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The Life History Of Side-Oats Grama Grass And Variations In Its Growth At Hays, Kansas, When Grown From Seed Produced In Different Parts Of The Great Plains Region, Harold Hopkins
Master's Theses
This study, which covered a period of two years, was originated in order to learn more of the merits and faults of side-oats grama grass as a revegetation and soil conservation plant in the Great Plains Region. It was suggested by the fact that there is a definite need for more knowledge about the native grasses which are potential revegetation plants of the Great Plains. An attempt was made to find as many growth habits of the species as possible, and a comparison was made in the growth, development, and forage production of plants grown from seed produced in different …
The Effect Of Clipping And Weed Competition Upon The Spread Of Pasture Grass Seedlings, Cecil L. Hase
The Effect Of Clipping And Weed Competition Upon The Spread Of Pasture Grass Seedlings, Cecil L. Hase
Master's Theses
The drought of the last seven years with its disastrous dust storms has damaged vast areas of the native prairie as well as much of the cultivated land. Deficient rainfall has caused crop failures over large areas, leaving the fields without a protective covering. Due to these conditions, wind erosion started the dry, loose soil to drifting. Large amounts of the soil settled on the grassland and destroyed much of the native plant cover. Where t e native vegetation was weakened or destroyed, the soil was invaded by such weedy annuals as lambsquarter (Chenopodium sp. ) , Russian thistle (Salsola …
The Life History And Habits Of Buffalo Grass, John J. Webb
The Life History And Habits Of Buffalo Grass, John J. Webb
Master's Theses
Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides) is a dioecious, stoloniferous perennial which, with Blue Grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis), forms the short grass faciation of the Great Plains. Its range extends from Saskatchewan to Mexico in the plains area. It is exceedingly valuable as forage, both during the growing season and winter, since cured grass is relished by livestock. Its stoloniferous habits make it an aggressive plant, and give it great soil-biding properties. This species of grass has vast possibilities in revegetation practices. A study of its life-history should be of benefit to conservationists as well as to agrostologists and taxonomists. There is …
An Analysis Of Seed Production Of Native Kansas Grasses During The Drought Of 1939, Lester R. Branson
An Analysis Of Seed Production Of Native Kansas Grasses During The Drought Of 1939, Lester R. Branson
Master's Theses
The present interest in the control of soil erosion and the stabilization of agriculture has initiated a great amount of research to find suitable grasses and methods for restoring grass production. The results of these investigations have shown that the native climax grasses are best suited for reseeding in arid and semi-arid regions
A Comparative Study Of Textbooks In General Agriculture Used In Senior High Schools, Lowell O. Yasmer
A Comparative Study Of Textbooks In General Agriculture Used In Senior High Schools, Lowell O. Yasmer
Master's Theses
The specific problem of the thesis is, "A Comparative Study of Certain Textbooks in General Agriculture Used in Senior High Schools.” It is limited in that it doe s not cover all textbooks in the field of general agriculture , but only those which made a certain score or rating through the use of a device formulated for this purpose, nor was it the problem to discover which is the best textbook in agriculture but rather to make a comparative analysis of the textbooks selected. The books selected were compare d critically with each other in an effort to determine …
A Study Of The Variations In The Growth Of Blue Grama Grass From Seed Produced In Various Sections Of The Great Plains Region, Andrew Riegel
A Study Of The Variations In The Growth Of Blue Grama Grass From Seed Produced In Various Sections Of The Great Plains Region, Andrew Riegel
Master's Theses
During the past 7 years the Great Plains Region, with its "dust bowl", has been the scene of unparalleled activity in the fields of range management and erosion control. The people of this short grass area are extremely conscious of the need for a sound, practical program of conservation that will revegetate the wasted pasture and cultivated land, which will aid materially in preserving the eroding soil. Many problems have arisen as the program of conserving the soil and the vegetation has progressed.
A History Of The Changes In Population Of Certain Mammals In Western Kansas, Floyd L. Carter
A History Of The Changes In Population Of Certain Mammals In Western Kansas, Floyd L. Carter
Master's Theses
This particular study has been restricted to certain mammals in western Kansas, including some on which there is little information, and others which observers would be most likely to notice in everyday life. For several years the writer has been vitally interested in the animal life in Kansas. Therefore, when the need for a study of western Kansas mammals was presented to him in the summer of 1936, the problem of this study was selected. It is hoped that this report will suggest to ecologists, historians, and others, further studies, including reasons for the changes here-in shown. What have been …
A Study Of The Structure Of Hair As A Means Of Mammal Identification., Earl R. Oyer
A Study Of The Structure Of Hair As A Means Of Mammal Identification., Earl R. Oyer
Master's Theses
The hair of small and medium sized mammals is often found in the stomachs, feces and pellets of predators , for example in the stomachs and feces of coyotes and in the pellets regurgitated by hawks and owls. These pellets produced by hawks and owls and the feces of mammalian predators are the undigested residue of what these animals have eaten. If the hair from these sources can be identified, then much desirable information concerning the food of predators can be obtained. The purpose of this study has been to determine whether or not such identification is possible.
