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    ETDS from 1959

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    A Physiological Study of Nitrogen Fixation, Norval Arthur Sinclair

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    Indexes of Seasonal Variation for South Dakota Egg Production: A Method, Iva Lee Marie Skov

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    The Attitudes of Men Students Toward the Required Physical Education Program at South Dakota State College, Floyd V. Sluiter

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    Grain Merchandising at the Country Elevator, Arthur B. Sogn

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    Wildlife Utilization of Stock Ponds in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, James D. Swanson

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    A Study of the Factors Associated with Establishment in Farming, Donald T. Tupper

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    Changes in Body Fat as Computed from the Skinfold Measurement of College Track and Field Athletes During a Season of Competition and Training, Richard Arnold Walker

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    Leafy Spurge Studies of Vegetative Weed Activity and Seed Development, Gail A. Wicks

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    The Classification, Morphology, and Genesis of Sinai Soils, Lawrence Paul Wilding

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    Respiration Rate as a Measure of Performance in Adaptation Studies in Oats, Norman E. Williams

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    Supplemental Milkroom Heating Using the Heat Extracted by the Bulk Milk Cooling System, Harvey Gordon Young

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    A History of Intercollegiate Athletics at South Dakota State College, Arthur Peter Zahorsky

    ETDS from 1958

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    Raw Sewage Stabilization Ponds as a Means of Sewage Treatment, John Robert Anderson

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    Some Factors Influeneced by Honey Bees on Alfalfa Seed Production in South Dakota, Paul William Bergman

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    Results Obtained from New and Remodeled Poultry Houses in South Dakota, Boyd J. Bonzer

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    An Evaluation of the Minnesota Pupils Cumulative Record Form 10 and Other Cumulative Records Used in Minnesota Schools, Wallace M. Brunswold

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    An Organism Resembling Sphaerophorus necrophorus Isolated From a Beef Liver Abscess, James C. Canada

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    Steam Condensate Corrosion Study of Return Line Deterioration at South Dakota State College Power Plant, Kenneth Duane Christianson

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    The Physiology and Some Nutritional Aspects of a Rumen Bacterium, Norma P. Christopherson

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    An Appraisal by Superintendents and Homemaking Teachers of the Attitudes of High School Students Toward Home Economics and Their Effect Upon the Choice of a Major in College, Eleanor D. Cochrane

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    Illusion and Reality: Analytic Teaching Materials for Eight Contemporary Short Stories, Sara Jeanine Deyling

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    Construction and Evaluation of the Performance of a Horizontal Well in a Shallow, Thin Aquifer, Eugene J. Doering

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    A Study of the Effectiveness of the Three Year Homemaking Program at Brookings High School as Evidenced by Graduates who have Established Homes, with Implications for Curriculum Revision, Orthula Doescher

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    A Comparative Analysis of the Kraus-Weber Test and the AAHPER Test of Physical Fitness, Dalvin E. Eisenbraun

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    An Electronic Fluid Flow Analyzer for Pipeline Networks, Harold Charles Falk

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    Genetic Analysis of Colchicine-induced Diploid Mutants in Sorghum, A. Earl Foster

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    Financing Future Farmers of America Activities in Vocational Agriculture Departments in South Dakota, Harold B. Garry

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    A Bibliography of Studies in Oral Reading, with Annotations of Studies in the Teaching of Artistic Oral Reading in College, Jeanne Phyllis Grove

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    An Actuarial Study of the Relationship of Grades Earned in Certain High School Subjects and Curricula to Academic Success in College, and the Efficiency of Counselor Prediction of College Success, Leotta R. Hampton

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    Studies of Colchicine Treated Maize and Sorghum Seedlings, George P. Hanson

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    A Comparison of the Achievement Records of a United States History Class Taught by Socialized Methods and a United States History Class Taught by the Lecture-question Method, Kenneth S. Hauge

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    Status, Past and Present, of Physical Education Graduates of South Dakota State College, Duane Collins Hill

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    Safety Programs in the High School Farm Shops in South Dakota, L. R. Hohbach

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    The Changing Traditional Value System of the Dakota Indian: A Study of the Conflicting Value Systems of the Dakota Indian and Western Civilization, Clinton J. Jesser

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    Mysticism in Selected Early Novels of John Steinbeck, Tom E. Kakonis

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    An Evaluation of the Benefits Received by the Participants in the South Dakota FFA Public Speaking Contest and Methods of Preparation of Contestants, Loren G. Kasten

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    The Moral Order of William Faulkner, Shirley Lease Kay

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    An Experimental Study to Determine the Effect of a Speech of introduction Upon the Persuasive Speech that Followed, Barbara Kersten

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    The Development and Present Status of the Intramural Sports Program for Men in the Schools of the North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the South Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Clayton Paul Ketterling

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    Estimating Commercial Expansion in Brookings Resulting from the Anticipated Increases in South Dakota State College Enrollments, Norma Ruth Koch

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    The Amino Acid Composition of Four Varieties of Rice from India, Devaki B. Kripalani

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    Acreage Response of South Dakota Wheat Producers to Expected Price Changes, 1955, Richard Hoyt Kruse

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    Comparison of Cellulose Digestion In vivo and In vitro, Charles Frederick LeFevre

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    The Effect of Horseradish Peroxidase on Some Organic Peroxides, Dennis Lietz

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    Physical Fitness and Physical Education Programs in Selected Schools of South Dakota, Joe Lockwood

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    The Effects of Colchicine on an Inbred Line of Corn, Raymond A. Moore

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    The Relationships of Selected Factors to the Personal Adjustment of a South Dakota Rural-nonfarm Community's Older Population, Denton E. Morrison

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    The Effects of Relaxin on The Composition of Bovine Milk, Chris H. Nissen

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    An Attempt to Develop Resistance in the Udder Against Streptococcus Dysgalactiae and Escherichia Coli, Donald E. Otterby

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    Pondermotive Forces of Electrical Origin in Liquid Dielectrics, Norma Allan Peppers

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    A Study of the Principles of Technical Direction and Their Application to the Production of Sophocles' Play Oedipus Rex, Sherill Sandra Price

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    Student Automobiles on the College Campus, Lois Elaine Qualben

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    Stilbestrol for Growing-fattening Cattle, Dean Vinton Radabaugh

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    A Rhetorical Analysis of Clarence Darrow's Invention and Disposition in Two Court Summation Pleas, George Reilly

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    A Teaching Approach to Selected Works of Ernest Hemingway, Helen E. Rezatto

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    A Follow-up Study of the Graduates of the Flandreau Indian School for the Years 1955, 1956, and 1957, John J. Riley

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    Local Financing of Small Watershed Projects, Gordon D. Rose

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    Some Effects of Environment on Laying Hens, Lawrence U. Rubida

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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