The purpose of this investigation was to determine the nature of the extractives from red alder bark in an effort to discover the materials which cause the red stain in red alder wood. Samples of bark and wood were obtained and successively extracted with hexane, benzene, ether, ethanol, and hot...
Fisheries Laboratory during 1952, in the rearing of the native Pacific Coast oyster, Ostrea lurida Carp., in small containers. The decline of the oyster fishery in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, has been attributed in part to the lack of adequate spat-falls. Investigations were begun in 1947 to devise methods of artificially...
An investigation of the fishes of the Willamette River and three of its larger tributaries was made during July, August, September, and November of 1951, to ascertain the possibility of using them as bio-indices of pollution. Thirteen stations were established on the Willamette River and tributaries. These stations were selected...
The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate two methods of estimating 1953 costs of producing strawberries. To accomplish this the following steps were taken: 1. To estimate production costs in 1953 by using 1947 input data and 1953 prices for those inputs, (Method 1); 2. To compare the results...
Turkey is an agricultural country where exchange and shipping of goods has been gravely hampered in the past by lack of highways. The railroads have large expanses of land between them, and highway construction in the past has been limited to strategic roads and connections of cities to railways. Unless...
This thesis presents the information collected on various phases of the life history of the sage grouse in the Hart Mountain area of southeastern Oregon during the period of April 8 to September 12, l954. The material was gathered in an attempt to compile information on reproduction, survival, and other...
History, topography, and nature of people have influenced the development of electric power in Greece quite substantially. The power production per capita in Greece is very low as a result mainly of continual wars and an uneven distribution of population. In 1948, electricity was being supplied in the country only...
More than one-fourth of the forest land in the Pacific Northwest is growing timber at reduced capacity as the result of brush encroachment. Increasing use of chemicals in brush control requires that more information be available regarding their use. Bigleaf maple, Oregon oak and vine maple are among the more...