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A History Of The French Mission Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 1850-1960, Gary Ray Chard

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an evangelical religion. From a beginning in western New York in 1830, it grew into a world-wide organization which numbered more than a million and a half members by 1960. Those largely responsible for this growth have been the Church members who have volunteered two to three years of their time to missionary service. In 1960 there were approximately 7,000 of these missionaries working in different areas of the world. Of this number, almost 1,800 were serving in Europe, where with the exception of the personnel of the United States government …

Utah Farm & Home Science Vol. 26 No. 1, March 1965

Utah Science

Farm and Home Science, twenty-five years, by Wynne Thorne 3

Utah and the production of scientists, by H. E. Zabel 4

Utah wood and California fireplaces, by Allen LeBaron and Walter H. Johnson 7

Staphylococcal synovitis of turkeys, by R. A. Smart and M. L. Miner 12

Extended grazing of crested wheatgrass by cattle, by Lorin E. Harris, Neil C. Frischknecht and Earl M. Sudweeks 14

Water in the soil IS different, by Sterling A. Taylor 18

Ram fertility, by Warren C. Foote and C. V. Hulet 20

Impact of artificial trees on the Utah Christmas tree market, by John …

General Catalog 1965, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalog of 1965

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

The Utah Juniper, Volume 36, Utah State University

The Utah Juniper

Annual publication of The Utah Foresters, Utah State Agricultural College.

Preliminary Report On Selection And Breeding Of Honeybees For Alfalfa Pollen Collection, William P. Nye, O. Mackensen

All PIRU Publications

Some colonies of honeybees on alfalfa collect a much higher percentage of alfalfa pollen than others. The possibility of genetic differences between colonies was investigated. Colonies collecting high and low percentages of alfalfa pollen were first selected. Daughters of queens from three 'high' and three 'low' colonies were inseminated from their brothers, and colonies headed by queens of these six lines were tested. Colonies headed by sister queens were more similar in the proportion of alfalfa pollen they collected than were those headed by unrelated queens. This suggests heritability of the factor studied. On the other hand no correlation was …

Water Vapor Measurements Using Infrared Absorption, Duard S. Woffinden

Reports

Man’s attempt to control the amount of available water has taken two approaches, i.e., weather modification and water storage through the use of man-made reservoirs. In either case, it is necessary to ascertain the water vapor content of the atmosphere. In the case of weather modification, if the water vapor content is insufficient, it is futile to attempt to start precipitation. In the case of reservoirs, it is important to know the evaporation rate since it has been demonstrated that some reservoirs provide a net negative contribution to the total water supply by increasing the normal evaporation losses. Any attempt …

Aspen Snag Yields Record Bitterbrush Seed Cache, Edward R. Schneegas

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Utah Farm & Home Science Vol. 25 No. 3, September 1964

Utah Science

The strawberry - its history and adaptation to Utah, by J. L. Anderson 63

Temperature - a second component of climate, by G. L. Ashcroft, L. M. Cox, and E. A. Richardson 64

Prehistoric and historic Bear Lake area, by J. D. Hunt and D. H. Black 68

Valuing resources used in recreation, by E. B. Wennergren 72

Utah Carroll - hero of the cattle stampede, by A. E. Fife 74

Male sterility - the key to hybrid sugarbeets, by J. C. Theurer 76

Weeds aren 't cheap, by D. C. Tingey 80

Some why's of household water use, by …

Utah Farm & Home Science Vol. 25 No. 2, June 1964

Utah Science

What about Utah's starlings, by E. P. Bailey and A. W. Stokes 35

Sugar-beet, alfalfa -stem, and root-knot nematodes, by E. C. Jorgenson and G. D. Griffin 36

Characteristics of brisket disease, by J. T. Blake 38

Simplification - a geneticist's dilemma, by J. A. Simmons 40

Precipitation, one component of climate, by E. A. Richardson, G. L. Ashcroft, and l. M. Cox 42

Fluorosis in livestock, by L. M. Cox and J. L. Shupe 44

Phosphorus on alfalfa, by R. F. Nielson and G. Owens 46

A question of origin, by T. L. Bahler and L. M. Cox 49 …

Inoculation Method And Treatments Which Increase The Sensitivity And Precision Of The Infectivity Assay Of Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Calvin Ray Lamborn

Biology

The active research in cell-free virus synthesis at this university has placed great emphasis on an improved procedure to assay virus infectivity. The conventional method used (finger inoculation) was simple, but low insensitivity and precision. Infectivity assays of plant viruses are complicated by large differences in susceptibility among local lesion hosts. Factors influencing the susceptibility are the age of the host and the environmental conditions under which the plants are grown, such as temperature, humidity, soil moisture, nutrition and lighting. Another problem is to get the virus into the host cell. The inoculation method has to cause enough injury to …

The Relation Of Age And Site Of Inoculation Of Tomato Plants To Their Reaction To Curly Top Virus, H. Grant Vest Jr.

