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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

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Cover art for publication G4638

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.

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Cover art for publication G1908

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.

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Cover art for publication DM1301

What Are Our Community’s Housing Needs?

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Lelland L. Gallup
Department of Environmental Design

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Cover art for publication G3990

Feeding and Housing Dairy Goats

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Sound feeding and housing practices result in optimum goat growth and goat milk production. Visit our site to learn about Feeding and Housing Dairy Goats.

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Establishing Birdsfoot Trefoil in Bluegrass Sod

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Howell N. Wheaton
Department of Agronomy

Birdsfoot trefoil and Kentucky bluegrass will produce three times as much beef as unimproved bluegrass. Even heavily fertilized bluegrass will produce only 65 percent as much animal product as trefoil-bluegrass combination. See Table 1.

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Rows of soybean.

Soybean Variety Selection

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No one has yet developed a simple answer to the question of how to choose the best variety of soybean to grow, but it is the intent of this publication to present guidelines for choosing a variety for a given set of conditions.

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Potential for Retail Trades in Rural Communities

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Jay Simon and Curtis Braschler
Department of Agricultural Economics

John A. Kuehn
U.S. Department of Agriculture

John Croll
Department of Community Development

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Cover art for publication G1518

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.

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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.

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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

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Culverts and Flood Gates

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C. F. Cromwell, Jr. and Mark Peterson
Department of Agricultural Engineering

The tables in this publication may be used to find culvert and flood gate size for bottomland drainage up to 640 acres.

A formula frequently used for calculating drainage flow rates of cultivated areas from one to one hundred square miles area in the Midwest is:

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Man wearing a respirator while spraying trees.

How to Protect Yourself From Respiratory Hazards

Reviewed

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

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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.

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The First Step Toward Waste Reduction: Industrial Waste Audits

Reviewed

John M. Amos
Engineering Specialist, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Cover art for publication G2090

Growth Stimulants (Implants)

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Homer B. Sewell
Department of Animal Sciences

Implants increase the weaning weight of suckling calves and increase the rate and efficiency of gain of cattle fed growing and finishing rations.

Growth stimulants implanted beneath the skin in the middle third of the backside of the ear include Compudose, Ralgro, Synovex, STEER-oid, HEIFER-oid and Finaplex-S.

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Selecting Household Safety Equipment

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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.

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Crownvetch

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Howell N. Wheaton
Department of Agronomy

Crownvetch, Coronilla varia L., is a cool season, hardy, perennial legume. It is not a true vetch, although it resembles common and hairy vetch. Crownvetch spreads from rhizomes and will form a dense cover. It has been used for soil stabilization and as an ornamental for many years.

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Store Hazardous Products Safely

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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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Wood Stoves and Their Installation

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David E. Baker
Department of Agricultural Engineering

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The first four definitions in the glossary.

Beef Production Glossary: BIF Fact Sheet

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This glossary lists terms and phrases beef producers should be familiar with.

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Cover art for publication G2115

Johne’s Disease or Paratuberculosis

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David Weaver
College of Veterinary Medicine

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Cover art for publication G9107

Missouri Limestone Quality: What Is ENM?

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Daryl D. Buchholz
Department of Agronomy

Can you get a ton's worth of agricultural limestone out of a ton of agricultural limestone? Probably not. The effectiveness of agricultural limestone depends on two factors:

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Cover art for publication GH5118

For the Unprepared: Home Heating in an Emergency

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Adapted by MU Extension specialists from material prepared by Cooperative Extension Service, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Your home heat is gone. You've just discovered your heating system may be off for several days. It's cold outside; the inside temperature is dropping, and you have a first class emergency on your hands. What can you do?

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How to Build a Compost Bin

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Learn about five types of composting and how to build a composting bin. Worm and hemp composting, wire-mesh and snow-fence holding units, and wood and wire three-bin turning units are all covered in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

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