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  1. Safe Use of Flammable Liquids for Trainers and Supervisors

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-892260

    dispensing and pouring containers will minimize spills. Drums stored outdoors in warm weather may require ... chemicals—solvents, pesticides, nitrate fertilizers, or bleach. Or, you may have leftovers. Spills or leftovers become ...

  2. The Benefits of Family Meals

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5246

    benefits may be worth the extra effort. In the United States today, 1 in 3 children are overweight or ...

  3. Testing Private Water Sources and Resolving Contamination Issues near Shale Oil and Gas Development

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SOGD-ENV1

    test their water to ensure that it is safe. However, in the case of oil and gas development, others may ... Otherwise, there may be errors in the test results or legal challenges to the validity of the sample. Proper ... a groundwater investigation when contamination from oil and gas activities may have occurred. A well owner may ...

  4. DORA- Designated Outdoor Refreshment Areas

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/cdfs-4113

    friends, supporting local businesses, and re-establishing social connections (Keren 2020). How Is a DORA ... township’s fiscal officer may change the application to request local legislative approval If the local ... within the DORA.” How Many DORAs Can a Legislative Authority Create? The number of DORAs that may be ...

  5. Coping with Canada Geese: Conflict Management and Damage Prevention Strategies

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/W-3

    such a permit should contact their county Wildlife Officer for direction. Conflict Management and ... of a variety of strategies. Relying on only one strategy may provide short-term success, but it ... feeding that may be occurring is crucial to reducing conflicts and damage. Creation and enforcement of ...

  6. Best Practices for Effective Spraying in Orchards and Vineyards

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-539

    orchard and conditions of the canopy, one type of spraying equipment may be preferred over others. ... directed toward a liquid spray discharge system pointed toward the canopy. Droplets are blown by the air ... emitter, where it is sheared into extremely fine droplets that are directed at the target. Because the ...

  7. Strategies for Coping with Parasite Larvae on Pastures in the Springtime in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/VME-28

    support good growth, but bloat must be managed if alfalfa is used. On some farms and in some years, it may ... incorporating newer concepts of parasite control may be sustainable with less potential for resistant worm ... may survive until spring. However, because they do not feed and must live on stored energy, most of ...

  8. Chicken Breed Selection

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-60

    to hatch chicks. A hen usually lays one egg every 26 hours; although, there may be days when a hen ... support shell development. Egg colors vary between breeds. Egg colors include: white, various shades of ... chain for the family, you may consider a more docile breed. If you plan to involve children as ...

  9. Testing Protocols for Diseases Surveillance in Poultry

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/vme-32

    result is almost never 100% accurate. A disease positive individual may give a negative test result ... individual may give a positive test result (D-/T+), and in this case, a test result is called a False ... actually positive sample to be missed and passed as a negative sample. This may allow the infectious agent ...

  10. Evaluating Body Composition of Horses

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/as-1024

    weight. Use according to directions on the tape and be consistent as there may be slight variations ... calories in its diet to have fat storage/cover, it may not have the calories to support desirable muscling. ... AS-1024 Agriculture and Natural Resources 06/27/2022 Sara L. Mastellar, PhD, Equine Faculty, Ohio ...

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