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    ETDS from 1958

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    Frost Action in Soils, Mustata Sevket Safak

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    School Board Members' Attitudes toward Vocational Agriculture and their General Knowledge concerning Vocational Agriculture Programs in their Schools, G. A. Schaal

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    A Historical Analysis of the Development of Track and Field at South Dakota State College 1889-1958, James Elmer Schlender

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    An Investigation of the Validity of the General Aptitude Test Battery for the Vocational Guidance of High School Graduates of Milbank, South Dakota, Merrill J. Sly

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    Age and Growth Determination of the Black Bullhead From Soft Fin Rays, James W. Sprague

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    The Feasibility of Organizing a Federation of Egg Marketing Cooperatives in Eastern South Dakota, Walter R. Swanson

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    A Study on Turkish Highways, Orhan Tasangil

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    Yield and Maturity of Populations of Drilled Corn Hybrids on the Northern Great Plains, Darrold E. Termunde

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    Locker and Shower Room Facilities Used for Physical Education at South Dakota State College, Peter Dominic Torino

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    An Investigation of Costs for Heating and Power Generation at South Dakota State College, Julius William Ulmer

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    Evaluation of Walleye Fingerling Plants in Lake Darling, North Dakota, George L. Van Wyhe

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    A Study of the Aspects of Vocational Agriculture Teacher Travel in South Dakota, Sylvan D. Vigness

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    A Survey of the Aspects of Teaching Rural Electrification in Vocational Agriculture in South Dakota, George L. Wells

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    Report of Progress Toward the Experimental Development of an Elementary Evaluative Listening Test, Dorothy Ardythe West

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    An Evaluation of Parliamentary Procedure Programs in South Dakota Future Farmers of America Chaptersouth Dakota, Calvin E. Willemssen

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    Consumer Preferences and Attitudes Toward Butter and Advertising in Brookings and Madison, South Dakota, Paul M. Williamson

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    On the Electric Field of Moving Magnets, Ronald Harvey Wilson

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    Some Effects of Antibiotics on a Candida Albicans Population in the Intestinal Tracts of Chickens, Roger E. Winans

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    Studies on the Analysis and Esterification of Cholesterol, Marvin Lee Withrow

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    A Study of the Spotted Alfalfa Aphid and the Potato leafhopper and Their Abundance in Relation to Certain Climatic Condition in Five Specific Areas in South Dakota, Mitchell J. Wrich

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    The Blood Picture in Correlation with Bloat, Dale A. Yarns

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    Effect of Various Feed Additives on Gain, Feed Efficiency and Digestibility of Rations by Lambs, Paul R. Zimmer

    ETDS from 1957

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    Tenant Interest in Alternative Leasing Arrangements in Moody County, South Dakota, 1955, Vernon E. Bau

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    The Effect of Moisture and Fertilizer on Drouth Resistance Factors, F. Paul Baxter

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    Relative Attractiveness of Sugar and Liver to Phormia regina Meigen, David L. Billman

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    A Basic Tool List for a New Vocational Agricultural Shop in South Dakota, Kenneth Bohuslav

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    A Study of Streptobacillus Moniliformis Causative Agent of Rat Bite Fever, Harry J. Bowers

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    Farm Business Management Data and Practices in the North James Area, Roland J. Brunsma

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    Obstacles to Increased Production of Meat-Type Hogs : A Report of Surveys of Swine Producers and Marketing Agencies, Edward Dailey

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    The Economic Feasibility of Whole Milk Procurement by Creameries in Eastern South Dakota, Ralph O. Felberg

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    The Effects of Low Temperature on Survival of Rabbit Ova, Mansur Ferdows

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    A Study of the Opportunities for Beginning Farmers to Become Established in Farming in Spink County, South Dakota, Gordon F. Ferguson

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    Listeria monocytogenes, Alvin G. Fiscus

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    Reaction of Certain Diploid and Tetraploid Alfalfas to Some Phytopathogens Including the Blackstem Disease, Harry Geise

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    Aureomycin as Preservative of Small Animal Bodies, Rudolph G. Griffin

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    Some Observations Pertaining to the Effects of Relaxin Upon the Bovine, Vincent Allen Hall

