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ETDS from 1968
Drought Resistance of Ponderosa Pine and Eastern Redcedar on central South Dakota Soils, Gerald L. Jensen
A Survey of Pollution on Selected Streams in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Thomas J. Jurgens
The Effect of a Progressive Weight Program for College Women on Selected Basketball Skills, Karen Mae Kaberna
Survival, Growth, and Food Habits of Brook Trout Introduced Into An Eastern South Dakota Stream, Larry W. Kallemeyen
Flow Over a Rough Porous Flat Plate with Surface Mass Transfer, Francis K. King
Program Instruction in use of Lithographic Camera, Clayton Ransom Kinney
A Study of Selected Factors Associated with Members Attitudes Toward Their Churches in the Aberdeen Area of South Dakota, Hadley G. Klug
The New Vertical Starting Block and its Effect on Sprint Starting Time, Lloyd Lawrence Kolker
Movements and Behavior of Pheasants During the Breeding Cycle as Determined by Radio-Tracking, Thomas L. Kuck
An Analysis of Stephen Leacock's Treatment of the Detective Story, Beverly Lamb
The Effect of Test Cell Glass Cylinder Diameter on Gaseous Insulation Dielectric Strength, Thomas J. Lanoue
Storage and Retrieval System for Ground Water Quality Data in South Dakota, Rodolfo Lardizabal Laudencia
The Design, Construction, Testing and Evaluation of a Strength-of-Material Testing Device, Duane Allan Letcher
A Historical Analysis and Comparative Classification of the use of Computers in the Typographic Industry, Harvey R. Levenson
Drain Modulation of the Field-effect Transistor Amplifier, John C. Lietz
Steps of Speech Preparation Recommended in "Fundamentals of Speech" Textbooks Correlated with Frequency of Usage by Selected Clergymen, James Walter Lohr
A Study of the Internal and External Methods of Character Development in Acting as Exemplified by Text Books, Bruce Allen Lorange
Evaluation of an Aerated Lagoon System Treating Domestic and Industrial Wastewaters, John Thomas Lowthian
Immediate Knowledge of Results via Videotape Replay and its Effect on the Learning of Selected Football Skills, Alexander Thomas Lundquist
Effects of Marginal Quality Irrigation Water on the Accumulation of Salts and Alkali in Irrigated Soils, John M. Madden
The Supplementation of Lysine to Growing and Finishing Swine, Roger D. Magstadt
Guidelines for Estimating Resources Needed to Earn a Specified Level of Income, South James Area, South Dakota, John N. Maher
Some Indications of the Reinforcement Effects of Cooperative Extension Programs Broadcast from KOTA-TV, Rapid City, South Dakota, a Commercial Television Station, Francis Elizabeth Maierhauser
Proposed Modifications to the Los Angeles Rattler Test, Reinhold P. Mathiowetz
A Study of the Adaptability of Till Planting Corn Under Dryland Conditions in Eastern South Dakota, Luther A. Mathison
Some Thermal Plate Deflections Determined by the Complex Variable Method, James N. Maytum
Vacuum Dewatering of Elutriated Wastewater Sludge Conditioned with Lime Sludge, Donald Lee Miller
The Effects of Moldy Alfalfa Hay Feeding on Rumen Activity, Rumen Protozoa and Dairy Steer Performance, and Analysis of Toxic Substance(s) Associated with Molding, Guru Prasad Mohanty
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Residues in Pronghorn Antelope Antilocapra Americana americana (Ord) 1815 of South Dakota Collected in 1966, Gary L. Moore
Some Factors Influencing Rates of Parasitism of the Wheat Stem Maggot in South Dakota, Wendell Lee Morrill
Relationship of Dissolved Oxygen Concentration with Flow, Temperature and BOD for the Big Sioux River Downstream from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Daniel Joseph Naughton
A Three Year Soil Insecticide Control Study on Corn Rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in South Dakota, Lance J. Nearman
The Metabolism of Diazinon in Alfalfa, Larry Leonard Nelson
The Influence of Sodium Phenobarbital on the Hepatic Microsomal Enzyme System which Reduces P-nitobenzoic Acid in Fetal and Newborn Rats, Robert James Neumayr
Response: A Study of the Genesis, Nature, and Meaning of the Aural Imagery in Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans, Lavonne Niklason
Tissue Culture of Carrot Leaf on Three Media Using the Growth Regulator Tordon, John O'Connell
Rural Development and its Implications in Eastern Nigeria, Ngwu Okoro
The Feeding Value of High Dry Matter Corn Silage, Myers J. Owens
The Counselor's Role as Perceived by Administrators, Counselors, and Teacher-counselors in South Dakota High Schools, Darlene Mulder Prashar
An Investigation of Attitudes and Opinions of Readers Toward the Sioux Valley News, Nancy Sundling Prince
Comparative Gross and Histologic Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract of Pronghorn Antelope and Domestic Sheep, James A. Raney
Lipid Analysis of Maturing Crambe Seed, Dwayne Walter Rehfeld
Food Habits of the Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Pedioecetes Phasianellus Jamesi) and The Greater Prairie Chicken (Tymphanuchus Cupido Pinnauts) In Western South Dakota, Bruce A. Renhowe
Feedlot Adaptation and Shrinkage of Feeder Cattle, Robert E. Revell
An Analysis of Hedging and Forward Contracting as Aids in Obtaining Credit, Rodney R. Roesler
Viscoelastic Flow Past a Wedge with a Soluble Coating, Franklyn W. Roitsch
