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Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe
Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe
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Carpenter ants are members of the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, sawflies, and other ants. Carpenter ants can be occasional pests in the home and are noted particularly for the damage they can cause when nesting in wood. In Utah they are more of a nuisance rather than a major structural pest.
Leafhoppers In The Home Garden, Jay B. Karren
Leafhoppers In The Home Garden, Jay B. Karren
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Leafhoppers are common problems in home gardens and orchards throughout the state of Utah. There are many species of leafhoppers, several of which attack apples, roses, grapes, and potatoes. Most species overwinter in the egg stage in the bark of the host plant or among the fallen host plant leaves.
Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe
Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe
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Millipedes are related to trilobites, spiders and ticks, sowbugs, and crayfish, centipedes, and insects. Each group represents a different class of arthropods. Millipedes or "thousandlegged worms" include over 800 species of the class Diplopoda in North America.
How Well Does Your Irrigation Canal Hold Water?, Robert Hill
How Well Does Your Irrigation Canal Hold Water?, Robert Hill
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Irrigation canals placed in native soil or lined with earth can have seepage water losses varying from 20 percent to more than 50 percent. Well designed, new compacted earth lined canals can have reduced seepage losses similar to concrete lined channels. However, consistent and regular maintenance is required to keep seepage losses low. Older concrete lined canals with deteriorated joints and frost heave or settled sections may also have high seepage losses and require rehabilitating.
Crocheted Market Bag From Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags, Jodi Smith
Crocheted Market Bag From Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags, Jodi Smith
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This sturdy bag is the same size as an ordinary plastic grocery sack. It can hold much more, because you can pack it full.
Panel Quilt With Prairie Points, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams
Panel Quilt With Prairie Points, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams
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This pattern is for a quick and easy wall hanging using a pre-printed panel for the center and added borders to make it the desired size. It has wider borders on the sides to trick the eye into thinking that the borders are the same size on all four sides to balance the prairie points.
Saving Utah's Landscape, Biocontrol Of Tamarisk, Usu Extension
Saving Utah's Landscape, Biocontrol Of Tamarisk, Usu Extension
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Scientists at the Animal, Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have been working for years to determine if beetles imported from China and Kazakhstan would effectively consume tamarisk (salt cedar) in the U.S. without threatening desirable vegetation.
Proper Use Of Ammoniated Low-Quality Forages For The Wintering Of Spring-Calving Beef Cow Herds In The Intermountain West, D. R. Zobell
Proper Use Of Ammoniated Low-Quality Forages For The Wintering Of Spring-Calving Beef Cow Herds In The Intermountain West, D. R. Zobell
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Low‐quality forages (LQF) such as cereal straws or post‐ripe hays are often used as economical feed sources for the wintering of beef cow herds. The ammoniation of such forages increases the digestibility and crude protein (CP) enough so that these forages can be used as the basis of beef cow diets, even during late gestation and early lactation if supplemented properly.
A Note About Market Lamb Docking, Usu Extension
A Note About Market Lamb Docking, Usu Extension
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Tail removal or docking of lambs by the commercial sheep industry is a standard management practice. When properly docked, the tail or dock will be long enough that when lifting the tail to defecate, the caudal folds on the under side of the tail are raised.
Basic Crochet Slipper, Debra Proctor
Considerations For Knit Fabrics, Usu Extension
Considerations For Knit Fabrics, Usu Extension
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There are a number of characteristics of a knit fabric that will influence the pattern used and the sewing techniques chosen. Knits can vary from light weight to bulky weight and from tightly to loosely knit.
Fleece Facts, Usu Extension
Fleece Facts, Usu Extension
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Launder and choose the side of fleece you like best for the outside, unless it is a water resistant or wind proof fleece and then it should have a definite right and wrong side.
Knitted Nesting Pincushion, Debra Proctor
Knitted Nesting Pincushion, Debra Proctor
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Knitted Nesting Pincushion
Make Your Own Knitting Needles, Debra Proctor
Make Your Own Knitting Needles, Debra Proctor
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Making your own knitting needles can be fun. Yarn will not slip as easily on wooden knitting needles, making them a good choice for beginners.
Livestock As A Tool For Biodiversity In The Sagebrush Steppe, Usu Extension
Livestock As A Tool For Biodiversity In The Sagebrush Steppe, Usu Extension
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Biodiversity, or the variety of plant and animal species in a given location, has declined in many areas in the West. For example, woody plants, such as sagebrush and juniper now dominate many western landscapes.
