Browsing College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (MU) by Thesis Semester "1915"
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The best winter ration for the dairy heifer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)The increasing demand for dairy cows, and cows of greater efficiency has led to a more systematized rearing of the dairy heifer. The need of a winter ration, considering the economic price and amount of food consumed, is ... -
Cream ripening and its relation to butter flavors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)The object of the investigations reported in this thesis was to study a few of the factors affecting the quality of cream before it is churned, and the quality of the butter within a short duration of time after it is ... -
An investigation of farm land credit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)The problem of rural credit in the United States is growing rapidly in importance. Within the last few years it has attracted the attention of farmers, financiers, legislators, and city dwellers. Several commissions have ... -
Minimum protein requirements for the growth of dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)In order to reduce the feed cost as much as possible, it is of considerable importance to know the required amount of protein necessary to develop the heifer normally. To best arrive at a protein standard for dairy heifers ... -
The most favorable temperatures for the cooking of some typical foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)A search through available published material on the subject of the cooking of foods reveals for the most part only recommendations of fairly wide ranges rather than definite limits of temperature for the cooking of specified ... -
Relative influence of the sire and dam upon the inheritance of speed in standard trotting horses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)Since the study of the transmission of character began, a diversity of opinion has existed and some data have been secured upon the relative influence of sire and dam in the production of offspring. From the limited data ... -
Silage investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)More than one hundred years ago people began the practice of preserving green feed in silos. In this country the first silo above ground was built in 1875, in Michigan. From this beginning the use of the silo has spread ... -
Some correlation studies in maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)The most common method of selecting seed corn has been for many years to pick the best ears from the crib, no consideration whatever being given to the stalks on which they were borne. Within the last few years, however, ... -
A study in the marketing of perishable fruit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)The strawberry industry has been a large factor in the development of the Ozark region. Its success is dependent upon the proper solution of a great variety of problems which cannot be solved by the growers, the shipping ... -
A study of the effect of the periods of gestation and lactation upon the growth and composition of swine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)Growth is at the base of organic production. In recent years an increasing importance has been attached to its study and to the conditions affecting it. Davenport says: "The importance of the study of growth cannot be over ...