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The Effect Of Rapid Growth With Fattening Upon Lactation In Cattle And Rats, Thomas Ray Spann

Masters Theses

A number of investigations have been made concerning the plane of nutrition just prior to parturition and during lactation and its effect on milk production, but very little work has been done to determine the effect of rapid growth with fattening on milk production in subsequent lactations. Such information is particularly pertinent for determining the most economical means of raising dairy heifers. Fattening or very rapid growth of dairy cattle would be a wasteful practice unless it resulted in lactation benefits. Common observation of dairy husbandmen has been that fat heifers seldom develop into high milk producers. This failure to …

The Influence Of Procaine Penicillin G And 3-Nitro-4-Hydroxy-Phenylarsonic Acid Upon Broilers, Fred Russell Tarver

Masters Theses

The growth of the poultry industry during the past decade has been phenomenal. Competition has decreased the margin of income between cost of producing broilers and the sales price. Increased efficiency of production has become paramount throughout the industry. As over 60 percent of the total cost of producing broilers is feed cost, considerable attention has been directed toward dietary growth promoting substances.

The use of antibiotics and arsenicals in supplementing broiler rations has been investigated by numerous workers. Some of these investigators reported that antibiotics aided in obtaining a quality broiler; whereas, others have been unable to give conclusive …

The Cuban Land Tenure Laws And Some Of Their Economic Effects Upon Sugar Production, Gregorio Alfaro A.

Masters Theses

Farm tenure is found among the more interesting areas of study in Land Economics. During the first half of the present century, many agricultural economists have been attracted toward this discipline. Particularly in the more advanced nations, considerable progress has been achieved by the use of better public policies in the development of the bundle of rights included and given by society to the tiller of the soil.

Farm tenure has particular importance in all those areas where agriculture is the largest and more important industry. In the Latin American countries, the more important enterprise, even today, is agriculture. Consequently, …

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Milk Feeding, With And Without Rumen Inoculation, Upon The Growth And Feeding Efficiency Of Dairy Calves, James Hall Williamson

Masters Theses

Milk is the most expensive ingredient of the calves’ radiation, yet it is believed that a certain amount of milk or milk solids is essential for normal growth of calves. Because of the expense of whole milk feeding, investigators have from time to time undertaken to raise calves on smaller amounts of milk than are generally recommended. In order to raise calves more economically, the usual recommendation is to feed calves lightly on milk and encourage them to consume other less expensive feeds at an early age to supplement the limited milk diet.

Milk replacements have been used quite successfully …

A Study Of Plant Distribution Patterns At A Mid-Altitude Location In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Everette H. Cooley

Masters Theses

Introduction: Travelers in the Great Smoky Mountains are often impressed by the striking contrasts between the evergreen and deciduous vegetation types exposed to view along the mountain slopes. In the springtime one can look across the valley formed by the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River, toward the north-facing slopes of Sugarland Mountain, and see the intricate mosaic pattern of the vegetation as the new leaves of the deciduous trees unfold, spreading out in a wide fan in the lower coves and extending, tongue fashion, up the mountain slopes into the high coves between lead ridges. These deciduous forest …

Determining The Need For And Making Plans For Establishing A Terminal Vocational Agricultural Program At Hiwassee Junior College, Charles W. Irons

Masters Theses

The Problem

The problem is to determine the need for, and make plans for establishing a Terminal Vocational Agricultural Program at Hiwassee Junior College.

Importance of the Study

The writer has been employed as a teacher in the agricultural program at Hiwassee Junior College since 1949. The agricultural program has been of a general nature with no clear cut objectives that have been accepted by the teacher and the administration. No study had been made to clearly show the need for the program or the kind of program it should be. The problem arose from this situation. Therefore, the writer …

Quality And Price Of Fresh Market Strawberries In West Tennessee, A. W. Woodard

Masters Theses

Tennessee strawberry producers have received an average of about three and one-half million dollars annually from strawberry sales for the past ten years. While this amount is less than one percent of the state's total crop value, strawberries rank eighth as a source of crop income. In addition to being the most widely grown truck crop, they have been in most years the most valuable crop.

