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Characterization Of Staphylococcus Species Isolated From Raw Milk With Special Reference To The Enterotoxigenic Coagulase-Positive Types, Adnan M. Ammouri Jan 1964

Characterization Of Staphylococcus Species Isolated From Raw Milk With Special Reference To The Enterotoxigenic Coagulase-Positive Types, Adnan M. Ammouri

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Numerous reports from many parts of the world have described the occurrence of outbreaks of staphylococcus food poisoning. Some studies have incriminated raw milk as a reservoir of the staphylococcus organisms as the vehicle of transmission. Recently Cheddar cheese has been implicated as the contaminating agent in food poisoning outbreaks traced to dairy products. The frequency of outbreaks of staphylococcus food poisoning has stimulated interest in the characterization of members of the staphylococcus genus. The strains particularly important are those capable of production an enterotoxin. In order to determine the strains of staphylococcus organisms isolated from raw milk which are …


Soil Particle Size By Time-Weight Accumulation Of Sedimentation, Yasin E. Ahmad Jan 1964

Soil Particle Size By Time-Weight Accumulation Of Sedimentation, Yasin E. Ahmad

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The principal reason for measuring particle size distribution is for the utilization of the relationships that exist between particle size and soil performance characteristics. The most interesting property of finely divided substance is the tremendous surface-to-weight ratio which they possess. The surface-to-weight ratio varies inversely with the square of the particle diameter. Thus, properties of particles which depend upon the amount of exposed surface are generally influenced by the size of the particles. Also, grain size distribution is very useful in the field of soils engineering. Particles size are measured by several methods and every method is not suitable for …


The Development Of A Football Training Film And Manual Of The Five-Four Defense At South Dakota State University, Roger Roman Eischens Jan 1964

The Development Of A Football Training Film And Manual Of The Five-Four Defense At South Dakota State University, Roger Roman Eischens

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The purpose of this study was to develop a training film and a manual for use as a teaching aid in the coaching of the South Dakota State University Four-Five Defense. The method employed was observational and evaluational motion picture analysis. A checklist was developed by the author and validated by the football staff of South Dakota State University. This checklist served as the criteria by which the plays were selected to illustrate the correct execution of the defensive techniques. The plays were all selected from South Dakota State University game films of the years 1957 through 1962. The selected …


Anatomy And Bud Formation Of Subterranean Parts Of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia Esula L.), Charles A. Beasley Jan 1964

Anatomy And Bud Formation Of Subterranean Parts Of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia Esula L.), Charles A. Beasley

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In order to obtain plant material for in vitro bud formation studies, many preliminary experiments involving germination and seedling growth were conducted. Anatomical studies were conducted to establish the identity of underground parts. Cyclic temperature changes from 20 0C and 30 0C (12 hours each) provided 97, 80, and 21% germination for mottled, grey, and purple seeds in 12 days. Mottled seeds require only 2 cycles of alternating temperature to approach or equal the germination percent obtained with 10 additional temperature alternations. Two cyclic temperature changes provided that one-fourth of the maximum germination percent of grey and purple seeds obtained …


Evaporation Reduction Investigation Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota 1962-1963 /By Jon Francis Bartholic., John Francis Bartholic Jan 1964

Evaporation Reduction Investigation Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota 1962-1963 /By Jon Francis Bartholic., John Francis Bartholic

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Reservoir evaporation reduction with monomolecular film was investigated during the summers of 1962 and 1963 at Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota. This study was conducted cooperatively by the United States Bureau of reclamation and the Agronomy Department of South Dakota State College. In this study, a material composed of hexadecanol and octadecanol was applied as a molten spray in 1962 and a powder form in 1963. The molten spray was dispensed from fixed and mobile dispensing units with the mobile unit being superior. The powder was also spread from a mobile unit. The average monolayer coverage during a 13-day period using …


A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Shrink-Resistant And Antibacterial Finishes On Wool Blankets After Repeated Launderings, Coila M. Janecek Jan 1964

A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Shrink-Resistant And Antibacterial Finishes On Wool Blankets After Repeated Launderings, Coila M. Janecek

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Wool blankets are important to the economy of the state since South Dakota is one of ten leading states in wool production. Wool’s greatest competitor, synthetic fibers, has increased in production from 85.2 million pounds in 1949 to 470.5 million pounds in 1958, an increase of approximately 550 percent. This competition by synthetic fibers has resulted in the wool industry undertaking intensive re-search to develop finishes that would improve the quality of wool products. Results of South Dakota and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Stations research indicated that wool blankets ranked highest of all fiber types in warmth qualities, however, shrinkage in …


