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Planning With The Home In Evaluating The Slayden, Mississippi High School Homemaking Program, Lois Terry Farmer

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Students' Conceptions Of Dietetics As A Major Field Of Study, Ella Maniza Moore

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The Need Of Competent Supervision For Local School Lunch Programs, Jamie Anderson Childers

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Use Of Government-Donated Flour, Peanut Butter And Rice In School Lunches In Mississippi / By Dorothy M. Van Egmond, Dorothy M. Van Egmond

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Volume And Cost Of Selected Donated Foods Distributed To Schoollunch Programs And The Utilization Of Cornmeal And Butter, Virginia Perry Cox

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Factors Contributing To And Affecting The Cellulose Digestibility Of Pelleted Roughage, John Russell Jahn

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The transition to the pelleting of natural feeding materials has produced many problems. Various opinions have been expressed by the investigators regarding possible solutions to these problems. The proper mechanical formation of the pellet or wafer has been studied by several investigators. Several necessary factors have been determined. The temperature ranges that will produce the best possible product, from a feeding standpoint, have been tested against various pressures. The fineness of grinding or chopping have also been considered, as they relate to the digestibility and economy of the finished product. Moisture and adhesive agents have been considered in determining what …

Protein And Energy Levels For Wintering Beef Calves And Effects On Subsequent Production, Marcus Hoelscher

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The need for minimum amounts of protein and energy by animals for maintenance, growth and production has been recognized for many years. It is also well known that the requirements will vary depending on species, age, weight and rate of growth or production. In order to provide livestock feeders with useful guides in feeding, several feeding standards containing recommended nutrient requirements have been prepared. The most commonly used standards for beef cattle are the “Morrison Feeding Standards” (1956) and the National Research Council’s “Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle” prepared by the Subcommittee on Beef Cattle Nutrition (1959). Feeding standards give …

The Effects Of Different Methods Of Freezing On The Viability Of Rabbit Ova, Mansur Ferdows

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During the period between 1940 and 1960 artificial insemination of dairy cows grew from the experimental stage to an extensive business enterprise in the United States. According to the Dairy herd Improvement Letter (Vol. 36, No. 3, A.R.S., U.S.D.A.) only 7,359 cows and heifers were artificially inseminated in 1939, but by 1959 this number had increased to 6,932,249. Along with the extended use of superior sires, a logical conclusion was that some attention should be directed toward increasing the use of good female germ plasm. If this could be accomplished, a more rapid improvement in the quality of dairy cattle …

Effects Of Irrigation And Fertilization On Alfalfa Yield And Quality, Donald J. Brosz

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The quality of agricultural products is a concern of the American farmer. Quality alone often decides the market value of his product and may be the deciding issue in his net profit. So that he may demand top prices, the producer of bread wheat must produce a grain which is high in protein because high protein wheat is required by flour mills for high grade flour. The farmer raising barley, however, may have to aim for low protein grain since this is the most desirable for the malting industry. The shape, size, and cooking quality of potatoes seems to improve …

Ruminal Variation In Ph, Temperature, Bacterial Flora, And In Vitro Activity As Affected By Ration Change And Season, Norman Theodore Miller

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The outstanding importance of the vast member of microorganisms in the rumen to the nutritional physiology of the ruminant makes it imperative that the factors influencing the numbers and types of these organism be thoroughly understood. A knowledge of when these ruminal fluctuations occur and their causes, whether it be due to external environment or dietary change, would be of significant value in the preparation of rations which could stimulate the ruminal flora to their maximum efficiency and in turn receive maximum feed efficiency from the animal. The specific objectives of this project are as follows: to make periodic checks …

A System For Making Selective Matings In Dairy Cattle, Basil Ralph Eastwood

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The term “selective matings” implies the selection of a sire to breed to each female on an individual, rather than a group or herd basis. Mating systems, other than random mating, may be classed either as the mating of like to like or as the mating of unlikes. This likeness or unlikeness may be based either on blood relationship or on individual appearance. The advantage and limitations of each mating system have been well worked out on a theoretical basis, and some of system have been thoroughly tested by experimentation and in the field. In actual practice many breeders use …

