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Feeds for Light Horses

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Feed ingredients needed for horses are carbohydrates, fats, protein, minerals, vitamins and water. Carbs, fats and proteins can yield energy. Grains and roughages, including pasture, are major sources of energy and protein. Learn more in this guide.

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Are Radial Tractor Tires Cost Effective?

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James C. Frisby
Department of Agricultural Engineering

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Cover art for publication G3150

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.

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Cover art for publication GH5669

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:

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Cover art for publication WM6003

Household Hazardous Products

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Marie Steinwachs
Office of Waste Management

A household hazardous product is one whose use or disposal poses a threat to human health or the environment. Hazardous products should not be put in the trash, down the drain, into storm drains or burned unless you are instructed to do so by local waste authorities.

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A System for Pond Water Purification

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Ralph Ricketts
Department of Agricultural Engineering

G. B. Garner
Department of Agricultural Chemistry

Fred Meinershagen
Department of Animal Sciences

In Cooperation with the Missouri Division of Health

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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.

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Beef Carcass Grading and Evaluation

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David R. Jones and William C. Stringer
Food Science and Nutrition Department

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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

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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.

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Cover art for publication DM7005

The Planning Process and People

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James B. Cook and John A. Croll
Department of Community Development

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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.

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How to Protect Yourself From Respiratory Hazards

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

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Sunflower: An American Native

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

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Cover art for publication GG14

Accessory Apartments

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Leo L. Cram
Missouri Gerontology Institute

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Choosing Terrace Systems

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Terraces are one way to control soil erosion. Visit our site to learn about Choosing Terrace Systems.

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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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Cover art for publication GH5981

Heating System Maintenance

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Your browser does not support the video tag.Marilyn W. Caselman

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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).

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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

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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.

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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 G1504

Maintaining Grassed Waterways

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Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Larry Caldwell
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

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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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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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