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 present.
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ETDS from 1958
An Investigation of Costs for Heating and Power Generation at South Dakota State College, Julius William Ulmer
Evaluation of Walleye Fingerling Plants in Lake Darling, North Dakota, George L. Van Wyhe
A Study of the Aspects of Vocational Agriculture Teacher Travel in South Dakota, Sylvan D. Vigness
A Survey of the Aspects of Teaching Rural Electrification in Vocational Agriculture in South Dakota, George L. Wells
Report of Progress Toward the Experimental Development of an Elementary Evaluative Listening Test, Dorothy Ardythe West
An Evaluation of Parliamentary Procedure Programs in South Dakota Future Farmers of America Chaptersouth Dakota, Calvin E. Willemssen
Consumer Preferences and Attitudes Toward Butter and Advertising in Brookings and Madison, South Dakota, Paul M. Williamson
On the Electric Field of Moving Magnets, Ronald Harvey Wilson
Some Effects of Antibiotics on a Candida Albicans Population in the Intestinal Tracts of Chickens, Roger E. Winans
Studies on the Analysis and Esterification of Cholesterol, Marvin Lee Withrow
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
The Blood Picture in Correlation with Bloat, Dale A. Yarns
Effect of Various Feed Additives on Gain, Feed Efficiency and Digestibility of Rations by Lambs, Paul R. Zimmer
ETDS from 1957
Tenant Interest in Alternative Leasing Arrangements in Moody County, South Dakota, 1955, Vernon E. Bau
The Effect of Moisture and Fertilizer on Drouth Resistance Factors, F. Paul Baxter
Relative Attractiveness of Sugar and Liver to Phormia regina Meigen, David L. Billman
A Basic Tool List for a New Vocational Agricultural Shop in South Dakota, Kenneth Bohuslav
A Study of Streptobacillus Moniliformis Causative Agent of Rat Bite Fever, Harry J. Bowers
Farm Business Management Data and Practices in the North James Area, Roland J. Brunsma
Obstacles to Increased Production of Meat-Type Hogs : A Report of Surveys of Swine Producers and Marketing Agencies, Edward Dailey
The Economic Feasibility of Whole Milk Procurement by Creameries in Eastern South Dakota, Ralph O. Felberg
The Effects of Low Temperature on Survival of Rabbit Ova, Mansur Ferdows
A Study of the Opportunities for Beginning Farmers to Become Established in Farming in Spink County, South Dakota, Gordon F. Ferguson
Listeria monocytogenes, Alvin G. Fiscus
Reaction of Certain Diploid and Tetraploid Alfalfas to Some Phytopathogens Including the Blackstem Disease, Harry Geise
Aureomycin as Preservative of Small Animal Bodies, Rudolph G. Griffin
Some Observations Pertaining to the Effects of Relaxin Upon the Bovine, Vincent Allen Hall
Factors Influencing the Consolidation of Cooperative Creameries in South Dakota, Ivan R. Hanson
A Comparison Between Laboratory Nitrogen Determinations and the Response of Oats to Nitrogen Fertilization in South Dakota, Milo I. Harpstead
Why South Dakota and Minnesota Vocational Agriculture Instructors have Remained in the Profession, Roger A. Heller
The Effect of Late Applications of Herbicidal Sprays on the Yield and Germination of Flax, Mark W. Johnson
Utilization of Nitrogen Fertilizer by Crops as Influenced by Time of Application, Carriers and Crop Residues, Wayne E. Lamke
A Geographical Study of Housefly Resistance, Vernon H. Lee
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
Comparative Study of the Scholastic Ability, Scholastic Achievement and Activity Participation of Home Economics Students at South Dakota State College, Deloris E. Mangels
Leptospirosis in Cattle and Swine in South Dakota, John P. McAdaragh
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
Growth and Physiology of a Soil Organism Which is Resistant to the Toxic Effects of Sodium Selenite, John C. Mickelson
Bloat Results From Various Drenchings Including Effectiveness of Penicillin For Prevention, Clarence Leonard Moore
The Posterior Spiracles of Hypoderma Lineatum de Villers (Diptera: Hypodermatidae) Larvae : Their Morphology and Development, Neal O. Morgan
Marketing Eggs in Eastern South Dakota : A Study of Pricing Policies and Practices of Country Egg Dealers, Turner Leo Oyloe
Etiology and Control of a Seedling Blight of Flax Caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn, Vernyl D. Pederson
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.
