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The Development And Testing Of A Fire Simulator Exercise, Don A. Clymer
The Development And Testing Of A Fire Simulator Exercise, Don A. Clymer
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A forest fire simulation exercise was developed for the purpose of supplementing forest fire instruction, presenting students with decision-making situations encountered on forest fires, and introducing them to the fire simulator at Stephen F. Austin State University. The final exercise was developed after preliminary work and development of a more simple exercise. The problems with equipment, recruitment of simulator personnel, and the development and execution of the simulator exercises are discussed. Scheduling adequate time for practice, and providing adequate personnel training were found to be the major obstacles in simulator use. Future fire simulator use at SFA will be dependent …
The Effect Of Level Of Dietary Protein On The Growth And Carcass Characteristics Of Growing-Finishing Swine Fed To A Heavy Weight, Keith E. Gilster
The Effect Of Level Of Dietary Protein On The Growth And Carcass Characteristics Of Growing-Finishing Swine Fed To A Heavy Weight, Keith E. Gilster
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Two hundred sixteen crossbred barrows and 96 crossbred gilts were used in a series of three experiments to determine the effect of dietary protein level during three different growth periods on growth am quantitative and qualitative carcass traits of the growing-finishing pig. Pigs were fed from approximately 20 to 113 kilograms. Corn-soybean meal diets fortified with recommended levels of vitamins, minerals and an antibiotic were fed. Pigs fed 20, 18 or 16% protein diets from weights of 20 to 45 kg gained both significantly faster and more efficiently than pigs fed diets of 12% protein. Feeding a low (12%) protein …
The Biology Of Geomylichus Gaomydis N. Sp. (Acari: Listrophoridae) From The Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys B. Bursarius (Shaw), Charles Campbell Coffman
The Biology Of Geomylichus Gaomydis N. Sp. (Acari: Listrophoridae) From The Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys B. Bursarius (Shaw), Charles Campbell Coffman
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Geomylichus geomydis n. sp. is an obligate ectoparasite and associated with it on Geomys b. bursarius were large numbers of four other major ectoparasite species and small numbers of eight miscellaneous acarine taxa. Descriptions and measurements of life cycle stages of Geomylichus geomydis n. sp. are given. Geographical and host distribution records are also included. Seasonal population numbers of Geomylichus geomydis n. sp. and the other four major ectoparasite species were analyzed. Infestation rates for G. geomydis n. sp. were determined for seasons of the year and sexes and ages of the host. A least-squares analysis of variance was used …
Physiological Regulation Of Cyclic Flowering In Flax, Aurora Salazar Hovland
Physiological Regulation Of Cyclic Flowering In Flax, Aurora Salazar Hovland
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The flowering pattern of flax (Linum usitatissimum, L.) is cyclic in nature with periods of blossoming separated by periods of rest. To study the regulation of flowering cycles, four experiments were conducted. The first two dealt with nutritional aspects of cyclic flowering by imposing environmental stresses which conceivably might regulate flowering pattern nutritionally. The third and fourth experiments dealt with regulation from hormonal systems and included in vitro regulation of bud growth by growth regulators as well as characterization of endogenous hormonal systems by fluorimetry and bioassays. In the first experiment, the effects of light intensity, temperature, nitrogen and defoliation …
Tolerance Studies To Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus In Winter And Spring Wheats, Fazal Rahman
Tolerance Studies To Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus In Winter And Spring Wheats, Fazal Rahman
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Thirty-five winter and fourteen spring wheat varieties were evaluated for their reaction to wheat streak mosaic virus during 1969-1970 and 1970-1971. Plants were mechanically inoculated and the effects of virus were measured, relative to the control plots, in regards to seed yield, protein percentage, plant height, test weight, 1000-seed weight, number of tillers per plant, number of heads per tiller, number of seeds per head, and number of plants in the 2-foot subplot. Varieties were compared visually for their susceptibility to the virus in terms of percentage infection and severity of symptoms. Seed yield, plant height, test weight, 1000-seed weight, …
Nitrate Movement In Freezing Or Frozen Soils, Donald G. Moore
Nitrate Movement In Freezing Or Frozen Soils, Donald G. Moore
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Nitrate movement in freezing and frozen soils was studied in both disturbed and undisturbed soils by laboratory and field investigations. Thermoelectric cooling plates were placed in insulated freezing boxes. Soil cores placed in the freezing boxes were stored, frozen, or thawed at a specific temperature or temperature gradient. Field plots and soils columns reset into the field environment were used to observe migration of either fall- or winter-applied nitrate. Movement of surface applied nitrate was caused by passage of a freezing front through either saturated or unsaturated sand or saturated Vienna loam. The nitrate movement due to freezing was greater …
Carboxymethylcellulose As A Carrier For Follicle Stimulating Hormone In The Female Rat And Bovine, C. Leroy Johnson
Carboxymethylcellulose As A Carrier For Follicle Stimulating Hormone In The Female Rat And Bovine, C. Leroy Johnson
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A series of biological assays were conducted to compare physiological saline (PSS) and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) as carriers for follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and to determine the optimum ratio of FSH to CMC. Constant individual dosages of 0.5 mg FSH were injected into a total of 384 immature female rats in four experiments. Treatments included single injections of FSH in PSS, FSH in 1 percent CMC at ratios (mg FSH: ml CMC) OF 1:3, 1:2, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 5:1 and FSH in 2 percent CMC at a ratio of 1:1. Parameters of primary and secondary response were ovarian and uterine weight, …
The Effect Of Allopurinol (4-Hydroxypyrazolo(3,4-D) Pyrimidine) On Uric Acrid Metabolism In Differential Grasshoppers (Melanoplus Differentialis) And Armyworms (Pseudoletia Unipuncta), Henry C. Schroeder, Jr.