Study Of Dietaries And Nutritional Status Of Adolescent Indian Girls In Boarding Schools Of The Dakotas, Margaret I. Talcott

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The adolescent period is recognized as a crucial one in the development of individuals. This study is centered on the nutritional status of girls who are in this stage of development. Cooperative regional studies by experiment stations and school lunch studies in several states have covered many phases of nutritional status for various population groups in recent years. Investigators agrees that there is need for further information in regard to the dietary practices and nutritional status of adolescents, and there appears to be the greatest concern with respect to adolescent girls. The average annual birth rate for Indians in the …

Physiologic Specialization Within Sphacelotheca Reiliana (Kühn) Clint. On Sorghum And The Biology Of Its Chlamydospores In The Soil, Ibrahim Aziz Al-Sohaily

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Corresponding to the title, the present study was concerned with two aspects. In the first of these, two chlamydosporous sori from corn were collected from California and Washington and 18 chlamydosporous sori from sorghum were collected from California, New Mexico, Texas, and India. Chlamydosporous cultures or paired monosporidial cultures from these were hypodermically injected as desired into seedlings of one or more of four sweet corn varieties and 57 sorghum varieties. Chlamydosporous cultures from the two corn sources yielded head smut on three sweet corn varieties and not on any of 14 sorghum varieties. Cultures from 14 of 18 sorghum …

A Physiological Study On The Amino Acid Requirements Of Sphaerophorus Necrophorus, Douglas W. Kennedy

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Investigation into the growth requirements of Sphaerophorus necrophorus (Flugge, 1886) Prevot, 1938 presents a difficult area for study. Only a few such investigations have been attempted in the past for this highly pleomorphic, gram negative, and thread like micro-organism. At present, there is a great deal of confusion concerning its growth characteristics. The development of a chemically defined medium will certainly play an important role in obtaining consistent growth characteristics which are more typical of the organics. The importance of this organism has been centered upon its role as a pathogen. As a cause of necrobacillosis diseased of domestic and …

Technics In Improving Food Habits Of Fourth Grade Children, Annie Ruth Howell White

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The Effects Of Feeding A Ration Containing Erythromycin Thiocyanate To Growing-Finishing, Eldon Walter Juhl

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A large number of Midwest farmers depend upon the swine enterprise for a part of their annual income. Swine sales constitute a large per cent of the cash farm income in this geographical area and therefore these animals represent a very important phase of livestock production. Approximately 18 per cent of the total cash farm income in South Dakota is obtained from the production of hogs. A successful swine producer is primarily interested in obtaining the greatest return for his financial investment and labor output. In order to attain these goals it is often desirable to feed a highly fortified …

Respiration Rate As A Measure Of Performance In Adaptation Studies In Oats, Norman E. Williams

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This study was designed to investigate differences, if any, in respiration rates found among varieties

generally similar but strongly contrasting in a few specific yield influencing characters. The basic assumption has been that yield is the summation of p hysiological processes and the components of yield should therefore also be expected to be based on these processes. Eight oat varieties which represented gross differences in phenotypic expression of yield, maturity and plant type were selected for this study. The material used in this study was grown at Brookings during the 1958 season in three replications with blocks completely randomized. In …

A Guide For Planning Noon Meals For Preschools, Jane Arnold Goodwin

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Improvement In Dental Health Practices Of Homemaking Students Through Study / By Janice Springer Sartor, Janice Springer Sartor

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Studies In The Genera Monoblepharis And Monoblepharella, Edward Rosser Wall

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Effect Of Various Feed Additives On Gain, Feed Efficiency And Digestibility Of Rations By Lambs, Paul R. Zimmer

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It is now an established practice to feed continuously certain feed additives in the rations of simple stomach animals for the control of disease, digestive troubles, bloat, internal parasites and for their growth stimulating properties. It is very important that additives of an antibacterial nature in rations for ruminants be studied thoroughly so their beneficial effects, if any, can be determined. If the bacteria are not functioning normally and digesting properly, the animal will suffer. Digestion of the ration would also be affected, and the efficiency of feed conversion would diminish. Supplements to the ruminant ration in the form of …

Some Effects Of Antibiotics On A Candida Albicans Population In The Intestinal Tracts Of Chickens, Roger E. Winans

