This report presents data and information developed during the 1988 crop season. Some of the work is done cooperatively with OSU staff members in several departments in the College of Agricultural Sciences. There is close cooperation with the OSU Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service in reporting and making information...
Published January 1990. 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
Production of hardwood lumber (mostly red alder) has been a small but growing part of the forest products industry in the Pacific Northwest. In laboratory tests, Rodewod® 200 EC plus borax protected alder at nearly all levels tested. Eight other chemicals provided some protection at the highest level tested. Fungal-stain...
Environmental restrictions have induced many sawmills to seek alternatives to pentachiorophenol (penta) and similar chlorinated phenols for controlling mold and fungal stains on green lumber during storage and shipment. For that purpose, ten alternative stain preventives were evaluated against a traditional penta product (Permatox 101) on studs of Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga...
In a properly operating septic system, the solid material in the sewage is settled out in a septic tank and stored until removal by pumping. The effluent from the tank is still sewage. It has a strong odor and is high in disease causing organisms. This effluent is treated and...
Revised April 2004. A more recent revision exists. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Good management practices are essential if optimum fertilizer responses are to be realized. These practices include use of recommended varieties, selection of adapted soils, weed control, disease and insect control, good seedbed preparation, proper seeding methods, and timely harvest.
Because of the influence of soil type, climatic conditions, and other...