Preventing Prrs From Establishing In Utah Swine, Clell V. Bagley
Preventing Prrs From Establishing In Utah Swine, Clell V. Bagley
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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is considered the most important disease affecting swine operations in North America and internationally. There has been no evidence of cross-infection to humans since discovery of PRRS in the U.S. in 1987.
Reducing Losses Due To Tall Larkspur Poisoning, Usu Extension
Reducing Losses Due To Tall Larkspur Poisoning, Usu Extension
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Tall larkspur reduces pasture use and can cause death in cattle. In the West, overingestion of tall larkspur causes average death losses of 4-5%, but can exceed 15% on some ranches. In addition, the presence of tall larkspur in some pastures may force ranchers to avoid those pastures during peak forage growth in late spring and early summer.
Reducing The Incidence Of Dark Cutting Beef In Junior Livestock Shows, Lyle N. Holmgren, Dale R. Zobell
Reducing The Incidence Of Dark Cutting Beef In Junior Livestock Shows, Lyle N. Holmgren, Dale R. Zobell
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4-H and FFA livestock shows place cattle in a surrounding where they are stressed physically and psychologically. They are exposed to physical exertion, unfamiliar smells, tastes, sounds, people, cattle and other animals Owners of beef cattle who place them in these situations need to understand that stress can be reduced or eliminated with proper care and management.
Saving Utah's Landscape, Dinosaur National Monument, Usu Extension
Saving Utah's Landscape, Dinosaur National Monument, Usu Extension
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At Dinosaur National Monument, an aggressive, well-planned weed management program is assisted by a host of volunteers. Last year the monument’s Weed Warrior Program 482 volunteers contributed 2,107 hours of weed removal.
Saving Utah's Landscape, Early Detection & Rapid Response, Usu Extension
Saving Utah's Landscape, Early Detection & Rapid Response, Usu Extension
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Members of the Utah-Idaho Cooperative Weed Management Area recognized that one of the greatest threats to their landscape was new, small infestations of noxious weeds.
Saving Utah's Landscape, Squarrose Knapweed, Usu Extension
Saving Utah's Landscape, Squarrose Knapweed, Usu Extension
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What began in the 1950s as a small patch of weeds near a grain elevator in Juab County, turned into a serious environmental problem that impacts the state’s wildlife, grazing and tourist industries. In the early 1990s, it was estimated that squarrose knapweed infested nearly 200,000 acres of rangeland in central Utah.
The Role Of Composting And Soil And Manure Testing In Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning., Rich Koenig
The Role Of Composting And Soil And Manure Testing In Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning., Rich Koenig
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What is comprehensive nutrient management planning?
Using Low Moisture Blocks To Improve Livestock Distribution And Forage Utilization, Usu Extension
Using Low Moisture Blocks To Improve Livestock Distribution And Forage Utilization, Usu Extension
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Do you often eat at the same restaurants even if your town is loaded with places to eat? People frequent the same restaurants for a variety of reasons from the quality and type of food, to cost, to distance from home, to simply being unfamiliar with the alternatives.
Structure, Quality And Skills Interact To Influence Forage Intake, Usu Extension
Structure, Quality And Skills Interact To Influence Forage Intake, Usu Extension
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In general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage intake is key to animal performance. Agronomists manage for correct plant density and height to ensure herbivores maximize intake.
Sustainable Orchard Management System, Diane Alston
Sustainable Orchard Management System, Diane Alston
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Fruit production in the intermountain west is besieged with problems. To cope with these problems, fruit growers mustbe competent in financing, banking, buying, public relations, marketing, meteorology, climatology, plant science, soil science, entomology, pathology, irrigation, fertilization, chemistry, physics, mechanics, and management.
Chalkboard With Pocket Placemat, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams
Chalkboard With Pocket Placemat, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams
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Chalkboard with Pocket.
Meat And Dairy Goats In Cache County, Usu Extension
Meat And Dairy Goats In Cache County, Usu Extension
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Cache County, like other counties in the Western United States, is experiencing a major transition in land use. Though we still have a host of relatively large acreage, well managed crop and livestock farms, the number of smaller acreages is increasing.
Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension
Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension
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If animals can learn which plants are toxic and which are safe, then why do they eat poisonous plants and die?
Cuffed Knit Slippers, Debra Proctor
Nutrients Influence Palatability, Usu Extension
Nutrients Influence Palatability, Usu Extension
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Animals form preferences for foods with high levels of energy and protein especially if they release quickly during digestion.