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Plans for a university clothing department in South Africa

Creator:: Dippenaar, Susara Johanna
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Agriculture, the starr 9 --- - ------- -------- - ot the Otfioe of Education, and the American Home

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: industrialized agriculture. This thesis argues that the fundamental beliefs of human societies (i.e

A follow-up study of industrial arts education graduates of Oregon State College since 1940

Creator:: Gerard, John Caryll
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: schools of Forestry and Agriculture. Professor Henry C. Brandon became the first department head, and

A follow up study of industrial arts graduates of Oregon State College since 1915

Creator:: Meyer, Edwin David
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , blacksmithing, drawing, and printing. In 1908, all students from the School of Agriculture were required to

The forest and the mainframe : the dynamics of modeling and field study in the Coniferous Forest Biome, 1969-1980

Creator:: Long, Tulley A.
Abstract:: In an initial research proposal of December 1969, the scientists of the Coniferous Forest Biome (CFB), an ecosystem study centered in the Pacific Northwest and part of the larger International Biological Programme (IBP), expressed optimism that computer simulations and systems modeling could transform empirical knowledge of the carbon, water, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tulley A. Long for the

The value of short run in-stream temperature forecasts : an application to salmonids in the Klamath and John Day Rivers

Creator:: Huang, Biao
Abstract:: Water temperature is an important measure of water quality, as well as a dominant factor affecting aquatic life within the stream environment. Elevated water temperatures can decrease the survival rate of fish in each life stage. Cold water species, such as salmonids, are particularly susceptible to elevated water temperatures. For...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: generation, and agriculture. In this setting, the decision maker must account for the effect of water

A suggested farm forestry curriculum for vocational agriculture

Creator:: Fowler, Frederick Allen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Farm Forestry Curriculum for Vocational Agriculture Abstract approved The purpose of this study was

Changes in input, output, and productivity of Oregon farms

Creator:: Fabiyi, Ebenezer Adeyemi
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - ment of agriculture to contribute significantly to the overall economic growth of Oregon. The size of

A farm management plan for the reorganization of a typical Columbia basin "bonanza" wheat

Creator:: Broich, Walter Frank
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In School of Agriculture By

An economic analysis of factors related to poverty on selected Indian reservations

Creator:: Yap, Sik Sya
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: production record, 1969, BIA, U. S. Dept. of the Interior. Forty-three and three-tenths percent of

An evaluation of input purchasing behavior at farm supply cooperatives

Creator:: Hartley, Marcus L.
Abstract:: This study uses an econometric model to explain patronage of farm inputs at cooperatives in a highly diversified agricultural region. The model jointly addresses farmer purchases of six input categories: petroleum, pesticides, fertilizers, services, feed, and seed. Explanatory variables include farm size, farm experience, farm type, membership status farm location,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sectors of the agriculture market. Alternatively, farm supply cooperatives must necessarily stock a wide

Strategic investments in agricultural industries and Oregon's economic development

Creator:: Koong, Dennis T
Abstract:: This research is concerned with the current debate among Oregonians on how to improve the standard of living and accelerate economic development in Oregon. The main question is what economic activities make Oregon, and regions within Oregon grow? To find out where Oregon's economic strength and weaknesses lie, first we...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: payroll, and employed about 5% of Oregon's employment. The agriculture sector generated about 7% of

The organization and supervision of agriculture in the high schools of Oregon

Creator:: Laughlin, Norman James
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Program.... Possibilities of Vocational Agriculture.. 22 Growth of i,rogram in Oregon Compared wl

The utilization of school-owned property in the vocational agriculture curriculum

Creator:: Atwood, Melvin Boyd
Abstract:: There is a lack of available information concerning availability, usability and utilization of school-owned land in western Oregon, southwestern Washington and northwestern California. It would be helpful to know if land is available for agricultural use, how it is used, and ways that it can be used to give experience...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agriculture in the school curriculum. Eighty-five percent of high schools receiving questionnaires returned

