I grow soybeans but I can't crush them and feed to my cows . From what I have found out , they have to be roasted first to remove a hull around the bean . They say that if cows eat those beans , that the hull will cut the inside of their stomach and kill the cow . My son has a new mill . I wonder if we crushed soybeans up like flower if that would be ok and we would not have to roast them .
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Here's an article from the University of Missouri, on feeding whole soybeans to cattle: http://agebb.missouri.edu/mgt/lane.htm
and another one from NCSU: https://wilkes.ces.ncsu.edu/2016/03/concerns-about-feeding-soybeans-to-cattle/
Bob
and another one from NCSU: https://wilkes.ces.ncsu.edu/2016/03/concerns-about-feeding-soybeans-to-cattle/
Bob
Laptop Touchpad Discovery
The touchpad (mousepad) on a laptop computer usually does not respond to pressure, but to the capacitive (electrostatic) difference between its surface and a fingertip. Tapping it with a pencil eraser or most other objects (such as a gloved finger) elicits no response.
I was watching a news video on my laptop computer, and paused it to go into the kitchen and roll another cigar. When I returned to the compute, I gently rested the freshly rolled, unlit cigar on the computer. To my surprise, the video resumed. I lifted the cigar, then tapped the touchpad with the foot of the cigar. The video paused again.
My best guess as to why this works is that the not-fully-dried wrapper of the cigar contains electrolytes, and can conduct the minuscule electrostatic charge of my fingers to the touchpad.
Well...I'm sometimes easy to entertain.
Bob
The touchpad (mousepad) on a laptop computer usually does not respond to pressure, but to the capacitive (electrostatic) difference between its surface and a fingertip. Tapping it with a pencil eraser or most other objects (such as a gloved finger) elicits no response.
I was watching a news video on my laptop computer, and paused it to go into the kitchen and roll another cigar. When I returned to the compute, I gently rested the freshly rolled, unlit cigar on the computer. To my surprise, the video resumed. I lifted the cigar, then tapped the touchpad with the foot of the cigar. The video paused again.
My best guess as to why this works is that the not-fully-dried wrapper of the cigar contains electrolytes, and can conduct the minuscule electrostatic charge of my fingers to the touchpad.
Well...I'm sometimes easy to entertain.
Bob
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ChinaVoodoo
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Are you mixing up your victims fingers with cigars again, Bob?
Hornworms don't have fingers. But they do have electrolytes. I'll have to try it with a hornworm--next year.
Bob
Bob
Brown Thumb
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I gots plenty, what size do you prefer if you would like to try this yr.
just did a quick look of your grow... all i got from my grow this year was some seeds... which im glad of.. soon i'll do a test run on germination. to see if i can use them next year,,,my newlly built curing barn is empty this year,
OldDinosaurWesH
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I don't know much about laptops. I have limited experience with. Is heat a factor? Some kinds of touch sensitive devices actually react to the heat of you fingers. If your hands get too cold there is no reaction. Just an idea.
Wes H.
Wes H.
It's capacitance in nearly all touchpads. Dry skin reduces conductivity. Cold hands become drier, because of decreased capillary blood flow.
Most touchpads are produced with a fine grid beneath the surface, like a sheet of finely ruled graph paper. So they can detect a single, double, triple, or even quadruple set of simultaneous fingertips. Mine (Dell Inspiron) can sense a single finger tip as a left-click, and double fingertips as a right-click. It's capable of sensing "gestures" of up to four fingers, but I leave that feature turned off, since it would provoke too many middle fingers.
The biggest headache I have with my touchpad is that random, unintended contact with the touchpad while I'm in the midst of typing will all too frequently send the cursor elsewhere, resulting in bizarre typos. And the shallow, Hall-effect keys of the keyboard provide far too little tactile feedback. As a codger who learned to type on an ancient typewriter, which required significant finger force, and as much as 1/2 inch of key travel in order to type each letter, my hands have difficulty attending to random, light pressure. I used to cruise at 80 words per minute on those behemoth, steeply angled typewriter keyboards, with hands dancing. The flat electronic keyboards completely change the geometry. On a good day, I can manage maybe 50 wpm on my Dell. And having a "gotcha!" trap immediately below the space bar drives me nuts.
