Edgar M. Brouse, Agronomy Papers
Title: Edgar M. Brouse,
Agronomy Papers
Creator: Brouse,
Edgar M., 1892-1975
Dates: 1920s-1950s
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear foot)
Collection Number: RG 08-08-13
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Edgar M. Brouse, Agronomy Papers (RG 08-08-13). Archives & Special
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Biography:
Edgar Merl Brouse was born September 26, 1892 in Stratton, Nebraska. He graduated
with a B.S. in agriculture from the University of Nebraska in 1918. He was appointed
superintendent of the University of Nebraska Experiment Station in Valentine,
Nebraska, in 1919 and assistant agronomist in 1951. Brouse was a member of the
American Society of Range Management, Independent Order of Oddfellows, Gamma Sigma
Delta, and Alpha Zeta Agricultural Honorary Society. He married Hazel May French in
1919 and had two children, Harold A. Brouse and K.B. (Betty Jean) Kittle. He died
October 25, 1975 in Nebraska.
Scope and Content:
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 were received from the E.M. Brouse
estate and 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).
Subjects:
Brouse, Edgar M., 1892-1975
Alfalfa
Agriculture
Cattle -- feeding and feeds
Clover
Experimental farms
Phosphorus in agriculture
Red clover
Cherry County (Neb.)
Holt County (Neb.)
Sandhills (Neb.)
Valentine (Neb.)
Container List:
Series 1: PhotographsBox 1. Folder 1. Photographs A-BItem 1. Alfalfa broadcast on meadow, Stapleton, Nebraska, 1957, June 18
Item 2. Frank Ballard Farm, alfalfa field, Cherry County, 1925
Item 3. Ed Belsky Ranch, alfalfa field being mowed, Merriman,
Nebraska, 1926, June 5
Item 4. Ed Belsky Ranch, Blaine Belsky with turkeys, Merriman,
Nebraska
Item 5. Ed Belsky Ranch, calf, Merriman, Nebraska
Item 6. Ed Belsky Ranch, cattle, Merriman, Nebraska
Item 7. Ed Belsky Ranch, Hereford sale, Merriman,
Nebraska
Item 8. Ed Belsky Ranch, spread of Calmagrostis grass, Merriman,
Nebraska
Item 9. Black Ranch, near north Brewster, Nebraska
Item 10. Botts in horse stomach
Item 11. E.M. Brouse in sweet clover and rye, 1923
Item 12. E.M. and Hazel Brouse and Mr. and Mrs. Kittle, 1944, June
Box 1. Folder 2. Photographs CItem 1. Cattle, Barrington Bladen Duke, age 18 months
Item 2. Cattle, Barrington Bladen Duke, age 2 years
Item 3. Cattle, Barrington Bladen Duke, age 5 years, 1921
Item 4. Cattle, bull
Item 5. Cattle, Cherry County, cottonseed and soy
Item 6. Cattle, Derby Klaver, sold to John Sherman and Ludwig
Vehling
Item 7. Cattle, Helena's Red Rose, Roan Baroness Dorothy, Barrington
Bladen Duke
Item 8. Cattle, Lord Victor Bladen, age 10 months
Item 9. Cattle, Lord Victor Bladen, age 22 months, Roan
Isabelle
Item 10. Cattle, lot 1, no supplement
Item 11. Cattle, lot 1, no supplement, 1947-1948
Item 12. Cattle, lot 2, 1 pound cottonseed cake
Item 13. Cattle, lot 2, 1 pound soybean oil meal pellets
Item 14. Cattle, lot 3, 1 pound soy and phosphate
Item 15. Cattle, lot 3, 1.5 pounds cottonseed cake
Item 16. Cattle, lot 4, mixed hay
Item 17. Cattle, lot 6, 21 pounds, soybean
Item 18. Cattle, lot 6, 21 pounds, soybean pellets containing 0.9
percent monocalcium phosphate
Item 19. Cattle, lot 7, 97.4 percent cottonseed meal, 2.6 percent
