Supplementary mathematical analysis and comparison with the results of tests. This report is one of a series issued in cooperation with the Army-Navy-Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria under the supervision of the Aeronautical Board.
Approximately 200 raw prunes were harvested from each of five Italian prune trees near Corvallis every three days for nine consecutive harvest dates. Forty individual fruit from each tree were drawn at random and subjected to a series of fresh fruit quality tests.
For each quality factor which was measured,...
An area in Coos Bay was dredged to make room for a log boom. This terse 1953 report concerns a bulkhead constructed to hold the dredging spoil and the proposed new log boom.
In Part I the environment of the coastal dunes of Oregon and Washington is analyzed. Most of the substratum is a narrow foreland or terrace, in part submerged, that borders the mountain front. Temperature is relatively low in summer and rarely reaches the freezing point in winter. Winter precipitation is...
This report covers a 3-year period. It includes a growth survey of gaper clams to establish normal growth patterns, a summary of a transplantation of softshell clams into Siuslaw Bay, and the results of crab tagging to determine movement/migration patterns. This report also has research on personal-use fisheries for razor...
"Construction of a larval rearing system and development of rearing techniques for Dungeness crab larvae were the objectives of the first year's program. Preliminary work involved a literature search, consultation with biologists involved with molluscan and crustacean larval culture, and the design of a rearing system based on the success...