The Effect Of Allopurinol (4-Hydroxypyrazolo(3,4-D) Pyrimidine) On Uric Acrid Metabolism In Differential Grasshoppers (Melanoplus Differentialis) And Armyworms (Pseudoletia Unipuncta), Henry C. Schroeder, Jr.
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Allopurinol, a potent inhibitor of xanthine oxidase in humans, was incorporated in the diets of differential grasshopper nymphs and adults and armyworm larvae. Uric acid contents of whole body homogenates decreased by highly significant rates. Feces uric acid decreased by highly significant rates in grasshopper nymphs and adults. Allopurinol also caused highly significant increases in mortality and inhibition of metamorphosis in study insects. These effects were not reversible by the addition of purine and pyrimidine bases, inosine, oxypurines, or uric acid. The effects were reversed by discontinuing application of allopurinol. Crude xanthine oxidase, assayed by measuring the reduction of NAD …
The Role Of Rainfall Impact And Surface Flow In Soil Detachment And Transport, Robert Alan Young
The Role Of Rainfall Impact And Surface Flow In Soil Detachment And Transport, Robert Alan Young
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Soil erosion caused by rainfall is a very complex physical process. To evaluate the mechanism of erosion so that an assessment can be made of the extent to which it may be controlled necessarily begins with an understanding of the basic fundamental factors involved. The purpose of this study involves the development of an insight of the relative importance of the roles played by various contributors to the erosion process. Particular emphasis is placed on the contribution of rainfall detached soil to total soil loss. Three soil types, Barnes loam, Crofton silt loam and Central sandy loam, were prepared with …
Evidence For The Presence Of Two Nucleases In Barley Tissue And The Influence Of Genotype On Their Properties, Clay G. Johnson
Evidence For The Presence Of Two Nucleases In Barley Tissue And The Influence Of Genotype On Their Properties, Clay G. Johnson
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Several lines of evidence have shown that genetic variability exists within the barley species (Hordeum vulgare L.) with respect to the kinetics and specificity of yeast ribonucleic acid degradation. Initial efforts demonstrated that ribonuclease (RNase), in the crude soluble protein fraction from the cultivar Dicktoo, was inhibited by KC1 and phosphate. RNase activity was enhanced if heated to 60 C for short periods. In contrast, RNase in the crude soluble protein of the cultivar Tennessee Winter showed no altered response by either KC1 or phosphate. Maximal RNase activity was at pH 5.0 for extracts of both cultivars (0.16 M KC1), …
Recognizability And Reproducibility Of Airphoto Interpreted Landscape Units, Robert Dean Heil
Recognizability And Reproducibility Of Airphoto Interpreted Landscape Units, Robert Dean Heil
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A physiographic terrain analysis study using the principles of airphoto interpretation was made: (1) to determine the internal homogeneity of airphoto interpreted mapping units, (2) to determine the variability in characteristics among different occurrences of the same mapping unit, and (3) to determine if the units differentiated were sufficiently different to warrant discrimination. The study was conducted in Sedgewick County, Colorado. The study area was comprised of four distinctly different land forms [sic]: a major river and its associated floodplain and terraces; a level to nearly level loamy upland plain; a level to sloping sandy upland plain; and steeply sloping, …
Bionomics Of Mallophaga Of Sharp-Tailed Grouse In South Dakota, Major L. Boddicker
Bionomics Of Mallophaga Of Sharp-Tailed Grouse In South Dakota, Major L. Boddicker
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The ecologies of chewing lice (Insecta:Mallophaga) which parasitize sharp-tailed grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, were studied in southwestern South Dakota from 1964 to 1967. Five hundred twenty-eight hens, cocks and chicks were collected and examined for louse damage. Louse populations were monitored each month from December, 1964, to September, 1967. Five louse species which infested grouse in the study area were Goniodes nebraskensis Carriker, Amyrsidea megalosoma Overgaard, Lagopoecus perplexus Kellogg and Chapman, Goniocotes chrysocephalus and Lipeurus maculosis Clay. Goniodes nebraskensis fed on feather parts and skin debris and was found to have seasonally fluctuating populations. Cocks carried peak populations of 250 lice/host …
Estimation Of N Availability And No3-N Movement In Soils, Raymond Charles Ward
Estimation Of N Availability And No3-N Movement In Soils, Raymond Charles Ward
