1970-1979 Theses (MU)
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2024-03-28T09:05:49ZAn analysis of the financial structure of local farm supply cooperatives in Missouri
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An analysis of the financial structure of local farm supply cooperatives in Missouri
Gries, Gary Edwin
"Cooperative farm supply organizations are very important in Missouri’s agribusiness economy. During the period 1969-1970, farm supply cooperatives accounted for 26% of the feed, 28% of the seed, 31% of the fertilizer and lime, and 49% of the petroleum, purchased by farm operators in Missouri. Notwithstanding this importance to Missouri's agribusiness economy, farm supply cooperatives have received very little attention in empirical research dealing with the financial structure of farmer cooperatives. The Farmer Cooperative Service has published a report dealing with the financial structure of 8,522 farmer cooperatives that operated in 1962. Although this report includes Missouri farm supply cooperatives, generalizations about their financial structure cannot be made. In 1945, a study was conducted by Herman M. Haag at the University of Missouri which examined the financial results of business operations of 110 local cooperative associations from 1939 to 1942. Specifically, this study described the influence of both the size and the location of the associations on their financial results or performance. This study revealed that both size, in terms of sales volume, and location had a sharp influence on the financial success of the local association."--Introduction.
1972-01-01T00:00:00ZAn analysis of the income averaging provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1969
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An analysis of the income averaging provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1969
Bracht, James R.
"Objectives of the study: The principle objectives of this study are: (1) To trace the evolution of the income averaging law from its beginning, in 1939, to the present. (2) To explain the practical application of income averaging as it applies to a farming operation. (3) To compare, over time, the total taxes paid by electing to income average vs. not electing to income average for selected case farms. (4) To compare the selected case farms for the difference between total taxes paid over time by electing to income average vs. the taxes incurred if the same total income were received in even or gradually increasing income flows. (5) To propose recommendations to make the provisions of income averaging more equitable."--Page 4.
1975-01-01T00:00:00ZAn analysis of the induction time in the acetylene oxygen reaction
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An analysis of the induction time in the acetylene oxygen reaction
Evans, Earl Walter
"The importance of hydrocarbon combustion in flames and explosions of gases has long been recognized and hence continues to attract intensive investigation. Even though many new results are presented each year the proposed mechanisms of reaction from the initial reactants to the final products become more complicated. Although it is a relatively straightforward procedure to determine the final equilibrium state for the products formed from initially specified reactants, frequently it is the intermediate reactions and the rate at which these reactions proceed that are of importance. Chain reactions are a particular class of reactions in which chain intermediates which are neither reactants nor products in the usual sense are formed and are transient in nature. In a branching chain reaction two or more chain intermediates are formed in one reaction so that the total number of intermediate species is increasing with time. This increase with time continues until the initial source of the reactants starts depeleting or the number of intermediate species becomes large enough that the reverse reactions are significant. It has been experimentally demonstrated that the concentration of these intermediate species grows exponentially. The chain branching type of reaction is a fundamental part of the mechanism of reactions in explosions and flames and yet, in many cases the detailed mechanism is not sufficiently well understood, to enable predictions or estimates of either a basic or an applied nature to be made."--Introduction.
1971-01-01T00:00:00Z¹⁴C-DDT dynamics in a cold water model food chain
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¹⁴C-DDT dynamics in a cold water model food chain
Nevins, Michael J.
The uptake, elimination, and metabolism of ¹⁴C-DDT in a maple leaf-scud-rainbow trout food chain was investigated using gas chromato graphy, liquid scintillation, and thin-layer chromatography-autoradiography. In this modular food chain, both scud and rainbow trout accumulated more DDT from the water than from food. After adjusting for growth in the trout, scud and trout showed little elimination of residue after exposure ceased. DDT was metabolized to DDE by both organisms. The results of this study will be a baseline for comparison of the dynamics of other compounds in this model.
1978-01-01T00:00:00Z