Unlike most other crops, the characteristics of the strawberry make the marketing process extremely difficult. The product grade or quality as established on the farm never improves during the product's journey to the consumer. …

The Effect Of Type And Weight On The Yield Of Primal And Miscellaneous Pork Cuts, Don Allison Bowman

Masters Theses

Hogs are marketed with less emphasis on carcass value than any other class of livestock. In the past, average weight has largely determined market grade in buying and selling of laughter hogs. Dressing percentage combined with weight has largely determined the value of hogs the paker buyer. Average weight and dressing percentage do not give adequate consideration to the carcass difference among market hogs. The packer is becoming more aware of this situation. On many markets an honest attempt is being made to revamp and improve hog buying techniques.

The Standardisation and Grading Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service of …

Investigation Of The Poisoning Of Cattle Consuming Fescue Grass, Denis Cecil De Loach

Masters Theses

Experimental results and field observations in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia indicate that fescue contains a toxic agent that is detrimental to cattle of both beef and dairy breeds.

Tall fescue grass (Festuca arundinacea) has been recommended and used extensively as permanent pasture in Tennessee, Kentucky, and other states for the past several years. The acreage of fescue grass, in spite of the possible detrimental effects, is still increasing.

Observations at the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station, at Alcoa, and possibly at Calderwood, as well as correspondence with other stations, indicate that the disease now known as fescue poisoning …

World War Two Veterans Training In Memphis Veterans Institute Operated By The Board Of Education Of The Memphis City Schools, William A. Bourne

Masters Theses

The Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools established Memphis Veterans Institute in September, 1945, for the purpose of providing training facilities for World War Two veterans. The Board recognized the possible problems with which the school system might be confronted should an attempt be made to enroll a large number of veterans in its regular school system. The writer records, in this thesis, the results of a study of the training of World War Two veterans in Memphis Veterans Institute operated by the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools in Memphis, Tennessee. The study covers legislation …

The Effect Of Steriod Hormones On The Rate Of Gain And Feed Utilization In Lambs, Calvin Lawrence Cannon

Masters Theses

In Tennessee, approximately 80 per cent of the income from sheep comes from the sale of fat spring lambs. These lambs are usually marketed during the period from April through June at a weight of 80 to 100 pounds. Light weight and/or under-finished lambs usually sell at marked discount. During the latter part of the season a considerable number of such lambs are marketed. During the 1953 marketing season, approximately 16 per cent of 17,350 lambs, sold through organized lamb pools in the state, graded utility or lower. The prime, choice and good lambs returned an average of $13.21, $10.88 …

A Study To Evaluate And Improve The Adult Farmer Program In The Morris Chapel Community, Robert Allen Phillips

Masters Theses

The problem was to evaluate and improve the adult farmer program in vocational agriculture in the Morris Chapel Community.

The problem was divided into sub-problems in order that a more thorough study be made. The sub-problems were:

1. What the program should be

2. The program in 1952-1953

3. The revised program for 1953-1954

4. Revision of what the program should be

5. Plans for the revised program for 1954-1955

Surveys were made on thirty-three fanne in the community in 1953. Information obtained from these surveys was used in determining the farming situation.¹

Many conversations were held with teachers who …

Land Tenure Problems In Iran, Mohamad Ali M Rejali

Masters Theses

The term land tenure indicates all those rights given to an individual for operating his property. It explains the manner in which holding is to be exploited, used and enjoyed. It involves control over land resources. It includes all laws and regulations concerned with ownership and management of land.

Land tenure problem plays a great role in social, economic, and political condition of many countries, especially those having a high percentage of their population in agricultural production. This problem has a direct relation to the development of a solid and stable foundation for peace in all Asiatic countries. Security of …

Farm Mechanics In Vocational Agriculture In The Saltillo High School, Henry L. Davis

Masters Theses

The problem was to determine the needs of all-day boys and adult farmers in specific areas of farm mechanics and develop a program of work in the vocational agriculture departments of Saltillo High School to meet these needs.