An econometric analysis of the demand for selected agricultural inputs in Oregon

Creator:: Yadav, Ram Prakash
Abstract:: The objective of this study is to analyze empirically the demand structure for the following important farm production inputs in Oregon: hired labor, chemical fertilizer, farm machinery, repairs and operating costs of motor vehicles and other machinery designated as "machinery supplies," purchased feed and miscellaneous inputs. Twenty-year data (1950-69 except...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: obtained from Farm Income, State Estimates 1949-69 (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research

Identification of off-farm agricultural occupations in Umatilla County, Oregon

Creator:: Davis, Garth Earl
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .-. TenPas Employment in agriculture has until recently been thought of as employment in farming. Farming

Physiologic specialization and physiology of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) Masse

Creator:: Tanrikut, Selahattin
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . The wilt disease of sa1ower. Lien. Dept. Agr. India. Bot. Ser. 13:39-46. 1924. 7. Kraus, E. J. and

A farm management survey and factor study of a group of one hundred farms in Yamhill county

Creator:: Dietsch, Frank John
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AGRICULTURE By FRANK JO DIETSCH May 21, 1917 of Major Advanced Degrees Table of Contents 1

An evaluation of family income variation on low-income farms in western Oregon

Creator:: Long, Donald Eugene
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this thesis is to determine the economic nature of low incomes on low-income farms in western Oregon. An economic model containing variables that contribute to family income is developed for farm operators in the study area. Regression analysis is used to determine the significant variables contributing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Approximately seventy-five percent of the farms identified in the 1964 Census of Oregon Agriculture have gross

Information and analysis techniques for making crop selection decisions

Creator:: Bristol, Roger Dale
Abstract:: Twenty managers of large diversified irrigated farms in the Willamette Valley area of Oregon were interviewed about the economic information and analysis techniques they use when making crop selection decisions. Two community college farm management instructors, two agricultural lenders, and two certified public accountants working with farmers were interviewed about...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: challenging considering the risks and the number of uncontrollable factors,in agriculture,upon.which

A bioeconomic analysis of altering instream flows anadromous fish production and competing demands for water in the John Day River basin, Oregon

Creator:: Johnson, Neal S.
Abstract:: The growing demand for water in the arid regions of the West increases the need for optimal allocation of water among competing uses. An efficient allocation of water between instream and out-of-stream uses has been impeded by institutional constraints and the scarcity of information regarding instream flow benefits. The objectives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water in "producing" recreational fishing and to examine the effect of forestry, agriculture, and

The optimal allocation of watershed conservation funding : a case study of the John Day River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Skelton, Katharine
Abstract:: This study determines the optimal allocation of watershed conservation funds in the John Day River Basin, Oregon. Fund managers can use a variety of targeting schemes to allocate their limited resources. Depending on which targeting criteria is used, they may or may not be achieving the maximum environmental benefits per...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Master of Science in Agriculture and Resource Economics presented on March 31, 2000 Title: The

Some factors concerning economic research by cooperatives

Creator:: Emery, Harlan Julien
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Agriculture, December 1, 1926. See Research in Progress in Bureau of Agricultural Econ- omics

The effects of variation in rate and time of application of nitrogen on wheat on trashy and clean fallowed soil

Creator:: Ramage, Carroll Herbert
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and Agricultural Engineering both of the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Oregon

Use of oak woodlands (Quercus garryana) for farm forestry and grazing in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Hall, Frederick C.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: extEnded to Ray c. Roberts, principal soil correlator, U. s. Department of Agriculture, for his soil

A study of calcium compounds for cream neutralization

Creator:: Sweringen, William Lloyd
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: gathering station is usua11y sour when it reaches the creamery. In the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, fifteenth

Phytosociology of the ponderosa pine type on pumice soils in the Upper Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon

Creator:: Volland, Leonard A.
Abstract:: The study was conducted over approximately 191,000 acres in central Klamath County, Oregon. The research had three objectives: first, to describe and classify the seral and near-climax vegetation by using polyclimax principles; secondly, to determine the southern extension of five plant associations and one plant associes as previously described by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LEONARD ALLAN VOLLAND for the

Forage utilization estimates in relation to ecological units in the Wallowa mountains of northeastern Oregon

Creator:: Johnson, Walter Van-Gale
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: units in the Wallowa mountains of Northeastern Oregon FORAGE UTILIZATION ESTIMATES IN RELATION TO

