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Insects and How They Function 12/30/2024 Books Insects and How They Function

As we become more aware of the impact of animals and plants on our lives, and of our lives on theirs, the world of insects looms larger than ever. This book explains how the organs and bodies of insects are built, how their marvelous structures function, and how they...
Basic Semiconductor Circuitry for Ecological and Behavioral Studies of Insects 12/30/2024 Books Basic Semiconductor Circuitry for Ecological and Behavioral Studies of Insects: USDA, Agricultural Research Service

I have prepared this report primarily to answer queries entomologists about electronic techniques I have used in my ecological studies of the corn earworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie). In these studies, conducted for the most part at the Southern Grain Insects Research Laboratory at Tifton, Ga., during 1962- 63, I...
Nature's Silent Music 12/30/2024 Books Nature's Silent Music: A Rucksack Naturalist's Ireland

THE MOST IMPORTANT principle I wish to impart is that of treating rocks, stone and even the soil as antenna collectors of magnetic energy waves. Round towers are conical magnetic antennas, rocks are antennas according to their shape, and even the soil is a huge flat ground antenna if...
Nitrogen calcium at two different concentrations vs. control 12/28/2024 Farm Log Jim Verner measures root growth after nitrogen calcium treatments

Jim Verner arrived at 11 am this day, 28 December 2024 to measure the root growth of three different fertilizer tests:

  1. Organic soy pellets mixed with gypsum and watered in,
  2. 50 ml nitrogen calcium mixed with one cup water and watered in,
    3. ...
12/27/2024 Farm Log Mulch transferred to cactus

Chicken feed mulch transferred to cactus (and blue agave). Mixed and watered remaining mulch in pit to promote decomposition. Raked up more debris on the north side. 
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