The problem was divided into sub problems in order that a more thorough study might be made. The sub problems were:

1. To develop a procedure for determining farm mechanic needs

2. To determine the farm mechanic needs of the adult and all-day students of the Saltillo Community

3. To plan the program in farm mechanics for 1954-1953

The writer feels that …

Evaluation Of Adult Education In Vocational Agriculture During 1952-53, Louis C. Taylor

Masters Theses

General Introduction

The Smith-Hughes Act that originally introduced vocational agriculture in 1917 contains the statement "that the controlling purpose of such education shall be to fit for useful employment; that such education shall be of less than college grade be designated to meet the needs of persons ever fourteen years of age have entered upon or who are preparing to enter upon the work the fans or of the farm home." This provides the basis for acceptance by any teachers of vocational agriculture that teaching adults is part of their jobs.

In Tennessee, interest has increased greatly in recent years …

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Spelling And Articulation, Richard Errol Ham

Masters Theses

The Background of the Problem

Review of the Literature

The educational importance of speech problems.

There are a number of justification for the existence of speech therapy in the public schools, and some of them have often been expressed in terms of the educational handicap presented by the children with speech defects. Spelling, reading, writing, and speaking often seem to be directly affected by a speech defect. Non-verbal subjects (geography, mathematics, etc.,) can also be affected because they frequently require written reports and oral recitations. In school, the children with speech defects are said to exhibit an overall retardation. Van …

A Study Of The Summer Recreation Program Administered By The Portage Township Park Board, Nina Piper Boyd

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Training And Experience Of High School Football Coaches In Minnesota, Roy G. Walters

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Myrtle Heege Community Center In The Recreation Program Of Kalamazoo, Fletcher S. Cooper

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Six Semester Courses In Graphic Arts, Glen D. Moerdyk

Masters Theses

Chapter 1

Introduction

A Six Semester Course in the Graphic is the result of felt needs on the part of the author as a result of his three years of teaching in the area and three previous years of practical experience. These needs are to illuminate or minimize the monotonous routine of compose, proof, and distribute foundry type in the traditional printing course; to get a tangible, usable, finished project in the hands of students; to put more practical and new learning experiences into the curriculum to meet the demands for those wishing more work in the area; and to …

Studies Of Mild Lipase, Hugh Oliver Jaynes

Masters Theses

The processes involved in Cheddar cheese ripening are a mystery into which light is slowly being cast. It is generally accepted that raw milk cheese is ripened by enzymes native to the cheese milk and by microorganisms accidentally or purposely incorporated into the cheese. Pasteurization of milk for cheesemaking is a practice coming into wide acceptance and certainly has its merits. But the heat treatment of pasteurization inactivates many desirable microorganisms and destroys milk enzymes which could be important in cheese ripening. Pasteurized milk cheese could be made equal to the finest raw milk cheese if the agents responsible for …

Program Planning In Vocational Agriculture In Tennessee, James Robert Warmbrod

Masters Theses

The problem was (1) to determine the status of, (2) to propose outlines that could be used as guides in, and (3) to propose methods of planning annual and long-time programs of work in Tennessee.

Answers to the following questions were sought in determining the status of planning in vocational agriculture in Tennessee:

1. How many teachers of vocational agriculture in Tennessee submit annual and long-time programs of work to district supervisors?

2. Why do teachers plan programs of work?

3. Why do some teachers not plan programs of work?

4. What persons are involved in the planning of the …

The Effects Of Different Levels Of Flourine Intake On Digestibility And Mineral Balance In Beef Cows, George Douglas Plumlee

Masters Theses

Fluorine as a factor in livestock feeding has received much attention. More recent problems in fluorine toxicity have arisen in the vicinity of plants processing phosphite fertilizer and aluminum.In these areas fluorine may be emitted from the processing operation and settle on vegetation. Farm animals consuming vegetation containing large amounts of fluorine may develop fluorosis. When these experiments were first being designed to study the effects of controlled fluoride feeding, the problem arose as to the source and form fluoride to be used. Raw rock phosphate, calcium fluoride, cryolite, and sodium fluoride are some of the compounds that have been …

Vegetation Of The Grassy Balds Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Vernon Collis Gilbert

Masters Theses

On the tops of many mountains in the Southern Appalachians are areas which are essentially treeless and which are called "balds." These balds are of two general types, "heath balds" and "grassy balds." The heath balds are largely made up of woody ericaceous species, while the grassy balds are dominated by herbaceous species. This study is concerned with the grassy balds.

