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The psychology of the Negro
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from introduction: Though the term "race psychology" has been in use, for some years, the amount of scientific evidence of the existence of racial differences in mentality is very small. In America, where so many races meet and contribute...
The function of literature in secondary education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
No subject in the curriculum of the secondary school receives more attention than does literature. This was true in the days when it was to be found only in a foreign tongue and before complexity of interests had given a ...
Sex variability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
in considering very diverse aspects of the physical and psychic phenomena of human life. One of these is the greater variability of the male; this is true for almost the whole of the field we have covered, and it has social and practical consequences...
Some factors influencing the germination of corn : a thesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
One line of agricultural investigation that has been much neglected is that of determining what factors may influence the germination of corn. There has been in fact no direct work done along this line that is available ...
A study of conformation and the correlation of parts in ears of maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
Volume upon volume has been written and page after page of statistical material has been compiled in regard to the yield of corn, the various varieties, the many soil requirements and the fertilizing problems. Notwithstanding ...
The crown gall disease of the apple : a discussion of the malady in general as applied to Missouri : experiments with the disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1903)
was also uncertain. The thing of most immediate interest was to learn whether certain remedies which it was practically certain would kill any germ of fungi or bacteria, could be used without killing the trees, and if so what strength and in what...
Varietal resistance of oats to Puccinia Coronifera
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Oats grow best in a cool, rather moist climate, and are most largely produced in the North Temperate Zone. Among the leading countries in the production of this crop are the United States, European Russia, Germany, France, ...
The eclipsing binary TV cassiopeiae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
"The present discussion is based on 51 plates taken by Dr.Baker and the writer with the 5-inch camera during the period from July 1914 to October 1915. These plates where exposed about 1.5 mm. outside of focus, and were sensitomitrized and developed...
Variations and correlations in wheat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page 1: The point especially sought for in this investigation is the relation between mixed populations and pure lines of the same variety. It is desired to know whether a character is more or less variable or more or less highly...
The relation of size, shape, and number of replications of plats to probable error in field experimentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
of the methods used, the need for attention along this line becomes strikingly evident. It has been demonstrated repeatedly that even soils which possess apparent uniformity really vary a great deal. This variation is often so great as to cast doubt on a large...
The price-quality relationship of lint cotton in five local markets in southeast, Missouri, 1951-1953
(University of Missouri., 1958)
in the local market, the purpose is to resolve if this type of buying or buying based on quality gives the greatest advantage to the cotton producer. An additional purpose is to evaluate the economic significance of these practices and suggest possible...
The psychology of the Negro
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
races meet, the problem of racial differences is an important one for our educational theory and practice, as well as our social philosophy. This is especially true in our Southern States, where there are vast numbers of white and colored children...
Control of the humus supply of certain important Missouri soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
The soils of Missouri, with very few exceptions, are deficient in humus, and the continuous cropping (to corn especially) which is practiced in many parts of the state is rapidly depleting what humus there is in the soil. In many parts of the state...
The investigation of technical orthochloronitrobenzene
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
methods which are given and to determine a practical method of separation. There is no doubt that a method of this kind will be of great practical value since both of the compounds are valuable in the synthesis of many important and necessary products...
Winter rations for dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
The special object of these experiments is to compare the efficiency and economy of rations which are conducive to rapid growth with rations of such character as to admit of but limited growth.
Silage investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
More than one hundred years ago people began the practice of preserving green feed in silos. In this country the first silo above ground was built in 1875, in Michigan. From this beginning the use of the silo has spread rapidly until today it may...
The killing of plant tissue by low temperature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
The term freezing to death is applied to a very specific set of phenomena in plants. With all plant tissues, when a certain temperature is reached very shortly after thawing, it will be found that the tissue has taken on ...
The minimum protein requirement for growing dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "By minimum protein requirements of growing dairy heifers is meant the least quantity of protein in the ration which will allow normal growth to proceed. A study or investigation leading to a knowledge of the minimum amount...
Relative influence of the sire and dam upon the inheritance of speed in standard trotting horses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
Since the study of the transmission of character began, a diversity of opinion has existed and some data have been secured upon the relative influence of sire and dam in the production of offspring. From the limited data ...
Winter rations for dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from introduction: The experiment stationre ports show that it costs $70 to raise a heifer to two years old, and that 70 percent of this cost is for feed. The greater portion of this c ost is for feed when the animals ...