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Til U USD AY, JULY 2, 1936 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THREE Dr. Keim Explains Details of State Bindweed Experiment Necessity of Eliminating Destruction of Crops Entails Research. (Editor's note: Bindweed Infestation la regarded today as one of Nebraska's most serious problems. In the following article, details of an extensive experiment are outlined by a well known authority.) BY DR. F. D. KEIM. (Chairman, Agronomy Department, Uni versity of Nebraska College of Agriculture.) With more and more farmers rapidly realizing the danger of bindweed infestation which now covers approximately 400,000 acres of good Nebraska land, the neces sity of having more research data on means of eradication has in creased. As a result a bindweed expe riment, historically of great im portance because it is the first time such a comprehensive inves tigation has been attempted out state, has just been started near York. This cooperative project is being carried on by the U. S. de partment of agriculture and the department of agronomy of the University of Nebraska college of agriculture. It has for its purpose the assembling and collection of most recent data on perennial weed eradication. Answers Questions. It is to be hoped that the expe riment will answer many ques tions. Here are only a few of the more important ones. How often is it necessary to cultivate in or der to give greatest efficiency in eradication? What about time of plowing? When should sodium chlorate be applied? What about AMEN WILL TRY FOR U. S. BASEBALL T Nebraska Player Goes to Baltimore to Seek Olympic Berth. University of Nebraska's star first-baseman, Paul Amen, ar rived in Baltimore, Ohio late Tues day to participate in the tryouts for the Olympic baseball team. Thirty or 40 amateur baseball artists were expected to be on hand Thursday when the elimina tion for the team is to start. Sponsors of the effort to make bast ball an Olympic sport, the amateur baseball congress has planned an extensive training and tryout program which will last about 12 days. At the end of this period of elim ination, two complete teams will be selected to go to Berlin with the othor members of the Ameri can Olympic team. Les Mann of Miami, executive vice of the base ball congress is in charge of all the affairs. Alt ho the teams selected will not engage in any competition in connection with the other regular Olympic events, an attempt to es tablish baseball as was basketball introduced that year is the goal of the congress in assembling the amateur baseball star3 in the United States. Educational Press Association Issues Twelfth Yearbook Charles A. Bowers, secretary of the Nebraska State Teachers' as sociation an l editor of the Ne braska Educational Journal, is president of the Educational Tress Association of America, which has just released its Twelfth year book. The Yearbook includes a list of educational periodicals classified according to the principal field of education with which each is con cerned, as administration and su pervision, rural education, social studies, journals of state teachers' associations, and so on. The Yearbook also contains a list of the sixty educational books of I'.lXi prepared annually J or the American Library association by the Journal of the National Kdu cution association. A third feature of the Yearbook Is a special ar ticle on the Horace Mann Cen tennial, which begins October 1, 30.16. It was on July 1, 1837 that Horace Mann resigned ns presi dent of the Massachusetts senate to become secretary of the newly created slate board of education and the most influential leader in the movement for free public schools. . Mr. Lowers was elected presi 1 the depth of plowing and cultiva tion? These and many other simi lar questions will be closely studied in the project which is being con ducted on the York farm by Louis Evans, Kansas State college grad uate student. The possibility of growing a crop of rye for pasture in the late fall and early spring and the pos sibility of growing a crop of feed such as sudan grass, cane or mil let while eradication is being car ried on is also being included in the experiment. In other words plowing and cultivation will start early in the spring, then along in June a feed crop will be planted. As soon as it is harvested in the fall, cultivation will begin and con tinue until snow flies. Smother Crops. Use of smother crops such as cane, millet, hemp and alfalfa ure also included in this investigation. With much interest in such means for eradicating the pest, the re sults will be interesting and