Insect Pests of Stored Grains and Their Control

In Nebraska there are about 20 species of insects that injure stored grain more or less. Some are beetles and their larvae, others are the caterpillars of small moths. To the farmer all are weevil, although that name is really properly applied only to two beetle species-the granary weevil and the rice weevil. The following paragraphs and illustrations will describe the several more important stored grain pests to be found in this State, so that the farmer may recognize the particular pest or pests that are doing the injury to his grain, and may then apply the proper remedy

The Plains False Wireworm and its Control

The last three crops of winter wheat, and especially the crop of 1922-23, have been seriously injured in southwestern Nebraska and especially on the dry land farms of Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner, Morrill, Garden, Deuel , Keith, Perkins, and Hitchcock Counties, by an abundance of hard-bodied, cylindrical, shining waxy yellow, soil-infesting larvae. These greatly resemble wireworms and are often mistaken for them, but they differ conspicuously in being more active and having well-developed, club-shaped antennae, long and stout front legs, and a less flattened body with a distinctly upturned tip. These larvae destroy the planted seed in the fall and eat off the roots of the young plants both in the fall and in the spring. In some cases the damage done amounts to the practical ruination of the crop. This pest was undoubtedly no small factor in helping to cause the large acreage of abandoned wheat in the spring of 1923 in some of our western counties. It is known as the plains false wireworm (Eleodes opaca)

The Cinch Bug and its Control

During the last half century there have been five separated and well-marked chinch bug outbreaks, or periods of serious damage, in Nebraska, and we are now approaching the climax of a sixth such period. As to just how serious this present outbreak will be in 1925 no one can now say, because no one can exactly forecast the weather conditions of the summer, but the present situation is sufficiently menacing to make advisable the issuing of this circular, which aims to give the essential information concerning the chinch bug as a Nebraska pest, and the locally applicable means of control

Insect Pests of Stored Grains and Their Control

In Nebraska there are about 20 species of insects that injure stored grain more or less. Some are beetles and their larvae, others are the caterpillars of small moths. To the farmer all are weevil, although that name is really properly applied only to two beetle species-the granary weevil and the rice weevil. The following paragraphs and illustrations will describe the several more important stored grain pests to be found in this State, so that the farmer may recognize the particular pest or pests that are doing the injury to his grain, and may then apply the proper remedy

The Insects and Mites Injurious to Poultry in Nebraska and Their Control

There are a number of different kinds of insect and mites (arthropods) that are more or less injurious to poultry in Nebraska. This circular is designed to give practical information concerning these pests and their control

The Chinch Bug and Its Control

During the last half century there have been five separated and well-marked chinch bug outbreaks, or periods of serious damage, in Nebraska, and we are now approaching the climax of a sixth such period. As to just how serious this present outbreak will be in 1925 no one can now say, because no one can exactly forecast the weather conditions of the summer, but the present situation is sufficiently menacing to make advisable the issuing of this circular, which aims to give the essential information concerning the chinch bug as a Nebraska pest, and the locally applicable means of control

Insect Pests of Stored Grains and Their Control

In Nebraska there are about 20 species of insects that injure stored grain more or less. Some are beetles and their larvae, others are the caterpillars of small moths. To the farmer all are weevil, although that name is really properly applied only to two beetle species-the granary weevil and the rice weevil. The following paragraphs and illustrations will describe the several more important stored grain pests to be found in this State, so that the farmer may recognize the particular pest or pests that are doing the injury to his grain, and may then apply the proper remedy

Nebraska 4-H Bird Club Manual : Extension Circular 5-01-2

The material in this circular has been prepared to aid Nebraska 4-H bird clubs. It contains an outline of activities suitable for each month and descriptions of 58 birds. The descriptions of the birds have been arranged so that a few may be given special study each month. The objectives of the club are: To learn the economic value of birds through a study of food habits. To become familiar with Nebraska Laws that protect birds. To learn to appreciate birds and encourage bird life on the farm. To learn to describe a bird so that it may be recognized by others

The Food Habits of the Ring-necked Pheasant in Central Nebraska

Pheasants, including the Chinese and the so-called English pheasants, with their hybrid the ring-necked pheasant, have been introduced and established in a large area in the northern United States during the past 50 years. During the past 15 years continued importations of these birds into Nebraska, together with the rapid increase of those already established, have built up a large pheasant population in the state, estimated at more than a million birds. They have especially thrived in a block of 16 counties in east-central Nebraska. Protection was afforded them until 1927, when short open seasons were permitted in the fall in certain counties that were well stocked. In these counties with a relatively high pheasant population the economic status of the pheasant has become a controversial matter, the bird having both friends and enemies among the farmers. Because of the contradictory claims concerning its food habits, in 1929 a study of the year\u27s food of the bird was made in the heart of the region from which the bulk of the complaints of injury to crops have emanated. This study was based on the crop and gizzard contents of 50 male and 50 female pheasants, taken in varied habitats, 8 each month, except in May and June when 10 were taken

Nebraska 4-H Bird Club Manual : Extension Circular 5-01-2 1942

The material in this circular has been revised and updated to aid Nebraska 4-H bird clubs. It contains an outline of activities suitable for each month and descriptions of 58 birds. The descriptions of the birds have been arranged so that a few may be given special study each month. The objectives of the club are: To learn the economic value of birds through a study of food habits. To become familiar with Nebraska Laws that protect birds. To learn to appreciate birds and encourage bird life on the farm. To learn to describe a bird so that it may be recognized by others