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A semi-annual econometric model of the United States feed grain-livestock economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
The forecasting performance of agricultural commodity models has been critically evaluated following the extreme agricultural commodity price fluctuations of the early and mid 1970’s. One approach to improving intermediate ...
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 ...
Microbial desugarization of native and treated egg white
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
Native egg white, lysozyme-reduced egg white, and the addition of iron, aluminum, and zinc chloride as substrates were used to study bacterial desugarization . Six bacteria were selected; Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella ...
Puns in Plautus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
A pun is commonly defined as an expression in which the use of a word in two different applications, or the use of two different words pronounced alike or nearly alike, presents an odd or ludicrous idea. But time and again ...
A study of magnesium and body fluids of the rat during cold acclimatization
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"Since magnesium has been involved in temperature studies and hibernation, the present study is an attempt to ascertain the levels of magnesium in serum and various tissues of rats exposed to cold for prolonged periods and ...
Factors affecting the growth of dairy animals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from introduction: All successful breeders are continually striving to improve the quality of their herds. The value of any dairy herd is determined to a great extent by the way in which the heifers within that herd ...
The vitamin C content of Bloomsdale spinach as affected by home canning and home cooking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1930)
"The subject of vitamins has assumed in the past years great prominence. The role which they play in nutrition is today generally recognized. Much of scientific and practical value has been learned regarding them although ...
The moods of the elegy in Greek, Latin and English poetry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1925)
"If elegy be defined as a song of mourning, an attempt to trace fits history would be a difficult task and perhaps an man must have voiced arrow for the dead. In fact, there is no ancient literature free from some form of ...
The effect of different nutritive planes upon the economy of gain and the rate of growth of young cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
This investigation was undertaken in order that something might be learned concerning: (a) the cost of maintenance of live weight in ungrown cattle; (b) the effect of a maintenance ration upon the condition of ungrown ...
Factors influencing the normal rate of growth in domestic animals and the permanency of the effect of arrested development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
As the title indicates, the investigation has for its object the determining of the factors influencing the normal rate of growth of domestic animals and the permanency of arrested development. While all these factors ...
P-V-T properties of methyl chloride at high temperatures and pressures
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1965)
"The equation of state of a gas describes the relation between the three variables pressure, volume, and temperature. Many equations have been proposed which accurately describe the p-v-T relations of real gases (3,4,5,8,18,20, ...
Microstructural and environmental effects on fretting fatigue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
One of the primary causes of premature fatigue failures is a phenomenon known as fretting. The research leading to this paper consisted of developing information regarding microstructural and environmental effects on ...
The distribution of farm labor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
It is important that a farmer know the labor requirements in the productions of the various crops and in the production of the various classes of livestock, and that he know what influence a combination of crops and stock ...
Identification of the Missouri public's perception of natural resource problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
"The question of how resources are allocated is basic to the type of economic system a country chooses. In our mixed economy we have chosen to rely on market allocation while substituting other approaches only in cases of ...
Indexes of the influence of weather on corn yields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1964)
Aggregate measures of outputs and inputs are published periodically by the Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, to help in understanding the changing economic situation. Two types of variation, systematic and ...
The Homeric and Hesiodic conception of the universe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
Abstract taken from the Introduction section of the thesis: The chief purpose of this paper is to give a full account of the Homeric and Hesiodic ideas of the different parts of the universe, the main sources of information ...
A study of the extent to which growth retarded during the early life of the beef animal can be later regained
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
This thesis describes a study carried out by the author to better understand growth retardation in calves by experimenting with feed rations.
Investigation of the unsaturated acids of cottonseed oil
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In the course of a study of the methods of analysis of cotton seed oil from linoleic acid, by means of the isolation of the acid as its bromine compound, the end product of the analysis which should have been linoleic ...
The relation of size, shape, and number of replications of plats to probable error in field experimentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Introduction: Altho large numbers of experiments that attempt to measure small variations of characteristics in variety tests or slight differences resulting from unlike soil treatments or tillage operations are conducted ...
Decision making process of African farmers : a theoretical approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
"The objectives and limitations: The objective of this dissertation is to derive an economic decision rule from the given set of underlying concepts of social organization of African societies. The small cultivator is used ...