Bob
Most touchpads are produced with a fine grid beneath the surface, like a sheet of finely ruled graph paper. So they can detect a single, double, triple, or even quadruple set of simultaneous fingertips. Mine (Dell Inspiron) can sense a single finger tip as a left-click, and double fingertips as a right-click. It's capable of sensing "gestures" of up to four fingers, but I leave that feature turned off, since it would provoke too many middle fingers.
The biggest headache I have with my touchpad is that random, unintended contact with the touchpad while I'm in the midst of typing will all too frequently send the cursor elsewhere, resulting in bizarre typos. And the shallow, Hall-effect keys of the keyboard provide far too little tactile feedback. As a codger who learned to type on an ancient typewriter, which required significant finger force, and as much as 1/2 inch of key travel in order to type each letter, my hands have difficulty attending to random, light pressure. I used to cruise at 80 words per minute on those behemoth, steeply angled typewriter keyboards, with hands dancing. The flat electronic keyboards completely change the geometry. On a good day, I can manage maybe 50 wpm on my Dell. And having a "gotcha!" trap immediately below the space bar drives me nuts.
Bob
OldDinosaurWesH
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Bob:
Yes, I understand completely. I still have my WWII era Royal upright. It still works just fine. And you have to really wail on those keys. I like your sentiment about middle fingers! On the overall big-picture scheme of things, technology is good. But it can be annoying at the same time.
I haven't gotten to the laptop stage. I still use a desktop. with a more conventional keyboard and mouse. Computers are a convenience / useful tool. I refuse to let the damn thing control my life.
A funny story about computer literacy...At my last place of employment, a large office with about 400 hundred employees, the computer system was down. The big boss needed a memo to be typed up for immediate circulation. The young woman who had to type up the memo had never used a conventional electric typewriter. Said machine was an IBM Selectric, a very expensive and sophisticated machine in its day. I think someone had to show her how to turn it on. You could hear the cursing and backspacing all the way down the hall! Fortunately the copy machines were still working.
They actually sent us home on two different occasions during the years I worked there...because the computers were down.
Meanwhile, I have tobacco to take care of.
Wes H.
Yes, I understand completely. I still have my WWII era Royal upright. It still works just fine. And you have to really wail on those keys. I like your sentiment about middle fingers! On the overall big-picture scheme of things, technology is good. But it can be annoying at the same time.
I haven't gotten to the laptop stage. I still use a desktop. with a more conventional keyboard and mouse. Computers are a convenience / useful tool. I refuse to let the damn thing control my life.
A funny story about computer literacy...At my last place of employment, a large office with about 400 hundred employees, the computer system was down. The big boss needed a memo to be typed up for immediate circulation. The young woman who had to type up the memo had never used a conventional electric typewriter. Said machine was an IBM Selectric, a very expensive and sophisticated machine in its day. I think someone had to show her how to turn it on. You could hear the cursing and backspacing all the way down the hall! Fortunately the copy machines were still working.
They actually sent us home on two different occasions during the years I worked there...because the computers were down.
Meanwhile, I have tobacco to take care of.
Wes H.
ChinaVoodoo
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I have a Lenovo yoga and I never have problems with the touch pad. However, at work I have a Lenovo think pad and it's terrible for random palm touches.
My touchpad settings actually include a "palm rejection" feature, which has a sensitivity slider.
Back in 2005, I was doing some freelance software development for a client who insisted that the work be done on his premises, and that I use a new laptop that he had purchased specifically for me to use. It was a difficult transition. At that time, I always connected a "real" computer keyboard and a mouse to the laptop. At the end of the gig, he sold me the laptop for way below cost. So my laptop adventure was off and running.
The greatest difference between a desktop (which I still have) and the laptop is that using a computer no longer means sitting in a specific spot in a specific room. So I sit out on my porch with the laptop, whenever weather permits. The computer is no longer a "place". [In a sense, it's like the revolution between land phones and cell phones. A land-line phone belongs to a location, whereas a cell phone connects to a person.]
So, OldDino, take the leap forward into the previous decade.
Bob
OldDinosaurWesH
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Maybe one of these days.
Wes H.
Wes H.
Halloween Decorations Already?
