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Maplewood Barn Theatre book
(1974-04)
The concept of Arts in the Parks is not new in the United States. The provision of natural and manmade theatres and amphitheatres in major American
cities has been actively in process from the late Nineteenth Century. ...
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 ...
Life histories of two little known parasites of the apple and pear
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
The Sooty Blotch is a very common fungus upon the fruit of the apple and pear. It was first reported by Schweinitz in 1831 from Pennsylvania. Since then it has been reported from all parts of the United States and Europe. ...
Temperature as a factor modifying the toxic action of certain chemicals on the germination and development of a few fungi
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
The purpose of the experiments, the results of which are presented in this paper, was to determine what might be the modifying effect of temperature on the toxic properties of certain chemicals as shown by the effect of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 experiments on the toxicity of various chemicals to monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
The influence of the mineral nutrients upon growth has been the subject of much investigation. It has been found that certain of these are absolutely necessary to all life. Nevertheless, most, if not all, of the chemical ...
Physical characteristics and chemical constitution of human milk fat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
In this paper will be given the physical characteristics and physical and chemical constants of the fat from human milk and as many quantitative estimations as can be calculated from the constants thus obtained, with its ...
The removal of lime from the ash of cow feces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
While employed in the Government Dairy Research Laboratories at Columbia, Missouri, the writer had occasion to conduct the analytical work in a mineral nutrition experiment conducted on dairy cattle. The principal constituent ...
A study of the variations in chemical composition of the timothy and wheat plants during growth and ripening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
Regarding previous investigations carried out on the chemical composition of timothy and wheat plants, very little work has been made upon wheat roots, no report has been made upon timothy bulbs and no separation has been ...
Horse flesh and its digestibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
The use of horse flesh as a human food is a custom as old as that of using the flesh of any other food producing animal. Proof of its use by the cave men has been unearthed in Northern Europe by archaeologists. Judging ...
A study of the chemical composition of steers on different planes of nutrition and of the relative cost of maintenance and growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
This thesis describes the methods and results of an experiment carried out by the author to discover what affect diet has on the composition of beef cattle.
A study of conformation and the correlation of parts in ears of maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
Volume upon volume has been written and page after page of statistical material has been compiled in regard to the yield of corn, the various varieties, the many soil requirements and the fertilizing problems. Notwithstanding ...
Study of difficult churning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
There is at the present time a lack of definite knowledge as to why cream, at certain times, fails to give up its fat in the form of butter. This trouble occurs most commonly where only one or two cows are kept, the usual ...