Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Geography. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-118).

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Electronic thesis. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-171). Also available in print ed.

Thesis (M.A.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction. / Electronic thesis. Also available in print ed.

Plague outbreaks in the past have been disastrous where domestic rats and their fleas of certain species were common. Plague has been known to occur in most parts of the world (Robertson 1923), and has occurred as human epidemics for many centuries (Dubos 1948).

Fish culture for both food and sport utilization has been greatly increasing throughout the world. The editor of Fish Farming Industries (1973) predicted an increase by 1977 in the United States of 83% for catfish producers, 49% for trout farmers, and 91% for bait dealers. Concomitant with the renewed interest in fish culture has been a corresponding need to further understand fish diseases.

The large size, extensive range, and irnporta.nt corrnnunity role of the Golden Eagle (Aguila chrysaetos L.) and the Bald Eagle (Haliae-etus leucocephalus L.) attract considerable scientific interest. Sorne aspects of their life history have been investigated and reported in detail, but their rapidly declining numbers (Sprunt and Ligas 1966, Cottam 1961) necessitate new investigations into all phases of their life history and particularly into population dynamics.

It is the purpose of this thesis to give an account of the significant events in the founding and development of the school, now known as the College of Southern Utah, Branch of Utah State Agricultural College, from the year 1897 to the observance if its fiftieth anniversary in 1947. This study comprises the two periods of growth during which the school was a branch of the University of Utah and later of the Utah State Agricultural College. The problem, thus, is the founding and development of the school during the two periods of administration.

Recent reports from many parts of the United States indicate that the so- called zinc - deficiency disease is wide spread. It affects some varieties of trees in some areas and all varieties in other areas, and occurs from Florida westward to the Pacific coast and northward to the Canadian line. Although the disease is more prevalent in trees, it is also known to affect annual plants.

Since 1905 when Professor Henry C. Taylor opened the area of economies of scale for discussion with his observations on the variables affecting farm size, agricultural economists have been concerned with scale of plant in agriculture. Considerable study and discussion have not resolved many of the questions raised in this area, but a basic framework has been constructed which can be used as a planning tool in the efficient organization and operation of plants of various sizes under given conditions.

A large number of students have entered Cache County to attend Utah State University. These students are of economic significance to Cache County in two ways. First, they are buyers of consumer goods in the Cache County in two ways. First, they are buyers of consumer goods in the Cache Trade Area. Second, they represent a part of the labor forces in Cache County. The magnitude and nature of the economic activity of Utah State University students in Cache County have never been adequately measured. It is the purpose of this study to develop marketing and economic facts concerning Utah State University students' income and spending patterns. It will provide information about the spending patterns of an important segment of the Cache County population. It will also supply empirical data which will be useful in further analytical studies of consumer's economic behavior in the development of student income and expenditure theory.