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Poultrymen are becoming extremely conscious of any disease which results in a decrease in production. Some of these diseases are the result of new intensive methods of management which place considerable stress on the individual bird. Probably the most important fungal diseases of poultry are aspergillosis, favus and moniliasis. Aspergillosis, an infection of the respiratory tract, is generally thought to be caused by Aspergillis fumigatus Frensius. Favus, a chronic dermatomyoosis (dermatomycosis?) is caused by Achorian gallimae. Moniliasis an infection of the mucous membrane lining the upper digestive tract is associated with Candida albicans and other members of the genus Candida. …

An Investigation Of Costs For Heating And Power Generation At South Dakota State College, Julius William Ulmer

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This investigation is to determine the amount of steam necessary to heat the buildings and to generate power on the campus of South Dakota State College. It is also concerned with a comparison of the cost of producing steam by burning coal and by burning natural gas. Part of the campus buildings are heated by low pressure steam. When the turbo-generator is in operation, the turbine exhaust steam is used for heating purposes. During periods of cold weather the turbine exhaust steam is not sufficient, and therefore steam at boiler pressure is reduced to the turbine exhaust pressure through a …

Stilbestrol For Growing-Fattening Cattle, Dean Vinton Radabaugh

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The production of beef in South Dakota is one of the largest industries in the state. Those in the business of producing beef are constantly looking for newer methods of management, nutrition and breeding which will economically increase the production of beef. It has been shown that adding diethylstilbestrol to the rations or implanting diethylstilbestrol pellets in the ears will generally economically increase beef production by increasing rate of gains and feed efficiency. Several questions have been raised by livestock producers and research workers since the introduction of stilbestrol in beef cattle production. Some questions are: Does the administration of …

Comparison Of Cellulose Digestion In Vivo And In Vitro, Charles Frederick Lefevre

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Because of the time consuming and costly nature of the total collection in vivo digestion trials, various other methods have been tried to get reliable digestibility data in a faster and less costly manner. One of the more recent methods being used is the “artificial rumen” (in vitro) technique. This method makes use of rumen bacteria and simulated conditions in the rumen of the animal. Cost, tie, and labor saving are definitely in its favor. Some of the work reported indicates the in vitro technique can be a useful method in nutrition research. Studies on the effect of stage of …

The Amino Acid Composition Of Four Varieties Of Rice From India, Devaki B. Kripalani

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In recent years, emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of protein quality rather than the total quantity of protein in foods. This is indeed a timely approach, as utilization of the amino acids, which are constituents of proteins, is dependent on all of the essential amino acids being present simultaneously and in proper proportion. Because rice is widely used by the people in India and since there is no particularly rich source of protein, other than the pulses, in the diet of common people, more information on the amino acid composition of the foods (especially rice) commonly consumed, is …

The Physiology And Some Nutritional Aspects Of A Rumen Bacterium, Norma P. Christopherson

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One of the interesting symbiotic relationships in nature is that existing between the ruminants and their microbial population. This arrangement has solved for them the problem of existing on an herbivorous diet. Most mammals can derive little benefit from the potentially available energy in plant materials, which is locked in the complex, insoluble polysaccharide, cellulose. Cellulase is not a mammalian enzyme, but it is part of the chemical machinery of a number of bacteria, some species of which reside in the rumen. Many different organisms are present and their biochemical activities have not as yet been completely delineated. All of …

Food Habits And Dietary Intake Of A Cerebral Palsied Adult Male/ By Janie Lamar Sanders, Janie Lamar Sanders

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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Three Year Homemaking Program At Brookings High School As Evidenced By Graduates Who Have Established Homes, With Implications For Curriculum Revision, Orthula Doescher

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Homemaking education, like all other phases of education must be appraised, evaluated and revised at intervals in order that one may be reasonably sure that it is accomplishing what it purports to do. One purpose is to help girls to assume happily and successfully their inevitable roles as wives and mothers in the fast changing society. The purpose of this study was to have graduates of Brookings High School, who have taken three years of Homemaking, evaluate the course offerings to determine the effectiveness of the program in the light of help and confidence given the girls in their roles …

The Mechanical Horse As A Reinforcer With Children / By William P. Wilkes, Bill Wilkes

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