• Investigations of rural conditions in Boone County, Missouri, as related to the county farm adviser 

    Besse, Ralph S. (Ralph Stephen), 1887- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    The agricultural development of the past five years has established in thirty-three states of the union outside of the southern states "County Agricultural Agents" or "Farm Advisers" whose duty it is to live in the county ...
  • The relation of size, shape, and number of replications of plats to probable error in field experimentation 

    Day, James Westbay (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    Introduction: Altho large numbers of experiments that attempt to measure small variations of characteristics in variety tests or slight differences resulting from unlike soil treatments or tillage operations are conducted ...
  • The relation of the size of seed to the character of plant produced 

    Megee, Clive Raymond (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    Text taken from pages 1 and 2 of this thesis: During the past fifty years a number of investigators have reported results on the relative value of heavy and light or large and small seed grain. Each investigator has devised ...
  • Silage investigation 

    Darnell, Albert Lark (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    Abstract derived from the Introduction and Literature sections of the thesis: Ensilage as defined by Webster is the material as it appears while being put into the silo. Immediately after the material is stored it begins ...