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    Factors Influencing the Consolidation of Cooperative Creameries in South Dakota, Ivan R. Hanson

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    A Comparison Between Laboratory Nitrogen Determinations and the Response of Oats to Nitrogen Fertilization in South Dakota, Milo I. Harpstead

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    A Study of Cumulative Record Systems and Other Guidance Services Offered in South Dakota High Schools with Enrollments Between 125 and 200 Students, Donald J. Heil

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    Why South Dakota and Minnesota Vocational Agriculture Instructors have Remained in the Profession, Roger A. Heller

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    The Effect of Late Applications of Herbicidal Sprays on the Yield and Germination of Flax, Mark W. Johnson

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    Utilization of Nitrogen Fertilizer by Crops as Influenced by Time of Application, Carriers and Crop Residues, Wayne E. Lamke

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    A Geographical Study of Housefly Resistance, Vernon H. Lee

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    A Study Made to Determine the Muscular Fitness Status of a Group of Sioux Indian and Caucasian Children as Determined by the Krausreber Test of Minimum Muscular Fitness, Melvin E. Logterman

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    Comparative Study of the Scholastic Ability, Scholastic Achievement and Activity Participation of Home Economics Students at South Dakota State College, Deloris E. Mangels

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    Leptospirosis in Cattle and Swine in South Dakota, John P. McAdaragh

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    A Study of the Methods of Coaching Track in South Dakota High Schools and Colleges with Emphasis on Sprint, Middle Distance, and Distance Running, Dudley William Melichar

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    Growth and Physiology of a Soil Organism Which is Resistant to the Toxic Effects of Sodium Selenite, John C. Mickelson

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    Bloat Results From Various Drenchings Including Effectiveness of Penicillin For Prevention, Clarence Leonard Moore

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    The Posterior Spiracles of Hypoderma Lineatum de Villers (Diptera: Hypodermatidae) Larvae : Their Morphology and Development, Neal O. Morgan

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    Marketing Eggs in Eastern South Dakota : A Study of Pricing Policies and Practices of Country Egg Dealers, Turner Leo Oyloe

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    Etiology and Control of a Seedling Blight of Flax Caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn, Vernyl D. Pederson

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    The Effect of Three Quarters of Service Course Physical Education Upon the Physical Fitness of Male Freshmen at South Dakota State College, James Prins Jr.

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    An Investigation as to the Comparative Cost of Fuels for Heating Homes in the City of Brookings, South Dakota, Robert P. Puncochar

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    The Use of an Advisory Council in a Vocational Agriculture Department, Raymond G. Reiff

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    Comparative Effects of Two Different Physical Education Programs Upon the Physical Fitness and Motor Educability of Ninth and Tenth Grade Boys, Charles Russell Reynolds

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    A Case Study Report of 29 South Dakota State College Freshman Men with Low Physical Fitness Indices, Jack K. Richardson

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    The Effects of an Eight Week Developmental Physical Education Program on Physical Fitness Index and Certain Cardiovascular Factors of Freshman Male Students, James Riley

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    Studies Concerned with Selenium Poisoning in Rats, Robert David Romanowski

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    A Preliminary Study of the Relationship of Yield to Preseasonal Climatological Factors in Central South Dakota, Donald T. Searls

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    Some Factors Affecting 1957 Acreage Reserve Participation in the South Dakota Wheat Area, Allan M. Severson

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    A Comparison of the Arithmetic Background of Seventh Grade Pupils Who Have Received Their First Six Years of Schooling in Rural Schools with Those Who Received Their First Six Years of Schooling in the Pipestone City Schools, Peter P. Spawn

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    The Effect of Vitamin D. Supplementation on the Growth and Development of Swine, Darwin Eugene Stolte

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    A Survey of the Value of the Homemaking Curriculum in South Dakota with Implications for Revision, Carol Siemann Wagner

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    Survey of the Attitudes of Parents Toward Vocational Agriculture in South Dakota, Ernest W. Wingen

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    Effects of Urea and Some Other Nitrogen Compounds on Germination of Wheat, Walter R. Zich

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    A Local Cost-sharing Plan for Watersheds Under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, Henry N. Ziegler

