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  • Factors affecting rural land value

    Creator:
    Rich, Stanley Arthur
    Abstract:
    The value per-acre and annual amortization of rural land varies dynamically by parcel size. There are several adjustment factors or independent variables spatial, productive and development potential which affect the market value of all rural land. The evaluation of these must be accomplished by parcel size to be realistically equated....
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    degree of MASTER OP SCINC March 1979 Dirctd by Dr. Richard M. Highsmith Jr. TABLE O CONTENTS

  • The character and dimensions of sheep depredation in Benton County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Kaiser, Geoffery Wayne
    Abstract:
    Despite a relative decline in the size of Oregon's sheep industry, the problem of sheep depredation remains a serious economic and environmental dilemma in need of objective examination and innovative solutions. An investigative report on the problem as it occurs in Benton County can contribute to the information required to...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Conversion or retention of agricultural land? A Marion County, Oregon example

    Creator:
    Tillson, Gregory D.
    Abstract:
    Marion County had a 1976 cash receipt from all farm products amounting to $110,429,000. Much of this farm value was produced on the county's 410,350 acres of class I through IV soils. These soils, regardless of productivity, also have potential for a variety of other non-farm uses. It is this...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    . Richard Highsmith, Jr. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF MAPS LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT

  • Land use changes of north Corvallis area between 1963-1978

    Creator:
    Nathalang, Santhita
    Abstract:
    Corvallis has been growing steadily in terms of population and functions of the city while the biotic resources of the immediate environs have declined. This study sought to examine land use changes of North Corvallis rural-urban fringe area between 1963 and 1978 by interpreting the changes from aerial photographs. The...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Environmentally imposed problems of the range beef cattle industry in eastern Oregon

    Creator:
    Thomason, Leonora Marie
    Abstract:
    Beef cattle ranches provide a substantial portion of income in Oregon. Range beef cattle ranches are located on land having relatively low productivity and value. The ranches of interest for this study were among the largest and most extensive in the state. The purpose of the study was to examine...
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    Capstone Project
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    wishes to gratefully acknowledge the advice and assistance of Dr. Richard M. Highsmith, Jr., Chairman of

  • A method for analyzing changes in the urban fringe: Albany, Oregon 1936-1975

    Creator:
    Kapuscinski, Pearl B.
    Abstract:
    A method for analyzing growth of an urban area is developed. Albany, Oregon, from 1936 to 1975 was used as a test case. The method employs the use of remotely sense imagery combined with an analysis of selected physical characteristics of the land being urbanized. The study consists of an...
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    Capstone Project
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    August 1978 Directed by Dr. Richard N. Highsmith ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the many people who contributed

  • A transhumance beef industry of southern Oregon

    Creator:
    Henderly, Herschel H.
    Abstract:
    The Upper Kiamath Valley and Klamath Marsh areas of south-central Oregon comprise the summer range for a modern system of transhumance agriculture. Approximately 72,000 head of cattle are annually trucked from these relatively small Kiamath pastures to winter pastures scattered throughout the Sacramento Valley. Field research indicates that the development...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    particularly indebted to several individuals for their assistance on this project. Dr. Richard Highsmith

  • The resource base of Adair Village, Oregon problems and prospects

    Creator:
    Jacobson, Gerald Patrick
    Abstract:
    The utilization of pre-existing military structures and facilities to serve as a resource base for an incorporated city is a unique situation posing several problems for the new city of Adair Village. The resultant land uses from the disposal of Adair AFS provide little economic opportunities so the residents are...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Dr. Richard M. Highsmith, Jr. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT

  • Alternative uses for ryegrass lands

    Creator:
    Johnson, Lynn D.
    Abstract:
    Agricultural field burning in Oregon's Willamette Valley has been an accepted farming practice for sanitizing fields and removing stubble and residues left on fields after harvest since the early 1940s. Unfortunately, the smoke and debris created by the burning in combination with other pollutants have been causing health and environmental...
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    Capstone Project
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    the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May 1980 Directed by Dr. Richard Highsmith TABLE OF CONTENTS I

  • Land use distribution and changes in the urban-rural fringe area of South Albany, Oregon

    Creator:
    Nellis, M. Duane
    Abstract:
    The need to control irreversible conversions of prime agricultural lands to urban land uses has come to light in recent years. Resulting policy statements by the State of Oregon and federal agencies have added support to this premise. Nevertheless, inefficient conversions of agricultural to idle lands in response to urban...
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    Capstone Project
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    Directed by Dr. Richard M. Highsmith, Jr. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES Page