vitally important. Time, rates and method of ap plications of sodium chlorate are other things being considered. Any other new chemical herbicide ad vertised as a weed killer will be compared with the killing effects of sodium chlorate. The object of the whole test is to try and reduce the cost of eradication of bindweed and make the procedure as practical as pos sible for Nebraska farmers. The work test on a 10-acre plan should develop some data which will fur ther the practibility of getting rid of the weed. dent of the Educational Press as sociation at its annual meeting in St. Louis in February, and by virtue of his office, is also on the association's executive committee. Other officers are: Secretary, Lyle W. Ashby, former Nebraskan, and assistant director, Division of Pub lications, National Education asso ciation, and treasurer, E. T. Cam eron of the Michigan Educational Journal. The Educational Press associa tion of Ameiica was organized at Denver in 1895, and admits to membership those publications which are issued for the promo tion of public education. TEACHERS MEET FOR GEOGRAPHY CONCLAVE AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON (Continued from Page 1) Thilip Johnston of McCook, will lead the discussion of "The geog raphy of some recent conservation activities in Nebraska" at the third meeting and the following topics will be considered: "Power and Irrigation," "Soil erosion con trol," and "Shelterbclt." Collins Leads Meeting. At the last conference, Supcrin dent Ray E. Collins, of Waco, will lead a discussion of "Field Work." The topics to be discussed are as follows: "Preparation," 'Observa tions in the field (rural)," 'Ob servations in the field (urban)," and "The teacher's personal ob servations as they function in the class loom." "Intractional helps for geog raphy teachers" was the subject for the first conference held last Thursday. Miss Vera Kigdon, in structor of geography in extension, was leafier of the discussion. Former .Slmlcnls Accept A'-.-l-l an I li i ps in Kansas Elmer Heyne and Everette J. Krcizinger have accepted assist unlshins in the department of agronomy at Kansas State college, and will begin work July 1. Mr. Heyne, since graduation in 1935, has been connected with the soil conservation nursery at San An tonio, Tex. lie will assist Dr. A. M. Bnmson in corn breeding. Kreizinger, a graduate in ii"2, has been athletic coach in the Ne braska City high school for sev eral years. He will work on al falfa improvement with Dr. Grand field. EVER SINCE 1904 Wc have cleaned garments for Nebraska Students. Let u.s clo your garment cleaning. MODERN CLEANERS Soukup & Wcstovcr Call F2377 Service fm Till BROWN ANNOUNCES HUSKER BASKETBALL 20 Games Arranged for Nebraska, With 8 Home Contests. Coach W. H. Browne has an nounced the 1936-37 schedule for the Cornhusker basketball team. The slate lists 20 games, including a trip to the east in which the team will visit Cleveland, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia and Washing ton, D. C. There are eight home games on the schedule and the Cornhusker hoopsters will meet three new op ponents, including Montana, coached by A. J. Lewandowski, formr Husker, Minnesota and Ohio State. The first game of the season will be played early in December at the University of South Dakota, which indicates that practice will start around the first of Novem ber. The schedule: Dec. 11 South Dakota at Vermillion. Dec. 19 Montana at Lincoln. Dec. 21 Minnesota at Lincoln. Dec. 22 Ohio Slate at Lincoln. Dec. 26 Loyola at Chicago. Dec. 28 Western Reserve at Cleveland. Dec. 29 Canisius college at Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 30--St. Thomas at Scranton, Pa. Jan. 1 Temple at Philadelphia. Jan. 2 George Washington at Wash ington, D. C. Jan. 9 Missouri at Columbia. Jan. 16 Iowa Slate at Lincoln. Jan. 18 Oklahoma at Lincoln. Jan. 30 Kansas State at Manhattan. Keu. 2 Kansas at Lawrence. Feb. 12 Oklahoma at Norman. Feb. 15 Kansas State at Lincoln. Feb. 19 Missouri at Lincoln. Feb. 27 Kansas at Lin.-oln. March 3 Iowa State at Ames. Prof. Lawrence Void of the law college faculty is author of an ar ticle entitled "The NRA and the AAA Experiments in Government, Economics, and Law," which ap peared in the Nebraska Law Bul letin. Among the engineering faculty members attending the meetings of the society for he promotion of engineering education at Madison, Wis., are Profs. P. K. Slaymaker, J. P. Colbert, T. T. Askhus, O. E. Edison, L. A. Bingham, C. M. Duff and Dean O. J. Ferguson. Profes sors Jiles Haney and A. A. Luebs drove at Dallas, Tex. to attend the summer convention of the A. S. M. E. Prof. A. L. Frolik received his doctor's degree at Madison, Wis., June 22. His graduate work was taken in agronomy and marsh ecology. He and Mrs. Frolik at tended commencement exercises at Madison. J' C POUTS SHOES for om- en. While Jiml roiiibinii- lioiiH. 