Ecology students rough it in Lassen Park field course
Stockton based report details 44 University of the Pacific students in a January winter backpacking course. Led by Dr. Jim Santomier, the program taught winter camping, orienteering, nutrition, ski touring and first aid while linking survival experience to sociological and psychological insights. Students produced papers on the experience.
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Stockton
Calif
Nea
Jerry Spencer
Mary Silvie
Lassen National Park
Jerry
Mary
Terry
University of the Pacific
Perry Moss
Pacific
UOP
Tualatin
Ore
Baja
Jim Santomier
Sullivan Educational Ventures
Santomier
Mt. Lassen
Lake Helen
Jim Williams
Lassen
Williams
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Harvest Prep Emphasized by Arkansas Extension Agent
Hempstead County Extension Service and local dealers held an area combine operator clinic with 63 attendees to cover all harvesting phases. Caldwell urged readiness of combines and equipment, noting bush hogging, drainage work, and road repairs aid a smooth harvest and marketing timing. In Muddy Fields Augusta, Jim Wood Jr. showcased an Army surplus winch to free mired rice-field combines, preventing costly tow trucks and detailing a 150-foot cable setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin J. Caldwell
Hempstead
Caldwell
Muddy Fields
Augusta
Ark
Jim Wood Jr
Wayne R. Rupe
Woods
Plant analysis lab helps diagnose crop nutrition
A South Dakota State University plant analysis lab uses leaf samples and soil tests to determine nutrient availability and uptake in crops. Farmers compare good and bad leaf analyses to identify elements needed for growth and address plant malnutrition. Dead chickens rise as a wider issue in Northwest Arkansas poultry farming with disposal pits debated and open burning banned.
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South Dakota State University
Fayetteville, Ark
Arkansas
Carl Rose
Washington County
Jim Rush
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
Desert vegetables bloom after Saudi reclamation project
ALY MAHMOUD reports from BEIRUT on Ali Maatouk and 102 farmers near an oasis in eastern Saudi Arabia who, after a 10,000 acre land reclamation, now grow 41 vegetables in Dam mam and Al Khobar. The program began in 1960 with soil drainage and canal construction, aided by ARAMCO, addressing salinity. Experts provide seeds supplies and ongoing farm support, including TV cooking classes to boost demand.
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Aly Mahmoud
Beirut
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Ali Maatouk
Maatouk
Dammam
al Khobar
Saudi Ministry of Agriculture
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
Middle East
Muskrat Facts and a Prize Question From Santa Cruz
A reader quiz about muskrats notes they are water rats with fur and hairless tails, found across North America in swamps by lakes and streams. It describes burrows and domes of reeds and grasses, births of kits, and that muskrats quarrel, often seeking peaceful homes elsewhere. Submit a question and age to Johnny Wonder for a chance at a prize.
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North America
Johnny Wonder
Santa Cruz
Pasture Mistake Pays Off for Arkansas Farmer
In Hampton Arkansas C M Duncan credits a misapplied fertilizer for a lucrative outcome. He seeded 15 acres of Aubade rye grass on Bahia in November 1972 and received extra fertilizer due to a driver error. Twenty heifers grazed the rye from November 10 to February 20 while supplementing lightly, then 52 head grazed through March and June as growth expanded and more pasture was opened. Duncan plans further seeding in 1973 as weather allows.
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Bahia
Duncan
Swaim
New pickle harvest machines transform North Carolina crop
New cucumber picking machines harvest pickles for the first time in North Carolina, the leading producer. Each unit, tractor drawn with mechanical fingers, replaces 15 to 20 workers and is manufactured by a Clyde Ohio firm after seven years of development by North Carolina State University engineers.
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North Carolina
North Carolinatate University Engineers
Clyde
Ohio
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Klei
U.S
Utah
Det
Terry Spencer
Raven Guarin Sampaloc
Manila, Pl
Hampton
C.M. Duncan
Calhoun County
L.W. Swaim
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