Foresters care about site productivity and stem quality in Douglas-fir plantations for many reasons. The profitability of forest land and the economic returns on silvicultural investments are directly related to site productivity. Thus, understanding the relationships among Douglas-fir productivity, stem form and site characteristics is important economically. My objective was...
The Gospel: According to Matt is a novel, told in the first person, simple past tense, depicting the struggle of a young man attempting to make sense of his relationship with his estranged father as he wrestles with a growing crisis of faith. Matt is deeply sincere in his desire...
Walt Whitman looked to the natural world, which he considered an original example of divine creation, for insights into the methods and patterns of the Creative Force; the poet then intuited connections between these divine natural patterns and human existence and spirituality. Convinced of the divinity of the human body,...
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors which
may limit linear programming as a predictive tool. It has specifically centered attention on components of linear programming
models and characteristics of farm operators which create differences
between actual and linear programmed farm organizations.
Twenty farms in Wasco County, Oregon,...
Agricultural co-operatives in Oregon have experienced financial problems in recent years due to changes in the economic environment in which they operate: Increasing amounts of new capital will be required to finance growth and adjustment of operations in the future. This places a growing importance on the role of long-range...
After Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1933, agriculture
was emphasized together with other plans in bringing about
the economic development of the country. Cooperative Land Settlement
as an institution has been used for developing the agricultural
field. The government had an aim at first to provide farms for landless...
This is the first volume of a new publication replacing the Research Briefs and the Contribution series. It follows Volume 13, Number 1 of the Research Briefs and Contribution Number 29. Frequency of publication of this series will depend on the number and size of acceptable manuscripts submitted to the...