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    A Genetic Analysis of Economic Characteristics of Range Beef Heifers, Keith O. Zoellner

    ETDS from 1956

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    A Study of Pupil Reporting Practices, School to Home, in Illinois Junior High Schools Organized on a Seven-Eight Grade Basis, Gale Edwin Anderson

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    Morphology of Stamens and Staminodia of Echinocystis Lobata (Michx.) T. & G., Engracia B. Arguelles

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    Differential Reaction of Two Varieties of Sorghum to Colchicine Treatment, Glenn Francis Atkinson

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    The Virgil Independent School District and Reorganization, Kenneth E. Bandy

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    The Condensation of the Aminophenols with Maleic Anhydride, Robert H. Becker

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    Factors Affecting Prices Received by South Dakota Egg Producers : A Pilot Study, J. Patrick Brown

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    The Effect of Body Temperature Upon Accuracy in Performing Specific Motor Skills, Roger William Denker

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    Studies of pleuropneumonia-like organisms, John A. Duerre

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    The Effect of Prescibed Weight Training on a Selected Group of Varsity Basketball Players, Bernard Eugene Duffy

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    Evaluating the Mode of Inheritance in Tetraploid Alfalfa by Means of Genetic Intra-class Correlation, Wesley D. Dunlap

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    A Determination of Relationship Between Seven Known Factors and a Student's Success in Debate, Kenneth J. Erickson

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    Research on a Portable Floor Plate Brooder with Electric Heating Elements for Use in South Dakota, Virgil H. Flesher

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    Farm Equipment Retailing in South Dakota, C. John. Fliginger

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    The Effect of a Basketball Training Program on Cardiovascular Condition as Shown by the Cameron Heartometer, Harry L. Forsyth

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    Genetic Analysis of F2 Populations from Crosses Involving Colchicine-induced Mutants in Sorghum, A. Earl Foster

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    A Comparison Study of State Farmers and Non-state Farmers on Academic Achievement and Post-high School Accomplishment, Hilding W. Gadda

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    A Student Evaluation of Graduate Education Courses at South Dakota State College by 1956 Summer Session Graduate Students Who had Taken Work Prior to January 1, 1956, Donald F. Gerriets

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    A Plan for the Development of a School Farm for Sturgis High School, Wayne C. Gray

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    Community Resources in Watertown for Use in American Government, Melvin Hanson

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    A Survey to Select Area Headings to be Included in a Handbook for School Administrators to Administer Departments of Vocational Agriculture in South Dakota, James P. Harper

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    Locker and Shower Room Facilities Used for Physical Education in Class "A" High Schools in South Dakota, Arthur T. Jansen

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    A Study of Selected Characteristics and the Extent of Church Activity of the Membership and Officials in the Free Methodist Church, Upper Midwest Region, Bruce Leffingwell Kline

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    Alfalfa Seedling Rot in Relation to the Quantity of Pythium in South Dakota Soils, Michael Komanetsky

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    Growth and Selenium Content of Wheat as Affected by Applications of Salts to Soils, Frederick J. Kurpjuweit

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    Investigations of Methyl Donors and Linseed Oil Meal in Alleviating Selenium Poisoning, Eriks Leitis

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    The Effect of High Temperature Contact Treatment on Hard Seeds in Alfalfa, Allyn O. Lunden

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    An Analytical Survey of Census, Enrollment and Financial Trends of the Harrisburg Independent Consolidated School District C-1 Over the Years 1940 to 1953, Ernest W. Lunn

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    A Study to Determine the Importance of Pre-service Training in Teaching Farm Mechanics Jobs in Vocational Agriculture, Morris W. Magnuson

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    Time and Tide : A Study of the Conflicting Concepts of Time of the Dakota Indian and Western Civilization, R. Clyde McCone

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    A Comparison of Aerial and Ground Application of 2,4-D, Using Different Formulations and Rates of 2,4-D, and Different Kinds and Volumes of Carrier, Russel L. Nash

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    Marketing Cream in Plastic Bags, James L. Olson

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    An Evaluation of the Success of the Rural Youth Program in South Dakota, John Orr