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Columbia Lake forms the Columbia's headwaters in the Canadian Rockies of southern British Columbia. The river then flows through Windermere Lake and the town of Invermere, then northwest to Golden and into Kinbasket Lake. The river then turns (the "Big Bend") south through Revelstoke Lake and the Arrow Lakes to the BC–Washington border. The river then flows through the east-central portion of Washington State. The last 300 miles (480 km) of the Columbia form the Washington-Oregon boundary. The river goes into the Pacific Ocean at Ilwaco, Washington a ...

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Columbia River, Columbia River - Geography, Columbia River - Major tributaries, Columbia River - History, Columbia River - Hydroelectric dams, Columbia River - Pollution, Columbia River - Culture, Columbia River - In the movies

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Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. Bean - Name. Bean originally meant the seed of the broad bean, but was later broadened to include members of the genus Phaseolus such as the common bean or haricot and the runner bean and the related genus Vigna. The term is now applied in a general way to many other related plants such as soybeans, peas, lentils, vetches and lupins. Some raw beans, for example ...

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Barbara Kingsolver is an American fiction writer. She has written several novels and poems, and established the Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change". Barbara Kingsolver - Biography. Barbara Kingsolver was born April 8, 1955 in Annapolis Maryland. She grew up in Nicholas County, Kentucky, "in the middle of an alfalfa field in the part of eastern Kentucky that lies between the opulent horse farms and the impoverished coal fields." [1] Kingsolver graduated from DePauw University in 1977 wh ...

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• Barbara Kingsolver - Literary themes
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See text Clover (Trifolium) is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. They are found chiefly in northern temperate regions, but also, like many other north temperate genera, on the mountains in the tropics. The plants are small annual or perennial herbs with trifoliate (rarely 5- or 7-foliate) leaves, with stipules adnate to the leaf-stalk, and heads or dense spikes of small red, purple, white, or rarely yellow flowers; the small, few-seeded pods are enclosed in the calyx. Eighteen spec ...

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• Clover - Species
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Agricultural machinery is one of the most revolutionary and impactful applications of modern technology. Given the truly elemental human need for food, agriculture has been an essential human activity almost from the beginning, and it has often driven the development of technology and machines. Over the last 250 years, advances in farm equipment have dramatically changed the way people are employed and produce their food worldwide. Agricultural machinery - History. Doubtless, the first man to turn from the ...

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• Agricultural machinery - New technology and the future

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Bloat, also known as torsion, gastric torsion, and gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) is a medical condition in which the stomach becomes overstretched by excessive gas content. The distortion of the stomach constricts the oesophagus, preventing the gas from escaping. The condition occurs most commonly in domesticated animals, especially dogs and cattle. In dogs, it occurs most commonly in large-chested breeds, such as Great Danes, Airedales, and boxers. The condition exists in two varieties, depending on th ...

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The Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is the common hare of the western United States and Mexico, found at elevations of up to 3000 m. Like other jackrabbits, the Black-tailed Jackrabbit has unmistakable long ears, and the long powerful rear legs characteristic of hares. Its fur is dark buff peppered with black. Its ears are tipped with black, and it has a black stripe down its back. The tail is black above but white beneath. It is the largest North American hare, reaching a ...

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Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or more properly, an animal husbandry enterprise, raising female cattle for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy for processing and eventual retail sale. Most dairy farms sell the male calves borne by their cows, usually for veal production, rather than raising non-milk-producing stock. Many dairy farms also grow their own feed, typically including corn, alfalfa, and hay. This is fed directly to the cows, or stored as silage for use during the winter season. Additional dietary supplements are ad ...

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• Dairy farming - Use of hormones and antibiotics
• Dairy farming - Dairy competition
• Dairy farming - Dairy farming in the world
• Dairy farming - Control of the dairy herd
• Dairy farming - The milking operation

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Hay is dried grass (and pasture flowers). Hay - Uses. It is sometimes used to feed domestic animals at places or times where there is not enough (fresh) grass or when fresh grass by itself is too rich in some qualities for easy digestion by the animal. It is normally produced at the end of the flush of the season after allowing excess pasture paddocks to grow until just before the grasses flower. The pasture is mowed and allowed to dry in the sun for two or three days. Drying can be hastened by "tedding" wi ...

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• Hay - Making hay
• Hay - History
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The Columbia River is a river situated in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America, and the second largest in the United States. It is the largest hydroelectric power producing river in North America. From its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean it flows 1,232 miles (2,044 km), and drains 258,000 square miles (415,211 km²). Columbia River - Geography. Columbia Lake forms the Columbia's headwaters in the ...

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• Columbia River - Major tributaries
• Columbia River - History
• Columbia River - Hydroelectric dams
• Columbia River - Pollution
• Columbia River - Culture
• Columbia River - In the movies

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A cannula (pl. cannulae) is a flexible tube which when inserted into the body is used either to withdraw fluid or insert medication. Cannulae normally come with a trocar (a sharp pointed needle) attached which allows puncture of the body to get into the intended space. Intravenous cannulae are the most common in hospital use. In biological research, a push-pull cannula, which both withdraws and injects fluid, can be used determine the effect of a certain chemical on a specific cell. The push part of the cannula is filled with a ...

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Construction began on the project in 1906 with the building of the main "A" Canal. Water was first made available May 22, 1907. The Clear Lake Dam was completed in 1910, the Lost River Diversion Dam and many of the distribution structures in 1912, and the Anderson-Rose Diversion Dam (formally Lower Lost River Diversion Dam in 1921. The Malone Diversion Dam on Lost River was built in 1923 to divert water to Langell Valley. A contract executed February 24, 1917, between the California-Oregon Power Company (now the Pacific Power and Ligh ...

