Abstract: A rotary applicator for applying herbicides or other chemicals to vegetation is described. The applicator is especially useful for use in fruit orchards, nurseries and around any plant or bush that grows on or from a stem or trunk above ground.

Abstract: Certain aliphatic carbamates and thiocarbamates are useful in controlling scabies mites and other parasitic mites.

Abstract: 44A simple, rapid method for extracting proteins from pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria is described.

Abstract: Methods of treating fresh animal hides and skins with compositions containing butyl carbitol and other compounds have been found to preserve the hides and skins.

Abstract: A number of novel carboxamides have been found to be useful insect repellents.

Abstract: A new tanning agent, isophorone dicarbamoylsulfonate, is provided for tanning cattle hides and sheepskins. A white leather which does not discolor with exposure to sunlight and which has good fill and tensile strength is produced. The tanning agent is also effective for retanning slack chrome-tanned and zirconium-tanned cattle hides and sheepskins.

Abstract: A number of novel carboxamides have been found to be useful insect repellents.

Abstract: A rod press fruit harvester having a plurality of fruit removing rods combined with a mechanism for allowing movement of the harvester through a fruiting canopy without damage to limbs and branches of the tree. The harvester is also provided with mechanisms for automatically removing or clearing it of branches and debris and for repositioning rods which are moved out of operating position during the harvesting operation.

Abstract: Certain amines are highly effective in controlling parasitic ticks.

Abstract: Certain amines are highly effective in controlling parasitic ticks.

Abstract: Complex mixtures of branched chain fatty acids or esters in which the yield of monomeric branched chain products are substantially increased and the yield of polymeric products substantially decreased are prepared by heating monounsaturated fatty acids or esters in the presence of certain combinations of catalysts.

Abstract: A number of novel carboxamides have been found to be useful insect repellents.

Abstract: Synthetic polyhydroxylated steroidal lactones are found to be highly effective plant growth promoting substances.

Abstract: Erythro-9,10-Dihydroxyoctadecan-1-ol acetate, a compound isolated in low yield from tung oil, was synthesized in high yield and found to have excellent potential as a boll weevil feeding deterrent when applied to cotton plants.

Abstract: A medium for preserving and extending the viable useful life of poultry semen, in vitro, is provided. Turkey semen is preserved without loss of fertility for up to 18 hours in the medium.

Abstract: Certain amines are highly effective in controlling parasitic ticks.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for simultaneous multielement atomic absorption analysis, comprising use of a continuum source and a high resolution echelle polychromator modified for wavelength modulation, and a high speed data acquisition system (SIMAAC). The method and apparatus is capable of measuring as many as 16 or more elements simultaneously with either flame, electrothermal or other means of atomization. Double beam operation and dynamic background correction are achieved on all channels. Linear dynamic range of up to six orders of magnitude can be achieved for each channel.

Abstract: A number of novel carboxamides have been found to be useful insect repellents.

Abstract: An anti-feedant is applied to cotton plants to deter boll weevils from puncturing the cotton bolls. The anti-feedant is the methyl ester of .alpha.-eleostearic acid. The material may be applied by spraying in dilute solution. The ester is obtained in high yield by saponification of tung oil followed by solvent extraction and crystallization of the acid, and subsequent esterification with methyl alcohol.

Abstract: A number of alicyclic carboxamides of the formula ##STR1## wherein n, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are defined hereinbelow have been found to be useful insect repellents.