Revised July 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published July 2000. Reprinted July 2001. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Reprinted July 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published July 2000. A more recent revision exists. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Mark Twain (portrayed by actor Kirby Brumfield) uses humor and a companion workbook to show viewers how to clarify, simplify, and generally improve writing skills.
Geology (Geo, Geos = the earth) is a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life as recorded in the rocks. Geology utilizes the principles of physics, chemistry, astronomy, zoology, botany, and others in its studies. There are many specialties or fields of study in geology,...
Use this sheet for your 4-H diary and story. Tell about the interesting things you do and the important things you learn. Write about things when they happen so you won’t forget. Include all of your 4-H projects and activities. Be sure to include what you do in health, safety,...
This record will be your summary of 4-H work done in all projects for every year you are in 4-H. It will be useful to you to know how much you have accomplished. It could be helpful when you are filling out other forms for 4-H, school, other youth programs,...
This publication highlights hand-scalping, mulch mats, and herbicides as weed management methods to improve conifer seedling survival and growth. The focus here is on grass dominated environments. All these methods are in use on small woodland properties. Other weed control methods, including grazing and manual brush removal, are discussed in...
Communities across the United States are becoming more culturally and ethnically diverse. Indeed, demographers predict that by 2030 most of America’s school-age children will be from a minority group and by 2050, so will most Americans. This increasing diversity changes the nature of the population served by volunteer-based organizations, and...
This publication is designed to give family and professional caregivers a fuller understanding of dementia in later life and ways to cope more effectively with the changes resulting from it.
In addition to general care guidelines, the publication outlines approaches for handling specific problems —driving, wandering, money management, hiding items,...
These annual legumes are grown for seed and forage in western Oregon. They may respond to applications of fertilizers and lime. The fertilizer and liming needs can be estimated through the use of soil tests. Good management practices are essential if optimum fertilizer responses are to be realized. These practices...
In the production of vegetable crops, good fertilizer usage is only one of the important management practices, including proper seeding, pest control, adequate irrigation, and timely harvest. Because of the influence of soil type, climatic conditions, and other cultural practices, crop response from fertilizer may not always be predicted accurately....
Whether your goal is to manage manure application to balance for nitrogen or for phosphorus, knowing how much nutrient you are applying is a crucial step toward ideal manure management. Determining the relationship between volume of waste and the amount of nutrients applied is essential.
Las plantas que reciben la cantidad correcta de agua a lo mejor serán sanas y productivas. En Oregon, hay que regar las plantas durante el verano porque hay poca lluvia durante esa época. Al planear su huerto o jardín, considere cómo se suplirá el agua que sus plantas necesiten.
Hay...
Las malas hierbas compiten con las plantas cultivadas para el agua, la luz, y los nutrientes. Algunas también abrigan insectos y enfermedades que pueden dañar las plantas. Si usted controla las malas hierbas, sus plantas tendrán más oportunidad de crecer bien y producir a su
potencial. Hay varios métodos de...
1. La costa: La época de los cultivos es larga y fresca, de 190 a 250 días.
2. Los valles occidentales (entre Portland y Roseburg): La época de los cultivos es de 150 a 250 días; días calientes, noches frescas; la duración de la temporada puede variar de un año...
Mastitis is the single most expensive disease to the dairy industry, contributing to large financial losses due to decreased quantity and quality of milk. It's essential to develop and implement a mastitis
control program to keep mammary glands healthy and reduce infection in the herd. Removing the hair from a...
This pest of meadowfoam is a small fly in the family Drosophilidae. It has been identified tentatively as Scaptomyza apicalis Hardy. It is
commonly referred to as the meadowfoam fly (MFF). It occurs throughout the Willamette Valley in most commercial plantings of meadowfoam
(Limnanthes alba). Thus far, meadowfoam is the...
The cereal leaf beetle (CLB), a serious pest of cereals and grasses, was found in Oregon in 1999. As a result, California has imposed a quarantine on certain agricultural products from Oregon. CLB can cause considerable damage to small-grain crops. Yield losses of up to 23 percent in winter wheat...
These recipes are intended for a limited-income, low-literacy, Spanish-speaking audience and have been part of a series of interactive, hands-on classes. Recipes were tested for years in the OFNP (Oregon Family Nutrition Program) Hispanic Office, Multnomah County, Portland, OR. Learners have appreciated receiving the recipes and the simplified format that...
These recipes are intended for a limited-income, low-literacy, Spanish-speaking audience and have been part of a series of interactive, hands-on classes. Recipes were tested for years in the OFNP (Oregon Family Nutrition Program) Hispanic Office, Multnomah County, Portland, OR. Learners have appreciated receiving the recipes and the simplified format that...
In the heat of summer in the Rogue Valley, yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) raises heads of brilliant yellow flowers rigidly defended by sharp spines. Although bees reap double benefits of nectar and pollen during a season when most native plants no longer are flowering, this nonnative weed is a threat...
A key problem faced by managers is how to allocate scarce resources
among activities or projects. Linear programming, or LP, is a method of
allocating resources in an optimal way. It is one of the most widely used operations research (OR) tools. It has been used successfully as a decisionmaking...
Nitrogen application, either from commercial fertilizers such as ammonium sulfate or from organic sources such as fish waste, is
essential for cranberry production. This publication addresses the amount, timing, and source of nitrogen (N) for bearing cranberry beds in North America. The information provided about the pathways
of N in...
Beef production is a large and important segment of
American agriculture and one of the largest industries in the
world. Beef enterprises work well with grain, orchard,
vegetable, or other crop operations. Cattle can make efficient
use of feed resources that have little alternative use,
such as crop residues, marginal...
The typical home lawn is an evolving ecosystem that gets more complex each year. At first, it consists of one or two grass species found in a typical seed mix (e.g., Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass). Over time, it evolves to three or four species that were not part of...
This publication discusses the environmental requirements of needle diseases, their potential impact on tree vigor, when disease levels signal a problem, and what you can do to minimize damage.
The most common wastewater treatment system used in rural areas is the septic tank-soil absorption system. The septic tank removes settlable and floatable solids from the wastewater, and the soil absorption field filters and treats the clarified septic tank effluent. Removing the solids from the wastewater protects the soil absorption...
Moles belong to the mammalian order Insectivora,
the insect eaters. Often, however, they are lumped
incorrectly with the rodents, which include mice, rats,
squirrels, and other gnawing mammals in the order Rodentia.
Many garden and landscape plants
are susceptible to one or more plant
diseases. Diseases can reduce the yield
of fruit and vegetable crops and disfigure
ornamental trees, shrubs, and
flowers.
Young trees (those with a trunk diameter of less than 6 inches) can benefit greatly from regular applications of fertilizer. Research has shown that when these trees receive nitrogen fertilizer, they grow faster, develop a denser canopy, and stay green longer into the fall.
The efficiency of the sensory organs—vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch—declines with age, but the age of onset and rate of decline differ markedly among people. This publication
explains the sensory changes older people experience and suggests what you can do to help.
To become a 4-H Geologist, you must be interested in the earth, its rocks and land forms, and the natural things in the outdoors. You must agree to attend 4-H meetings, cooperate with your club leader and the other members of your club, and do your best to complete your...
Published June 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published March 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published February 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published January 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published June 2000. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog