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A fractionation of acid-soluble non-exchangeable potassium in some New Zealand soils into available and non-available forms : a thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of New Zealand [Massey Agricultural College]
(Massey University, 1956)
One of the most ubiquitous of the mineral elements present in plants, potassium plays on important and essential rôle in their nutrition, being required in large amounts for healthy plant growth. Unlike nitrogen, phosphorus, ...
Cannon bones : some dimensions, heritabilities and relationships to carcass quality in Romney wether lambs : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of M. Agr. Sc.
(Massey University, 1957)
In the past and to a certain extent at the present
time sheep breeders have paid considerable attention to the
dimensions of the cannon bones of their animals in the
belief that this bone serves as a good indicator of ...
A study of dairy-farm management in the Waipa county : being a thesis submitted ... for the degree of M. Agr. Sc.
(Massey University, 1953)
Farm management differs from the natural sciences in that it can not be studied in the laboratory or on sample plots. It must be studied in the actual operation of real farms. These individual farms differ so widely that ...
The influence of importations on the New Zealand pedigree Jersey breed and the level of inbreeding, 1895-1950 : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science of the University of New Zealand
(Massey University, 1952)
Of the 1,845,000 dairy cows in milk in New Zealand in January 1950, 85% were either purebred or grade Jersey cattle (A & P Statistics 1950). With the exception of the Island of Jersey no other country has such a predominance ...
The nature of aggregate supply of New Zealand agriculture : thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M. Agr. Sc
(Massey University, 1953)
It is a commonplace of the early stages of economics that agriculture is the typical example of an industry with an inelastic supply curve. There is a tendency to accept the concept of elasticity without really translating ...
A study of the reaction of several variables of top growth of a perennial ryegrass/white clover pasture to different defoliation treatments and measurements on soil moisture status : a thesis presented at Massey Agricultural College in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in the University of New Zealand
(Massey Agricultural College, 1959)
The agricultural research worker must on occasion adopt a broad view of farming purely as the management of plants and animals to produce human food. He has the task of outlining many of the principles to be used in farming ...
Some aspects of gene dosage effects in N-type sheep : a thesis submitted in part fulfilment of the degree of Master of Science, Massey Agricultural College
(Massey University, 1952)
A study of gene dosage effects in N-type sheep has been made using the fibre type array method and the
medullometer method developed by Elphick and McMahon. As the position was complicated by gradients
occuring in the ...
A study of the linear growth of Cooperia curticei in lambs : thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M. Agr. Sc.
(Massey University, 1950)
The trend in agricultural parasitology in the past two decades has been to emphasise the importance of studies on the cycles of nematode parasitism in farm animals. However, singularly little work has been directed towards ...
The market milk industry in New Zealand : being a dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M. Agr. Sc. (Dairy Tech.), Massey University College, University of New Zealand, June, 1952
(Massey University, 1952)
Milk is the most important of all foods for the human race. Throughout the ages it has been the sole food of the very young and has been part of the diet of adolescents and adults of the white races. It has been especially ...