Feeding Roughage To Farm Animals Digestibility Boost with Supplements
USDA ARS findings show sheep digest two thirds to three quarters of nutrients in mixtures of 50 percent ground corn cobs sugarcane bagasse or low quality days plus 50 percent high energy supplements. High energy additives raise roughage digestibility by over 10 percent.
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US Department of Agriculture
ARS
Corn Cob Roughage Best For Sheep High-Energy Feed Tests
Researchers in Beltsville Maryland tested three roughages with a 58 percent high energy concentrate. Ground corn cobs proved most efficient in aiding digestion of roughage by rumen bacteria, outperforming sugarcane bagasse and poor grass hay. Cattle and goats may benefit from similar roughage use.
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Beltsville
Iowa Program to Aid Heart Disease Victims
The Cardiac In Agriculture project, sponsored by the American Heart Association Iowa Heart Association, conducts a one year pilot study in Washington County Iowa. It seeks to assess farmers with heart disease and provide medical social counseling to keep them active within limits. Enrollment is open to those 16 and older employed in agriculture with heart disease.
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American Heart Assocution
Ats
Iowa Heart Association
Iowa
Washington County
America
Purdue University
Upside Down Pickle Loaf for Simple Family Meals
A wartime style meat loaf recipe highlights prepare ahead assembly and reheating. The dish uses ground beef and pork, sweet pickle slices, and a pickle relish topping for a flavorful loaf baked 350 F for about ninety minutes. Serve with garlic bread, asparagus, salad, fruit or pudding.
Common Sense In Washing Clothes Tips From Experts
The article advises sorting laundry into white, colored and hand washable, avoiding full hampers. It stresses hot water for white cottons, cooler water for colors, and warns to remove items from pockets. It recommends keeping garment labels for synthetics and recording them for reference.
Tortoise Initials Don't Last Forever
Los Angeles report notes zoologist Dr. Love Miller of the University of California cautions against carving initials on living desert tortoises shells. He has long observed these creatures and questions tales of century old markings from early explorers.
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Los Angeles
Love Miller
University of California
Balloon flight carries mice and guinea pigs to high altitude
U S air force experiment records mice and guinea pigs reaching 125000 feet in a 26 hour free balloon flight from International Falls Minnesota to Crosby North Dakota. The mission by Whiten Research Inc. tests animal reactions to extreme altitude. Defense sources say similar tests reached 400000 feet in March 1952.
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Minneapolis
North Dakota
Wihzen Research, Inc
Air Force
Crosby
N.D
Interational Falls
Minn
Washington
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Across and Down
A list of crossword clues with across and down entries including Fail to hit Per to punishment Notions Nimble A besieging Parasitic insects Tends as a furnace Frosty Classify Hanging pendant of ice Book of the Old Testament One who doesn t work Conscious River Eng To be present Biblical name Writing fluid Thickset Diminutive of Stanley Of hours Make amends for Harangue Legendary enchantress Malt beverages The killing of a king A wheeled vehicle Strong wind Malt beverage Abuses Simpleton Search Aromatic spice Language of the Buddhist scriptures Southeast by south Coin Peru Mixes together one fusedly That is Care takers of buildings Cannon or artillery Exist Fish Plural pronoun Plaything Subside Leg joint
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Eng
Peru
Five Content Fragments From Weex Page
Readable lines include clues like LAST WEEX ANSWER 5 and 32. Sure (dial.) 33. The five books of Moses 34. River (Russ.) 35. Mix 37. One spot card. The list appears as a crossword style clue fragment with partial entries.
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River
Mix
University Seeks Twin and Triplet Calves for Research
The University of Minnesota Dairy Department seeks additional identical twin and triplet calves for dairy breeding research to accelerate experiments. Since 1947, 7 triplet sets and 89 twin sets have been used. Dairymen with such calves should contact the Dairy Husbandry Department at the Institute of Agriculture in St. Paul with birth date, sex, and breed details.
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University of Minnesota Dairy Department
University
Minnesota
U. S
Dairy Husbandry Department
Institute of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Post Savers Fence Caps Cut Rain Rotted Wood
Reynolds researchers promote aluminum sheet caps for square and round fence posts to block rain and prevent rot. The DIY method uses four aluminum nails per cap and simple folds to cover tops and ends, creating rustproof protection.
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Reynolds
Road-Weary Students Earn College Degree
Pittsfield men Leonard R. Spencer and William E. Fessender completed bachelor degrees in mechanical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute after traveling 86 000 miles over a decade. They attended evening classes three nights weekly since 1945 under the program, meeting the standard four-year curriculum.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Here
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Leonard R. Spencer
William E. Fessender
Hoth
R.P.I
New Guinea Tribesmen See First White Man
Canberra report details a Papua interior patrol discovering the Duna tribe wearing wigs and long beards giving them a biblical look. The tribe had reportedly never before seen a white man.
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New Guinea
Canberra
Australia
Papua
New Guinea Administration
Missing Million Found in Chicago Bank Account
City Treasurer Morris B. Sachs reports a million dollars unknown to Chicago, discovered in a City bank account during a routine records examination. The funds were held for five to eight years.
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Chicago
Morris B. Sachs
West Virginia Paroles 95 Year Old Prisoner
The oldest prisoner ever paroled in the United States, 95-year-old Henry Kincaid, was released from West Virginia State Penitentiary after 23 years of a life term for murder. He plans to live with his sister in the South while denying the crime.
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Moundsville
W. Va
United States
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Henry Kincaid
Kincaid
Kanawha County
West Virginia
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