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Water Rights In Utah, Chad R. Reid, Keith H. Christensen, Robert W. Hill Dec 2008

Water Rights In Utah, Chad R. Reid, Keith H. Christensen, Robert W. Hill

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If you are connected to a municipal system, your water is probably categorized as “culinary or municipal water” and is used for everything from drinking and bathing to washing the car to watering tomatoes.


Some Items To Consider Before You Change The Calving Season Of Your Beef Cow Herd, Randall D. Weidmeier, Adam Summers, D. R. Zobell, Dillon M. Feuz Dec 2008

Some Items To Consider Before You Change The Calving Season Of Your Beef Cow Herd, Randall D. Weidmeier, Adam Summers, D. R. Zobell, Dillon M. Feuz

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This publication gives important items to consider before changing calving seasons of beef cow herds.


Embryology: Life In Twenty-One Days, John Wesley Nov 2008

Embryology: Life In Twenty-One Days, John Wesley

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This publication explains the process of an egg hatching into a chick.


Tooele County 4-H Leader's Guide, Stephen Sagers Nov 2008

Tooele County 4-H Leader's Guide, Stephen Sagers

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This manual that helps new leaders better understand the 4-H program in Tooele County.


Level 1a - Basic Sewing Supplies - 101, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen, Karen Biers Nov 2008

Level 1a - Basic Sewing Supplies - 101, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen, Karen Biers

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This publication provides and describes list of supplies needed for basic sewing.


Vegetable Exhibits At Fairs And Shows, John Wesley, Maggie Wolf Nov 2008

Vegetable Exhibits At Fairs And Shows, John Wesley, Maggie Wolf

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This publication gives tips on how to choose the best produce for vegetable exhibits and what the judges are looking for in the displays.


Soil Salinity And Ornamental Plant Selection, Heidi Kratsch Nov 2008

Soil Salinity And Ornamental Plant Selection, Heidi Kratsch

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Selection of plants for landscapes requires consideration of a number of factors, including cold-hardiness, aesthetic characteristics, maintenance requirements (pest control, fertilization, etc.), soil pH tolerance, droughttolerance, and availability


Small Acreage Low Flow (Micro Or Drip) Irrigation System Design And Installation, Ronald Patterson Oct 2008

Small Acreage Low Flow (Micro Or Drip) Irrigation System Design And Installation, Ronald Patterson

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Irrigation has been an essential part of Utah’s agriculture since pioneer days. Over half of Utah’s 1.3 million irrigated acres are watered using surface methods such as flood, furrow, border, or basin irrigation.


Boiling Water Canning Lemon Or Lime Curd, Brian Nummer Oct 2008

Boiling Water Canning Lemon Or Lime Curd, Brian Nummer

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This publication includes recipe and instructions on canning lemon and lime curd using boiling water method.


Yellow Sac Spiders, Ryan S. Davis Oct 2008

Yellow Sac Spiders, Ryan S. Davis

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Most Utahn’s are familiar with the hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis) and its potentially harmful bite. However, most Utahn’s don’t know that there is another spider commonly entering homes that may have a similar, but less toxic bite than the hobo—the yellow sac spider Chiracanthium inclusum).


Non-Irrigated Pasture Establishment And Maintenance, Howard Horton, Burke Davenport, Linden Greenhalgh Oct 2008

Non-Irrigated Pasture Establishment And Maintenance, Howard Horton, Burke Davenport, Linden Greenhalgh

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Small acreage lots are becoming increasingly common throughout Utah. Many of these units have limited or no irrigation. This presents an added challenge to the owner or manager.


Nutrient Content Of Camelina Sativa And Feeding Trials In Turkeys, David Frame, Matt Palmer Oct 2008

Nutrient Content Of Camelina Sativa And Feeding Trials In Turkeys, David Frame, Matt Palmer

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There is increasing interest in converting waste cooking oil and oil produced from oilseed crops, such as camelina, into biofuels in order to decrease dependence on petroleum products for fuel sources.


Food Stores, Not Grocery Stores, Teresa Hunsaker Sep 2008

Food Stores, Not Grocery Stores, Teresa Hunsaker

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With rising fuel prices(both home and auto), severe weather conditions, crop failures, unemployment, world crisis, a potential pandemic, and overall inflation, it seems many homes may be in trouble if they are not prepared.


Small Grains, Unknown Unknown Sep 2008

Small Grains, Unknown Unknown

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This fact sheet lists details of small grains crop insurance.


Equine Immunity, Vaccination Guidelines, And Recommendations, Patricia Evans, Kerry A. Rood Sep 2008

Equine Immunity, Vaccination Guidelines, And Recommendations, Patricia Evans, Kerry A. Rood

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This publication provides vaccination guidelines, recommendations, and suggestions for a healthy horse.


