Browsing College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Mumford, F. B. (Frederick Blackmar), 1868-1947"
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The effect of early pregnancy and lactation on the growth of young breeding animals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)The purpose of the investigation described in this thesis was to determine the effects of early breeding in swine. If breeding immature animals results in evil consequences, these bad results should be observed in one or ... -
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 ... -
Steer feeding : wintering yearling and two year old steers, residual effect of wintering rations on rate and economy of subsequent gains, influence of age on rate and economy of gains
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)It seems that, where an abundance of cheap roughage and good pasture is obtainable, the present custom of buying stocker and feeder cattle in the fall and wintering on cheap maintenance rations, in order to secure maximum ... -
The value of in-breeding in the improvement of the domestic animals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)In this paper I shall take the stand of a neutral, and all literature and available material of value upon the subject both for and against, will be studied with a view of determining our present knowledge of in-breeding ...