Abstract: A feeder configured to feed deer. The feeder comprises a container configured to store feed. The feeder also comprises a feed dispenser physically associated with the container. The feed dispenser has an output that is programmable. The feed dispenser is configured to dispense a portion of the feed from the container through the output. The feeder further comprises a tube system with an input in communication with the output of the feed dispenser. The tube system is configured to receive at the input the portion of the feed dispensed by the feed dispenser through the output of the feed dispenser and hold the feed in a position accessible by deer.

Abstract: An on-demand feed actuator includes a sealing portion disposed within a feed reservoir and connected to a downwardly extending stem portion protruding a distance past a discharge opening. The sealing portion includes a first component and a second component that are adjustable relative to each other in order to define an overall static dimension of the sealing portion. A spring biases the first and second components away from each other while permitting the first and second components to be compressible relative to each other in response to movement of the actuator by the animal to provide the first and second components with a corresponding combined overall dynamic dimension that is less than the combined overall static dimension.

Abstract: An arrangement (12; 16) for feeding animals on a farm comprises an on-farm analyzer device (13; 17) provided for measuring, e.g. at least on a daily basis, the amount of a constituent of solid feed to be fed to said animals, and a feeding device (14; 18) provided for feeding said animals, wherein the feeding depends on the result of said measurement, and the amount of the constituent of solid feed is measured immediately prior to the feeding of said animals. By the arrangement, a proper solid feed mix with a balanced composition can be given to the animals.

Abstract: An automatic chicken coop door attachment may include a shell having an interior housing, an exposed area having a first section and a second section, and at least one inner wall. A track may be attached along the at least one inner wall. A lip may be attached to the shell and positioned in front of an end of the track. The second section of the shell may expose a door opening. A door may slide along the track. A motor may be mounted within the interior housing of the shell. A wire may attach the door to the motor. The motor may move the door between an opened position and a closed position. A cover plate may cover the motor and the first section of the exposed area of the shell.

Abstract: A dosage adjusted feed receptacle enabling the feeding of the poultry in the poultry farming, including a cage system having lower rails and upper rails and being moved on the cage system, wherein it includes the following: a mixer provided with a mixing wire fixed thereon; a needle bearing housing bearing said mixer; a first gear providing rotational motion to said mixer; and a dosing unit having a spiral shaft positioned parallel thereto in the same axis below said needle bearing housing.

Abstract: A liquid hummingbird feeder is provided with a liquid container having a sealable top opening and a bottom opening, a liquid tray adapted to immerse the bottom opening in liquid, and a valve mechanism adapted to close the bottom opening to enable the liquid container to be filled through the sealable top opening.

Abstract: An egg processing apparatus is provided. Such an apparatus includes a plurality of egg processing devices configured to interact with a plurality of eggs carried by an egg carrier. An egg support assembly is positioned beneath the egg processing devices such that an egg carrier is capable of being moved between the egg processing devices and the egg support assembly. The egg support assembly includes a plurality of pedestals, with each pedestal having a plurality of discrete egg support members cooperating to form a seating arrangement portion for contacting and supporting an end of an egg in the egg carrier. An associated assembly and method are also provided.

Abstract: A poultry loading assembly includes a primary frame and a chute operationally coupled to the primary frame. A primary scissor is operationally coupled between the primary frame and the chute and is actuated to lower or lift the chute. A first conveyor belt is rotatably mounted on the chute and receiving poultry thereon proximate a loading area. A head is operationally coupled to the chute opposite the loading area and is continuously retained in a parallel orientation with the support surface. The head is selectively positionable proximate the container and is selectively movable toward or away from a container. A second conveyor belt is operationally coupled to the head. The first conveyor belt transports the poultry to the second conveyor belt and thereafter the second conveyor belt transports the poultry into the container.

Abstract: A polymer reinforced wooden hive can comprise a wooden hive box built with joints and having an exterior surface, and interior surface, and at least one rim for receiving a hive top or a hive bottom. A continuous polymeric coating applied to the exterior surface, and optionally the rim and/or the interior surface. The continuous polymeric coating can provide mechanical reinforcement to the joints, strengthening the wooden hive box. Hive tops and hive bottoms can also be included as part of the polymer reinforced wooden hives, and can likewise be coated with a continuous polymeric coating.