The Organization Of Content For Agricultural Teaching In Western Kansas High Schools, Leo Virgil Wedel
The Organization Of Content For Agricultural Teaching In Western Kansas High Schools, Leo Virgil Wedel
Master's Theses
The specific problem of this investigation pertains to, “The Organization of Content for Agricultural Teaching in Western Kansas High Schools." The study deals with the course of instruction in all high schools in the western half of the state teaching agriculture, except those teaching vocational agriculture. Schools teaching vocational agriculture are organized under the Smith-Hughes law. A school teaching agriculture organized under this law has a definitely prescribed course of study which does not apply to non-vocational schools. Thus, the necessity for the organization of a course of study for this latter type of school. This is a course that …
Studies In Breaking The Rest Period Of Grass Plants By Treatments With Potassium Thiocyante And In Stimulating Growth With Artificial Light, Harold R. Shepherd
Studies In Breaking The Rest Period Of Grass Plants By Treatments With Potassium Thiocyante And In Stimulating Growth With Artificial Light, Harold R. Shepherd
Master's Theses
There has developed a need for a practical means of artificially breaking the rest period and of stimulating the growth of grasses so that sods can be procured early in the fall before freezing weather, brought into the greenhouse, and forced early to make an abundant vegetative growth. This need suggested the study of which this paper is the report, namely to discover whether or not the rest period of native grasses can be broken by treatment with potassium thiocyanate and their growth stimulated by artificial light supplemental to winter daylight.
The Flora Of The Tasco Lake Region, Sheridan County, Kansas, Raymond W. Darland
The Flora Of The Tasco Lake Region, Sheridan County, Kansas, Raymond W. Darland
Master's Theses
It has been customary in writing theses dealing with taxonomic problems to collect data from an entire county. Having had occasion to collect botanical specimens from the Tasco Lake for work in biology at the Sheridan High School, the wealth of plant life to be found here became apparent. The area ranges from xerophytic forms on the uplands to the hydrophytic forms in the lake and marshes. Many of the latter have never been reported from Western Kansas. Collections in preserving fluid were made of the water forms found and specimens of the landforms were mounted on regulation-sized sheets properly …
Notes On The Distribution Of Amphibia And Reptilia Of Ellis County, Kansas, L. A. Brennen
Notes On The Distribution Of Amphibia And Reptilia Of Ellis County, Kansas, L. A. Brennen
Master's Theses
Comparatively little has been done concerning the listing or recording of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Ellis County, Kansas. What records there are of the species are for the most part unpublished. Early papers dealing with Kansas herpetology are few in number. Little has been done in Ellis and the surrounding counties, so there seems to be a need for such an ecological study as has been carried out in this paper “Notes on the Distribution of Amphibia and Reptilia of Ellis County, Kansas . " The objectives kept in mind in preparing this report have been to attempt to …
An Analysis Of The Habitat Distribution Of The Fauna Of A Stream- Bank Association In Western Kansas, Olive Falls
An Analysis Of The Habitat Distribution Of The Fauna Of A Stream- Bank Association In Western Kansas, Olive Falls
Master's Theses
This present paper is chiefly concerned with the distribution of animals. The environmental and faunal conditions of Western Kansas have not been studied, and they are rapidly changing, due to human occupancy of the region. Therefore, a major object of this report is to put on record information in regard to the present vertebrate animal life in Western Kansas. Profound changes in the native conditions have already been recognized; for example, many animals have become extinct, and others are gradually vanishing. It is in the hope of contributing something of the facts of the status of the species in this …
The Botany Laboratory, S.J. Neher
The Botany Laboratory, S.J. Neher
Master's Theses
In the present work it has been my purpose to present a descriptive list of laboratory exercises in botany which is predictable and useable under the existing conditions of the average small high school of western Kansas. To be more specific these exercises may be used by a teacher without special training in botany, in a crowded curriculum, and with little laboratory equipment. Most of the apparatus needed may be improvised by the pupil, and the plants called for are common in any community in the western half of Kansas.