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2007

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Hobo Or Not A Hobo-That Is The Question: A Photographic Key To Discerning Hobo From Non-Hobo Spiders, Ryan Davis Dec 2007

Hobo Or Not A Hobo-That Is The Question: A Photographic Key To Discerning Hobo From Non-Hobo Spiders, Ryan Davis

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This key is intended for use with, at a minimum, a microscope with 8-35x zoom capability. In addition to couplet choices based on anatomy, this key is accompanied by pictures taken with a Leica EZ4D stereoscope (the same scopes given to selected Utah Extension offices) to aid in identification.

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Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Heat Detection, Dennis Worwod Oct 2007

Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Heat Detection, Dennis Worwod

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Heat detection is the most important and time consuming part of an A.I. breeding program. Your goal is to recognize when the sow or gilt reaches “standing heat,” which is the period when she stands still and rigid when you put weight on her loin.

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Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: The Insemination Process, Dennis Worwod Oct 2007

Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: The Insemination Process, Dennis Worwod

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You should not attempt to breed a sow or gilt that is not in standing heat. Put weight on the animal’s loin and watch her response to make sure that she is standing.

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Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Ordering And Caring For Semen, Dennis Worwod Oct 2007

Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Ordering And Caring For Semen, Dennis Worwod

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Sows and gilts are usually bred twice, with 12 to 24 hours hours between inseminations. For this reason, boar studs will not ship less than two doses of semen.

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Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Selecting The Right Boar, Dennis Worwod Oct 2007

Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Selecting The Right Boar, Dennis Worwod

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Artificial Insemination (A.I.) can complement or replace traditional breeding programs for youth swine projects and other small swine operations.

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Guidelines, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Aug 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Guidelines, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Grass, legume, and mixed hays contribute to natural resource conservation, diversity in crop rotations, livestock health and performance, and economic returns from sustainable agriculture.

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Corn Silage Performance, 2006; Cache County, Utah, T. C. Griggs, C. E. Israelsen Jul 2007

Corn Silage Performance, 2006; Cache County, Utah, T. C. Griggs, C. E. Israelsen

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This report summarizes on-farm performance of irrigated silage corn hybrids at Benson (Cache County) in 2006. The site is at 4439 ft elevation and has a long-term average of 2800 corn growing degree days (50/86° F) per year. Hybrids were seeded with a six-row planter on May 10 at approximately 35,000 seeds/ac into Kidman fine sandy loam. Plots were six rows wide at 30-in row spacing by 1070 ft long in three randomized complete blocks.

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Biting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia A. Evans, Dale Barnett Mar 2007

Biting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia A. Evans, Dale Barnett

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No abstract provided.

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Grass, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Grass, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Grass

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Cereal, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Cereal, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Cereal

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Grass Seed/Straw, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Grass Seed/Straw, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Grass Seed Straw

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Mixed Cereal/Pea Or Vetch, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Mixed Cereal/Pea Or Vetch, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Mixed Cereal/Pea or Vetch

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Mixed Grass/Alfalfa, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Mixed Grass/Alfalfa, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Mixed Grass/Alfalfa

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Timothy; Export & Horse, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2007

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Timothy; Export & Horse, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Timothy; Export & Horse

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