A Study Of The Basic Strength Components Of Asphaltic Concrete, Jalal Sarsam Jan 1964

A Study Of The Basic Strength Components Of Asphaltic Concrete, Jalal Sarsam

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Generally speaking, pavements may be divided into two broad classifications, i.e. rigid and flexible. The term rigid pavement is applied only to wearing surfaces constructed of Portland Cement Concrete. The term flexible is used to denote the tendency of all layers to conform to the same shape under traffic. The basic concept in the design of flexible pavement is that a load applied to the surface is distributed over successively larger areas, as it is transmitted through each lower layer or course, until it has become so diminished in its intensity as to be less than the strength of the …


Rate Of Advance And Infiltration On Furrow Irrigated Blencoe Soils In Southeastern South Dakota, Richard C. Pedersen Jan 1964

Rate Of Advance And Infiltration On Furrow Irrigated Blencoe Soils In Southeastern South Dakota, Richard C. Pedersen

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The irrigation of the earth has been practiced since the earliest history of man. Historically, civilization has followed the development of irrigation. The antiquity of irrigation is well documented throughout the written history of mankind. The bible talks of irrigation in the book of Genesis where the laws of Hammurabi indicates to the people that they had to depend on irrigation for existence. Irrigation canals supposed to have been built before 2000 B.C. are still delivering water in the valleys of the Nile. The success of early kings in China was measured by their wisdom and progress in water-control activities. …


Weekly Newspaper Editors' Acceptance And Use Of 1963 State 4-H Contest Pictures And Captions Supplied By State And Local Extension Service Sources, Leland L. Sudlow Jan 1964

Weekly Newspaper Editors' Acceptance And Use Of 1963 State 4-H Contest Pictures And Captions Supplied By State And Local Extension Service Sources, Leland L. Sudlow

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The 4-H program receives considerable attention in event attendance as well as in publicity all through the state 4-H contests held during the South Dakota State Fair. Publicity in the form of news releases (and more recently news photographs with captions) has been provided to the local news media outlets by the state Extension Editorial Department. Publicity methods have changed during the course of more than fifteen state 4-H contests covered by this department from the daily roundup story for each of the daily newspapers in the late 1940’s to the news photographs and captions in the 1950’s and 1960’2 …


Comparison Of The Scope And Effectiveness Of Soviet And United States Foreign Economic Aid Programs, Levon Yeganiantz Jan 1964

Comparison Of The Scope And Effectiveness Of Soviet And United States Foreign Economic Aid Programs, Levon Yeganiantz

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Of the three billion people who presently inhabit the world, about one-third live under communist rule, one-sixth constitute the population of free industrial lands, and the rest, which add up to one-half of the whole live in the poorer, less developed countries, most of which politically are considered to be “uncommitted.” These uncommitted countries, which like to be referred to as the “non-aligned group” and hope to develop one day into a third force, for all the purpose of international politics could be considered as “contested” areas. In one way or another they are trying to achieve at least a …


A Selected Bibliography Of Material On The College Basic Speech Course With Annotations Of Material On Evaluation Of Student Speeches, Patricia Ellwein Tanaka Jan 1964

A Selected Bibliography Of Material On The College Basic Speech Course With Annotations Of Material On Evaluation Of Student Speeches, Patricia Ellwein Tanaka

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The primary purpose of this study is to prepare a bibliography of material pertaining to the teaching of the basic college speech course. The secondary purpose is to annotate the materials pertaining to the evaluation of student speeches.


The Rational Approximation Of Irrational Numbers By The Use Of Continued Fractions, Norma Jean Merritt Jan 1964

The Rational Approximation Of Irrational Numbers By The Use Of Continued Fractions, Norma Jean Merritt

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A Study Of Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop In Tangentially Induced Swirl Flow / By Manharlal Kewalchand Sheth, Manharlal Kewalchand Sheth Jan 1964

A Study Of Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop In Tangentially Induced Swirl Flow / By Manharlal Kewalchand Sheth, Manharlal Kewalchand Sheth

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No abstract provided.


