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  1. What does your family emergency plan look like?

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/what-does-your-family-emergency-plan-look

    kit.  Following a disaster, clean drinking water may not be available.  Your regular water source could ... account: One gallon of water per person, per day, for drinking and sanitation. Children, nursing mothers ... double. Keep at least a three day supply of water per person. It is recommended you purchase commercially ...

  2. Welcome Summer Festivities with Geraniums

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    every 2-4 weeks with an all-purpose fertilizer will keep them blooming and vigorous. Water them whenever ... the plant producing blooms instead of setting seeds. In our Midwest climate, these plants keep ... spring and blooms profusely in early summer. Known commonly as cranesbill, it does best when planted ...

  3. Steady Goes It on the Ice and Snow

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    ·       Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration, which can affect your balance as well as how your ... The Ohio Department of Aging gives tips on how to "Win Winter."  These tips include such ... things as dressing defensively, walking wisely, pack with power, keeping connected and honing healthy ...

  4. Is Your Herd Positioned for Profit?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-4/your-herd-positioned-profit

    will drink up to 50 gallons per day in the summer. A good place to have a water tank is in the parlor ... return alley. Many cows will drink heavily returning from the parlor. Cows will drink more warm water ... (70oF) than they will cold water (55oF). If they won't or can't drink water, they can't ...

  5. Caring For Your Christmas Cactus

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    tropical rainforest of Brazil. Most “Christmas Cactus” plants in bloom this time of the year are actually ... Thanksgiving cactus plants bloom slightly earlier in the year, they are more often available in bloom before ... Christmas. There is also a similar Easter Cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, that blooms, you guessed it, in ...

  6. Controlling Flies on Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-3/controlling-flies-farms

    grading and tiling can reduce wet barnyards. Keep water troughs and hydrants leak-free. Integrated Pest ... drinking water, milk, milking utensils, and milk rooms. The importance of following directions exactly ... drinking water to become contaminated. (b) Permethrin [25%]. This product is not labeled for use in milk ...

  7. Winter Holiday Safety

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    blanket there are some precautions you want to make sure you are taking to keep you and your family safe ... expose the fresh wood. This allows for better water absorption and will help to keep your tree from ... gift-wrap ribbons and lit candles. Do not let pets drink water in the base of your live Christmas tree if ...

  8. Water Usage on Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-1/water-usage-dairy-farms

    far to get a drink. Cows usually are thirsty after leaving the parlor, so a water trough should be ... from the plate cooler will be discharged into. Cows drink by sucking water into their mouth, so they ... should place their nose in the water to get a drink. If you see an animal lapping water, this is abnormal ...

  9. Emergency Preparedness Through a Farm Walk Through

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-6/emergency-preparedness-through-farm-walk-through

    during a fire is to shut the power off, making it safe to use water on the fire and not risk ... challenges. The first two things that should be discussed is how to handle livestock during the fire, where to ... move them to, and how to shut the power and backup generators off. Livestock are often scared during ...

  10. Ohio Dairy Producer Webinar Series

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-1/ohio-dairy-producer-webinar-series

    Yourself and Employees Safe on the Farm: Dairy farms can be a dangerous place, thus keeping our families ... risks on your farm and developing a plan to help keep everyone on your farm safe. March 18: Utilizing ... current dairy markets. Milk prices have been continuing to climb- what are the driving factors and how ...

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