Masters Theses
Date of Award
8-1955
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Biosystems Engineering
Major Professor
M. A. Sharp
Committee Members
E. K. Boyce
Abstract
Tennessee farmers alone harvested approximately nine million bushels of wheat, oats, barley and grain sorghum in 1950 (2). This figure represents a total of forty-three thousand farmers that reportedly harvested these crops for feed or for sale.
At an estimated annual loss of 2 per cent (3) due to mold, enzymatic action and Insects, this means that almost two hundred thousand bushels of these grains were lost. Assuming that the amount lost could have been sold for one dollar per bushel and the returns used to purchase drying units at fifteen hundred dollars per unit, seventy driers could have been purchased.
Recommended Citation
Prince, Ralph P., "Some aspects of drying wheat and orchard-grass. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1955.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/8979