The manufacture of butter from refrigerated cream

Creator:: Searing, Lyall DeForest
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: avorage vrholesale price for 92 score butter, according to the United States Department of Agriculture

The fertilization of irrigated grass and grass-clover pasture swards with emphasis on the rate and frequency of nitrogen applications

Creator:: Gardner, Ernest Hugh
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: The fertilization of irrigated grass and grass-clover

Characterization of selected plant communities within the Tillamook Burn in northwestern Oregon

Creator:: Bailey, Arthur W.
Abstract:: A study was initiated in 1961 to characterize seral plant communities in a part of the Cedar Creek drainage in the Tillamook Burn. Stratification of vegetation into ecological units was a necessary first step in conifer-animal damage studies supported by the Oregon State Game Commission. Reconnaissance information was recorded in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Survey Manual (31). The following characteris- tics were

Genetic and environmental influences upon litter size and variation of birth weights in Berkshire swine

Creator:: Chapman, Verne Merrill
Abstract:: Litter site and birth weight data compiled from the farrowing records of 275 litters out of 109 purebred Berkshire sows of the Oregon State University swine herd during the years 1953 to 1960 inclusive were used in this study. Genetic and environmental factors influencing four components of reproductive performance, namely,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: variation of birth weights in Berkshire swine AN ABSTRACT OC THE THESIS OF Verne Merrill Chapman for the

The effect of the copper intake on the flavor and storage life of meat products

Creator:: Idris, Omer Fadle
Abstract:: The susceptibility of milk to copper-induced or accelerated off-flavors is well known. Other animal products, including meats have not been so extensively studied. In this study different species of animals (pigs, calves, lambs and rabbits) were fed on normal rations with and without supplements of copper sulfate. During the course...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: irnportant because of the increasing use of its cornpounds in agriculture and veterinary practice

A survey and analysis of the range forage inventory methods

Creator:: Chohlis, Gus John
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A survey and analysis of the range forage inventory methods

A method of manufacturing brick cheese under Oregon conditions

Creator:: Cornett, John Anthony
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A method of manufacturing brick cheese under Oregon

Forage production on range sites in east central Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Bunch, Thomas R
Abstract:: Objectives of this investigation were two-fold: (l) to determine crested wheatgrass production on selected range sites and (2) to evaluate present and potential production on public and private lands in the study area. Field studies were carried out in 1953 and 1964 near Jordan Valley, Malheur County, Oregon, on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: association, bordered by Departrnent of Agriculture Yearbook, area is within the Portneuf-Sagernore the

The seasonal yield, quality, and utilization of Trifolium subterraneum in mixture with festuca arundinacea and Lolium perenne in western Oregon

Creator:: Sanders, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dwayne), 1940-
Abstract:: In 1959, a large scale grazing study in western Oregon was initiated to compare the value of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) with subclover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) with subclover, and to evaluate common use grazing on them. The present investigation was undertaken to determine...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF KENNETH DWAYNE SANDERS for the

Improvement of barley utilization through feed processing or supplementation

Creator:: Wilson, Jerry James
Abstract:: Methods to improve the efficacy of swine barley rations were evaluated. A literature review pertaining to the subject, three feeding trials involving 104 swine, and a laboratory investigation were used in the study. The effects of pelleting with a new modified pellet die that produces a dense pellet; supplementation with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Improvement of barley utilization through feed processing

A list of the aphididae of the world with host plants

Creator:: Wilson, H. F. (Harley Frost), 1883-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of liASTER OF SCIENCE IN Agriculture. by H&rley F. Wi1on. Jurie , 1913. APPROD

A comparative study of selected methods for sampling vegetation

Creator:: Conrad, C. Eugene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A Comparative Study of Selected Methods for Sampling

Effects of Aldrin, a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, on soil microorganisms and their activities related to soil fertility

Creator:: Fletcher, Donald Warren, 1929-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effects of Aldrin, A Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticide

An evaluation of culverts on low volume forest roads in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Piehl, Bradley T.
Abstract:: WRRI 106 is placeholder for the research findings of Project No. G-928-03 funded by U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey. Findings are available in Piehl, Bradley T. (1986) An evaluation of culverts on low volume forest roads in the Oregon Coast Range (Masters Thesis, Oregon State University. Forest Engineering)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS O F Bradley T. Piehl for the degree of

