As the capital requirements for the modern dairy enterprise increase, the Oregon milk producer and his lender need more information concerning the profitability, solvency and liquidity of the enterprise on which to base their financial decisions. This research examines three areas where more information could be used to
evaluate financial...
The traditional practice on beef cow-calf ranches in the high
desert region of Eastern Oregon has been to breed the cows to calve
in the Spring months. Interest has been growing recently in the practice
of Fall-calving; that is, breeding cows to calve in the months of
October and November....
Ranchers in the high desert area of Eastern Oregon traditionally
market their calves when they are weaned in late fall.
This is the time when the market prices for calves are at a
seasonal low.
In this study the economic feasibility of various alternative
management and marketing strategies for the...
Commercial production of soybeans in Oregon has been limited. In
1977, less than 1,500 acres were grown, primarily in the Columbia Basin
area. However, interest in soybeans as a possible "new crop" for Oregon
has arisen because of the (1) recent strong soybean price, (2) the high
cost of transporting...
This thesis, although dealing specifically with Oregon Agricultural
cooperatives, has significance for agricultural cooperatives on
a national basis when discussing equity financing.
The central issue is whether a patron may in effect transfer
his cooperative equity holding to another person without impairing
the total function of the cooperative? To answer...
Studies were conducted to determine the uniformity of three
commercial seed lots of ryegrass (Lolium spp.) and the effects of lot
size on lot uniformity. Individual bag-samples were taken from each
seed lot. Factors considered were percentage purity, annual ryegrass,
perennial ryegrass, weed, other crop, inert matter, and germination.
Number...
A diversity in climate, geologic parent material, and soil
characteristics exist in Jackson, Josephine, Coos, and Douglas
Counties of southwest Oregon. Previous field trials and soil testing
results have revealed uncertainties as to the phosphorus (P) status
of the soils in this area. Twenty-four sites from nine agriculturally
significant soil...
National farm legislation seeks to moderate the conditions of low farm incomes and commodity price instability. Homogeneity of producer response is generally assumed in national models of aggregate commodity supply. Differing conditions of soil, climate, production systems, costs of production, markets, etc., could cause disparate acreage responses to the commodity...
In situ light and dark planktonic and benthal respirometers were
used to measure the oxygen requirements of Yaquina estuary water
and benthal deposits. Respirometer devices were constructed so that
actual conditions of mixing could be simulated and benthal deposit
disturbance would be minimized.
A mathematical model of a benthal respirometer...
Published October 1973. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published November 1973. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The purpose of this handbook is to provide a step-by-step procedure for analyzing orchard operations using a computerized analysis program. This program can be used to analyze the entire orchard, or the orchard can be divided into various fruit and nut enterprises for separate analysis. Also, each orchard block can...
Published March 1970. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published February 1972. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Revised September 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Milk production costs depend on the prices and quantities of resources employed. The prices paid by the individual dairy farmer are affected by the general levels of feed and other prices, labor wages, and also by the location of the dairy farm. Factors affecting the quantities of resources include herd...
Published September 1970. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 1972. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
In Oregon Milk Marketing Area One, milk producers receive a higher price for that portion of their milk sold within their quota allotments. Each year the Milk Stabilization Division of the Oregon Department of Agriculture determines the amount of quota allotted to each producer. Producers can acquire additional milk market...
Published July 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published November 1971. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published July 1978. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published August 1975. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published March 1973. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published April 1979. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The "unusual" behavior of agricultural land prices is the subject of considerable debate and controversy and is the object of this research. There is little doubt that land prices have been increasing steadily since 1959 and dramatically throughout the decade of the 1970's. However, there is widespread disagreement among economists,...
Published December 1978. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published October 1974. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published April 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published September 1978. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published October 1979. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial
dermatitis and various canine allergic dermatitidies including
allergic inhalant dermatitis, contact dermatitis and
flea allergy dermatitis were studied. The effect of specific
nonprotein and protein components of commercial flea
antigens on the gross and microscopic appearance of intradermal
injections was investigated. Additionally, a...
Published August 1974. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Results of recent studies on Piagetian cognitive development,
though equivocal, showed that the architectonic of formal operational
schemata is not possessed by a sizeable percentage (up to 52%) of adolescents
and young adults. The purpose of the present study is two
fold: (i) To assess the cognitive levels of a...
The purpose of this study was to locate and analyze experimental
studies of teacher training that tested elements of Bandura's
social learning theory. Bandura's theory emphasizes the role of
modeling in the acquisition of new modes of interpersonal behavior,
and it also provides for the integration of practice and feedback...
The purpose of this research was to determine, if there are and the
nature of, the common professional education competencies of selected
community college vocational instructors. The respondents in the study
represented four instructors from each of 40 community colleges selected
from the four western states of California, Colorado, Oregon...
Producing fruit in alternate years (A-Y) in Thornless Evergreen blackberries is economically feasible and a horticulturally sound management practice. The cultural advantages are: less labor is required; pesticide and irrigation requirements are reduced; pesticide timing and application are improved; maturity of fruit is hastened; and mechanical damage to new canes...
Five early to middle Tertiary bedrock geologic units crop out in the study area. These include the late Eocene to early Miocene Oswald West mudstones; the Tucker Creek sandstone, Big Creek sandstone, Silver Point mudstone, and Pipeline members of the
early to middle Miocene Astoria Formation; and the middle Miocene...
The gamma contribution to reactor afterheat
depends on gamma energy since high-energy commas are
more likely to escape from tilt. fuel. The objective of
this work is to investigate the gamma-energy spectrum
of a pure U-235 fission reactor.
Fission-product nuclides are first listed in order'
of importance as contributors to...
A frozen concentrate (>10⁹ cfu/ml) of a human strain of Lactobacillus
lactis (strain MLC) was fed to swine. Bottle feeding resulted
in reduced fecal coliform counts and incidence of scouring in nursing
pigs. In one group of pigs treated 54 days, the Lactobacillus to coliform
ratio was 1280:1; in the...
Testes size as an indicator of future growth was examined
in a total of 45 bull calves from spring calves born in 1978
and 1979. Scrotal circumference measurements were used as the
physical indicator of testicle size in the live animal.
Growth traits studied were preweaning average daily gain,
weaning...
Prior to onset of the breeding season, a ration containing 18.4 mg/kg N-(Ethylmercuri)-p-toluene sulphonanilide was fed to 6 male and 16 female ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). Birds
receiving the mercury-treated ration were separated from the opposite sex. After receiving the mercury-treated ration for 0, 2, 4, 8, or 16 days,...