Browsing College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (MU) by Thesis Semester "1913"
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Composition of soil as affected by different cropping systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)Among the experiments in soil fertility which are being carried out by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture is a series of plot experiments which have been in progress since 1889. There are thirty-nine plots ... -
General consideration of the calcium and phosphorus in the ration of growing cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)The object of this experiment was to compare two rations, one of high calcium and phosphorus content and the other of low calcium and phosphorus content, in their effects upon growing calves. -
The influence of breeding young swine upon the parents, the offspring and the breed
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)There is no animal contributing directly to the food supply of the people which is at the same time so generaly kept and so little understood as the pig. Nor is there one which, intimately associated as it is with their ... -
Investigation of the rest period of seeds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)In all plants, including fungi and algae, as well as higher forms, this periodicity of growth, due to season, nutrition, environment, etc., is seen. Practically all temperate zone plants exhibit a yearly periodicity. The ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The nutrients required for growth by heifers of dairy breeds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)According to the census figures there are approximately 20,000,000 cows used for dairy purposes in the United States at the present time. It is probably safe to assume that these cows are milked on the average not more ... -
A preliminary list of the rusts of Boone County
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)A complete list of the rusts of Boone County has not been published. In the year 1889 Dr. B.T. Galloway of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, published a preliminary list of the parasitic fungi of Missouri. The specimens ... -
A study of the effects of cotton seed products upon the composition of butter fat and the churnability of cream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)Practical feeders raise many objections to the feeding of cotton seed meal. In addition to various alleged evil effects on the health of animals to which no consideration will be given in this thesis, cotton seed meal has ... -
A study of the relation of type and conformation to production in dairy cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)The subject of dairy type and conformation is a question of vital importance to all breeders and students of dairy cattle. It is a well-known fact that from the standpoint of milk production there is no method of ascertaining ... -
Work stock management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)The object of this investigation is to arrive at some conclusion or determine, if possible, the most satisfactory means or methods of management of the work stock or work animals on the farms in actual operation.