Small Acreage Irrigation Management, Kevin M. Heaton Sep 2008

Small Acreage Irrigation Management, Kevin M. Heaton

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Field irrigation application methods include surface (wild flooding, border, furrow, basins), sprinkler (hand line, wheel move, solid set, center pivot), low flow or micro-irrigation (drip, trickle, micro-spray), and subirrigation (water table manipulation under special conditions).


Canning Salsa In A Boiling Water Canner, Generic Recipe, Brian Nummer Sep 2008

Canning Salsa In A Boiling Water Canner, Generic Recipe, Brian Nummer

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Most tomato-based salsa recipes mix low-acid foods, such as onions, sweet and/or hot peppers, with acid foods, such as tomatoes. USU Extension only recommends research-tested salsa recipes that provide evidence of safe acidification to inhibit Clostridium botulinum growth


Crickets, Erin W. Hodgson, Jessie Trina Sep 2008

Crickets, Erin W. Hodgson, Jessie Trina

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Crickets are closely related to grasshoppers and katydids, all belonging in the order Orthoptera. The family of “true crickets” is called Gryllidae, which includes more than 900 different species worldwide. In Utah, we have several species of field crickets and snowy tree crickets located throughout the state. True crickets are often confused with grasshoppers and katydids because they have similar body shapes and large hind legs for jumping.


Equine Immunity, Vaccination Guidelines, And Recommendations, Kerry Rood, Patricia Evans Sep 2008

Equine Immunity, Vaccination Guidelines, And Recommendations, Kerry Rood, Patricia Evans

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Squash Bug, Diane Alston, James Barnhill Aug 2008

Squash Bug, Diane Alston, James Barnhill

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Squash bug (Anasa tristis) is a “true bug” with piercingsucking mouthparts (Order Hemiptera) in the leaffooted bug family (Coreidae). It is common throughout the U.S. and found from Canada to Central America. Adults (Fig. 1) emit a foul odor when disturbed and may be called “stink bugs”; however, true stink bugs are in a different true bug family.


Basic Tips For 1st Year Junior Livestock Market Projects, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Basic Tips For 1st Year Junior Livestock Market Projects, Donna Carter

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This fact sheet gives basic tips for 1st year junior market livestock projects.


Food Allergens, Brian Nummer Aug 2008

Food Allergens, Brian Nummer

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Allergies affect the lives of millions of people. Fresh spring flowers, a friend’s cat or dog, even the presence of dust can make people itch, sneeze, and scratch uncontrollably.


Surface Water Model, Usu Extension Aug 2008

Surface Water Model, Usu Extension

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Through a visual presentation, students will learn how water moves through a watershed, the pollutants that can enter the water system from different land use activities and ways that people can help prevent water pollution.


Giving A 4-H Foods Demonstration, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Giving A 4-H Foods Demonstration, Donna Carter

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This publication provides steps to giving an effective 4-H food demonstration.


Basic Parliamentary Procedure For 4-H Clubs, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Basic Parliamentary Procedure For 4-H Clubs, Donna Carter

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This publication provides outline and benefits to using Parliamentary Procedure in 4-H clubs.


Dermestid Beetles, Erin W. Hodgson, Katherine Coats, Alan H. Roe Aug 2008

Dermestid Beetles, Erin W. Hodgson, Katherine Coats, Alan H. Roe

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Dermestid beetles are in the family Dermestidae and order Coleoptera. These beetles are sometimes called larder beetles or carpet beetles. Adults range from 1 to 12 mm in length and have variable body coloration. In general, they are hairy, dark-colored, elongated, and have clubbed antennae. The larvae are light brown and can be up to 13 mm long. Many larvae have spines, called setae, on the back of the abdomen that are helpful with identification. Dermestid larvae and adults have chewing mouthparts.


Fitting The Western Or English Saddle To The Horse, Patricia Evans, Kerry A. Rood Aug 2008

Fitting The Western Or English Saddle To The Horse, Patricia Evans, Kerry A. Rood

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This publication gives tips on how to properly fit a saddle to the horse.


Selecting A Saddle To Fit The Rider, Patricia Evans, Clinton Depew Aug 2008

Selecting A Saddle To Fit The Rider, Patricia Evans, Clinton Depew

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This publication gives tips on selecting a saddle that will be comfortable for both the horse and rider.


Eye-Catching Visual Aids For 4-H Demonstrations, Donna Carter, Julie Swindells Aug 2008

Eye-Catching Visual Aids For 4-H Demonstrations, Donna Carter, Julie Swindells

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This publication gives resources and ideas for eye-catching visual aids that will enhance the appearance and effect of 4-H demonstrations.


Teens Reaching Youth (Try) 4-H Volunteer Program, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Teens Reaching Youth (Try) 4-H Volunteer Program, Donna Carter

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This publication provides a perspective to using teens as volunteers to teach 4-Hers.