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Klamath Reclamation Project, Klamath Reclamation Project - History, Klamath Reclamation Project - Engineering, Klamath Reclamation Project - Dams, Klamath Reclamation Project - Canals, Klamath Reclamation Project - Pumps

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The main branch of the river (sometimes called the North Fork) rises from several small lakes west of Mount Whitney in the high Sierra Nevada mountains in northeastern Tulare County, in the northeast corner of Sequoia National Park. It flows south through the mountains through Inyo and Sequoia national forests, passing through the Golden Trout Wilderness. At Kernville it emerges into a widening valley and enters Lake Isabella, a reservoir formed on the river by the Isabella Dam. Downstream from the dam it flows southwest, through a spectacul ...

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Kern River, Kern River - Description, Kern River - History

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Hoard's, as it is more simply known by its readers, was started in 1885 as a supplement to the Jefferson County Union. The editor of the newspaper, William Dempster Hoard, saw the effects that the glacial soil had on the local farms. There was only a thin layer of top soil which could not support many crops. Hoard knew from his experience in New York that dairy herds could improve the farmland. Upon W. D. Hoard's death, the publishing of Hoard's was passed onto his son, Frank Ward Hoard, in 1918 and then again to W. D. Hoar ...

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Hoard's Dairyman, Hoard's Dairyman - History, Hoard's Dairyman - Cow Judging Contest, Hoard's Dairyman - External link

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In the wild, mountain goats usually live twelve to fifteen years, with their lifespan limited by the wearing down of their teeth. In zoos, however, they can live for sixteen to twenty years. Kids are born in the spring (late May or early June) after a six month gestation period. Nannies give birth, usually to a single offspring, after moving to an isolated ledge; post-partum, they lick the baby dry and ingest the placenta. Kids weigh a little over 3 kg (about 7 lb) at birth and begin to run and climb (or attempt to do so) withi ...

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Mountain goat, Mountain goat - Classification, Mountain goat - General Appearance and Characteristics, Mountain goat - Range and Habitat, Mountain goat - Life Cycle and Breeding, Mountain goat - Aggressive Behavior, Mountain goat - Diet

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A number of Stone Age sites have been discovered around the Randsfjord and over 200 artefacts - including jewellery, tools, and weapons - have been unearthed. During this period the people here, as in most of southern Norway, lived as hunter-gatherers, exploiting the resources of the large forests. By the end of the Bronze Age, agriculture had evolved and archaeological evidence points to the division of land into family or clan-based farms. Several Bronze Age burial moun ...

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Hadeland, Hadeland - History, Hadeland - What to see

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Dawson Creek was one of the farming communities established by European-Canadian settlers moving west through the Peace River Country. The pace of migration increased after the homestead grants were given to settlers in 1912 by the Canadian government. With the opening of a few stores and hotels in 1919, Dawson Creek became the most important settlement in the area. The incorporation of the Dawson Creek Co-operative Union on 28 May 1921 bolstered the settlement's role as the area's main business centre.^{See also:}

Dawson Creek British Columbia, Dawson Creek British Columbia - History, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Demographics, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Economy, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Transportation, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Geography and climate, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Culture and recreation, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Government and politics, Dawson Creek British Columbia - Notes and References

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The Ta-Yuan remained a healthy and powerful civilization which had numerous contacts and exchanges with China from 130 BCE. Around 130 BCE, at the time of Zhang Qian’s embassy to Central Asia, the Ta-Yuan were described as inhabitants of a region corresponding to the Ferghana, to the west of the Chinese empire. “The capital of the kingdom of Ta-Yuan is the city of Kwe-shan (Khujand), distant from Ch'ang-an 12,550 li. The kingdom contains 60,000 families, comprising a population of 300,000, with 60,000 trained troops, a Viceroy, and a National Assistant Prince. The seat of the Governor ...

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Ta-Yuan, Ta-Yuan - Hellenistic rule 329–160 BCE, Ta-Yuan - Greco-Bactrian kingdom 250–160 BCE, Ta-Yuan - Saka rule 160 BCE onward, Ta-Yuan - Yuezhi by-pass 155 BCE, Ta-Yuan - Interaction with China 130 BCE onward, Ta-Yuan - Urbanized city-dwellers, Ta-Yuan - Caucasian traits, Ta-Yuan - Interactions with China, Ta-Yuan - An era of East-West trade and cultural exchange

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 19,666 people, 6,498 households, and 4,756 families residing in the city. The population density is 686.5/km² (1,778.4/mi²). There are 7,014 housing units at an average density of 244.9/km² (634.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 63.56% White, 4.21% African American, 0.72% Native American, 3.25% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 24.93% from other races, and 3.27% from two or more races. 43.29% of the ...

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Liberal Kansas, Liberal Kansas - History, Liberal Kansas - Economy, Liberal Kansas - Geography, Liberal Kansas - Demographics, Liberal Kansas - Culture

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The Mojave Desert receives less than 6 inches (150 mm) of rain a year and is generally between 3,000 and 6,000 feet (1,000 and 2,000 m) in elevation. The Mojave Desert also contains the Mojave National Preserve and the lowest and hottest place in North America: Death Valley, where the temperature normally approaches 120°F (50°C) in late July and early August. Despite its aridity, the Mojave (and particularly the Antelope Valley in its southwest) has long been a center of alfalfa production, fed by irrigation coming from groundwater and (in the 20 ...

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