A Study of Soil Erosion and its Control in the United States with Special Reference to Texas (open access)

A Study of Soil Erosion and its Control in the United States with Special Reference to Texas

A study of soil erosion in the United States, especially in Texas, which brings attention to the causes of soil erosion under the existing system of farm management. The material gathered and compiled and arranged under certail main heading. Two chapters deal with present and immediate causes of erosions and their results. One full chapter takes up the history of the conservation movement and attempts to show how slow Texans have been in comparison with some of the other states of the United States. The study calls for further research, teaching of better land-use, raising awareness of soil erosion causes and conditions.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Merrell, Jesse Byron
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating Residential Water Demand: a Case of Multiple-Part Tariff for Denton, Texas (open access)

Estimating Residential Water Demand: a Case of Multiple-Part Tariff for Denton, Texas

This paper analyzes the demand for water in case of a multiple-part tariff in Denton, Texas. The model used is developed from Billing & Agthe's model by using the following variables: marginal price, difference variable, tax assessed value, lot size, house size, temperature and rainfall.. The results indicate that temperature has the greatest effect on water demand, since this area is considered to be a very warm area. Also, marginal price seems to have a strong effect on water consumption indicating that customer is well-informed to a change in rate schedule. This test supports the original idea of the previous articles that the coefficient on difference variable and that on income should have the opposite sign. However, this test can not prove that those coefficients should be equal in magnitude, since the proxy of the income variable can not represent the individual monthly income. In addition, this article introduces another variable which can be a proxy of outdoor water use. That is lot size showing the effect on water demand. The last variable used in the model, house size,does not have much effect on water demand and is dropped out in the final model.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Wattanakuljarus, Voravit
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Analysis of the Demand for Residential Water in the City of Denton (open access)

The Analysis of the Demand for Residential Water in the City of Denton

The main objective of this study is to analyze the demand for water in Denton. The data used for the study are obtained from the City of Denton Utilities Department, the Tax Appraisal District and government documents. The 121 households which have perfect ten years historical data of water consumption were selected to be the representatives of all households in Denton. The study reveals that the change in water consumption significantly relates to the change in marginal price. Furthermore, the weather variables also have strong effects on the water consumption, especially during summer. The coefficients of income and a "difference" variable are found to have the opposite sign but are not equal in magnitude. In fact, they should be equal in magnitude, but opposite in sign. While the estimated coefficients on all independent variables were highly significant statistically, the resulting coefficient on the house size variable was statistically insignificant in the model test. The results show that the difference variable is required in the model. It also had some effect on the water consumption. It is found that there is a small change in water consumption when the lot size is increased.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Sawangchareon, Dumrongchai
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Texas Border and Non-Border Banks and a Comparison of their Lending Practices (open access)

Characteristics of Texas Border and Non-Border Banks and a Comparison of their Lending Practices

This thesis presents a comparison of the loan to deposit ratios of Texas banks along the Mexican border and banks located throughout the rest of the state. Mean characteristics of the two groups (i.e. border and non-border groups) are presented. A multivariate regression model is used to examine the extent to which various operating ratios of the banks and differing economic conditions of the communities in which the banks are located help explain the loan to deposit ratios of the banks involved in this study. The model incorporates data from 1984-1989. No evidence was found to refute the hypothesis that Texas border banks have a lower loan to deposit ratio than their non-border counterparts. The evidence points to a need for developmental capital, supplied by some form of development bank.
Date: August 1994
Creator: Neal, William R. (William Russell)
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Sources of Tax Revenue of the State of Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Sources of Tax Revenue of the State of Texas

The study proposes to analyze the tax sources of the State of Texas and to evaluate these sources on the basis of certain principles of sound taxation.
Date: 1947
Creator: McCloud, Leland W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Economic and Political Factors Involved in the Legislative Controversy Over the Submission of Senate Joint Resolution Number 12 of the Forty Sixth Legislature (open access)

Some Economic and Political Factors Involved in the Legislative Controversy Over the Submission of Senate Joint Resolution Number 12 of the Forty Sixth Legislature