Supervised farming programs for public schools in Ghana

Creator:: Biney, Thomas Bart
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: essential part of vocational education in agriculture in the United States and are correlated to

Characteristics of public land grazing permittees

Creator:: Gentner, Brad
Abstract:: The federal government is the largest single landowner in the 11 western states. The majority of federal lands is grazed by domestic livestock, a consumptive resource use. Communities have evolved dependent on traditional consumptive uses. Recently, non-traditional users today have contested public land management decisions and these users have become...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brad Gentner for the degree of

The role of selected regulations on the distribution of West Coast groundfish

Creator:: Earley, Jim V.
Abstract:: Expanding groundfish production on the West Coast and in the United States in total, over the past decade, has increased competition in the groundfish market. During the same period, regulations have evolved to control production in the groundfish industry for the purpose of conserving the resource. Other regulations exist to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jim V. Earley for the degree of

Computer simulation of irrigation system improvements : an analysis of income, risk and offsite impacts

Creator:: Taylor, Michael L. (Michael Lester), 1960-
Abstract:: Policy analysts designing programs to improve the efficiency and expand the use of water in the irrigation of farm lands often enlist benefit-cost analysis as a means of assessing impacts and feasibility. While on-site comparisons of costs and benefits are important factors in project assessment, other dimensions such as risk,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: as other studies, the U.S; Department of Agriculture indicated a need for detailed analysis of

The Conservation Reserve Program : its impact on the economies of rural communities

Creator:: Nofziger, Sharon Dianne
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to present the results of a study of the impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program, Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, on the economies of small communities located in Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla Counties in Oregon. These counties are representative of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: counties are representative of many rural counties which are extremely dependent on agriculture for their

The economic feasibility of soybean production in Oregon

Creator:: Holst, David
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: cash receipts exceeded only by corn and sometimes wheat (United States Department of Agriculture

An economic analysis of the onsite benefits and costs of reducing soil erosion through conservation tillage in the Camas Prairie region of northern Idaho

Creator:: Bauer, Steven Gerard
Abstract:: The onsite costs and benefits of conservation tillage in the Camas Prairie Region of Northern Idaho were estimated. The evaluation of these costs and benefits included a measurement of the long-term effects of soil erosion on cropland productivity. A model developed by Daniel Taylor (1982) was used as a base...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the people at the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service-Natural Resource

The impact of extended fisheries jurisdiction on global fishery markets : the case of Alaska pollock from the U.S. West Coast

Creator:: Gancho, Paula
Abstract:: The increased US domestic production of surimi from the US Pacific Coast after 1977 is a major consequence of the US's extended fisheries jurisdiction to 200 nautical miles. It is only one consequence, however, whose nature can best be understood by examining the surimi market in the context of what...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paula Gancho for the degree of

Effect of weather variation on economic results from grasshopper control tactics in Chad : a partial validation of GHLSIM

Creator:: Sheikh, Allah Ditta
Abstract:: Agricultural production in the Sahelian region of Africa is among the lowest in the world. Cyclical infestations of locusts and grasshoppers have contributed to this low productivity. The infestations appear to be triggered by heavy rainfall at the beginning of a crop season after extended drought. Because locusts and grasshoppers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Allah Ditta Sheikh for the degree

The degree of market power exerted by Pacific halibut processors

Creator:: Lei, Shengli
Abstract:: A structural model of the Pacific halibut fishery is developed. Hypothesis tests are developed within the framework of the "new empirical industry organization" for the exertion of market power by Pacific halibut processors in both the exvessel market and the wholesale market. The relationship of market power exertion and IPHC's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THESIS OF Shengli Lei for the degree of Master

Contending with risk in the seafood processing industry : a bioeconomic portfolio analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

Creator:: Tuininga, Chris R
Abstract:: Since harvest levels of many of the world's fisheries are not likely to increase in the foreseeable future, resource managers and seafood processors need to develop improved strategies to maximize the utilization and benefits of current catches. In addition to increasing utilization and benefits, seafood processors are subject to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract Approved: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Chris R

