This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to 2012.
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ETDS from 1953
The Condensation of Phenols with Maleic Annhydride [i.e. anhydride], George W. Engstrom
A Survey of the Literature Concerning Hindered Phenols and a Preliminary Study of the Oxidation of the Hindered Phenol, 2, 6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, John M. Erickson
Financing of Agricultural Cooperatives, Robert O. Gunderson
A Study of Male Eighth Grade Graduates of Codington County, South Dakota Who Dropped Out and Who Did Not Start High School From 1948 Through 1952., Clarence R. Hall
The Nature of Chromatin Changes in Colchicine-induced Variants in Sorghum, Dale D. Harpstead
A Study of the Practices and Procedures Prevailing in the Legion Government Day's Programs in Five South Dakota Schools During 1953, Philip R. Haskett
Achieving Farm Ownership in South Dakota Through the Farm Ownership Program of the Farmers Home Administration, Canute M. Johnson
Adjustments by a Central South Dakota Farmer to Weather and Price: 1928-1951, Robert W. Luken
Early Floral Development in Gaura coccinea, Edward Olson
Growth and Respiratory Studies of Saccaromyces Cerevisiae in the Presence of Selenium, Robert M. Pengra
The Quality and Quantity of Ewe's Milk as Affected by Breed, Stage of Lactation, and Somatotropin, Darold Dean Shaffhausen
A Study of Carbohydrate Metabolism and Pigment Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Strain Number 20094, John R. Stamer
Estimating Commercial Expansion from Irrigation Development in the Oahe Unit, John E. Thompson
Farm Labor, Power and Machinery Performance for Selected Operations Under Dryland and Irrigated Conditions in Central South Dakota, James A. Ulvilden
A Survey of the Status of Conservation Education in Junior High Schools of Eight Selected Counties in Northwest Iowa, John E. Voss
Scheduling of Extracurricular Activities in the Consolidated Schools of South Dakota, Charles Webbenhurst
The Effect of Bicarbonate in Irrigation Waters on the Exchangeable Sodium Status of the Soil, Edward J. Williamson
ETDS from 1952
Deflection During Prestressing of an Unbonded Prestressed Concrete Beam, Neil E. Bergstresser
Sanitary Analysis of the Water Supply and Sewage Disposal of Volga, South Dakota, Richard W. Blair
Plant Color as Related to Reflection of Light, Leaf Temperatures, and Drought Reaction on Barley, Dan Walter Chisholm
Effect on Yield and Grade of Holding Lambs in Packer's Yards, Jonathan Harvey Glover
Some Mechanical and Horomonal methods of Dilating the Bovine Cervix, Edmund F. Graham
The Improvement in Type of South Dakota Dairy Cattle Through Artificial Breeding, Kenneth I. Gross