It is hoped that this paper can establish by such documentary evidence as is available, the following: 1. The program for financing social security advocated by W. Lee O'Daniel during his first term as Governor of Texas; 2. The program for old age assistance advocated by O'Daniel during the Forty-Sixth Legislature of Texas; 3. The activities of the minority group credited by the Governor with defeating "all efforts to finance social security" during the Forty-Sixth Legislature; 4. The explanation of Senate Joint Resolution 12; 5. The record, based on personal experience and the reported evidence, of the various groups and individuals working for the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 12.
Date: 1941
Creator: Skiles, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Discount Operations of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (open access)

The Discount Operations of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

It is the purpose of this thesis to give a factual presentation of the operation of the discount system of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, covering the years 1914 through 1935.
Date: 1947
Creator: Richardson, Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Weatherford Municipal Light and Power Plant (open access)

The Weatherford Municipal Light and Power Plant

This thesis is a study of the Weatherford Municipal Light and Power Plant. An attempt has been made to trace the history of electric service in Weatherford, Texas, and to reveal why this present, and previous, service has culminated in a municipally owned system.
Date: 1940
Creator: Shumaker, Charles S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Labor Policy of the Ford Motor Company at Dallas, Texas (open access)

The Labor Policy of the Ford Motor Company at Dallas, Texas

A study of the labor policy of the Ford motor company at Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Sumner, Vance Davidson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disposition of Disputed Cases, Involving Non-Basic Wage, Union Security, and Non-Wage Issues of the Oil Refining Industry by the Eighth Regional War Labor Board (open access)

Disposition of Disputed Cases, Involving Non-Basic Wage, Union Security, and Non-Wage Issues of the Oil Refining Industry by the Eighth Regional War Labor Board

This investigation is a study of the issues involved in the disputed cases pertaining to the Oil Refining Industry which were certified to the Eighth Regional War Labor Board serving Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana during World War II.
Date: 1947
Creator: Grubbs, Kenneth R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dairy Industry and the Texas Antitrust Laws (open access)

The Dairy Industry and the Texas Antitrust Laws

The general problem to be dealt with in this thesis is that of determining whether the antitrust laws of the state of Texas fulfill their aim of maintaining competition through the prosecution of conspiracies in restraint of trade. The specific problem is the determination of the effect of the antitrust laws on the dairy industry in Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Self, Stanley Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Did the Construction of Lake Dallas Benefit or Injure Denton County from the Tax Valuation Standpoint (open access)

Did the Construction of Lake Dallas Benefit or Injure Denton County from the Tax Valuation Standpoint

The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether or not Denton County gained or lost from the construction of Lake Dallas from the tax valuation standpoint.
Date: 1948
Creator: Millar, Abram A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Present Status of Sociology in Texas High Schools (open access)

The Present Status of Sociology in Texas High Schools

It is the purpose of this study to classify the high schools in the State of Texas offering accredited courses in sociology, and to make an analysis and evaluation of the textbooks that are on the recommended list for use in the secondary schools.
Date: 1940
Creator: Bryant, Stella Senor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Aspects of Consumer Credit in the United States (open access)

Some Aspects of Consumer Credit in the United States

This study attempts to present a brief survey of the major aspects of consumer credit in the United States today: credit institutions in general, co-operative and non cooperative consumer credit agencies, and the regulation of such agencies. A special chapter is devoted to consumer credit in Texas, with emphasis upon the fight which certain Texas cities are making against the loan-shark evil.
Date: 1940
Creator: Daniel, Benge R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Grievance Procedure in Labor-Management Relations as it Operates within the Eighth Regional War Labor Board (open access)

A Study of Grievance Procedure in Labor-Management Relations as it Operates within the Eighth Regional War Labor Board

This investigation is a study of grievance machinery in industrial relations, as it operates within the Eighth Regional War Labor Board, which serves the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. By grievance machinery is meant the formal procedure through which the worker or his representative must proceed in order to get a grievance or complaint about working conditions, wages, or other items, heard and settled.
Date: 1945
Creator: Martin, Marie G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of the Second World War upon Agriculture in Henderson County, Texas (open access)