Measuring benefits of outdoor recreation services : an application of the household production function approach to the Oregon steelhead sport fishery

Creator:: Strong, Elizabeth J.
Abstract:: This study provides an empirical test of the Bockstael-McConnell (1980) household production function (HPF) framework for evaluating wildlife recreation. This is perhaps the first study in which both taste and technology parameters have been estimated with a theoretical model specification. The results suggest that for steelhead sport fishing in Oregon,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Measuring benefits of outdoor recreation services: an

An analysis of wholesalers' demand for inshell filberts

Creator:: Tan, Mui Heng
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Source: /ruit Situation, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Crop Reporting Service. to $234 per

An exploratory economic analysis of the effects of regulation, hunter participation and harvest on migratory bird management

Creator:: Dell, Randal Scott
Abstract:: Waterfowl and the places they inhabit provide numerous economic benefits to society. The financial and other resources provided by waterfowl hunters to secure and protect waterfowl habitat are a major force for wetland protection, as guided under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. However, the habitat and population objectives established...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Randal Scott Dell for the

The relationship of absentee ownership of manufacturing plants to income growth, income inequality and employment instability in Oregon

Creator:: Mandelbaum, Thomas B.
Abstract:: Absentee-owned manufacturing plants made up a significant portion of the manufacturing sector in Oregon. In both 1969 and 1979, more than a quarter of the state's wage and salary manufacturing workers were employed by manufacturers whose home offices were located in other states or nations. Although the orthodox economic view...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Thomas B. Mandelbaum for the

An economic comparison of three cattle grazing management strategies intended to improve riparian habitat and water quality

Creator:: Sharp, Jeffrey L.
Abstract:: Grazing of riparian forage by livestock may alter stream channel morphology in ways that impact nearby aquatic habitat, bank stability, vegetative cover and water quality. A number of grazing management practices have been proposed as a means to reduce the amount of time cattle spend in the riparian zone. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assistance from Timothy DelCurto PhD., Associate Professor, Dept. of Animal Science, Eastern Oregon

Using valuation functions to estimate changes in the quality of a recreational experience : elk hunting in Oregon

Creator:: Fried, Brett M.
Abstract:: Public agencies need information on the value of recreational activities to assist in managing fish and wildlife species. Over the past two decades economists have developed and applied techniques to measure the value of such non-marketed commodities. The contingent valuation method (CVM) is one technique used by economists to measure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brett M. Fried for the degree of

The impact of special use assessment on land use and income distribution

Creator:: Shirack, Rosalyn Proffitt
Abstract:: The impact of Oregon's Special Use Assessment (SUA) program was analyzed in relation to farmland values in six regions. Data for the study were obtained from the Oregon Landownership Survey. Data were based on 1975 assessment and ownership characteristics. Farmland value per acre, including improvements, was believed to be influenced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: feasibility of agriculture. Farm owners are forced to accept either a lower net disposable income, convert

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

Creator:: Landry, Clay J.
Abstract:: Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . For example, agriculture was one of the state's earliest largest uses of water. As a result, the

The economic feasibility of off-stream water and salt to reduce grazing pressure in riparian areas

Creator:: Stillings, Amy M.
Abstract:: Properly functioning riparian systems are vital to the health of watersheds and provide an important forage and habitat resource for livestock and wildlife. Riparian grazing management strategies that are economically feasible and achieve environmental goals are needed by resource managers and livestock producers. The objective of this thesis was to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amy M. Stillings for the degree of

The economic impact of nonearnings exports on residentiary sectors for rural Oregon counties, 1979-1984

Creator:: McLeod, Donald M.
Abstract:: From 1979 through 1984 the economic bases of rural Oregon counties have undergone structural change. Nonwage income, especially transfer payments, has played an important role in these changes. Demographic changes in rural counties have contributed to the growth in unearned income. The economic structure of rural Oregon counties was estimated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Donald M. McLeod for the degree

Strategy selection in the Oregon trawl fisheries

Creator:: Harman, Ellen Jean
Abstract:: The ocean fishery is an example of a common property resource industry. Behavior of commercial fishermen is determined by a complex set of economic, environmental and social factors. All of these factors contribute to the individual fisherman's success. Fishermen learn to cope with the variability inherent to their occupation. Two...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Ellen Jean Harman for the degree

