Two field corn experiments were conducted on a Woodburn silt loam soil near Corvallis, Oregon, in 1972-1973 to investigate the effects of certain soil management practices on the yield and performance of corn (Zea mays L.). Experiment I involved variables that included three corn row spacings (76, 114, and 152...
The purpose of this study was to make a preliminary
investigation of the productivity of some of the soils
within the Willamette catena under different systems of
soil management. The study was carried out at four experimental
sites near Corvallis, Oregon, during the 1962 growing
season. The soil at each...
Subterranean clover was grown in nutrient solution and S
deficient Steiwer soil in the greenhouse. Plants were harvested at
15, 30, 45 and 60 days after emergence.
When subterranean clover was grown in nutrient solution significant
yield response to each increment of added sulfate (SO₄-S)
occurred in 15, 30, 45...
The response of sweet corn (Zea mays L. var. rugosa cultivar
Jubilee) to 12 populations and four nitrogen rates was studied in a
field experiment. Populations ranged from 43, 904 to 329,800
plants/ha with nitrogen levels ranging from 0 to 224 Kg/ha. A systematic
spacing design was used. Plant height,...
By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving
steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis
seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery
during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...
These studies were initiated to investigate the influence of previous
superphosphate fertilizer practices and grazing stock history on
nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur status in soils from grass-legume
pastures. Four Western Oregon soil series, Dixonville, Demint,
Winema and Josephine, were included in the study. Laboratory experiments
and greenhouse trials were conducted...
Field studies designed to study residual effects from fertilizer
molybdenum were initiated in September 1971 on established grass-clover
pastures at ten sites in Western Oregon. Treatments were 0.0
and 1.12 kg molybdenum /ha on plots receiving 0-35-0-20S fertilizer (elemental sulfur-S) and 0.0, 0.56, 1.12 and 2.24 kg molybdenum /ha on...
Studies were undertaken on the Steiwer, Hazelair, Hedden,
Dixonville, Knappa, Haines, Ladd, Wingville and Powder soil
series plus three additional unnamed soils from western Oregon,
in an effort to determine their molybdenum status and to evaluate
the use of the anion exchange resin method as a means of assaying
available...
A growth chamber experiment was conducted to determine the
rate of S-urea mineralization and effect of S-urea on the yield of
ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) grown in Steiwer soil as influenced
by soil temperature (60, 75, and 90° F) and soil moisture stress
(0. 10, 0.35, and 2.50 bars). Plant yield,...