Edgar M. Brouse, Agronomy Papers
Scope and Contents
The Brouse papers consist of agricultural photographs from the University of Nebraska Experiment Station in Valentine, Nebraska, experimental farms, and private ranches in Cherry and Holt counties, Nebraska, from the 1920s-1950s. The photographs document phosphorus treatment research on the growth of clover and other native grasses, cattle food experiments, a 1924 sand blow that occurred west of Thedford, Nebraska, and prairie landscapes. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and location provided in the original captions.
Private farms and ranches include: Frank Ballard Farm (Cherry County), Ed Belsky Ranch (Merriman, Nebraska), Black Ranch (near Brewster, Nebraska), Bowring Ranch (Cherry County), Daniels Ranch (Cherry County), J.W. Davies Ranch, Clarence Ernst Ranch (O'Neill, Nebraska), M.G. French Farm, E.E. Gotschall Meadow (Atkinson, Nebraska), Harnes Ranch (Cherry County), Max Kas Ranch (Steward, Nebraska), McGinley fields (Cherry County), A.R. Modisett Ranch (Rushville, Nebraska), Charley Peterson Ranch (Holt County), Red Deer Ranch (Cherry County), C.S. Reece Ranch (Simeon, Nebraska), Harold Robinson (Thedford, Nebraska), Rolling Stone Ranch (Cherry County), Salsburg Ranch (Stapleton, Nebraska), Albert Salzman Ranch (Ainsworth, Nebraska), Swanson Ranch (Cherry County), Cyrus Wolfenden Ranch (Cherry County), and Henry Wood (Ewing, Nebraska).
Dates
- about 1920s-1950s
Creator
- Brouse, Edgar M., 1892-1975 (Person)
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle -- Feeding and feeds Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle -- Nebraska Subject Source: Local sources
- Legumes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sandhills (Neb.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
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