4.00 to .1.00 (St-coml I'lonr) CLICKS i A IJ T I CAE STYLE. MiM irs 14 to 2(1. 7.9.7 (Second Floor) 2 li u E HI Booklet Shows Nebraska's Importance for Botanists Dr. Winter Tells of Plants That Grow in Various Parts of State. Few people realize it, but Ne braska is one of the key states to botanists because it lies at the crossroads of midcontinental plant migration. This point is empha sized in a recent booklet published by the University botanical survey, Dr. R. J. Pool, director. The 203 page booklet by Dr. John Mack Winter, professor of biology at Peru State Teachers college, who recently received his doctor's de gree here, was printed by the con servation and survey division, Dr. George Condra, dean and director. This latest botanical achieve ment is one of the most complete works yet published and repre sents an analysis of all the flower ing plants of the state with keys to the families, and species and with notes concerning their occur rence, range, and frequency. Various Plants Here. Dr. Winter points out that cer tain plants peculiar to the northern forests enter the state in the can yons of the northwest counties, via the Black Hills, while the val leys of the Missouri are the west ern limit of a range of certain eastern plants. Even mountain va rieties and plants found only in far western states are found in the panhandle sections of Ne braska and other species peculiar to the south extend north into the valley of the Republican. In his study of Nebraska's plants. Dr. Winter found that some of those once common in the days of the pioneers are now extinct, others are fast becoming rare, while a few entirely new species of the flora seem to be doing well in their environment here. This successful invasion by new species may be an infiltration process in stead of a mass attack, according to the writer. The disappearance of an old native may be due to the struggle for survival in lo calities to which they are poorly adapted, on account of changed conditions due to the activities of men. Plants Now Extinct. Among plants found within the state in recent years are the yam, star flower, a wild pink, a wild indigo, and the Indian pipe. Such plants as wild black cherry, white oak, pin oak, trillium and papaw are found along the lower tribu taries of the Missouri and that area is the extreme western limit for a t Gay Fourth ATA I.I N A SVU!W SI ITS tlx- pi .fieiic uml joy of modern nicrniiiid. 2.9.1 to 5.9.7 (Second Floor) CI'OKTS E1SOCKS favorite of tli- "in live tporli" uikI tin "spcctiilor porl." 7.9.7 to .7.9.7 Second Floor) IVAMCINf; lltOCKS dir, uhimoroii, yoiiiif:! IotiK or Mrrcl lenclli. 9.7 J to 16.50 (Second 1 ODPIUKS made! twill ; well 3.9.1 (Second Floor) 1 ANHANA 'KEKCIIIEI S for fcliickg topper op pen mi ii I ncarf. 2.7c to 1.00 (First Floor) ' IJ Lit of these species. Those far western species which have gained a foot hold in the borders of western Nebraska include certain wild asters and shrubs. Certain moun tain dwelling varieties adorn the slopes of hilly sections of the state. These include evening primroses, a western sumac, and wild dahlias. Northern forest species such as buckbean, paper birch, and quak ing aspen are sprinkled about the canyons or meadows of the north ern counties. In all there are about 1,879 species of flowering plants in Ne braska, not including many culti vated plants that have escaped from cultivation and have become well established in the "wild" state. These include 100 species of grasses, and the following note worthy forma: 100 species of redoes, close relatives of KiasNes. 7 species oldenrods. 18 species HHlers. 12 species sunt lowers. 11 species sancln ushes. 10 species thistles. 3 species hickories. 7 specks oaks. R species col tonwoods. 7 specieB williws. 3 species ashes. 3 species maples. 2 species violets. 5 species milkweeds. 13 species orchitis. VOLD NOMINATED LAW CONGRESS REPORTER Prof. Lawrence Void of the Uni versity college of law has been nominated by the American com mittee of the academy of compar ative law as special reporter on company law for the second inter national congress of comparative law to be held at the Hague in July 1937. Owing to prior conamitments preparing a new book on torts, Professor Void is unable to accept the appointment. l-r.t .... FD C L munent if you H ! ! 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