Breeds for Ewes for the Western Cornbelt

There is an extreme amount of interest in the sheep business. Because of this not only are people in the business trying to expand their ewe numbers but there are also other prospective producers trying to get into the business, causing a severe shortage of breeding ewes of any kind. The subject Breeds of Ewes for the Western Cornbelt might be approached from the point of view beggars can\u27t be choosers. At the moment about all producers can do is to make the best of the situation. This means that more ewe lambs that would normally go to market should be kept for use and some older ewes might be given another chance. Producers can, however, plan next year\u27s production in such a way that there will be more ewe lambs available of the kind they prefer

Influence of Cultural Practices on the Sunflower Seed Weevil in South Dakota

The purpose of this study was to evaluate cultural methods for sunflower seed weevil control. Procedures examined included the influences of tillage methods, crop rotation, date of planting, hybrid maturity, and degree-day units in emerging seed weevil populations. Tillage practices done as both fall and spring treatments including discing, chisel plowing, nobel blading, and moldboard plowing were examined for their effect on larval position in the soil, time of adult weevil emergence, and the number of adults emerging from the soil. Crop rotations were investigated for possible influence on weevil mortality and time of adult emergence. Sunflower planting date and hybrid maturity were compared to sees weevil ovipositional patterns. Degree-day accumulations were utilized for potential predictive values in assessing adult weevil emergence

EMOTIONS AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR: A CONSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH TO

The distinction between emotion and emotional behavior is an important one that has largely not been made. There are many approaches to emotion and the approach taken here is based on a consequential contingency analysis. Emotion is treated not as a cause of behavior, nor as caused by behavior. Rather, both behavior and emotion (a strictly private event) are considered to be a function of contingencies of selection. The goal is not to change emotions, but to help sensitize the client to them and thereby to the contingencies of which they are a function. When one acts while displaying the behavioral and physiological characteristics typically associated with an emotion, this public display is treated as emotional behavior. An example drawing on a form of aggressive behavior is used to help make the distinction between emotions and emotional behavior and to provide an illustration of the  transition of emotion as a descriptor of a consequential contingency to emotional behavior that is maintained by consequences in its own right. Once emotion transitions to emotional behavior, the private emotion felt might no longer be indicative of the originating contingency of which it was a descriptor, but instead may be a necessary component to meet a contingency requirement.Key Words: emotions, emotional behavior, aggression, consequential contingency, evocative events, potentiateA distinção entre emoção e comportamento emocional é uma diferenciação importante que não tem sido feita amplamente. Apesar das muitas abordagens existentes para emoção, a abordagem utilizada aqui é baseada em uma análise de contingência conseqüencial. Emoção é tratada não como uma causa do comportamento, nem causada pelo comportamento. Em vez disso, tanto o comportamento quanto a emoção (um evento privado especificamente) são considerados como função de contingências de seleção. O objetivo não é mudar emoções, mas tornar o cliente sensível a elas, e dessa maneira às contingências das quais elas são função. Quando alguém age mostrando características comportamentais e fisiológicas tipicamente associadas com uma emoção, a evidência pública é tratada como comportamento emocional. Um exemplo construído sobre uma forma de comportamento agressivo é utilizado para ajudar a fazer a distinção entre emoções e comportamento emocional, e fornece uma ilustração da transição de emoção como um descritor de uma contingência conseqüencial para o comportamento emocional que é  mantido pelas próprias conseqüências. Uma vez que emoção muda para comportamento emocional, a emoção privada sentida pode não ser mais indicativa da contingência originária da qual ela era um descritor, mas em vez disso pode ser um componente necessário para alcançar o requisito da contingência.Palavras-chave: emoções, comportamento emocional, agressão, contingência conseqüencial, eventos evocativos,pontencializa

THI APPLICATION TO INSURING AGAINST HEAT STRESS IN DAIRY COWS

Heat stress is associated with reduced milk production in dairy cows. Insurance instruments based on an index of ambient temperature and relative humidity measured at Macon, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida are shown to reduce net revenue risk for a representative farm in south-central Georgia.Risk and Uncertainty,

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