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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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Principles Of Feeding Small Flocks Of Chickens At Home, David D. Frame

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Owning a small flock of chickens is increasing in popularity, particularly in areas prohibiting the raising of larger domestic animals. Chickens not only furnish a ready source of home-grown meat and eggs, but also provide great pleasure as exhibition stock and even as pets.

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Inspecting And Buying A New Or Used Saddle, Patricia A. Evans, Rusty Miller, Rebecca Lewis

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Whether purchasing a new or used saddle, several aspects should be evaluated. To determine if the saddle is sturdy and well-made some aspects to check include the leather, stitching, metal fittings and tree.

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Housing Backyard Chickens, David D. Frame

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Owning a small flock of chickens is increasing in popularity, particularly in areas where local ordinances prohibit larger domestic animals, but allow for birds and/or small animals. Chickens not only furnish a ready source of home-grown meat and eggs, but also provide great pleasure as exhibition stock and even as pets. The purpose of this fact sheet is to give an overview of basic housing principles for small flocks of chickens.

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Coryneum Or Shothole Blight, Kent Evans, Erin Frank, Jaydee Gunnell, Mike Pace, Maggie Shao

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In Utah, there are typically three generations of corn earworm (CEW) each year. The first generation of adults either come from overwintering pupae (southern and central Utah), or migrate into northern Utah. The adult moth is tannish brown with a 1 1/2 inch wingspan. The front wings are marked with a distinct dark spot in the center and darker bands near the outer margins. The hind wings are lighter tan, with a dark band along the outer margins. The male moths have green eyes. Moth flight occurs primarily on warm, overcast evenings. Moth populations can be monitored using pheromone or …

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Small Acreage Irrigation System Operation And Maintenance, Robert W. Hill, Ronald Patterson, James V. Barnhill

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Surface irrigation includes flood (sometimes denoted “wild flood,” as in uncontrolled), furrow, border, and basin. Surface irrigation operation and maintenance may be more of an art than a science.

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Half Square Triangles, Debra Proctor, Deonn Stott, Ronda Olsen

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The triangle is a basic quilt block shape. Half-square triangles are easily made from two squares and cut on the diagonal from corner to corner.

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Baby Rail Blues, Debra Proctor, Deonn Stott

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This is a great quilt for beginning and experienced quilters. Accuracy begins with the basics

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Feeding Camelina Sativa And Enhancing Omega-3 Fatty Acid Levels In Market-Age Turkey Hens, David Frame, Matt Palmer, Robert Ward, Silvana Martini

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Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz (camelina) is an oilseed producing plant in the Family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) originating from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. 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. The interest for growing oilseed crops in Utah is growing as well. Camelina sativa is a low input oilseed-producing crop adapted to climates similar to central Utah. Central Utah is also home to the Utah commercial turkey industry.

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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

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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: 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: 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: 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

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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

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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

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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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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, 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 - 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

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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

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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

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Timothy; Export & Horse

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Watch The Drinking Water Quality Of Calves Reared In Individual Hutches, R. D. Wiedmeier

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Those involved in livestock production have often observed the relationship between drinking water intake, dry matter intake and performance.

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Level 1an - Diagonal Knit Dishcloth - 101, Debra Proctor

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Cotton yarn is a good yarn to use for a dishcloth. It is absorbent, stronger wet than dry, machine washable and can be bleached if needed. These dishcloths are easy and fun to make. Make several and give them as gifts.

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Level 1an - Double Yarn Knit Slippers - 102, Debra Proctor, Kristine Saunders

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This is a simple basic slipper for knitters just learning how to knit. Two strands of worsted weight yarn are used to make the slippers more durable (and warm).

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Reducing Pesticide Poisoning Of Bees, Howard Dear, Richard Beard

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Choose insecticides that are non hazardous to bees whenever possible. The more hazardous insecticide active ingredients include many of the organophosphates and the carbamates, and some of the synthetic pyrethroids and neonicotinoids.

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Raising A Bucket Calf, Robert Pate

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The 4-H Bucket Calf Project is designed for youth up through the summer of their 8th grade year.

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

All Current Publications

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

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

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Small Acreage Irrigation Management, Kevin M. Heaton

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Principles Of Feeding Small Flocks Of Chickens At Home, David D. Frame

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Inspecting And Buying A New Or Used Saddle, Patricia A. Evans, Rusty Miller, Rebecca Lewis

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Housing Backyard Chickens, David D. Frame

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Coryneum Or Shothole Blight, Kent Evans, Erin Frank, Jaydee Gunnell, Mike Pace, Maggie Shao

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Small Acreage Irrigation System Operation And Maintenance, Robert W. Hill, Ronald Patterson, James V. Barnhill

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Half Square Triangles, Debra Proctor, Deonn Stott, Ronda Olsen

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Baby Rail Blues, Debra Proctor, Deonn Stott

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Feeding Camelina Sativa And Enhancing Omega-3 Fatty Acid Levels In Market-Age Turkey Hens, David Frame, Matt Palmer, Robert Ward, Silvana Martini

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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

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

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Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Heat Detection, Dennis Worwod

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Seed/Straw, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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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 Grass/Alfalfa, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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

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Watch The Drinking Water Quality Of Calves Reared In Individual Hutches, R. D. Wiedmeier

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Level 1an - Diagonal Knit Dishcloth - 101, Debra Proctor

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Level 1an - Double Yarn Knit Slippers - 102, Debra Proctor, Kristine Saunders

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Reducing Pesticide Poisoning Of Bees, Howard Dear, Richard Beard

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Raising A Bucket Calf, Robert Pate

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