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Economic Crop Alternatives For Dry Farm Areas Of Northern Utah, Earnest M. Morrison, Russell V. Withers

Utah Resources Series

Dry land farming is an essential part of the economy of northern Utah. With wheat in surplus production and subsequent crop controls a serious problem has developed in the area. The State Agricultural Statistician and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee report that between thirty thousand and forty thousand acres have been taken from wheat production and are available for crops other than wheat.

Some Aspects Of Regeneration Silviculture In Spruce-Aspen Stands In Alberta, L. A. Smithers

Aspen Bibliography

Surveys of spruce-aspen stands in Northern Alberta have shown that natural regeneration of white spruce is generally a failure on areas which have been logged but not burned (Candy 1951).

The Biology Of The Utah Chub, Gila Atraria (Girard), Of Scofield Reservoir, Utah, Harold F. Olson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Utah chub is one of the most important non-game fish in Utah. It has a wide range, and occurs in every drainage in Utah. The Utah chub is not important economically as food fish nor is it of much value commercially. The sportsmen think of this species as trash and do not consider catching or consuming them. However, the Utah chub may be caught on hook and line more readily than many game species. The Utah chub in Scofield Reservoir have been caught by trolling, bait fishing and fly casting and furnish considerable sport when caught with a light …

Effects Of Gamma-Radiation On The Quality And Shelf-Life Of Certain Fruits, Diane Weber Box

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The story of the development of food preservation is as old as the story of man. Cavemen and nomadic tribesmen have little heed to food preservation. They threw away the food left when their hunger was satisfied and searched for more when famished . However, from the time men began to settle down and have permanent homes, the need for some means of retarding food spoilage has been evident.

A Study Of Delayed Gas Formation In Cheddar Cheese, Mark E. Oldham

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During recent years, the dairy industry has been aware of a defect in Cheddar cheese known as "late gas". This causes the mechanical openings to enlarge and become shiny. In Cottage cheese the defect exhibits itself in a general lowering of the grade and quality of the finished product.

Workers in the industry have related this defect to the starter culture, although contamination of milk, equipment and cultures may also be a source. They conclude that with a source of good quality milk and proper manufacturing procedures and efficient sanitation methods, the defect may persist.

Whichever source the defect stems …

An Inheritance And Linkage Study Of 19 Factor Pairs In Barley, Francis Cheney Lebaron

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Barley, during the past three decades, has been used considerably for the study of linkage groups and character inheritance. The commercial varieties are diploids, having seven pairs of chromosomes. Six linkage groups have been established. According to studies on interchange by Kramer et al. (1954), two linkage groups, formerly designated as III and VII, may be separate arms of the same chromosome. They are now generally considered as one linkage group.

Though more than two hundred characters have been investigated, less than sixty have been assigned relative positions on genetic maps. In many cases, selection for good characters is …

Resistance To And Transmission Of Witches' Broom And Comparative Yields Of Alfalfa Varieties In The Uintah Basin, Utah, David Val Glover

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Alfalfa is the most important forage crop in Utah. It is of particular importance to the Uintah Basin, Utah area where alfalfa hay and seed production are major sources of agricultural income. This crop owes much of its popularity to the fact that it will normally produce large yields of good forage on land which is unsuited to more intensive cultivation. In many cases it is impractical to advocate disease control practices which involve extra labor or expense and as a result most diseases of alfalfa, if controlled at all, are controlled by the use of resistant varieties.

During the …

Motor Truck Transportation Of Cattle In Utah, Loren H. Grover

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The beef cattle industry in Utah is of major importance in the economy of the state. In terms of cash receipts it is the largest single agricultural enterprise. In 1957 cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves amounted to $38,405,000. This figure represents approximately 70 percent of cash receipts from the sale of all meat animals. It comprises 33 percent of cash receipts from the sale of livestock and livestock products and 24 percent of total cash receipts from farm marketings (2).

The production of beef animals will continue to assume a position of importance in Utah's agriculture, …

Feeding Protein, Phosphorus And Energy Supplements To Beef Cows On Utah Desert Ranges, Robert Hyrum Olsen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Many of the beef cattle in the Great Basin area are maintained part or all of the year on rangelands. Most of those going on to desert ranges for only part of the year go on during the late fall, winter, and early spring. It is estimated that 50-60 percent of the 600,000 beef cattle grazing on range lands in Utah graze on the one-fourth million acres of desert or semi-desert sometime during the year.