Measurement, Analysis, and Reduction of Noise Produced by an Agricultural Tractor, Dennis W. Ryland
The Influence of Zinc and Tryptophan on Polysome Stability and Growth Response of Corn Seedlings, Anthony Unusa Salami
Relationships Between Beef Palatability and Bone Density, Bone Hardness and Other Maturity Indicators, David E. Schafer
Limnology of Selected South Dakota Lakes, Artwin E. Schmidt
The Mechanism of Nucleophilic Substitution at Phosphorus, Edward Albert Schmidt
Modular Scheduling as Related to the Physical Education Program in Secondary Schoolsmicroform, Dale Allen Schmuck
Combining Spin-tate Functions to Describe Eight-electron Tetrahedral and Cubic Arrangements and the Use of Ionic Functions in the Four-electron Tetrahedral Cage, Edward G. Schwartz
Content of Two Upper Midwest Farm Magazines as Related to Major Types of Farming in South Dakota, Frank J. Shideler
Variation between Boars in Semen Characteristics and Fertility, Wayne L. Singleton
Fishes of the Big Sioux River, James A. Sinning
Feasibility of Vacuum Dewatering of Combined Water Softening and Wastewater Sludges, Michael Gene Sisk
Responses of Tall and Semi-dwarf Spring Wheats to Levels of Nitrogen and Moisture Supply, Vanrat Sompaew
An Evaluation of the Pre-college Guidance Received by the College Dropout and the College Persister, Douglas John Soule
Analysis of Two Granular Pesticide Applicators for Experimental Plots, Gerald Albert Stangl
Varsity Coaches' Methods of Organizing Football Practice Sessions in the Public High Schools of Wisconsin, James Harvey Steinberg
The Field-effect Transistor as a Mixer, Garald C. Sundberg
Mannitol Induced Renal Alterations in Rabbits, William R. Taggart
Effects of Supplemental Lysine in the Drinking Water of Growing and Finishing Swine, Aaron R. Taylor
Characteristics of the Rachitogenic Activity in Isolated Soybean Protein, Owen Joscelyn Thompson
Isolation and Characterization of Fecal Streptococci from Surface Waters in South Dakota, Jerome Edward Tiede
A Survey to Determine the Extent of Retraining in the Printing Industry, Robert A. Timmons
Factors Affecting the Seasonality of Marketing Manufacturing Milk in Eastern South Dakota, Larry Gene Traub
Mathematical Model of a Spherical Shell Heat Exchanger with Exponential Internal Heat Generation, John Lin Tsou
The Reaction of Inbred, Single, Three-way and Four-way Hybrid Corns to Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus and Kernel Red Streak, Josetino B. Tunac
Antigenic Relationships of Diptheroids Isolated from Cattle and Swine, Glenn Elwyn Urevig
A History of Intercollegiate Football at South Dakota State University, James L. Vacura
Social and Economic Factors Affecting Household Expenditures for Outdoor Recreation in Northeastern South Dakota, Albert Ward Van Ness
Comparison of Electric Strength of Nitrogen and C4F8 Various Wave Shapes, John David Vinatieri
Information and Materials for Expanding Adult Homemaking Education in South Dakota, Ramona Hill Warwick
An Investigation of the Employment of Multiple Objectives in Water Resources Planning, Robert Rehm Werner
Synthesis of Deoxy-glucosamine as a Possible Antibacterial Agent, Theodore Allen Westley
A Study of the Relationship Between the Amount of Fountain Solution Used on a Sheet-fed, Single-unit Offset Press and the Degree of Picking Encountered on Coated, Sheet-fed Offset Paper, Roger Lloyd Williams
Conductance Studies of Concentrated Solutions of Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide Electrolytes, Andrew Ling-Wei Woo
Overhead Contribution from a Sloping Roof, Duane David Yager
ETDS from 1967
On the Nature of Some Selenium Losses from Soils and Waters, Ghaleb Musa Abu-Erreish
A Modified Prill and Hammer Method Used in The Study of Diacetyl Production by Single Strain Lactic Streptococci, Burdell D. Alfke
Measurement of Vertical and Horizontal Hydraulic Conductivities on an Undisturbed Soil Core, R. Kent Anderson
The Competitive Effects of Wild Buckwheat (Polygonum convolvulus L.) on Spring Wheat (Triticum vulgare L.), James Darrell Arnold
The Response of Poults to Growth and Antirachitic Factors of Soybean Meal and Corn, Richard Lane Arnold
Effects of Dieldrin on Reproduction of Penned Hen Pheasants, Thomas Donald Atkins
A Study of Dioxane-water and Dioxane-dioxane Interactions, Joel William Beckmann
A Study of Shearing Resistance in Asphaltic Concrete by Multi-stage Triaxial Testing, Jahanbakhsh Behnam
Hydrogen Sulfide Formation by Escherichia Freundii from Organic Compounds, Martin Bembers
An Economic Analysis of Livestock Auctions in South Dakota, Donald K. Bendt
A Bacteriological Study of Abscesses of Swine and Cattle, Lawrence Joseph Biever
An Analysis of Per Capita Costs for Selected County Functions in South Dakota, Burdette V. Blumer
Comparison of Two Cultures for Use in Preacidified Skimmilk for Cottage Cheese Manufacture, Daryl D. Boddicker
The Relationships Between Physical Fitness, Social Acceptability, Social Adjustment, Intelligence, and Academic Achievement of junior high School Boys, Leroy R. Boespflug
The Evaluation of Soybean Protein as a Major World Food Supply, Ray D. Branham
Genetic Parameters Among Production, Carcass Composition and Carcass Quality Traits of Beef Cattle, Darrell A. Busch
Ovine Phosphatic Urolithiasis, Don H. Bushman