorded. The cost of labor of men and teams per hour was taken at the orchard owners' estimates and …

Testing Seed Corn, E. G. Montgomery, C. W. Pugsley

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Testing every ear of seed corn will cost about 5 to 10 cents per acre, and may mean 5 to 10 bushels per acre increased yield. Do it now before the rush of farm work. In many parts of the state not one-half the seed corn will grow. Reports from Farmers' Institutes in various sections indicate that the vitality is very low.

Oats, E. G. Montgomery

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

There is no more serious question confronting .the Nebraska farmer today than the oat problem. During the past few years, farmers generally believe they have lost money on the crop. It is necessary to grow some spring grain crop, and while many are looking for a substitute, such as barley, speltz, and spring wheat, yet none of these crops takes the place of oats in a satisfactory manner. While soil fertility must receive immediate attention, still our yields would be decidedly increased thru the. use of varieties best adapted to the region, with good preparation of the seed·bed drilling with …

Malarial Fever In Horses, A. T. Peters

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

This disease is also called "swamp fever" by farmers, and "pernicious anaemia" by veterinarians. In Nebraska many of the farmers call the disease "typhoid fever," for it resembles this fever very much. The manner in which the disease is contracted by horses is not definitely understood. In the last few years, the veterinarians in the Philippines have discovered a disease, prevalent in India under the name of "surra," the description of which corresponds very much to that of malarial fever of horses in this country, with the exception that bacteriologists have not been able to find the surra parasite in …

Experiments With Corn., T. L. Lyon

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Cooperative Tests of Varieties -- Variety Tests on the Experiment Station Farm -- Relation of Size of Ear to Yield -- Thickness of Planting Corn -- Tillering of Corn -- Increasing Yields of Corn by Selection of Plants -- Selecting Corn for High Oil Content -- Adaptation of Corn to a New Locality -- A Cross-Bred Variety -- Keeping Seed Corn -- Depth of Planting.

Cattle Feeding Experiment. Roughness Supplementary To Corn For Fattening Two-Year-Old Range Steers., H. R. Smith

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

In the economical production of beef, the character of the roughness fed in connection with corn is a factor of greater importance than we have given it in the past. Heretofore, 'the inclination among cattle feeders has been to depend almost entirely upon corn for producing beef, supplying almost any sort of roughness that would satisfy the craving of the animal for something bulky. Some, in fact, have operated upon the theory that in producing beef for the market it is desirable to feed corn as heavily as possible, discouraging the consumption of rough feed by supplying an inferior quality …

Winter Wheat: Cooperative Experiments With The United States Department Of Agriculture, T. L. Lyon, Alvin Keyser

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Variety Tests of Winter Wheat in 1902, 1903, and 1904 -- Cooperative Tests of Knarkof and Beloglina Wheats -- Nature and Causes of "Yellow Berry" in Hard Winter Wheat -- "Running Out" of Seed Wheat -- Importance of Good Tillage -- Variations in Wheat from Different Regions and in Different Seasons

A Test Of Calf Rations: Methods Of Controlling Contamination Of Milk During Milking, A. L. Haecker, C. W. Melick

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Since the spring of 1899 the Department of Dairy Husbandry has been conducting experiments in calf rearing by using hand separator skim-milk and light rations of grain.

The first test was published in Bulletin No. 68 of this Station and dealt with a comparison of calves reared by hand with those sucking their dams. The hand-fed calves were reared on skim-milk, ground flaxseed being used to replace the lacking butter fat. This test resulted in a fine lot of calves reared at a very low cost, but it also brought out the fact that much more data were needed in …

Cost Of Farm Crops, C. L. Ingersoll, S. W. Perin

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

The present bulletin is an inquiry into the" Cost of Farm Crops," as produced at the State Experiment Station, under the following conditions:

1. The crops were treated substantially as upon the farms ordinarily found in our state.

2. The labor was all charged against the fields at the uniform rate of 15 cents an hour for each man and team, or at the rate of $3 per day of ten hours.

3. Substitute the farmer anywhere in the state for the Experiment Station and charge his time and that of his team at the same rate, and the conditions, …