Biology

Research on curly top of tomatoes has been in progress for the past 50 years. Attempts to conquer this disease and to develop a commercial variety of tomato that is resistant to the disease have followed many avenues of experimentation and many facts have been discovered and recorded.

The Relative Accuracy Of Estimating The Production Of Dairy Cows As Affected By Length Of Testing Interval And Method Of Estimating Production, Ross M. Young

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Production records for dairy cows were first based on the yield of butter for a seven day period any time during the lactation. Later, 365- day records based on production for one day in each calendar month came into general use. The records preferred at present are 305- day records based on monthly test day production, but calculated using the centering date method. The centering date estimate is based on milk and butterfat production from two consecutive milkings per month. The sampling day is centered as nearly as possible in the test month period which need not coincide with the …

Point Flow Measurements In Irrigation Furrows, David Ernest Mortin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A new flow measurement concept is needed to facilitate the study of intake characteristics of the soil under furrow irrigation. Knowledge of the flow rate at various points throughout the furrow length is required but measurement must be made without altering the normal flow regime. Conventional water measuring devices such as weirs, orifices or flumes which require a loss of head in their operation, are usually unsatisfactory because to create a measuring head would alter the normal flow depth upstream thus changing the intake pattern.

The purpose of this study is to develop a simple, reliable method of measuring small …

Concentrate Feed Handling Methods And Costs By Dairy And Beef Producers--Selected Utah Counties, 1961-1962, Kendell W. Brinkerhoff

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utah is historically an agricultural state with many resources adapted to livestock production. The beef and dairy industries in Utah account for 40 and 15 percent respectively of the total receipts received from agricultural marketings (7). Utah's resources are less adapted to poultry production compared to livestock production. Nevertheless, poultry production represents a significant portion of the total agricultural receipts. Production of livestock and poultry have expanded beyond the state's capacity to produce concentrate feed to benefit from economy of scale and to increase farm size through intensification. This feed deficit in Utah must be supplied from sources outside the …

School District Reorganization And Consolidation In Cache County, Utah, Grant Richard Bagley

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A historical study of school organization and school district consolidation enables both educators and lay citizens to have a better understanding and appreciation of schools as they are today. By studying past developments of a given institution, one can better evaluate current requirements and affect future changes as the needs arise.

The Cache County School System as presently constituted has evolved over the years from a cluster of small independent village schools with separate boards of education to a highly centralized system with one board of education and consolidated schools. The purpose of this study is to trace and analyze …

Neutral 17-Ketosteroids And 17, 21-Dihydroxy-20-Ketosteroids In Urine Of University Students, Shon-Hua Yu

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Degenerative disease of old age such as atherosclerosis and cerebral hemorrhage appear to be related to abnormal lipid metabolism. Many investigators have studied the role of steroid hormones on lipid and cholesterol metabolism in rats and chickens. The results have consistantly indicated that both corticosteroids and sex hormones play an important role in the regulation of lipid and cholesterol metabolism, in vivo. Serum cholesterol values in humans have been decreased by estrogens, while androgen administration tends to increase circulating cholesterol. Estrogens have been shown to decrease circulating cholesterol and prevent cholesterol-induced coronary atherosclerosis in chickens. A study of the …

Effects Of Hydro-Cooling, Chemicals, And Packaging Treatments On Refrigerated-Life And Quality Of Sweet Cherries And In Vitro Effects Of Chemicals On Selected Fungi Responsible For Fruit Deterioration, Joseph Yungsheng Do

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

As the population tends to urbanize, the potential consumer market of fresh produce becomes distant from the producing farm. This distance brings to growers and handlers the problems of how to keep their fresh products unspoiled after harvest and during transit period of shipping, and how they can be delivered to the specified destination without substantial deterioration. It is the common interest of fruit growers, shippers, wholesalers, and retailers that the shelf-life of fresh fruit be prolonged to increase sales.

Sweet cherries are one of the important fruit crops in Utah. Being highly perishable, fresh sweet cherries have relatively short …

A History Of Timber Resource Use In The Development Of Cache Valley, Utah, Douglas M. Bird

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It has long been realized that the forests and forest products contributed very significantly toward the economic development of the Western United States. However, the extent of this contribution over a relatively small area has never been fully analyzed. Therein lies the primary justification for this paper. The author hopes that the readers of this paper will, through their reading, gain some appreciation of the major role the forest and its products played in the development of the western community.