Opportunity costs : irrigation vs. hydropower

Creator:: Ross, Mark
Abstract:: In recent years we have seen increasing debate over the allocation of PNW water resources. In particular there are conflicts over using the river system for irrigation vs. electricity production. Denying the hydroelectric system water implies higher costs to electricity consumers as producers substitute more expensive nonhydro resources. This research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: development in the East High region of Washington for irrigated agriculture is one example. Another is the

An opportunity cost approach to land preservation in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Aliski, Leon David
Abstract:: This study estimates a range of opportunity costs associated with three land management alternatives for a site in the Oregon Coast Range. A 35,000 acre site was selected which includes a mix of federal and private land ownership and provides significant biological resources. The first alternative examines a plan for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and maintain soils Dispose of household sewage and waste that industry and agriculture produce

An application of transfer function and econometric procedures to employment impact analysis: Grant County, Oregon

Creator:: Lin, Tsae-yun Daphne
Abstract:: This study centered upon two objectives. First, to demonstrate and apply a statistical method, the transfer function, and to test its usefulness in regional economic modeling and regional impact ana1ysis; and second, to obtain a better understanding of the causal relationships among total employment, government employment, lumber and wood products...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agriculture). In contrast to more urbanized areas, levels of income are lower, employment opportunities more

The European union directive on packaging and packaging waste management : potential effect on seafood exporters of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Latriche, Philippe
Abstract:: This study examines the impact on Pacific Northwest seafood exporters of the European Union Directive on packaging and packaging waste management. The study of the official text of the proposed Directive was the starting point of our analysis. This allowed us to give a presentation of the EU Directive and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Philippe Latriche for the degree

An analysis of Costa Rican export earnings under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)

Creator:: Murillo-Martinez, Carlos G.
Abstract:: This Thesis explores the possibility of increased export and export earnings stability for Costa Rica after the implementation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) or Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). It was expected that this policy would not only increase trade and exports for some developing nations in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics and to Dr. Michael Martin, my major professor

A market share analysis of U.S. demand for selected domestic and Mexican frozen vegetables

Creator:: Bechtel, Bruce A.
Abstract:: This study examines the link between policy-induced changes in the relative prices of Mexican and U.S. frozen vegetables and their shares of the U.S. market. Several scenarios were examined in order to assess the impacts on quantities demanded of both U.S. and Mexican produced frozen vegetables caused by changes in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Mexican counterpart, which established

An analysis of stated preferences for marginal water allocation in the western United States

Creator:: Unruh, Melissa N.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Conservation Act (RCA) of 1977, P.L. 95-192, directed the Secretary of Agriculture to examine and evaluate

Urban development in coastal Oregon : discrete-choice estimation with spatial autocorrelation

Creator:: Todd, Maribeth
Abstract:: Development along the Oregon coast is continuing in areas that are known to be hazardous, in spite of strict zoning and other laws. The coast commonly sees erosion that can wash away cliffs and undermine structures as well as accretion that can bury houses in sand. However the much more...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: such as agriculture and timber. In spite of the protections provided by these laws, development

Primary & secondary irrigation benefits in small watershed projects : an evaluation of an Oregon P.L. 566 project in mid-life

Creator:: Tay, Winnie K.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: marketplace and the role of agriculture in the economic growth of rural communities. In the third chapter

An economic analysis of resource substitution with sprinkler irrigation systems in use in Oregon's Northern Columbia River Basin counties

Creator:: Erhabor, Patrick Osaretin
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for the opportunity to pursue the graduate degree to Dr. Richard Towey and Dean of Agriculture

Substitutional relationships between rainbow trout and pansize salmon : a market demand analysis

Creator:: Queirolo, Lewis E.
Abstract:: The fundamental objective of this analysis was to isolate and identify the factors governing the demand for domestically produced rainbow trout in a representative west coast market, and assess the impact on that demand, if any, of the introduction of pansize salmon. The approach taken in this market demand study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lewis Everett Queirolo for the

