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Federal crop insurance -- a case study in Audrain County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
insurance coverage was authorized only on wheat, beginning with the 1939 crop year. In 1941, the act was amended to include cotton. Other ammendments have since been added until in 1971, coverage was provided for 22 separate crops in 1,422 counties...
Christian tomb mosaics of late Roman, Vandalic and Byzantine Byzacena
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
Christians in North Africa in the Late Roman, Vandalic and Byzantine periods marked the tombs of loved ones with mosaics that combined epitaphs with symbols and images. This study focuses on 186 Christian tomb mosaics from ...
Trade barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
The objective of this study was to determine if there were any barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting. Barriers are obstacles associated with the structure of the market. Data compiled to determine if any barriers ...
Highway impacts on Ozark incomes and employment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
Introduction and problem review: Confronted by depressed economic and social conditions of extensive regions within the United States, the Federal Government through its various agencies is waging "war on poverty." Many plans and strategies...
Farmers' mutual insurance in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
The only form of co-operation which has been successful among the farmers of Missouri and in fact the farmers of the entire United States, is the present existing mutual insurance companies. This kind of co-operation has had an interesting...
Till-fabric analysis of the farmdale drift of northwestern Illinois
(University of Missouri., 1958)
Till-fabric analyses were made at five stations, three in Farmdale till, one in Farmdale drift too sandy and sorted to be termed till, and one in Illinoian till for comparison. Local inferrred ice-flow directions were ...
Development of manual arts instruction in cities of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "The aim of this study is to trace the development of manual arts instruction from the time when it was first suggested as a possible solution for the problem of a more practical training in school for ...
A comparison of some methods of estimating radium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
types of alpha ray electroscopes extensively used for the determination of small quantities of radium by the emanation method. The known quantities of the radium emanation required in these experiments were obtained, (1) from uraninite (Pitchblende...
Herod as a client prince of the Roman Empire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
This thesis is not primarily intended to be a collection of new material concerning Herod, but rather an interpretation of the facts already known. There are many accounts of Herod, enumerating with great detail the important ...
American relations with Mexico 1910-1917
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
"It is the purpose of this thesis to give an historical account of the international relations existing between the American and Mexican nations from 1910 to 1917." --Page 1.
The place names of four river counties in eastern Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1943)
"...In 1928 the study of Missouri place-names was started at the University of Missouri. Graduate English students interested in the history and linguistics of the names in their own state have chosen to write theses covering from some two to seven...
The middlewestern wool manufacture 1860-1914
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
Jacksonianism in Missouri : from predilection to party, 1820-1836
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1968)
A study of parametric instability of eccentrically stiffened rectangular plates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
The purpose of the investigation was to determine the onset of parametric instability for a simply-supported rectangular stiffened plate subjected to periodic in-plane loads. The static buckling and the free vibration of ...
A holographic interferometry study of an axisymmetric shock-wave/boundary-layer strong interaction flow
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
An experimental study of the axisymmetric shock-wave/ turbulent boundary-layer strong-interaction flow generated in the vicinity of a cylinder-cone intersection has been conducted. The present data are useful in the ...
The limitations of the Ricardian theory of rent : a study of static theory in relation to changing business practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
PART I. Adaptation of the theory of rent to the time of its origin. The early dominance of the landlord class -- The rise of a trading class -- The competitive theory in the natural order of Adam Smith -- The historical ...
Raman imaging of counterflow diffusion flames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1995)
Hydrogen versus air counterflow diffusion flames are studied with linewise Raman imaging system. Raman measurements are gathered over 20 second duration with high precision (2%) and high spatial resolution (160 $\mu$m). ...
Cotton seed and cotton-seed products as feeds for live stock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The purpose of this work was to get together the results of the different experiments with cotton seed and cotton seed products in order that comparisons might be made of the feeding values of the different products with ...
An optical lateral control system for vehicles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"It is evident that we will need a new mode of highway transportation within the next fifteen years. There are already 103 million vehicles (cars, trucks, and buses) on our roads; the majority of which are concentrated in ...
An analysis of record systems for farm management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)
keeping systems an evaluation of EDP record keeping was considered desirable. The Mail-In Record System sponsored by the University of Missouri was selected for detailed analysis. The specific objectives were: (1) to evaluate the Missouri Mail-In Record...