This research studies the cyclical behavior of agricultural farmland prices in the
United States with a special emphasis on how agricultural policies contribute to
farmland price movement.
The first stage of the study is to have a conceptual understanding of how
agricultural policies affect the behavior of farmland prices. A...
The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic method to
analyze relationships between inputs, technology, and market structure
of an industry, and marketing activities among countries in general
and to develop an economic analysis of trade flow of the hardwood
plywood industry in the Far East exporting countries:...
The economic status of the Black Americans has lagged far behind that of non-Black Americans in the last four centuries. The major reasons are manifested in (1) discrimination in employment
practices by: employers, public and private employment agencies, labor organizations, and apprenticeship agencies; and (2) discrimination in distribution of factor...
The effects of exposure to suspended silt, kaolin and fuller's
earth on growth and condition of Pacific oysters, 16 months of age,
were studied. The exposure apparatus maintained a continuous flow
of turbid water through chambers containing test oysters. Additional
studies measured the filtration rates of oysters exposed to suspended...
This study consisted of determining some of the conditions for
culture of young English sole (Parophrys vetulus Girard) in the laboratory.
Rearing of the larvae to the juvenile stage was attempted
unsuccessfully; techniques used and problems encountered during culture
are discussed. Growth of juveniles was studied at combinations of
temperatures...
Benthic samples were collected during the summer, winter and
spring seasons from upper Yaquina Estuary, a region used by Georgia-
Pacific Corporation for log dumping and storage. Samples came from
an active log dump and storage areas as well as areas not associated
with log handling activity. The samples were...
The metabolism of malathion in vivo was studied by injection of adult male Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, with 0.75 [mu]g/g wet weight [³H] malathion. At selected times within 24 hours of injection, subsamples of three crabs were taken for analysis of malathion and metabolites. Malathion was extensively activated by oxidative...
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were exposed to sublethal levels of a water-soluble fraction (WSF) of Cook Inlet crude oil for periods ranging from 18 to 31 days, at four acclimation temperatures. The fatty acid composition of phospholipids extracted from muscle, gill, liver, and brain tissues, and, at three of the...
Water potential, leaf conductance, growth, nitrogen
content, and seedling survival of Wyoming Big Sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis) following
defoliation of the herbaceous understory were assessed
during two growing seasons. Precipitation was 107% and 63%
of the long-term mean (283 mm) in 1989 and 1990,
respectively, which presented an opportunity...
Knowledge of old-growth Juniperus occidentalis woodlands, which occur in central and eastern Oregon, is limited. Wise management of these woodlands necessitates a better understanding of the community ecology. The community structure of woodlands at seven sites in three areas of central Oregon was studied. Measurements taken at nine plots per...