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Age as a factor in animal breeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
Many breeders believe in the evil effect of early reproduction. It is said that early marriage has led to the degeneracy of many nations. The domestic animals are national assets and their preservation, like the conservatives ...
The anatomical effect of certain drugs on the purkinje cells of the cerebellum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
The purpose of this series of experiments is to determine if certain drugs produce structural changes in the higher brain cells, of which the Purkinje cell is taken as a type. It is known from physiological experiments and ...
Antalgol variable ST Ophiuchi (52.1907)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
The variability of ST Ophiuchi was discovered at Harvard from an examination of31 photographs taken during the interval 1893-1904. Professor Pickering announced that the light variation was short duration, evidently about ...
Hamilton R. Gamble and the provisional government of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
In order to present an intelligible account of the necessity of a Provisional Government in Missouri; and the policies, actions, and results of such a government, it will be necessary to devote attention, to the political ...
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 ...
Elementary agriculture for city high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The experience of teaching Agriculture in the high school for a number of years has impressed upon the writer the need of a more careful selection of material than is indicated by most of the text book in Elementary ...
An investigation of farm or dairy buttermaking : dissertation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
Butter is one of the oldest articles of diet which is being manufactured today. Hayward, in collecting data concerning the history of butter, found it mentioned in the Vedas - written 2,000 to 1,400 B. C. Its importance ...
Experiments with silos and silage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
It is claimed that the first silo in the United States was built in Michigan in 1875. However it is only recently that their use has become general. For a long time they were considered of value only to dairymen but within ...
A histological study of the marsupium of the unionidae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
In connection with the extensive investigation of the Unionidae which has been conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries for the past four years, with a view to determining the feasibility of artificial propagation of the mussel ...
To what extent does a steer grow during process of fattening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
Three steers, numbered 18, 121, and 48, were chosen from the group of regular maintenance steers, on an experiment at the University of Missouri to find out the uses to which an animal puts its food.
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 ...
Influence of characters of ear and kernel upon the germination of maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
A great amount of literature has been published upon the selection of types of seed corn which will produce the best yield of grain. It is the general opinion of most agriculturists that there are certain physical and ...
Horace's attitude toward the orientalization of Rome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
It has ever been the history of empire-development that nations face the West. Babylon, snugly esconced in the fertile Tigro-Euphrates valley, subdued its eastern neighbor, the Elamites, rose to power in wealth and court ...
Alliteration in the hexameter books of Lucilius
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
It is very evident (1) that Lucilius used the device of alliteration, (2) that he used it very freely, and (3) that he must have used it purposely. In general, his alliteration means nothing, though occasionally it does ...
Horace as a nature poet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
In order to be called a true poet of nature, one must possess a deep appreciation and love for the natural world, and the ability to express this feeling in beautiful and appropriate verse. The men who have attained fame ...
Contribution toward the chemical compostition of the crystalline rocks of south-east Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The study of the chemical composition of the crystalline rocks of South-East Missouri was undertaken a few years ago by Prof. J.A. Gibson. Prof. Gibson, assisted by Mr. W.J. Bray, collected several samples of granites near ...
Relation of the physical structure of the fruit bud of the peach to hardiness.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship of the structure of fruit buds of the peach to hardiness, and, to add to the general knowledge regarding death of plant tissue resulting from exposure to low ...
Religion of Tibullus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
Tibullus is generally considered a poet sincere and devout in his religion; for he is constantly invoking the presence of the divinities, vowing sacrifice to them, and dwelling upon their beneficence to mankind. It is 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 ...
Some word-grouping in Lucan's Pharsalia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
The first century after Christ, known as the Silver Age of Roman Literature, was marked by a brutal despotism, which stifled all independent intellectual life. Affectation and hypocrisy were the result of the embargo laid ...