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The Impact Of Research And Development On Income And Employment In Utah, Thomas Clark Anderson
The Impact Of Research And Development On Income And Employment In Utah, Thomas Clark Anderson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Research and development (R&D) play an increasingly important role in the economy of the United States. Total expenditures for R&D during the decade of the 1950's were greater than in the entire history of the United States previous to that time. As a percent of gross national product, R&D has grown from 0.2 percent in 1921, to 0.4 to 0.6 percent in the 1930's and 1940's, and is now more than 3 percent.1
Much has been said of the impact that the growth of R&D has on the general economy. R&D had also had a significant economic and sociocultural …
Optimum Size And Location For A Northern Utah Feed Mill, Morris Duane Whitaker
Optimum Size And Location For A Northern Utah Feed Mill, Morris Duane Whitaker
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Over the years, Utah has enjoyed the advantage of having natural agricultural resources that favor the production of livestock. Sheep and beef cattle do well on the desert and high mountain ranges that cover much of the state, Dairy cattle and wintering beef cattle use the alfalfa and native hay along with some corn silage that is grown in the irrigated valleys. Feed grains are grown in rotation with forage crops on irrigated land and also on dry land. Before 1950, the quantities of feed grains produced had been sufficient to meet the needs of dairy, range livestock and poultry. …