An Investigation as to the Comparative Cost of Fuels for Heating Homes in the City of Brookings, South Dakota, Robert P. Puncochar
The Use of an Advisory Council in a Vocational Agriculture Department, Raymond G. Reiff
Comparative Effects of Two Different Physical Education Programs Upon the Physical Fitness and Motor Educability of Ninth and Tenth Grade Boys, Charles Russell Reynolds
A Case Study Report of 29 South Dakota State College Freshman Men with Low Physical Fitness Indices, Jack K. Richardson
Studies Concerned with Selenium Poisoning in Rats, Robert David Romanowski
A Preliminary Study of the Relationship of Yield to Preseasonal Climatological Factors in Central South Dakota, Donald T. Searls
Some Factors Affecting 1957 Acreage Reserve Participation in the South Dakota Wheat Area, Allan M. Severson
The Effect of Vitamin D. Supplementation on the Growth and Development of Swine, Darwin Eugene Stolte
A Survey of the Value of the Homemaking Curriculum in South Dakota with Implications for Revision, Carol Siemann Wagner
Survey of the Attitudes of Parents Toward Vocational Agriculture in South Dakota, Ernest W. Wingen
Effects of Urea and Some Other Nitrogen Compounds on Germination of Wheat, Walter R. Zich
A Local Cost-sharing Plan for Watersheds Under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, Henry N. Ziegler
A Genetic Analysis of Economic Characteristics of Range Beef Heifers, Keith O. Zoellner
ETDS from 1956
A Study of Pupil Reporting Practices, School to Home, in Illinois Junior High Schools Organized on a Seven-Eight Grade Basis, Gale Edwin Anderson
Morphology of Stamens and Staminodia of Echinocystis Lobata (Michx.) T. & G., Engracia B. Arguelles
Differential Reaction of Two Varieties of Sorghum to Colchicine Treatment, Glenn Francis Atkinson
The Virgil Independent School District and Reorganization, Kenneth E. Bandy
The Condensation of the Aminophenols with Maleic Anhydride, Robert H. Becker
Factors Affecting Prices Received by South Dakota Egg Producers : A Pilot Study, J. Patrick Brown
The Effect of Body Temperature Upon Accuracy in Performing Specific Motor Skills, Roger William Denker
Studies of pleuropneumonia-like organisms, John A. Duerre
The Effect of Prescibed Weight Training on a Selected Group of Varsity Basketball Players, Bernard Eugene Duffy
Evaluating the Mode of Inheritance in Tetraploid Alfalfa by Means of Genetic Intra-class Correlation, Wesley D. Dunlap
A Determination of Relationship Between Seven Known Factors and a Student's Success in Debate, Kenneth J. Erickson
Research on a Portable Floor Plate Brooder with Electric Heating Elements for Use in South Dakota, Virgil H. Flesher
Farm Equipment Retailing in South Dakota, C. John. Fliginger
The Effect of a Basketball Training Program on Cardiovascular Condition as Shown by the Cameron Heartometer, Harry L. Forsyth
Genetic Analysis of F2 Populations from Crosses Involving Colchicine-induced Mutants in Sorghum, A. Earl Foster
A Comparison Study of State Farmers and Non-state Farmers on Academic Achievement and Post-high School Accomplishment, Hilding W. Gadda
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
A Plan for the Development of a School Farm for Sturgis High School, Wayne C. Gray
Community Resources in Watertown for Use in American Government, Melvin Hanson
Locker and Shower Room Facilities Used for Physical Education in Class "A" High Schools in South Dakota, Arthur T. Jansen
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
Alfalfa Seedling Rot in Relation to the Quantity of Pythium in South Dakota Soils, Michael Komanetsky
Growth and Selenium Content of Wheat as Affected by Applications of Salts to Soils, Frederick J. Kurpjuweit
Investigations of Methyl Donors and Linseed Oil Meal in Alleviating Selenium Poisoning, Eriks Leitis
The Effect of High Temperature Contact Treatment on Hard Seeds in Alfalfa, Allyn O. Lunden
A Study to Determine the Importance of Pre-service Training in Teaching Farm Mechanics Jobs in Vocational Agriculture, Morris W. Magnuson
Time and Tide : A Study of the Conflicting Concepts of Time of the Dakota Indian and Western Civilization, R. Clyde McCone
Marketing Cream in Plastic Bags, James L. Olson
An Evaluation of the Success of the Rural Youth Program in South Dakota, John Orr
Modification of Selenium Distribution in the Rat, Ivan S. Palmer
A Farm Building Evaluation Technique for Tax Assessment, Joshua F. Robinson
Consumption and Preference Patterns for Butter and Margarine in Two South Dakota Cities, Norman L. Rollag
The Effects of Temperature and Leaf Sugar Content on the Electrical Conductance of Strawberry Leaf Exudates, Kenneth C. Schneider
A Status Survey of Twelve Teacher Training Institutions Pertaining to Graduate Majors in Industrial Education, Duane R. Serlet
Present Practices in Grading Boys' Physical Education in Secondary Schools of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, Wayne E. Sinning
A Study on the Inter-communication System as Used in South Dakota Schools for the Instruction of Non-ambulatory Students from 1951-1956, Samuel Edwin Stein
Digestibility of Rations and Nitrogen Balance by Lambs as Influenced by Animal Fat, Urea, Soybean Meal and Linseed Meal, James King Turner
Effects of the Intensity of Grazing on Range Livestock Production, the Native Vegetation, and the Soil Complex, George Mason Van Dyne