monocalcium phosphate
Item 20. Cattle, lot 9, dehydrated alfalfa pallets
Item 21. Cattle, lot 11, 1 pound mix, 84.3 percent dehydrated alfalfa,
6.1 percent phosphate
Box 1. Folder 3. Photographs C, continued 1948-1949Item 1. Cattle, lot 14, new
Item 2. Cattle, lot 14, new
Item 3. Cattle, prairie hay
Item 4. Cattle, prairie hay
Item 5. Cattle, Roan Baroness Dorothy with daughter, Lady Beatrice
Bladen, sired by Barrington Bladen Duke
Item 6. Cattle, Roan Isabelle
Item 7. Cattle, Ravencroft cattle, Bowring Ranch, Cherry
County, 1955
Item 8. Cattle, Ravencroft cattle, Bowring Ranch, Cherry
County, 1955
Item 9. Cattle, Ravencroft cattle, Bowring Ranch, Cherry
County, 1955
Item 10. Cattle, son of number 53
Item 11. Cattle, soybean oil meal
Item 12. Cattle, soybean oil meal and .10 pound mineral
Item 13. Cattle, Swanson cattle, Cherry County
Item 14. Cattle, United States Department of Agriculture, milking
southern bull, Nebraska
Item 15. Cattle, Valentine, Nebraska
Item 16. Cattle, victor
Item 17. Cattle, victor
Item 18. Cattle, wintering breeding heifers, Valentine,
Nebraska, 1935
Box 1. Folder 4. Photographs C, continuedItem 19.-22. Cattle, unidentified
Item 23. Chick, Robinson
Item 24. Clover
Item 25. Common rye
Item 26. Corn and soybeans, Valentine Substation
Item 27. Coyote, Sandhill meadow
Box 1. Folder 5. Photographs D-FItem 1. Daniels Meadow, 1932
Item 2. Daniels Ranch, Cherry County
Item 3. J.W. Davies Ranch, Mammoth Red clover drilled, 1931
Item 4.-6. Equipment
Item 7. Clarence Ernst Ranch, after growth on rate of phosphate
plots, O'Neill, Nebraska, 1954, Oct. 20
Item 8. Clarence Ernst ranch, alfalfa broadcast on native
meadow, 1951
Item 9. Clarence Ernst ranch, alfalfa broadcast on native meadow on
plot which had 160 pounds of p2o5 applied, O'Neill,
Nebraska, 1957, Jun. 17
Item 10. Clarence Ernst ranch, clover plot experiments, O'Neill,
Nebraska
Item 11. Clarence Ernst ranch, early spring growth of alfalfa and
clover
Item 12. Clarence Ernest ranch, effect of phosphorus on growth of
clover, O'Neill, Nebraska, 1954
Item 13. Clarence Ernst ranch, O'Neill, Nebraska, spring 1946
Item 14. Experiment farm, Valentine, Nebraska
Item 15. Experiment farm storm damage, Valentine (?)
Item 16.-22. Experiment farm
Item 23.-29. Farms, unidentified
Item 30-31. M.G. French, farm fields, 1955
Box 1. Folder 6. Photographs G-OItem 1. Game preserve, Valentine, Nebraska
Item 2. Gordon Valley Meadow
Item 3. Gordon Valley Meadow
Item 4. E.E. Gotschall meadow, Atkinson, Nebraska, 1953
Item 5. E.E. Gotschall meadow, Atkinson, Nebraska, 1953
Item 6. E.E. Gotschall meadow, Atkinson, Nebraska, 1953
Item 7. E.E. Gotschall meadow, Atkinson, Nebraska, 1955, June
Item 8. E.E. Gotschall meadow, Atkinson, Nebraska, 1959, June 23
Item 9. Gravel bank along highway 20 showing irregular
stratification, Long Pine
Item 10. Harnes Ranch, Timothy, red top, and clove mixtures, Cherry
County, 1925
Item 11. Hereford Sale, Wienersmiths alliance, Chadron,
Nebraska, 1941, Aug. 21
Item 12. Hills between Dads and Pelican Lakes, George Sawyer
Ranch
Item 13. Sam Hudson, Cherry County, 1954, July 21
Item 14. Sam Hudson meadows, Valentine, Nebraska, 1954, July 25
Item 15. Sam Hudson valley