The Inhibition Of Germination Caused By The Lemma And Palea On Phalaris Arundinacea Seed, Nard Vee Allen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) is adapted to low wet lands and survives flooding and periods of drought. Much of the valley bottom land of Utah is flooded during part of the year, yet some of this land is very dry late in the summer. This grass could become an important forage for Utah's valley bottom lands if stand establishment could be assured. Low germination percentages and long germination periods under field conditions often result in poor stands.

In most cases quick uniform germination is a decided advantage in establishing stands. Fall plantings have usually been more successful than …

The Selection Of Superior Alfalfa Varieties For Utah Conditions, Richard M. Taylor

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Alfalfa plays an important part in Utah's economy. It is the major forage crop and occupies approximately 40 percent of all irrigated land in the state.

During the past most of the alfalfa varietal trials have been conducted in Cache Valley, which is not representative of conditions found throughout Utah. In fact, it would be impossible to select any one location for conducting tests where all insect, disease, and climatic conditions would be represented. In view of this it was felt that an attempt should be made to conduct varietal trials at several locations to permit the selection of varieties …

The Effect Of Various Levels Of Bicarbonate, Phosphorus, And Ph On The Translocation Of Iron In Plants, Ronald Conrad Doney

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Line-induced chlorosis is a nutritional disease affecting many fruit trees, berries, ornamental shrubs, and flowers in Utah and the western United States. In fact, this disease is of wide distribution on calcareous soils throughout the world. Lime-induced chlorosis has contributed to untold economic loss and has challenged the technical ingenuity of plant and soil scientists throughout the world. As yet the exact cause of chlorosis has not been determined; consequently, no permanent cures have been found.

The first symptoms of this disease are characterized by an interveinal yellowing of younger leaves, with the veins remaining green. In more severe cases …

The Effect Of Various Chelates And Chelated Cations On The Availability Of Phosphorus To Tomato Plants, Edgar Dale Deremer

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Shortly after the discovery of the usefulness of chelating compounds by agriculturists, whereby metallic cations are supplied in available form to plants, another use was proposed. This paper is dedicated to this resulting use, namely, that certain chelates appear to have value in keeping phosphate compounds from becoming “fixed” or “tied-up” in the soil.

A Physico-Chemical Study Of Weathering Products In The Payson Soil Series, Lowell A. Douglas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A knowledge of the clay minerals in a particular soil series would aid in the characterization and classification of that soil. The physical and chemical properties of a soil are largely controlled by the properties of the clay minerals in the soil.

This thesis presents the results of a study of the weathering products in a calcareous soil, with a B horizon high in clay content, attempting to determine if the clay accumulation is a product of in situ weathering. It was decided to study soil profiles from within the Bonneville Basin, since a fair estimate of time of in …

Lethal Concentrations And Detoxification Time Of Toxaphene For Goldfish, Gambusia And Rainbow Trout, Gar W. Workman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In the past few years the Utah Fish and Game Department, as well as the fish and game departments of other states, has been spending fisheries money for fish eradication on both lakes and streams. The Utah Fish and Game Department recently suggested to the University that research be initiated on the subject of toxaphene as a fish poison. Consequently, a better insight into conditions that exist for a given water type could be developed.

A Method For Determining Proteinase Activity, Bhupendra V. Randeria

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Enzymes play a very important role during the ripening process of the cheese. Enzymes are important in producing the body, texture, and flavor of the cheese. The breakdown of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins by added enzymes into different end products during the ripening of the cheese aids the process and may reduce time. The characteristic flavors of different varieties of cheeses are influenced by enzyme action. Some enzyme like proteinases can be used to improve the body, texture, and the flavor of the cheddar cheese. Addition of these enzymes during cheddar cheese making may shorten the ripening period. In order …

Effects Of Gamma Radiation On Asparagus And Tomatoes, Arthur L. Rivers

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Since growers are generally unable to produce food the year-round, preservation of available food by the growers and processors has continued to challenge the minds of these men and their scientific cohorts. Even the consumer is subject to this problem and mist rely on those from. whoa he receives food as to its present and eventual condition. Many methods of preservation have been used such as pickling, drying, smoking, canning, and freezing. Most of these preservation methods require excessive handling and/or extensive storage facilities.

Starch Grain Characters, Amylose, And Amylo-Pectin Contents In Relation To Pollination Time And Formation Of Cotyledons In Phaseolus Lunatus L. And Phaseolus Polystachyus L., Amrik Singh Dhaliwal

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Beans are an important source of carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and vitamins for millions of vegetarians in the world, especially in Asia. The quality and harvesting time of beans depend upon the purpose for which the beans are used. For example, for canning and freezing the beans should be harvested when they are neither starchy nor watery but should be sugary. The processing industry in Asia is not highly developed. Hence, the food is usually preserved by sun drying. Sun dried beans are often consumed the year around.