Food Habits Of Bigmouth And Smallmouth Buffalo In Lewis And Clark Lake And The Missouri River, Thomas S. Mccomish Jan 1964

Food Habits Of Bigmouth And Smallmouth Buffalo In Lewis And Clark Lake And The Missouri River, Thomas S. Mccomish

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Food habits were determined for 386 bigmouth buffalo and 277 smallmouth buffalo collected in 1962 and 1963 from Lewis and Clark Lake and the Missouri River. Young-of-the-year bigmouth buffalo stomachs contained 100 percent zooplankton. Bigmouth buffalo (330 to 530 millimeters) stomachs contained 99 percent zooplankton in 1952 and 95 percent in 1963. Digestive tracts of young-of-the-year smallmouth buffalo contained 99 percent copepods and one percent sand. Smallmouth buffalo (250 to 400 millimeters) contained about 65 percent zooplankton, 30 percent phytoplankton, and the remaining five percent consisted of chironomid larvae, plant detritus, and sand.


Studies On The Limiting Amino Acids In Laying Hen Diets, Darwin Gene Britzman Jan 1964

Studies On The Limiting Amino Acids In Laying Hen Diets, Darwin Gene Britzman

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Experiments were conducted over a period of two years to study the effects of amino acid supplementation of low and high energy and low and high protein diets on the performance of SCWL laying hens. This research was conducted in two different environmental conditions; one a litter floor, cold-wall poultry house, the other a warm-wall poultry house with individual cages. In the litter floor, cold-wall environment, methionine and lysine were added singly and in combination to a 16 percent protein diet containing 1414 Calories of metabolizable energy per pound and methionine singly and a combination of methionine and lysine to …


Homeostatic Relationships Of Single- And Double-Crosses Of Corn, Rodney Orlyn Hexem Jan 1964

Homeostatic Relationships Of Single- And Double-Crosses Of Corn, Rodney Orlyn Hexem

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The inherent homeostatic properties of single- and double- cross corn hybrids were studied by growing the plant materials in six locations over three years. Measurements of plant height and ear weight were recorded and used to calculate means and variances. Variances were pooled over locations and years and confidence intervals for the variance estimates were computed by use of the chi-square method. A lower variance for an entry, when compared with other entries grown in the same environment, was considered to be the result of relatively better homeostatic properties. Comparisons of entries were made by the use of confidence intervals …


Cytohistological Studies On The Origin Of Diploid Stem Apices In Colchicine-Treated Tetraploid Sorghum Seedlings, Chen Ho Chen Jan 1964

Cytohistological Studies On The Origin Of Diploid Stem Apices In Colchicine-Treated Tetraploid Sorghum Seedlings, Chen Ho Chen

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The appearance of true-breeding diploid after colchicine treatment of seedlings of certain diploid sorghum varieties has been attributed to a mutational effect made homozygous by somatic reduction followed by doubling to restore the original chromosome number. It was proposed that a mutant cell originating in the fashion described above could, though competitive advantage, form a new stem apex. After treatment of seedlings of two different but related tetraploid lines of sorghum, diploid plants have been obtained which were also mutants. To investigate the origin of a diploid step apex, which would later from the diploid plant, tetraploid seedlings were treated …


The Relationship Between Muscular Strength And Predicted Academic Success Among Selected College Freshmen Male Students At South Dakota State University, Dwain S. Guelle Jan 1964

The Relationship Between Muscular Strength And Predicted Academic Success Among Selected College Freshmen Male Students At South Dakota State University, Dwain S. Guelle

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between muscular strength and predicted academic success of selected freshmen male college students at South Dakota State University. The muscular strength test used was taken from the cable-tension battery and the predicted academic success factor was represented by the American College Test composite score. Thirty freshmen male college students were randomly selected according to their American College Test composite score. All athletes and students in strenuous classes of physical education had been previously eliminated. The subjects were then given a four test battery of cable tension strength tests to determine …


The Effect Of Wave Formation On Open Channel Flow In A Triangular Closed Conduit, Yung Kuan Lo Jan 1964

The Effect Of Wave Formation On Open Channel Flow In A Triangular Closed Conduit, Yung Kuan Lo

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In the fields of Civil, Hydraulic, and Agricultural Engineering, it is common for water to be delivered by means of open or closed conduits. Analysis of the flow within these conduits is decided into two categories, open-channel flow and pipe flow. Lembke observed the transition from part-flow to full-flow in steep circular drains; he noted five flow regimes for this transition. Flow Regime v of Lembke’s research was different from the others in that there was no stationary hydraulic jump concerned, but slug flow occurred in the conduit with a free outlet condition. Since slugs are surface waves, the activities …


