Is Your Wiring System Safe and Energy Efficient?

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Kenneth L. McFate and Fred M. Crawford
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Electricity is a safe and convenient source of energy for heat, light and power in your home and on your farm, provided it is distributed in correctly sized and properly protected conductors. Good wiring systems are safe and energy-efficient.

Using a Microwave Oven to Determine Moisture in Forages

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Barry Steevens, Ron Belyea and Richard Crawford
Department of Animal Sciences

Harvesting and storing forage crops at the proper moisture is necessary to minimize forage losses and to maintain maximum nutritional value. But it is difficult to determine the moisture concentration of forage crops prior to ensiling or baling.

Kitchens for Workers in Wheelchairs

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Alice Mae Alexander
Department of Environmental Design

Space for the wheelchair, plus space for turning the chair are the two important factors to consider when planning a new kitchen, remodeling a structure or adapting one being used.

The standard model wheelchair (measurements taken from American Standard specifications) falls within the following limits:

Working With Resource People

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Gerald Gabriel
Department of Community Development

Resource people can and should play a vital role in changing communities. City governments, community institutions, organizations and groups are often confronted with issues that make special knowledge and assistance a must in forming intelligent decisions.

Selecting Household Safety Equipment

Reviewed

Marie Steinwachs
Office of Waste Management

Hazardous substances can enter your body in three ways: they can be ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin.

Common sense and a few pieces of safety equipment can protect you from exposure to hazardous substances.

Store Hazardous Products Safely

Reviewed

Marie Steinwachs
Office of Waste Management

Your home may be an accident waiting to happen

Many preventable accidents, injuries, illnesses and fires occur in homes due to unsafe storage of hazardous products.

A product is considered hazardous if it has one of more of the following properties:

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Barley

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Winter and spring barleys are available, but testing in Missouri indicates spring barley does poorly. Plus, six-row barleys have higher yield potential than two-row barleys in Missouri. Therefore, this publication covers only the six-row winter barleys.

Operating and Maintaining Grassed Outlet Terrace Systems

Reviewed

Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Larry Caldwell
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Columbia, Missouri

Wheat Silage for Dairy Cattle

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R.L. Belyea, R.E. Ricketts, F.A. Martz, R.R. Ruehlow and R.C. Bennett
Department of Animal Sciences

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Portable Ladder Safety

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Portable ladders are one of the handiest, simplest tools we use. Because of their effectiveness, ladders are used by many different people to perform many different tasks. Although ladders are very uncomplicated, planning and care are still required to use them safely.

Corn Silage

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Corn silage is a popular forage for ruminant animals because it is high in energy and digestibility. Visit our site to learn more about corn silage.

Simple Home Repairs: Wood Porch Flooring

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Department of Environmental Design

Wood porches are beautiful, but sometimes boards or planks break or splinter, making them unsafe. Using the following instructions, they can be repaired.

Design Criteria for Canopy and Hood Inlet Spillways

Reviewed

James M. Steichen
Department of Agricultural Engineering

These criteria apply to the design of canopy and hood inlet spillways used as the principal spillway for ponds, irrigation reservoirs, and stabilization structures.

The canopy or hood inlet spillway usually is used in conjunction with an emergency spillway.

The Bluegrasses

Reviewed

Jimmy C. Henning and Howell N. Wheaton
Department of Agronomy

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Design Criteria for Debris Basins

Reviewed

James Steichen
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Using the California Mastitis Test

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One of the best ways to detect mastitis is by using the California Mastitis Test. Visit our website today to learn more.

White, Ladino and Sweet Clover

Reviewed

Jimmy C. Henning and Howell N. Wheaton
Department of Agronomy

White and ladino clover

White clover is a stoloniferous plant with a shallow root system. The primary stems of white clover usually die before the second year, and the life of the plant depends upon the stolons and their haphazard roots.

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Drilled Soybeans in Missouri

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Harry C. Minor, Zane R. Helsel and Marion E. Gentry
Department of Agronomy

Tall Fescue

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Tall Fescue is one of the more drought-resistant field plants grown in Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more.

Renovating Grass Sods With Legumes

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Howell N. Wheaton and Craig A. Roberts
Department of Agronomy

Many Missouri pastures have adequate grass stands, but they need legumes. If the soil is capable of growing them, legumes should be established in grass sods. Establishing clovers is cheaper than topdressing the grass with nitrogen.

Intermediate Trail Riding

Reviewed

Wayne Loch
Department of Animal Sciences

More and more families are having fun trail riding. This activity is reasonably inexpensive, is non-competitive, and affords relaxation on nature's scenic trails.

How to Protect Yourself From Respiratory Hazards

Reviewed

David E. Baker, Brooke Ballenger and Rusty Lee
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Soil Compaction: The Silent Thief

Reviewed

James C. Frisby and Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Using Food Processing Plant Waste on Fields

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Waste, or lime stabilized biomass (LSB), from food processing plants can be used for liming fields. Learn what LSB is, how it can be used, and the soil benefits it provides in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

Backgrounding Calves Part 1: Assessing the Opportunity

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Backgrounding is the growing of steers & heifers from weaning until they enter the feedlot. Visit our site to learn more about backgrouding calves.

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