Pod setting is a problem in lima beans and in various other crops. …

A Study Of Detachment Of Soil By Artificial Rainfall And Its Relation To The Dispersion Ratio And Water Stable Aggregates For Nine Utah Soils, Pundlik N. Kalbhor

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The study of soil erodibility has become of paramount interest in the last few decades. The effects of soil erosion are serious and extensive and affect nearly all people.

In general, man can do little or nothing about the geologic erosion or natural erosion in which the processes of rock weathering and soil erosion gradually wear down the earth's surface. However, human disturbance of the natural conditions of the land surface often creates accelerated erosion. Fertility of eroded soil is usually reduced measurably and crop yields are lowered considerably as erosion removes seed soil nutrients and cover crops. Loss of …

Artificial Pothole And Level Ditch Development As A Means Of Increasing Waterfowl Production, Charles H. Lacy

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The glaciated prairie pothole country of the Midwest forms a vital segment of the most important waterfowl breeding habitat in North America. Here are hatched three-quarters of all the ducks raised in the United States. During a recent seven-year period the three-state area of Minnesota and the Dakotas produced an average of 4 to 5 million ducks annually (Janzon, 1947). This wetland region which once comprised 115,000 square miles in five states had shrunk to about 56,000 square miles by 1956 (Lynch, 1956). To maintain the present rate of waterfowl production in the face of continued destruction of habitat through …

The Use Of Protease Enzymes In The Manufacture Of Cheddar Cheese, Osamu Fujiwara

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The factors governing flavor and body and texture in cheese making include the quality of the milk used, the heat treatment of the milk, the quality and quantity of the starter, the treatment during the ripening period, other biological conditions and manufacturing technics.

An Evaluation Of The Salt Tolerance Of Selected Clones Of Agropyron Elongatum, Jordan G. Smith

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Salt-affected soils make up much of the bottom-lands of the arid and semiarid areas of the western United States and are especially prevalent in irrigated regions. Such soils require special remedial measures, management practices, and salt tolerant crops if they are to have economic value.

The Effect Of Nutritional Education On The Food Habits Of High School Students, Gladys C. Hyer

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

"From the day that Adam and Eve shared an apple in the Garden of Eden, food and the partaking of food have been of infinite significance in the life of man."

There is a growing concern among nutritionists and others about the food habits of teenagers, Although the United States is considered to be the best fed nation in the world, there is an important group of our population, abut 16,000,000 teenagers, who have alarmingly poor food habits.

A Study Of The Clover Seed Chalcid Infestation Of Various Alfalfa Varieties In Utah, Reed Charles Bunker

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

One of the limiting factors associated with seed production of alfalfa and certain clovers is a small jet-black wasp commonly known as the clover seed chalcid, Bruchophagus gibbus (Boheman). In alfalfa seed producing areas this insect is often referred to as the alfalfa seed chalcid or the alfalfa seed chalcis-fly. In local areas of Utah, farmers often refer to this insect as simply "the fly."

Cultural Practices For Alfalfa Seed Production, M. W. Pedersen, George E. Bohart, M. D. Levin, William P. Nye, S. A. Taylor, J. L. Haddock

All PIRU Publications

No abstract provided.

Good Nutrition For The Family, Ethelwyn B. Wilcox

Faculty Honor Lectures

A BASIC OBJECTIVE of the Faculty Association of UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, in the words of its constitution, is to encourage intellectual growth and development of its members by sponsoring and arranging for the publication of two annual faculty lectures in the fields of (a) the biological and exact sciences, including engineering, called the Annual Faculty Honor Lecture in the Natural Sciences; and (b) the humanities and social sciences, including education and business administration, called the Annual Faculty Honor Lecture in the Humanities. The administration of the University is sympathetic with these aims and shares the cost of publishing and distributing …

A Modified Pollen Trap For Honey Bee Hives, William P. Nye

All PIRU Publications

No abstract provided.

Regenerating Aspen By Suckering In The Southwest, Merylyn M. Larson

Aspen Bibliography

Although seeding is necessary for the spread of aspen into new localities, suckering (sprouting from adventitious buds on the roots) is the chief means of reproduction in established stands. Suckering can usually be induced by reducing or eliminating the aspen overstory. ²

Growth Of Alberta White Spruce After Release From Aspen Competition, L. A. Smithers, G Ontkean

Aspen Bibliography

At the present time spruce sawtimber is the most important single commodity produced from the forests of Alberta.

Debarking Bigtooth Aspen With 2,4-D Amine Salt, R.E. Lohrey

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.