The problem of the origin of these grassy balds has long been of interest, and a great deal has been written about the general topic. In this thesis a review is made of the views and theories that have …

The Use Of Aluminum Sulfate Hydrate In The Alleviation Of The Effects Of Abnormally Increased Levels Of Fluorine Ingested By Cattle And Sheep, Harmon E. Galey

Masters Theses

The purpose of these experiments was to study the effectiveness of aluminum sulfate hydrate in reducing the harmful effects of excessive amounts of fluorine being ingested by cattle and sheep. Various phases of these experiments included the effects on:

1. Feed consumption.

2. Weight gains.

3. The ability of cattle to digest crude fiber, crude protein, ether extract, and nitrogen-free extract.

4. Metabolic balance of fluorine, calcium, phosphorus, and nitrogen in cattle.

5. Reproduction and performance of calves and lambs.

6. Storage of fluorine in the bones.

7. Teeth.

The experiment with cattle is in progress at this time and …

Prediction Accuracy Evaluation Of Five Soil Test Methods, William D. Bishop

Masters Theses

How much fertilizer should farmers use to produce economical crop yields? Crop response to fertilization is one of the important factors to be considered in arriving at the answer. Farmers look to agricultural scientists to supply this information. The expense and the time of running field experiments make it desirable to employ other less expensive and less time-consuming methods for predicting crop response to fertilizer applications. To supplement field fertilizer experiments, scientists have developed rapid chemical tests for the purpose of supplying farmers needed information about the fertility levels of their soils. The chemical tests are used to predict crop …

Effect Of Potassium Fertilization On Yield, Lodging, And Mineral Composition Of Corn Inbreds And Single Crosses, Wilburn Curtis Brummitt

Masters Theses

This study was desired to determine if different single crosses and inbreds of corn, Zea mays, reacted differently to potassium fertilization as related to yield, degree of lodging, and cation content of their loaf tissue.

One plant function of potassium has been related to carbohydrate synthesis, another to translocation. Both processes contribute to yield and to resistance to lodging.

Plants differ in total potassium requirements and in ability to obtain this potassium from the soil. Some of these differences between plants seem to be related to total potassium requirements of the species, feeding power of the plant roots, and the …

Re-Examination Of Rural Cooperative Credit Association In Thailand, Chune Sopochna

Masters Theses

Purpose of Study

Postwar changes in the structure and practices of Thailand Agriculture have been significant. The financial requirement of the farmers has expanded rapidly in recent years, much like the increases experienced in other sectors of the national economy. Farmers are in need of added capital to clear land, improve efficiency, mechanize and make other improvements in order to increase production and compete more effectively in fulfilling their role in the economy.

It is believed Thai farmers are lacking in available credit institutions to provide needed capital funds. The cooperative credit association is one of the favorite sources that …

An Analysis Of Selected History Tests Prepared For Use In The High School, Charles E. Reed

Masters Theses

The Problem and Its Background

The Scientific Movement in Education

It is a well-known fact that for several decades educators have been trying to place the educational profession on as scientific a basis as possible.¹ One outgrowth of this effort has been the “educational measurement movement.” This movement has involved widespread attempts to use objective techniques in solving educational problems, objective measures in obtaining educational data, and to use the data thus obtained as a basis for organizing educational plans and procedures. The importance attached to this trend has led, in some cases, to an undue, and occasionally, distorted …

A Study Of Reaction Time As A Test For Validity Of Personality Questionnaires, William Mccague Shearer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.