The Impact of the Second World War upon Agriculture in Henderson County, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the Second World War upon the agricultural economy of Henderson County, Texas, with primary emphasis upon the economic and social changes brought about by wartime conditions during the years 1940 through 1945.
Date: 1949
Creator: George, Willard H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Inefficiency of Texas Water Law (open access)

The Economic Inefficiency of Texas Water Law

The State of Texas is endowed with many valuable resources. It has vast oil and gas deposits, huge timber reserves, and land in abundance. Not least among its re sources is water, the key resource. It is water, even before food, which sustains all life on this earth. Without water the human processes of agriculture, industry, and commerce would be impossible. Water serves as a major source of energy, transportation, and recreation. It is not a risky statement to make that water, above everything else on this earth except land, permits man to exist.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Threadgill, James Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growth and Urbanization of the Texas Population, 1940-1950 (open access)

Growth and Urbanization of the Texas Population, 1940-1950

It is the purpose of this thesis to consider the growth and urbanization of the Texas population since 1880, with primary emphasis on changes which took place during the decade from 1940-1950. The problem involved, therefore, in the second part of this study is to determine the amount of urbanization which took place in Texas during the 1940-1950 decade, to determine the variations among the several regions and "size groups" of cities, and to describe some of the factors related to such increases and variations.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Boulter, Oscar H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Cooke County Electric Co-Operative Association (open access)

The History of the Cooke County Electric Co-Operative Association

This study was made to show the economic growth of the rural area served by the Cooke County Electric Co-Operative association, as well as its history. Locally, the Cooke County Electric Co-operative Association owes a large part of its success to the ability of the rural people to help themselves. In this thinly populated section of the country they have built a successful business where established power companies claimed that it would be impossible. Although the number of farmers continues to decrease, the demand for power continues to increase. The members of the Cooke County Co-operative are proud of their co-operative and are always happy to tell of their accomplishments. At the last memberships meeting a large majority of the members were present.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Robertson, Harold Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Status of College Teachers in Texas Compared with other Professions and Measured by Relative Support of Education in Texas (open access)

The Economic Status of College Teachers in Texas Compared with other Professions and Measured by Relative Support of Education in Texas

The problem of this study is the economic status of college teachers in Texas, with emphasis on actual support afforded that profession in the past and in the present; and objective statistical analysis of the ability of the state to more adequately support the profession now and in the future, and the theoretical and actual importance which that economic status presages for out state and society. Actual support of higher education will be measured by salaries and expenditures; ability to support will be measured by the relative wealth of each state in per capita income.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Sparkman, Roy Clifford
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Denton County Electric Co-operative, Incorporated (open access)

The History of the Denton County Electric Co-operative, Incorporated

This study seeks to examine the history of the Denton County Electric Co-operative and the Rural Electrification Administration, as well as the effect they had on electrifying rural agriculture sites.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Grundy, James Welton
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of the Conservation of Human Beings and of Soil by the CCC Camp in Denton, Texas (open access)

The Effectiveness of the Conservation of Human Beings and of Soil by the CCC Camp in Denton, Texas

The organization of the Emergency Conservation Work was found to possess many faults. The Seventy-Fifth Congress, taking cognizance of some of the more glaring imperfections, approved a measure reorganizing and re-establishing the Emergency Conservation Work under the name of The Civilian Conservation Corp. The bill eliminated many of the defects of the former organization, and invested authority and defined duties and regulations in such a manner that a more efficient institution resulted.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Vinson, Denny
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the B-K Electric Cooperative, Inc. Seymour, Texas (open access)

The History of the B-K Electric Cooperative, Inc. Seymour, Texas

This study examines the history and growth of the B-K Electric Cooperative in Seymour Texas, as well as its economic impact on the surrounding rural areas.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Minick, Robert Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Unemployment Insurance in Texas (open access)

A Study of Unemployment Insurance in Texas

This study is an attempt to provide a comprehensive review of the Texas unemployment insurance program that will yield a greater understanding of the factors that have brought the program to its present position and will give some insight into what can be done to improve the system.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Key, Charles A.
System: The UNT Digital Library