Because of some important social differences between the area described in this paper and other western communities, the history herein …

The Utah Juniper, Volume 35, Utah State University

The Utah Juniper

Annual publication of The Utah Foresters, Utah State Agricultural College.

General Catalog 1964, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalog of 1964

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

Thermal Degradation Of Pigments And Relative Biochemical Changes In Cherries And Apricots, K. B. Dalal

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The extent and nature of biochemical changes that take place in canned fruits during storage temperatures above freezing have been reviewed and discussed by Pederson, et al. (1947). These changes include loss in nutritive value, e.g. ascorbic acid, thiamine (Brenner, et al., 1948) and deterioration of color (Tressler, et al., 1955). Bauernfeind (1953) reported that canned peaches, apricots, and sweet cherries, after a few months of storage at 70°F, frequently undergo changes such as destruction of anthocyanin and carotenoid pigments with the subsequent formation of brown colored compounds. Darkening of fruit-color eventually results in their unacceptability at …

Factors Influencing Elk Distribution On Willow Creek Summer Range, Utah, Duane Eldro Jeffery

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study is aimed at gaining a better understanding of the factors responsible for the distribution of elk on summer range, and an analysis of characteristics of preferred habitat. Such knowledge should prove of value in elk management, both in better managing elk herds themselves, and in coordinating their needs with those of other land uses.

Investigation Of The Properties Of The Iterations Of A Homeomorphism On A Metric Space, Murray B. Peterson, Jr.

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Considerable study has been made concerning the properties of the iterations of a homeomorphism on a metric space. Much of this material is scattered throughout the literature and understood solely by a specialist. The main object of this paper is to put into readable form proofs of theorems found in G.T. Whyburn's "Analytic Topology" pertaining to this topic in topology. Properties of the decomposition space of point-orbits induced by the iterations of a homeomorphism will compose a major part of the study. Some theorems will be established through series of lemmas required to fill in much of the detail lacking …

The New Deal Years In Utah: A Political History Of Utah (1932-1940), Wayne Kendall Hinton

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The theme of this thesis is a political history of a state during a critical time in the history of a nation and the world. A political history implies an account of what has happened politically within the years and are dealt with. It involves an inquiry into political leaders, governmental institutions, and enactments, but it also involves public opinion formulation.

A Business History Of The Copper Industry Of Utah, 1860-1910, Gary Barker Hansen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Historically, those communities or nations which are generously endowed with natural resources, and have the necessary skills to practice the liberal and useful art have become the most advanced civilizations. Furthermore, "of all the resources which are basic to civilization, the possession and utilization of minerals must be placed first."

It would be difficult to estimate the over-all importance of the nonferrous metals industry (gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc) in helping America to become a great civilization. However. if it were possible, it would be considerable indeed. As Utah has been an important nonferrous mineral producing state for over 100 …

Vegetative Propagation Of Aspen By Greenwood Cuttings, Robert Edward Farmer Jr.

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Ecological Aspects Of Air Pollution From An Iron Sintering Plant At Wawa, Ontario, A.G. Gordon, E. Gorham

Aspen Bibliography

At Wawa, in northern Ontario, vegetation has been damaged severely by sulphur dioxide pollution from an iron-sintering plant. Damage is mainly restricted to a narrow strip northeast from the sinter plant, since southwest winds are strongly predominant. It is traceable from the air for at least 20 mile in this direction and is estimated as severe within 11 miles and very severe within 5 miles. Within about 10 miles NE, from the sinter plant ground flora variety declines markedly, from about 20-40 species per 40 square meter quadrat beyond this distance to 0-1 species within 2 miles of the pollution …

General Catalog 1963, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalog of 1963

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

Group Grain Feeding Versus Individual Grain Feeding Of Lactating Dairy Cows, Earl Max Sudweeks

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Grain feeding is an important part of a dairy feeding program. Grain supplies energy in a concentrated form and when fed as a supplement to forage permits cows to maintain high levels of production. Also, if the forage is of low quality, additional protein and other nutrients can be supplied with the grain in a concentrate mix. By feeding a balanced concentrate mix, according to individual production, each cow receives the necessary nutrients for production. Dairy cows are usually fed grain individually.

Utah's Delegates To Congress, 1851-1896, Larry Haslam

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utah existed as a territory for some forty-five years, 1851-1896. During these years Utah continued to occupy an interesting and controversial position on the national scene. The fact that Utah was predominantly Mormon, and that the Mormons were unusual in their beliefs and practices, made the territory and its people a target for the law-making body of the nation as well as the general citizenry. Utah was made an integral part of the congressional discussions and debates in almost every session of Congress during the period of 1851-1896, and there were repeated attempts to punish the Mormons for their "anachronistic" …