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Natural & artificial digestion of crude fiber compared with chemical methods of estimation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In digestion trials at the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station on feeding steers in the "Use of Food" investigations it has been found that 84- 65 percent of the total feed is digested while it was observed that considerable was present...
The relation of the size of seed to the character of plant produced
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text taken from pages 1 and 2 of this thesis: During the past fifty years a number of investigators have reported results on the relative value of heavy and light or large and small seed grain. Each investigator has devised a some what different...
Structure and organization comparisons of U.S. large volume swine producers : a national survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
to be positively associated with size, such as: the proportion of incorporated farms, the proportion of specialized pig production or pig finishing units, the degree of confinement of facilities, the proportion of hogs marketed direct to the packing plant...
An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
economy, the land was taken as the basic resource in the area. The Soil Conservation Service and the University of Missouri had previously classified the soils of the state of Missouri according to their capabilities with respect to various agricultural...
Factors influencing use of split-lines of credit and internal capital rationing among PCA borrowers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
Farmers’ use of credit has been studied extensively because debt capital is an integral part of present-day agricultural financial management. However, very little is known about split-lines of credit or multiple sources of credit financing...
Silage investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
questions that do not seem to be fully and satisfactorily answered. A series of experiments were carried on by the Dairy Department of the Missouri Agricultural College during the winters of 1913-1914 and 1914-1915. The work for 1913-1914 was carried on by D...
Investigation upon the nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and ash content of three beef animals, with special study upon the forms of sulfur
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
This thesis explores the chemical composition of beef cattle, with special attention given to nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and ash content. A review of previous research is provided as well as a description of an experiment carried out...
The effect of age and condition on the mineral composition of the ash of the bovine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
and in most cases incomplete. Furthermore, a great deal of the data as presented by various investigators cannot be compared because of lack of uniformity in reporting results as well as in the selection of samples for analysis. Forbes in his bulletin on "The...
Study of the chemical composition of a full-term bovine foetus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
Attention has been frequently directed to the prenatal development of various animals, as well as of man. This embryonic development of the bovine foetus is to be the subject of special investigation by the Agricultural College of the University...
Analysis of factors influencing loan losses of production credit associations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
graduates with high level of farming experience; (2) poultry broilers, poultry layers, fruits and some specialized enterprises (the first two enterprises resulted in higher losses when the borrower did not have outside business interests to supplement his...
Horse flesh and its digestibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
The use of horse flesh as a human food is a custom as old as that of using the flesh of any other food producing animal. Proof of its use by the cave men has been unearthed in Northern Europe by archaeologists. Judging ...
Potential agricultural insecticide exposure of Indiana bats (Myotis Sodalis) in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
species (M. lucifugus, the little brown bat, and M. septentrionalis keenii, the northern long-eared bat) were collected from northern Missouri agricultural sites and from winter hibernacula in non-agricultural southern parts of the state to assess...
Minimum milk requirement for calf raising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
The dairyman is keenly interested in knowing how he can raise his calves in an economical and successful manner. This thesis reports the results of several experiments in early weaning and minimum use of milk for calf rearing, which constitute part...
Winter rations for dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
"Comparatively little experimental data are as yet available concerning these problems of raising heifers. The purpose of the author in conducting the experiments reported in this thesis was to add to the data now available regarding the wintering...
The cost of milk production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
This condition of milk prices has lead to considerable unrest in the dairy industry. State and federal experts have studied the problem, and extension and country agricultural workers, city chambers of commerce, special committes appointed...
The use of fats in cooking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
The cost of food is the all important question at the present time. Our people must be fed. The problem is to discover what available foods will give the most nutritive value at a minimum cost. When we observe that a pound ...
A study of the factors influencing the ability of the animal to digest its food
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The purpose of the digestion trials, to be discussed in this paper, was to determine the effect of various factors on the ability of the animal to digest its food. The object of these experiments is somewhat different from the great majority...
A study of the property rights constraints in US agricultural cooperatives : theory and evidence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
This research addresses the issue of efficient user-owned and controlled organizational design. Using agricultural cooperatives as an example set of user-owned and controlled institutional arrangements, the economic issue examined is the degree...
A study of types of farming in the U.S. by the farm management survey method
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
of Agricultural science. This study was made from the 1910 Census. The object sought in this investigation in farm management is to secure the elementary facts which must be utilized in organizing and conducting the business of the farm in such a way as to give...
To study the effect of pregnancy and of nursing on the maintenance requirement of mares
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
, with prevailing high prices for feed and labor. In order to secure profitable returns, the farmer must be able to adapt these principles to the special conditions that surround him. A review of literature shows that little has been done experimentally...