Item 16. Mike Jordan Ranch, bailed hay, Arabia, Nebraska, 1932
Item 17. Karo and wood, 1932, Sept. 6-7
Item 18. Max Kas Ranch, applying radioactive phosphate,
Nebraska, 1955
Item 19.Kayton and Gordon, herd site
Item 20. Richard Kleburg (foreman), King Ranch, Texas
Item 21. Mammoth Red clover drilled, J.W. Davies Ranch, 1931
Item 22. McGinley fields, Cherry County, 1953
Item 23. McGinley fields, Cherry County, 1953
Item 24. Murry Melor, upland meadow with Blue Grama grass
predominating Atkinson, Nebraska, 1955
Item 25. A.R. Modisett ranch, southeast of Rushville,
Nebraska
Item 26. A.R. Modisett ranch, southeast of Rushville,
Nebraska
Item 27. A.R. Modisett ranch, southeast of Rushville,
Nebraska
Item 28. A.R. Modisett ranch, southeast of Rushville,
Nebraska
Item 29. A.R. Modisett ranch, southeast of Rushville,
Nebraska
Item 30. A.R. Modisett ranch, southeast of Rushville,
Nebraska
Item 31. Overgrazed pasture across the fence, 1953
Box 1. Folder 7. Photographs P-RItem 1. Frank Peter, bluegrass response to N and P and Pallone,
O'Neill, Nebraska, 1956, May
Item 2. Frank Peter, reapplications, O'Neill, Nebraska, 1956, May
Item 3. Charley Peterson ranch, Holt County, 1953, spring
Item 4. Charley Peterson ranch, Holt County, 1956, spring
Item 5. Pioneer picnic, Daniel's Grove, 1938
Item 6. Ralph
Item 7. Red Deer Ranch, Cherry County, 1951
Item 8. Red Deer Ranch, crop showing residual effect of phosphate,
Cherry County, 1953
Item 9. Red Deer ranch, seeding of clover across phosphate and chick
plots, Cherry County, 1951
Item 10. C.S. Reece and Cyrus Wolfenden, mixed meadow in Boardman
Valley
Item 11. C.S. Reece and Cyrus R. Wolfenden, Timothy Clover Meadow,
Cherry County
Item 12. C.S. Reece Ranch, band application of phosphate with
clover, 1952
Item 13. C.S. Reece Ranch, band application of phosphate with
clover, 1952
Item 14. C.S. Reece Ranch, band application of phosphate with ranger
alfalfa in native meadow and band seeded without (Pasture Dream
equipment used), Simeon, Nebraska, 1954, Oct. 18
Item 15. C.S. Reece Ranch, clover drilled in native meadow, Cherry
County, 1925
Item 16. C.S. Reece Ranch, mixed-clover meadow, Simeon,
Nebraska
Item 17. C.S. Reece Ranch, Cherry County, 1953
Item 18. C.S. Reece Ranch, Cherry County, 1953
Item 19. C.S. Reece Ranch, Cherry County, 1953
Item 20. Harold Robinson, chick showing poor growth of
clover, 1952
Item 21. Harold Robinson, not fertilized, Thedford,
Nebraska, 1951
Item 22. Harold Robinson, field, Thedford, Nebraska, 1951
Item 23. Harold Robinson, residual effect of 40 pounds of phosphorus
pentoxide on clover, Thedford, Nebraska, 1952
Item 24. Harold Robinson, residual effect of 40 pounds of phosphorus
pentoxide on clover, Thedford, Nebraska, 1952
Item 25. Harold Robinson, stimulated clover, Theford,
Nebraska, 1951
Item 26. Rolling Stone Ranch, preparation for seeding legumes, Cherry
County, 1947, May 19
Item 27. Rolling Stone Ranch, showing effect of an application of
phosphate on bluegrass and clover with untreated area in center,
Cherry County, 1955
Item 28. Rustic bridge and fish hatchery, Valentine,
Nebraska
Item 29. Rye and winter wheat
Box 1. Folder 8. Photographs SItem 1. Salsburg Ranch, alfalfa on phosphate plots, Stapleton,
Nebraska, 1955, Jun.
