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Radon: An Indoor Health Hazard?

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Indoor air can be polluted in a number of ways. Indoor pollutants include formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, respirable dust, nitrogen dioxide, radon and other gases. This guide focuses on just one of these pollutants — radon.

Forages for Cattle: New Methods of Determining Energy Content and Evaluating Heat Damage

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Ronald L. Belyea and Rex E. Ricketts
Department of Animal Sciences

Improved system of forage analysis

The crude fiber method of feed analysis has been used for more than 100 years. Although this method was an important first attempt at determining the energy content of feeds, it has a number of shortcomings.

Kitchen Planning: Work Centers

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Marilyn W. Caselman
Department of Consumer and Family Economics

Lelland L. Gallup
Department of Environmental Design

What is meant by work centers or work areas? These are places within the complete kitchen plan where you can readily do a particular task because you have arranged together the necessary:

Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint

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Paint is a product that most of us have that can become a hazardous waste. Visit our site for our resource on the Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint.

Qualitative Nitrate Detection for Toxicity Potential

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George B. Garner
Department of Biochemistry

This test is designed for survey use and for advising clients of the need for quantitative nitrate analysis when the level of nitrate detected could possibly cause nitrate/nitrite poisoning. The test can be used on water supplies, hay, silage, fodder, pasture samples and mixed ground feeds.

Lagoons for Storage/Treatment of Dairy Waste

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Donald L. Pfost and Charles D. Fulhage
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Low-Profile Bins for Grain Drying

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David L. Williams
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Operating and Maintaining Underground Outlet Terrace Systems

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Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Donald D. Rastorfer and William N. Riggs
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Columbia, Missouri

Feeding Dairy Cattle for Proper Body Condition Score

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Richard J. Grant and Jeffrey F. Keown
Extension Dairy Specialists, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Simple Home Repairs: Cracks in Concrete Sidewalks

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Patricia Klobe
Department of Environmental Design

If you have small cracks in sidewalks that seem to be growing and make your sidewalk dangerous, they can be fixed.

Managing Household Hazardous Waste

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Editor's note
The Missouri Poison Center, formerly Regional Poison Control Center, name and phone number were updated on 1/23/15.

Marie Steinwachs
Office of Waste Management

Unsoundness and Blemishes of Horses: Head, Body, Respiratory Tract and Stable Vices

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Melvin Bradley
Department of Animal Sciences

Any defect that affects serviceability is considered an unsoundness. A defect that detracts from appearance but does not impair serviceability is considered a blemish.

Sunflower: An American Native

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Robert L. Myers and Harry C. Minor
Department of Agronomy

Accessory Apartments

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Leo L. Cram
Missouri Gerontology Institute

Raising Calves on Stored Colostrum

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Fred Meinershagen, emeritus
Department of Animal Sciences

Reviewed by Rex Ricketts and Barry Steevens
Department of Animal Sciences

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Agricultural Hand Signals

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Voice communications are impossible in certain agricultural situations due to distance and noise. For this reason, standard Agricultural Hand Signals have been developed for farm machinery operators by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Hand signals can prevent accidents and save time. Use them and teach others to use them.

Heating System Maintenance

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Fires in Agricultural Chemicals

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David E. Baker
Department of Agricultural Engineering

With increased agricultural production, farmers are using more fertilizers and chemicals. This has caused new problems for firefighters due to the numerous types of chemicals used and the increase in chemical storage by farmers and suppliers.

Displaced Abomasum

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David Weaver and Bonnard Moseley
College of Veterinary Medicine

The abomasum is the fourth, or "true," stomach in the cow. It normally lies low down in the right front quadrant of the abdomen, just inside the seventh through 11th ribs (Figure 1). Adjacent to the abomasum, on the left side of the abdomen, is the large first stomach, or rumen (Figure 2).

Sorghum Aphid Pest Management

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Ralph E. Munson
Department of Entomology

James A. Schaffer
Department of Agronomy

Einar W. Palm
Department of Plant Pathology

Pruning Forest Trees

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Carol B. Trokey and E.A. McGinnes Jr.
School of Natural Resources

Pruning trees in the yard and in the forest can yield many benefits — if it is done correctly.

In a woodland or plantation, pruning helps maintain a central leader, repairs storm damage, or improves the chances of a clear bole to produce a higher grade of lumber or veneer.

Estimating Peak Rates of Runoff From Small Watersheds

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Robert W. Schottman
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Use the following equation to estimate the peak rates of runoff to be expected from watersheds smaller than 200 acres in Missouri:

Q = QT x L x I x T x S x V x C x P x F where

Q = Peak rate of runoff, cubic feet per second.

Red Clover

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Red clover is the most widely grown of all the true clovers. Visit our website today to learn more about red clovers.

Design Criteria for Bottom-Withdrawal (Lake-Cleaning) Spillway

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David Rausch
USDA-ARS, Watershed Research Unit

Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Larry W. Caldwell
USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Family Scene 13: Tips to Strengthen Families

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Gail R. Carlson and M. Kathy Dothage
Department of Human Development and Family Studies

A series of 13 television spots and this publication are a joint project between the Missouri Cooperative Extension Service and KRCG-TV, Channel 13.

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