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Saturday, August 4th, 20075 Uses
Jojoba oil is unproven in wide-scale commercial practice, but it offers the chemical industry a new basic raw material that in the near future will be produced in bulk. Liquid waxes have never before been available to industry from a cultivated plant. It seems likely that, with the first significant supplies becoming available, industrial […]
Jojoba: A Promising New Crop - Part 3 of 3
Saturday, August 4th, 2007 9 Research Needs
Basic research, the underpinning for the crop’s future development, deserves greater support. Government agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals who fund agricultural research should support jojoba studies. Some particular needs are listed below.
Agronomic Research
Agricultural Practices
Jojoba has demonstrated a favorable response to many of the practices and techniques currently used in agriculture, but research […]
Swine or Pig Management - Part 3 of 3
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Wounds
Wounds
Wounds can be caused by mechanical injury and animal bites. They may become infected by bacteria.
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Prevention
- Keep the housing free of sharp objects.
Treatment
Use any of the following treatments:
For abscesses
- Boil whole plant of Spondias pinnata for 10-15 minutes. Gently rub the decoction onto area around the […]
Swine or Pig Management - Part 2 of 3
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Internal parasites
Internal parasites
Symptoms
- Loss of appetite.
- Diarrhea.
- Anemia.
- Weight loss.
- Coughing.
- Slow growth.
- Dull, thick hair without the normal luster.
- Live worms expelled from the feces.
Cause
Roundworms and lungworms are transmitted by eating feed or drinking water that is contaminated. Worms affect animals of all ages and both sexes. They can be spread to people through […]
Swine or Pig Management - Part 1 of 3
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007How to use this manual
This is one of four manuals on traditional animal health care practices (or “ethnoveterinary medicine”) in tropical Asia. The manuals were compiled during a participatory workshop held at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in July 1994. The four manuals cover swine, poultry, ruminants (cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats) and general […]
A Salad Sensation
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Silang, Cavite — about a year ago, three friends took a leap of faith and shed their corporate suits to go into farming. They pulled their early retirement windfall to put up a P9-million business called Hydrent Ventures lettuce farm.
For former Bank of the Philippines Islands executive A.S. Tanjanco, former Unilever marketing guy Nestle Jeturian […]
What’s so special about Organic Farming?
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007In the olden days, there were no chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Everything in farming and livestock and poultry raising was done according to what nature can give.
Chickens were fed with palay and were free to hunt for their own food. Hogs were fed with palay husks, vegetables and assorted leaves of available plants. Palay crops […]