Item 2. Albert Salzman Ranch, alsike clover, Ainsworth,
Nebraska, 1950
Item 3. Albert Salzman Ranch, clover response to phosphate
applications, Ainsworth, Nebraska, 1950
Item 4. Albert Salzman Ranch, Ainsworth, Nebraska, 1951
Item 5. Sand blow, center of sand blow out west of Thedford,
Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 6. Sand blow, effect of sand from blow out on track, west of
Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 7. Sand blow, heart of the sand blow showing wave effect of the
shifting sand, west of Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 8. Sand blow, manure to be loaded to be scattered on blowout,
west of Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 9. Sand blow, sand drift on the track, west of Thedford,
Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 10. Sand blow, sand drifted against the snow fence, west of
Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 11. George Sawyer Ranch, Hills between Dads and Pelican
Lakes
Item 12. State Crop Growers Association, wind erosion on house, south
of Big Alkali Lake, Cherry County
Item 13. Swanson Ranch, Cherry County
Item 14. Swanson Ranch, cattle, Cherry County
Item 15. Sweet clover project, near Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 15
Item 16. Sweet clover project, near Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 20
Item 17. Sweet clover project, near Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 20
Item 18. Sweet clover project, near Thedford, Nebraska, 1924, Apr. 20
Box 1. Folder 9. Photographs TItem 1. Tree roots, Blewsky property (?)
Item 2. Tree roots, Blewsky property (?)
Item 3. Valentine Substation, alfalfa roots on flat
Item 4. Valentine Substation, alfalfa drilled in native
meadow, 1924
Item 5. Valentine Substation, clover rest plots, 1925, July 1
Item 6. Valentine Substation, W.W. Burr in western wheat, 1923
Item 7. Valentine Substation, clover drilled in native
meadow, 1924
Item 8. Valentine Substation, clover drilled in native sub-irrigated
meadow, 1924
Item 9. Valentine Substation, clover drilled in native sub-irrigated
meadow, 1924
Item 10. Valentine Substation, clover varieties, 1925
Item 11. Valentine Substation, corn and soybeans
Item 12. Valentine Substation, red clover drilled in
meadow, 1924
Item 13. Valentine Substation, red clover drilled in
meadow, 1924
Item 14. Valentine Substation, red clover drilled in native meadow
increased yield 80 percent, 1924
Item 15. Valentine Substation, red clover in native
meadow, 1924
Item 16. Valentine Substation, Russian sunflower grown for
silage
Item 17. Valentine Substation, rye field
Item 18. Valentine Substation, sorghum varieties
Item 19. Valentine Substation, sorghum varieties
Item 20. Valentine Substation, sweet clover sub-irrigation
meadow, 1922
Item 21. Value of protection, thistle protected wheat from winter
killing, 1922
Item 22. Value of protection for winter wheat, 1922
Item 23. Variety test plots, north of Valentine, Nebraska
Item 24. Vaughan bunch, Huntley, Nebraska
Item 25. View, Valentine, Nebraska
Box 1. Folder 10. Photographs WItem 1. Clyde Weber
Item 2. Winter killing
Item 3. Winter rye in corn stalks, 1922
Item 4. Winter wheat in corn stalks, 1922
Item 5. Winter wheat killed on sudan stubble, 1922
Item 6. Cyrus Wolfenden Ranch, Cherry County
Item 7. Cyrus Wolfenden Ranch, Boardman Valley, Cherry
County
Item 8. Cyrus Wolfenden Ranch, Boardman Valley, Cherry
County
Item 9. Cyrus Wolfenden Ranch, mixed meadow, Cherry
County
Item 10. P.H. Young, clover broadcast in native meadow, 1924
Item 11. P.H. Young, native hay quadrat, 1947
Item 12. Henry Wood, effects of phosphorus on growth of clover, Ewing,
Nebraska, 1954
Item 13. Henry Wood, red clover drilled in native meadow with and
without phosphate, Ewing, Nebraska, 1953
Item 14. Henry Wood, clover broadcast, Ewing, Nebraska, 1947
Item 15. Henry Wood, clover broadcast, Ewing, Nebraska, 1947
Item 16. Unidentified
Item 17. Unidentified
Item 18. Unidentified
Box 1. Folder 11. Negatives
Box 1. Folder 12. Negatives
Box 1. Folder 13. Newspaper clippings, research notes, 1942-1957
Related Material and Resources: Information for Brouse's biography comes from the resume located in RG 52-01-01
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