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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 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 ...
Relation of the glochidium of fresh-water mussels to the tissues of the host
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
The present study, which has been made in connection with the investigations now being carried on at the University of Missouri for the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries on the artificial propagation of fresh water mussels, was ...
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 ...
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 ...
The effects of various planes of nutrition upon the cost of maintenance, reproduction, and development of beef cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The frequency with which valuable animals reproduce themselves has always been a factor of economic importance in the pure bred cattle business. Great economic changes during the last few years have made this an important ...
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 ...
A study of the treatment of the intestinal parasites of swine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
Parasitic infestation of the intestines is one of the most serious and wide spread diseases of swine. With the exception of cholera there is probably no other one disease causing greater loss to hog owners. Parasitism, ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Food nutrients required for maintenance of brood sows and for growth of pigs to weaning time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
A great many experiments have been carried on with swine, which have determined the amount of feed necessary and the cost to produce a pound of gain during periods of fattening, with various kinds and combinations of ...
Corn preparation for fattening lambs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The question of the advisability of grinding grain for farm animals is one which is causing a great deal of discussion at the present time. Theoretically it would be expected that any preparation of a feed, for any class ...
Age as a factor in animal breeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
The experiment furnishing the basis for this discussion was begun in 1909 by Director F.B. Mumford and has since been continued under his general direction. Swine were used in the experiment since they probably lend ...
Silage as a part ration for horses and mules or various ages under varying conditions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page 174: This was an initial effort to feed silage as a part ration to horses and mules of various ages and under varying conditions at the Missouri Experiment Station. The data in the 1915-1916 tests are not ...
A study of bloodlines which have produced 2:10 trotters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page iii: The data reported in this thesis are the results of a study of the bloodlines which have been most prominent in the production of individuals of extreme speed. As a basis for this extreme speed, those ...
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 ...
The relation of type and conformation to production in dairy cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from introduction: "The object of this investigation is to determine so far as possible how much importance should be attached to form and type in the selection of dairy cows and to what extent type may be expressed ...
The ethology of the Arizona Chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus tumidus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The study of animal behavior has erroneously been described as the newest branch of the zoological sciences. In reality the study of behavior began with man's initial observations of the animals around him since his ...
In vitro digestibility of cellulose and chemical composition of preferred foods of Missouri white-tailed deer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
"The white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, is one of the very few wild animals that has benefitted from man's exploitation of North America. Lumbering and agriculture have increased deer range and numbers until today ...