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THERE IS LITTLE DATA CONCERNING WATER CONSUMPTION BY INDIVIDUAL FARM ANIMALS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A PROTOTYPE WATERING SYSTEM WHICH CAN MEASURE AND RECORD INDIVIDUAL WATER CONSUMPTION IN GROUP-FED ANIMALS. A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE WATERER WILL BE ADAPTED OR A NEW WATERER DEVELOPED FOR THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDETHE NEEDED ACCURACY, FILL RATE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL ...

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WOOD WAFERBOARD COULD BE UTILIZED FOR SIDING AND OTHER EXTERIOR EXPOSURE APPLICATION IF IT WERE MORE DIMENSIONALLY STABLE WHEN EXPOSED TO CYCLIC HUMIDITY CONDITIONS OR ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE PRODUCT ABSORBS MOISTURE. ASPEN WAFERBOARD MARKETS COULD BE EXPANDED IF THE THICKNESS SWELLING AND LINEAR EXPANSION UNDER WET CONDITIONS WERE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN PLYWOOD. A FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL DETERMINE T ...

APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. PROPOSES TO PRODUCT FUEL ALCOHOL FROM SWEET SORGHUM: A PROLIFIC PRODUCER OF BIOMASS ON MARGINAL FARMLAND, RENEWABLE AND NON-COMPETITIVE WITH THEFOOD CHAIN. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE OF A "CROSSFOADS" FEEDSTOCK PROCESSOR IS AT HAND; A LOADER, A FLAIL FOR SEPERATINGPITH FROM RIND, A VIBRATING SEPARATOR OF THESE COMPONENTS, AAND A SCREW PRESS FOR EXPRESSING THE JUICE. ...

THE GOAL OF THIS R&D PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE IF SUPERIOR QUALITY NORI CAN BE RAISED ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE UTILIZING INNOVATIVE AQUACULTURE METHODS. THREE MAJOR EXPERIMENTS WILLTEST THE NEW TECHNIQUES DESIGNED FOR A COMMERCIAL FARM. THE OBJECTIVES ARE 1) DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GROWOUTTANK; 2) TEST THE NURSERY TANK AND DESIGN AND DEVELOP ASSOC IATED METHODOLOGIES; 3) DETERMINE THE ACTUAL ...

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THE ESTER PULPING PROCESS DEVELOPED BY BIODYNE CHEMICALS PROMISES TO PRODUCE PULP FROM WOOD CHIPS IN HIGHER YIELD AT LESS COSTS AND POLLUTION THAN CONVENTIONAL KRAFT, SULFITE, AND MECHANICAL COMMERCIAL PULP SYSTEMS. IT ENVISIONS ONLY WOOD CHIPS ENTERING THE MILL, AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT. MOST OF THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK TO DATE HAS CENTERED ON THE PULPING OF ASPEN CHIPS BEC ...

INFECTIVE JUVENILES (IJ'S) OF STEINERNEMATID NEMATODES IN THE GENUS NEOAPLECTANA ARE EFFECTIVE CONTROL AGENTS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INSECT PESTS. MARKET REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1987 DETERMINE A PRODUCTION GOAL OF 1011 NEMATODES PER WEEK, WITH 1988 REQUIREMENTS APPROXIMATING 1016 PER WEEK. PHASE I ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF STORAGE AND SHIPMENT OF S SUCH LARGE NUMBERS (=LARGE VOLUMES) OF NEMATODES. I ...