I just couldn't help myself. This tiny, shriveling, pattypan squash was practically the last living thing growing in its bed. It would never amount to anything. You might think of this as vegetable rescue.
Notice the beard stubble?
Bob
I just couldn't help myself. This tiny, shriveling, pattypan squash was practically the last living thing growing in its bed. It would never amount to anything. You might think of this as vegetable rescue.
Notice the beard stubble?
Bob
OldDinosaurWesH
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Clever fellow. And a sense of humor. What next? Squash flavored tortillas made with hominy?
Wes H.
Wes H.
The Pathetic Insignificance of Cattypan-O-Lantern in the Harsh Light of Day
Bob
Bob
OldDinosaurWesH
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Well, I'm sure it thinks it's big on the inside. Never heard of this variety. Are they any good to eat?
Wes H.
Wes H.
Cattypan-O-Lantern knows when she's being made fun of. But she'll have the last laugh when she scares away a wandering spirit of a dead person on All Souls Eve. That's her job now, and she takes it seriously. She doesn't understand a calendar the way dead people do, so she will have to just bide her time.
She is a golden pattypan squash. Most available seed is for a white pattypan. It's also called "scallop" squash.
white: http://www.southernexposure.com/early-white-bush-scallop-summer-squash-3-g-p-945.html
golden: http://www.southernexposure.com/golden-bush-scallop-summer-squash-3-g-p-329.html
I grew both this summer. The golden is far later and less productive than the white. The golden is resistant to downy mildew.
They can be harvested at 1" for pickling, or allowed to spread to 5 or 6" for slicing or dicing. Cooked pattypan lacks the twang of zucchini, and remains somewhat firm after cooking (unlike most other summer squash, which becomes mushy when cooked). At about 3" diameter, they are perfect for slicing thin discs to batter and fry.
Bob
She is a golden pattypan squash. Most available seed is for a white pattypan. It's also called "scallop" squash.
white: http://www.southernexposure.com/early-white-bush-scallop-summer-squash-3-g-p-945.html
golden: http://www.southernexposure.com/golden-bush-scallop-summer-squash-3-g-p-329.html
I grew both this summer. The golden is far later and less productive than the white. The golden is resistant to downy mildew.
They can be harvested at 1" for pickling, or allowed to spread to 5 or 6" for slicing or dicing. Cooked pattypan lacks the twang of zucchini, and remains somewhat firm after cooking (unlike most other summer squash, which becomes mushy when cooked). At about 3" diameter, they are perfect for slicing thin discs to batter and fry.
Bob
OldDinosaurWesH
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Okay, more like a zucchini than a say, Hubbard squash. There are hundreds of varieties of squash. Darn those Incans anyway.
I never really tried to grow a squash, they are too easy to just buy in the store for modest $. Bake 'em, spoon 'em, and eat 'em. Makes a good fall seasonal side dish. And way better tasting than spuds. (That wouldn't take much.) One Acorn squash is just right for two people, and naturally sweet, unlike those Hubbards. Are squash prone to bugs or diseases? Deer?
Have you ever tried growing Ipomea, the sweet potato? They are kind of a Southern specialty crop. These are also pretty tasty, vs. Yams, Genus Dioscorea which I don't like as well.
Wes H.
I never really tried to grow a squash, they are too easy to just buy in the store for modest $. Bake 'em, spoon 'em, and eat 'em. Makes a good fall seasonal side dish. And way better tasting than spuds. (That wouldn't take much.) One Acorn squash is just right for two people, and naturally sweet, unlike those Hubbards. Are squash prone to bugs or diseases? Deer?
Have you ever tried growing Ipomea, the sweet potato? They are kind of a Southern specialty crop. These are also pretty tasty, vs. Yams, Genus Dioscorea which I don't like as well.
Wes H.
Pattypan is a summer squash. As with most summer squash, tiny ones can be sliced raw into a salad, and the rind remains tender and edible. Pattypan keeps in the fridge longer than most other summer squash varieties. I find squash way too easy to grow for me to spend money buying it.
Everything is prone to something. Mostly, I just deal with Downy Mildew during damp summers. Critters will eat the tiny seedlings, but as they grow, they are left alone.
Bob
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