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"Performance of Dairy Cows Fed Four Different Roughages and Two Levels of Concentrate"
Sixteen lactating Holstein x Red Sindhi cows were used to determine the effects of feeding four kings of roughages supplemented with two levels of concentrate, on milk production and composition, body weight gain and physiological responses... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Persistence of Overseeded Legumes into Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) Pasture and Their Effect on Herbage Yield and Quality"
A field experiment was conducted to study the persistence of 14 legume species/varieties overseeded into Guinea grass pasture and their effects on herbage yield and quality. Initial cutting was done when the legumes had been established for six... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Production and Income Distribution Effects of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in Java, Indonesia"
The study attempted to analyze the impact of high-yielding rice varieties (HYV) on the farmer’s paddy production, farm family income and income distribution in Java for the wet seasons 1968-69, 1969-70 and 1970-71. Analysis was based on... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Protein Deterioration in Fish Muscle During Storage"
The study aimed to determine protein deterioration and production of total volatile nitrogen (TVN), trimethylamine nitrogen (TMA-N) and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.), catfish (Clarias batrachus Jord.), little tuna... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Short-Term Agricultural Credit Repayment in Central Luzon"
The study was conducted primarily to identify the critical determinants of loan repayment and measure the extent to which these factors affect repayment of short-term agricultural credit by regression analysis, and to apply the discriminant analysis... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Socioeconomic and Dietary Factors Affecting the Nutritional Status of Preschool Children in Catarman, Northern Samarr"
The study was undertaken to determine the socioeconomic and dietary fatcors affecting the nutritional status of preschoolers in Catarman, Northern Samar. The data were collected from173 households in 9 barrios of Catarman. The greates bulk of the... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Socioeconomic Conditions of the Settlers in Nam Ngum Project"
The study was undertaken mainly to identify the socioeconomic conditions of the settlers and the factors associated with their problems. Subjects of the study were 100 farm households in three sample villages in the Nam Ngum settlement area... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Studies on Some of the Factors Relating to Loss of Protein During Rice Milling"
The study sought to determine the extent of protein loss during rice milling and the effects of mill type and settings on such loss. Rice varieties used in the experiment were IR 20, IR 26 (both medium-bold subtype), IR 30 and C4-63 (both... Read more.MS in Food Science and Technology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Studies on the Preparation of Protein Hydrolyzate from Coconut and Soybean Meals"
This study was conducted to determine the effect of temperature, reaction time, and type and concentration of acid on the hydrolysis of coconut and soybean meals. Release of free amino nitrogen from peptide bonds was used as a measure of... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Supply Response of Corn to Price in the Philippines, 1957-1974"
The study involved a test of major hypothesis about the economic behavior of Philippine corn producers. Supply response functions were estimated to test whether corn producers respond rationally, in terms of quantity produced and area planted, to... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)