Multiple use resource allocation : an empirical analysis of selected forest resources

Creator:: Baker, John J
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: is lovingly dedicated. APPROVED: Associate Professor, Courtesy, of the Department of Agriculture

Measuring recreational fishing benefits in a multiple site framework : a case study of the Willamette spring chinook sports fishery

Creator:: Lin, Pei-Chien
Abstract:: The management options chosen by decision makers in managing wildlife and fisheries have different effects for diverse user groups. As a result, natural resource management agencies often seek information to evaluate the effects of alternative policies on the benefits provided to different constituencies. Over the past decade, economists have developed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Pei-Chien Lin

Simulation of national cow inventories and calf crop, 1965 to 1981 : projections to 1987

Creator:: Stringham, Tamzen K.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tamzen K. Stringharn for the

The Japanese beef market in a disequilibrium econometrics framework : implications for the U.S. - Japan beef market access agreement

Creator:: Anteneh, Berhanu
Abstract:: The success of the U.S. government in persuading Japan to liberalize the beef market is viewed as a relief to the U.S. beef industry. The economic benefit (to the U.S. beef producers!) of the trade liberalization however is yet to be seen. The size of this benefit is determined, among...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: meat wholesale markets by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) was to increase

Dynamic investment and pricing decisions for municipal sewerage

Creator:: Hanson, Kenneth Allen
Abstract:: The capacity expansion investment decisions on the provision of municipal sewerage are the central aspects of this analysis. The purpose is to present a methodology, utilizing a dynamic demand and supply model of sewerage, for recommending a set of values for the investment and pricing decision variables. The outcome of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kenneth Allen Hanson for the

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

Creator:: Watanabe, Michio
Abstract:: The spatial and dynamic pattern of landscape changes has a profound effect on the supply of environmental services, including the provision of habitat for fish and wildlife. Spatial heterogeneity is a common feature of landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, most notably in areas important to the production of salmonid fish...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: coordination with agencies including the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and

Effect of in-servicing teachers on student achievement in integrated pest management

Creator:: Doerner, Robert W.
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to determine if inservicing Agriculture Science and Technology (AST) teachers over a new curriculum, resulted in increased student achievement. Specific objectives were to: 1) determine the subject areas (lessons) for a curriculum for teaching Integrated Pest Management (IPM); 2) develop a curriculum for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Weeks The primary purpose of this study was to determine if in- servicing Agriculture Science and

Influence of Norbak, Dacagin, and Vistik on spray drift, volatility, adherence, and efficacy of several herbicides

Creator:: Ekins, Walter Leo
Abstract:: Norbak, Dacagin, and Vistik, when mixed with a spray solution, each have the unique property of increasing the viscosity of that solution. This property has been used commercially for the reduction of spray drift. Studies were made of the drift control adjuvants to determine the following: (1) the effect of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Influence of Norbak, Dacagin, and Vistik on Spray Drift

An evaluative study of mail-in electronic farm accounting systems with factors to consider in developing a program in Saskatchewan, Canada

Creator:: Gronsdahl, John Kenneth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Agriculture in close and cooperating roles with other i.nterested groups The overall

Uses of electricity in poultry and dairy production and grain processing

Creator:: Hongsumalya, Vidhurn
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , communication, welfare, education, agriculture , and all other types of business. The use of electricity

The Oregon growers cooperative association, with an analysis of the causes for its failure

Creator:: Haley, Robert Murkland
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , "Management Problems of Cooperative Associa- tiona Marketing Fruits and Vegetables", U.S. D.A., Dept. Bull

Possible impacts of Farm Settlements on the economic development of Eastern Nigeria

Creator:: Ezenekwe, Stephen Anofuechi
Abstract:: The Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the west coast of the continent of Africa, is divided into four Regions: Northern, Western, Midwestern and Eastern. The Federal Capital of the country is Lagos. Eastern Nigeria occupies the south-eastern portion of the country, nearest to the Federal Republic of Cameroun. The propensity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assigned by the government based on the results of soil surveys conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture

The geography of agricultural land resource use in Denmark

Creator:: Bjerre, Arne Gudmund
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: research ;rocedures, and to prescnt .iì objective story of Danish agriculture. It is also hoped that