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Objectives of this study were: (a) to evaluate several N soil tests that are used to estimate soil N availability, and (b) to measure the distribution of inorganic N in the soil profile after an application of fertilizer N. Small grain yield response from an application of 17, 34, or 67 kg N/ha was used as the parameter of N availability. These parameters were related to 23 independent variables by use of a step wise multiple regression program. Nitrogen soil tests and climatic factors (rainfall and temperature) were the independent variables involved in the analysis. Nitrogen soil tests included were …
The Effects Of Chlorpropamide In Diets Of Gravid Gilts On Embryo Survival, Fetal Weight And Fetal And Dam Blood Sugar Levels, Duane E. Wachholz
The Effects Of Chlorpropamide In Diets Of Gravid Gilts On Embryo Survival, Fetal Weight And Fetal And Dam Blood Sugar Levels, Duane E. Wachholz
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Seventy-six primiparous, crossbred gilts averaging approximately 125 to 135 kg were used in a series of two experiments to determine the effects of chlorpropamide upon reproductive and blood criteria. The drug, fed at the rate of 1000 ppm (1816 mg per day) and 3000 ppm (5448 mg per day), was included in a 14% protein basal diet from the day following breeding until gilts were sacrificed after 60 or 95 days of gestation. The 515 fetuses collected from these gilts were used to obtain information about the effects of chlorpropamide on individual weights and blood glucose and fructose levels. Data …
An Incrementally Distributed Mathematical Model Of A Watershed, Charles Arnold Onstad
An Incrementally Distributed Mathematical Model Of A Watershed, Charles Arnold Onstad
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The utilization of distributed input parameters enables hydrologists to more adequately cope with watershed management problems. A distributed system aids in evaluating alternative solutions designed to alleviate a problem situation. As a result, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop a hydrological framework delineating the surf ace configuration of a watershed to consider parameter distribution; (2) to develop a model of hydrologic performance of a watershed using existing techniques and amenable to the physical framework; and (3) to demonstrate the versatility of the model using hypothetical data. The model versatility was demonstrated by showing the effects of different …
Amino Acid Supplementation Of Low Protein Layer Diets, Harlal Choudhury
Amino Acid Supplementation Of Low Protein Layer Diets, Harlal Choudhury
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Experiments were conducted at the South Dakota State University Poultry Research Center to study the effects of amino acid supplementation of low protein diets on performance of laying type hens. Hans, housed in 8-inch cages, were fed at 24 weeks of age typical 16% protein corn-soy diets diluted with glucose to 10.8% protein and supplemented with 0.15% DL-methionine, 0.19% L-lysine and 0.04% DL-tryptophan. After about 20 weeks of depletion, supplements of 0.05 and 0.1% DL-threonine and DL-valine and 0.1% DL-isoleucine alone and in all combinations were fed for a further period of 16 weeks using a factorial design. Individual supplements …
Sephadex G-25 And Charcoal Separation Of Mouse Growth Inhibitors In Soybeans From Trypsin Inhibitors, Larry James Tidemann
Sephadex G-25 And Charcoal Separation Of Mouse Growth Inhibitors In Soybeans From Trypsin Inhibitors, Larry James Tidemann
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Rising costs have changes man’s ideals and eating habits. Plant ingredients, because of their relatively low costs, have been increasingly used as a substitute for animal proteins. If these plant ingredients could be directly utilized by man, this would be a more efficient use of energy and nutrients. One plant source currently used in such a manner is soybeans, which is a prime source of protein for human and livestock nutrition. However, soybeans contain several factors that are detrimental to man and livestock. Heating of soybeans counteracts these factors, since the undesirable factors are heat labile. However, heat alters the …
Effects Of Manganese Chloride On Gravid Gilts And Newborn Pigs, Dale A. Wade
Effects Of Manganese Chloride On Gravid Gilts And Newborn Pigs, Dale A. Wade
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Excessive dietary manganese in young mammals has depressed hemoglobin levels, red blood cell synthesis and growth in some investigations, while in other research these were increased. Toxic levels, mode of action and specific physiological effects are unknown although manganese, cobalt and iron appear to compete for absorption mechanisms. Manganese functions in enzyme systems and in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, is present in red cells and plasma and may be incorporated into the hemoglobin molecule. Gravid gilts were utilized in these investigations since piglet anemia is an economic problem and manganese effects in swine have not been fully defined. Gilt rations …