An Appraisal Of The Use Of Soil Survey Information As The Basis For Valuing Land For Tax Purposes In Spink County, South Dakota, Donald Dean Patterson Jan 1964

An Appraisal Of The Use Of Soil Survey Information As The Basis For Valuing Land For Tax Purposes In Spink County, South Dakota, Donald Dean Patterson

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Since about 1900, prominent writers in the field of public finance have found justifiable reason for condemning the general property tax. Many of its deficiencies are inherent in its basic nature while others arise from problems of administration. It is even doubtful that land should be deleted from the property tax base because of the windfall gains that would screw to present landowners. There is, however, strong justification for enacting modifications in the structure of the property tax and seeking means of strengthening its administration. In the case of tax, fiscal trends and tax-income relationships are also useful from the …


The Effect Of Frozen Storage On The Microflora Of Raw Milk, Jaswant Singh Jan 1964

The Effect Of Frozen Storage On The Microflora Of Raw Milk, Jaswant Singh

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The proper handling of milk samples prior to bacterial analysis has been somewhat of a problem to dairy processors of South Dakota. There have been, and still are, many queries by these people about the treatment of o milk sample prior to the determination of a bacterial count. Should the milk samples be frozen prior to determining the number of bacteria? If it is feasible, what effect will the freezing have on the number of bacteria found? No tangible information about this problem has been found in the literature. Standard procedure emphasize mainly the icing of milk sample before analyzing …


Comparative Study Of Milk Quality Tests On Manufacturing Grade Raw Milk, Donald L. Wallace Jan 1964

Comparative Study Of Milk Quality Tests On Manufacturing Grade Raw Milk, Donald L. Wallace

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One criterion used to determine the quality of milk is based upon its bacterial content. This immediately emphasizes the problems of determining milk quality. Bacteriological tests are, at best, only estimates of the number or the activity of the organisms present. Since its introduction to South Dakota dairy farms, the bulk tank has continued to increase in popularity. Its increased acceptance has caused new problems in determining milk quality. The bulk tank allows the farmer to cool the milk faster and more efficiently than ever before, thereby limiting bacterial growth. Quality tests should not only differentiate between good and poor …


Gnomic Verse In Beowulf, Nancy Alice Boyd Jan 1964

Gnomic Verse In Beowulf, Nancy Alice Boyd

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The Theorems Of Frobenius, Ledermann, And Ostrowski On Positivematrices / By Jerry Franklin Reed, Jerry Franklin Reed Jan 1964

The Theorems Of Frobenius, Ledermann, And Ostrowski On Positivematrices / By Jerry Franklin Reed, Jerry Franklin Reed

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An Index And Concordance To The Characters Of William Faulkner / By Rebecca Nell Rogers, Rebecca Nell Rogers Jan 1964

An Index And Concordance To The Characters Of William Faulkner / By Rebecca Nell Rogers, Rebecca Nell Rogers

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No abstract provided.


The Distribution Of Prime Numbers, Ellen Cook Moore Jan 1964

The Distribution Of Prime Numbers, Ellen Cook Moore

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A Histological And Cytochemical Study Of Habrobracon Nurse Cellsand Oocytes, Donald Joseph Barras Jan 1964

A Histological And Cytochemical Study Of Habrobracon Nurse Cellsand Oocytes, Donald Joseph Barras

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No abstract provided.


The United States Government And The Congo Reform Agitation, 1904-1908, Harold Gene Otwell Jan 1964

The United States Government And The Congo Reform Agitation, 1904-1908, Harold Gene Otwell

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Needs, Benefits, And Feasibility Of Establishinglocal Data Processing Centers For Urban Areas, Glenn Thomas Batten Jan 1964

A Study Of The Needs, Benefits, And Feasibility Of Establishinglocal Data Processing Centers For Urban Areas, Glenn Thomas Batten

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Cracking Behavior Of The Jones County, Mississippi, Continuouslyreinforced Concrete Pavement, Ching-Ru Wang Jan 1964

Cracking Behavior Of The Jones County, Mississippi, Continuouslyreinforced Concrete Pavement, Ching-Ru Wang

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No abstract provided.