Brown rot of fruits and fruit trees in Oregon

Creator:: Posey, Gilbert Bradley
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AGRICULTURE By Gilbert Bradley Posey 1915. blackp Typewritten Text NOTICE Some of the material in this

A hospital cost model

Creator:: May, Mathew George
Abstract:: This thesis develops a cost model for short-term, non-federal, general hospitals through a regression analysis of data from a sample of D. S. hospitals. The analysis examines the impact various factors have on hospital costs as measured by the cost per patient. The results contradict the beliefs of other researchers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Alabama 2. Illinois 2, Delaware 3. Indiema 3o District of Columbia 4. Maine 4. Florida 5. Massachusetts

Pollination studies

Creator:: Vincent, Clarence Cornelius
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: States D.pt. of Agriculture, published his bulletin on the Pollination of the Pear. Waite's

A study of the laws of learning

Creator:: Kruse, Vernon Judson
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A Study of the Laws of Learning r.. ['* lffi l'l

The Discourse of Demographic Diversity in U.S. Natural Resources Scholarly Literature: A Multi-Methods Qualitative Study

Creator:: Brown, Jasmine K.
Abstract:: Racial, ethnic and gender diversity have been long term topics of discussion in natural resources. Yet to date, there has not been a comprehensive review of the existing literature within the discourse of demographic diversity. Therefore, I conducted a systematic review of demographic diversity in the disciplines of forestry, fisheries,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Minorities into Natural Resource Careers.” North American College and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA

Standing in the Way of Control : Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

Creator:: Hepperly, Jody R.
Abstract:: In recent years, several interrelated forces—prolonged drought, growing populations, height-ened environmental protections, sustained agricultural use, and hydrologic alterations due to climate change—have increased pressure on water users in the Western United States, where the agricultural sector accounts for up to 90% of total water withdrawals. Technology im-provements developed since the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , private companies, and non-profits, there is a very large amount of information about agriculture in the

Marginal productivity of credit for programmed farm adjustments and factors limiting the use of credit in the Columbia Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Reeder, Clinton Bruce
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) Figure L Location of Columbia Basin, Oregon. 5 which make its agriculture quite varied. The western

The agricultural geography of the Klamath Basin in Oregon

Creator:: Jack, James Thomas
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: helpful in supplying unpuhitahed in- formation concernIng the agrIculture of the Elarath Basin. Mr

Effects of certain pollinators on fruit and seed development in the highbush blueberry

Creator:: Cremins, William Joseph
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Dept. of agriculture bulletin 974. 1921. 24p. 9. _______ Improving the wild blueberry. Yearbook of

A survey of alfalfa pollinators and polination in the San Joaquin Valley of California with emphasis on establishment of the alkali bee

Creator:: Torchio, Philip F.
Abstract:: The study involves the establishment, management, and behavioral observations of Nomia melanderi Cockerell and Megachile rotundata (Fabricius) in California, a survey of native bees within western Fresno County, a determination of selfing and/or parthenocarpy in two fields of alfalfa, and observations on the honeybee as an alfalfa pollinator. The alkali...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: completed; To Dr. George E. Bohart, Station Leader, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wild Bee

The relationship of exchange acidity and exchangeable aluminum in limed and unlimed profile samples of soil from western Oregon to the yield and chemical composition of alfalfa

Creator:: Janghorbani, Morteza
Abstract:: Acidity distribution within any given soil profile is dependent on mineralogical make-up of the parent material as well as environmental conditions prevalent during the weathering history of the soil. An experiment was designed to study the distribution pattern of exchange acidity, exchangeable aluminum, exchangeable manganese and pH of six acid...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF MORTEZA JANGHORBANI for the M. S

Port Management Intern for the Port of Alsea

Creator:: Ham, David C.
Abstract:: Following is a proposal for preparation of an Alsea Bay marine development plan and graduate student internship as port manager. The plan would be prepared during January - June 1984. Dr. Fred Smith and Jim Good have agreed to supervise the plan preparation and provide university guidance.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: opportunities. b) Possible sources of seed money for projects. (more) cseceis666,,ii 44 SERVICE4 Agriculture

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