College of Agriculture: Recent submissions
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Effect of Sizing, Weaving, and Abrasion on the Physical Properties of Cotton Yarn
(1942-01)
A method was developed for determining the effects of the
amount and quality of sizing on the physical properties of cotton
warp yarns and on their performance during weaving and abrasion
tests. The strength, elongation ...
Sweet Potato Starch as a Sizing Agent in the Textile Industry
(1941-07)
An intensive study to determine the possibilities of sweet
potato starch as a warp sizing agent in the textile industry has been
made in the laboratories of the Engineering Experiment Station of
the Alabama Polytechnic ...
Fuel Briquettes from Alabama Lignite by Destructive Distillation at Low Temperatures and Briquetting the Residue without a Binder
(1937-10)
The object of this investigation is to call attention to the presence
of the Alabama lignite and, if possible, to find a method for
the profitable utilization of this material.
As a result of this investigation, a process ...
Utilization of Low Grade Alabama Manganese Ores
(1935)
The object of this investigation was to find a general and
profitable method for the purification and concentration of low
grade Alabama manganese ores, which had little, if any, value
in their present form.
The various ...
Technical and Economic Features in the Utilization of Blast Furnace Slag in Glass Manufacture
(1934)
The object of this investigation was to find a more advantageous
method for the disposal of blast furnace slag.
As a result of this investigation, a method was developed for the
production of four types of glass: (1) A ...
Utilization of Low Grade Fuels, Coke Oven and Tar Oil Wastes
(1934-04)
In this work the newer methods for concentrating and utilizing
low grade and waste coals, lignite and peat are discussed.
Many of these methods were reported at the International Conferences
on Bituminous Coal held at ...
Transparent Aluminum Glass from Blast Furnace Slag
(1931)
The object of this investigation was to find an advantageous method for
the disposal of blast furnace slag.
As a result of this investigation, a method was developed for the manufacture
of a transparent glass from this ...
High Grade Decolorizing Carbon from Extracted Cotton Seed Hulls
(1931)
The object of this investigation was to find a method for the profitable disposal of the large quantity of residual cotton seed hulls resulting from the extraction of xylose from cotton seed hulls.
As a result of this ...
Fuel Briquettes from Southern Pine Sawdust
(1929)
The object of this investigation was to find a method for the profitable
disposal of the large amounts of wood wastes from the saw mills of our
Southern States.
As a result of this investigation, a process has been ...
Vegetable Variety Trials Fall 2014
(2015-11)
Fertilization of Cotton on Black Belt Soils
(2013-07-25)