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Theses from 1917
The respiratory system of the Carolina locust (Dissosteira carolina Linn.), Stuart Cunningham Vinal, Entomology
Theses from 1916
The training of the apple tree, Robert Pierson Armstrong, Pomology
The chemical composition, digestibility and feeding value of vegetable ivory meal, Carlos Loring Beals, Chemistry
A study of community transitions: phases of a town's history with psychological and sociological interpretations, R. F. Lund, Sociology
The plant food materials in the leaves of forest trees, Paul Serex, Chemistry
Foliage key to trees and shrubs: including those native and introduced species with alternate leaves that are deciduous and semi-evergreen and hardy in New England and New York, Arthur S. Thurston, Horticulture
Theses from 1915
The absorption of potassium and phosphate ions by typical soils of the Connecticut Valley, Robert Herman Bogue, Chemistry
The velocity of saponification of fats and oils by potassium hydroxide in different solvents, Henry Leavitt Brown, Chemistry
Trogus of America north of Mexico, W. H. Hasey, Entomology
Inheritance of habit in the common bean, John B. Norton, Horticulture
A study of the thoracic sclerites of Lepidoptera, George A. Root, Entomology
Floral decoration, Gertrude M. White, Floriculture
Theses from 1914
The composition and feeding value of cocoa shells, G. Scott Fowler, Chemistry
Essential oils: their properties, identification and analysis /, Rupert Granville Gates, Chemistry
The absorption of certain radicals by leaves in varying stages of decay, and the effect of leaves on the absorption of these radicals by a soil, Harry Alfred Noyes, Microbiology
Some effects of ammonium sulfate on soils, Rudolf William Ruprecht, Chemistry
Theses from 1913
Report on Rosedale Subdivision Richmond, Virginia, John Bullock Watkins, Horticulture
Theses from 1912
The secondary sexual characters of the Hymenoptera, Leonard S. Mclaine, Entomology
Theses from 1911
Types of corn suited to Massachusetts conditions, Philip H. Smith, Horticulture