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Federal aid and course planning in vocational education
No full textThe problem in this thesis is stated as follows: To show the establishment and expansion of vocational education in the secondary schools through Federal Aid for the payment of teachers' salaries, for maintenance and administration, also to reveal the growth in enrollment and the increase of Federal Aid in the expansion of the total program in the States and Territories. To outline the course of study in Vocational Education in the fields of Distributive Education and Agriculture Education which will meet the needs of occupational workers in preparing for their vocations and to train farm boys in vocation of farming
The organization and operation of farmer cooperatives in the United States
No full textThe story of the farmer cooperation in the United States has been a fight all the way, and has been an effort on the part of the farmer to find a partial solution to his numerous troubles by improving his economic lot. There is a record of the American farmers' fight to improve his lot through cooperative effort that started about one hundred and forty years ago and he is in the best position now that he has ever attained
Results of Atascosa County Soil Conservation District, no. 307, Texas
No full textThe soil is the most important asset of any country. Without productive soil, life will cease to exist. We claim our world leadership because United States has more productive soil per person than our neighbors in other countries. During the last war our Army and Navy were best fed in history, because we were able to use our productivity to the greatest advantage
A history of the Future Farmers of America organization in area X of South Texas
No full textThe Future Farmers of America, or "FFA" as it is commonly known, is the national organization of, by, and for boys studying vocational agriculture in public secondary schools under the provisions of the National Vocational Educational Acts. As an integral part of the program of vocational education in agriculture in the public school system of America, the Future Farmers of America have become well known in the past fifteen years. No national student organization enjoys greater freedom of self-government under adult counsel and guidance, then the Future Farmers of America. Organized in November of 1928, it has served to motivate and vitalize the systematic instruction offered to students of vocational agriculture and to provide further training in farmer citizenship
Some features of Negro participation in Texas history through 1879
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to trace certain important aspects of the Negroes' activity in Texas History to satisfy the author's own desire to know the facts as found in the records. The study ends with the year 1879 because that year symbolizes in a general manner the end of Reconstruction in Texas and the end of large participation by the Negro in Texas affairs. An effort has been made to select the most essential phrase of Negro activity in Texas
Acoustical properties of an auditorium with a large interior stage dome
No full textArchitectual acoustics has been, until recently, a neglected field. Architects and builders too often had the idea that the acoustical outcomes of a building could not be determined until the building was completed. Even now, there is regrettable tendency to conform to only one or two of the more important aspects of architectural acoustics and hope that the others turn out as well
A study of the bonded indebtedness of Robstown Independent School District
No full textThe problem of bonded indebtedness constitutes one of the outstanding administrative problems of a school district. A bonded debt may extend over a period of twenty years or more. Very few administrations last that long; consequently, each new superintendent has to tackle this problem with little help from knowledge and experience of his predecessors. The writer suggest that school administrators should have two courses, neither of which is offered as such: one, a course on purchasing janitor supplies and the other, on bonded indebtedness
A study of the promotional practices of Southgate Elementary School, Corpus Christi, Texas
No full textSouthgate Elementary School is located in the center of a district the population of which is predominantly Latin American people of low economic status. Because of crowded conditions in Corpus Christi, Texas, during the world war years the school had half-day sessions in the first four grades. The enrollment at the time was approximately fifteen hundred. After the war new schools were built and classrooms were added to Southgate. The school was and is now on a full-day schedule with an enrollment of seven hundred and seventy-five pupils. The percentage of Latin American pupils is ninety-eight per cent
The history of deep water development in South Texas
No full textFrom the year 1519, when Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda made a map of the Corpus Christi Bay area, to the present time when thousands of ships yearly ply the same waters, there has been a constantly increasing realization of the importance of deep water. The rivers of Texas are shallow, and bars shut in the estuaries along the 370 miles of straight away coastline from the Sabine to the Rio Grande. The natural ports are poor. Even in the early days when light sailing craft and anall steamers prevailed, the ports were inadequate
Converting Bermudagrass to native warm-season grasses in the Blackland Prairie and Coastal Prairies ecoregions of Texas
No full textNon-native species have been considered one of the biggest causes of northern bobwhite (Colinus virgianus) population decline. Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) is a non-native grass species that creates monotypic stands detrimental to northern bobwhites. My goal was to develop a method for eliminating Bermudagrass while at the same time establishing a native grassland community that would create more usable habitat for northern bobwhites. I tested 4 Bermudagrass removal treatments, 3 planting techniques, 3 seed mixes, and 2 post planting management techniques in a randomized block design with a split plot arrangement. This project was completed in the Blackland Prairie and Coastal Prairies ecoregions of Texas. Additionally, I evaluated the amount of revenue required to recoup costs incurred during conversion. Percent Bermudagrass cover was effected by the Bermudagrass removal treatment by seed mix interaction (P<0.0001), and Bermudagrass removal treatment by planting technique interaction (P=0.0138) in the Coastal Prairies ecoregion. In this ecoregion the combination of Bermudagrass removal treatments that utilized herbicides and seeding with either the low or high diversity seed mix reduced Bermudagrass cover compared to other Bermudagrass removal and seed mix combinations. Additionally, in the Coastal Prairies ecoregion seeding techniques that utilized disking prior to seeding in combination with Bermudagrass removal treatments that involved herbicide applications reduced the percent cover of Bermudagrass more than other combinations. In the Blackland Prairie Ecoregion I found that the percent cover of Bermudagrass was affected by the three-way interaction among Bermudagrass removal, seed mix, and post planting management (P=0.0066) and Bermudagrass removal, planting technique, and post planting management (P=0.0227). In the control and grazed post planting management treatments in this ecoregion Bermudagrass cover was reduced 73% in treatments that utilized herbicides compared to the cover crop and control treatments. Secondly, we evaluated species richness, an important factor in bobwhite quail habitat, and an indicator of quality native grasslands. In the Coastal Prairies ecoregion species richness was affected by the two-way interaction between Bermudagrass removal treatment and seed mix (P<0.0001) and the interaction between Bermudagrass removal treatment and seeding technique (P=0.0003). Similar to the percent cover of Bermudagrass species richness was highest in plots that were treated with a combination of high diversity seed mix and Bermudagrass removal treatments that utilized herbicides. At the Blackland Prairie site species richness was only affected by the interaction between Bermudagrass removal treatment and seeding technique (P=0.0422). In this ecoregion the combination of Bermudagrass removal techniques that utilized herbicides plus planting techniques that were disked prior to seeding had the highest species richness. The input costs for completing these treatments including supplies, contractors, and landownership ranged from 1596 per ha. Evaluation of the annual income required to breakeven on these costs is directly tied to the effectiveness of the treatment which would affect the longevity of the treatment. I found that through a combination of treatments utilizing Bermudagrass removal techniques involving high rates of herbicide, seeded by disking and drilling, using a high diversity seed mix, I converted Bermudagrass stands to diverse native grasslands that should support bobwhite quail at a breakeven cost over time