Abstract: A caddy assembly for supporting an aquarium and a display includes a housing that may be positioned on a support surface. An L-shaped support is coupled between a bottom wall and a top wall of the housing. The top wall of the housing may support an aquarium. A shelf is coupled between the bottom and top walls of the housing. A display support is coupled to the housing. The display support extends upwardly from the housing. A mount is coupled to the display support so the mount may support a display. A pump is coupled to the housing. The pump is operationally coupled to the aquarium so the pump urges a fluid into the aquarium. A trough coupled to the housing. The trough may capture fluid from the aquarium. A drain is coupled to the housing. The drain is operationally coupled to the trough so the drain collects the fluid.

Abstract: A diffuser including a gas supply, gas tank and micro-hole thin-film is provided. The gas tank may be coupled to the gas supply via a gas tube. The micro-hole thin-film has a plurality of micro holes and disposed at the gas outlet of the gas tank. The gas supply can transmit pressurized gas to the gas tank via the gas tube, and the pressurized gas will jet from the micro-hole thin-film to generate a great number of micro bubbles in the water.

Abstract: An in-tank filter media reactor includes a base coupled to a filter media container. A top funnel component is coupled to the top of the filter media container. A bottom mesh filter element attached to the center area of the media container. The base includes an opening sized to allow fluid flow through the base and up through the filter media container and eventually through the top funnel component when driven by a flow generated from a flow generator so as to produce a Venturi effect.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a transgenic non-human animal model having germ cells and somatic cells containing an endogenous MMTV-SV40-Spy1A gene sequence introduced into said animal model or an ancestor of said animal model at an embryonic stage, wherein said gene sequence comprises a mouse mammary tumor virus gene (MMTV), a functionally disrupted SV40 gene (SV40) and a human Spy1A gene. In another aspect, the present invention provides a transgenic non-human animal model whose germ cells and somatic cells contain an endogenous Spy1A-pTRE-Tight gene sequence introduced into said animal model or an ancestor of said animal model at an embryonic stage. Preferably, the Spy1A-pTRE-Tight animal model expresses the Spy1A gene and develop cancer, preferably breast cancer, when administered with tetracycline, preferably doxycycline.

Abstract: Mice that comprise a replacement of endogenous mouse IL-6 and/or IL-6 receptor genes are described, and methods for making and using the mice. Mice comprising a replacement at an endogenous IL-6R? locus of mouse ectodomain-encoding sequence with human ectodomain-encoding sequence is provided. Mice comprising a human IL-6 gene under control of mouse IL-6 regulatory elements is also provided, including mice that have a replacement of mouse IL-6-encoding sequence with human IL-6-encoding sequence at an endogenous mouse IL-6 locus.

Abstract: Provided is a gene in drosophila designated as dSLC5A1. This gene is responsible for taste independent nutrient sensing. Activation of neurons expressing this gene results in hunger behavior. Provided are compositions and methods for identifying agents that can interfere with hunger behavior.

Abstract: A system for reducing trawl bycatch through the use of a “flying”, “steerable” element of a towable or trawlerable fishing net, consisting of one or more hydrofoils at the mouth of the net, which maintains either a consistent height over the seabed or a pre-determined depth in the water, semi-autonomously. This negates the need, per the prior art in trawling and fishing technology, for heavy rollers on the bottom of the net, or heavy side “doors”. The present-day use of prior art ruins the ecosystem directly through physical damage to coral, sea bed hatcheries, etc., and indirectly by requiring increased fuel use on the trawling vessel and thus creating more emissions. This invention addresses those problems providing a better, cleaner and less destructive technology for fishing.

Abstract: One object is to provide a jig head including a sinker head and a hook readily replaceable with new one. A jig head includes: a sinker head including an eye to which a fishing line is to be attached; and a hook portion including a shank fixed on the sinker head at one end thereof, and a bend continuous to the other end of the shank and bent in a predetermined direction. The hook portion includes a wide portion widened to form a plane at the one end of the shank. The sinker head includes: an intermediate member having a hook engagement portion configured to be removably engaged with the wide portion; an intermediate member-receiving hole portion configured to receive therein the intermediate member; and an intermediate member-fixing means configured to removably fix the intermediate member in the intermediate member-receiving hole portion.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a fishing rod wherein a fitting can be stably and securely fixed on a rod body with a mounting thread and cracking in a resin layer is less visible to a user. A fishing rod according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rod body, a fitting mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the rod body via a mounting portion of the fitting, and a thread-like part-fixing member wound around the mounting portion and the rod body across a predetermined width in an axial direction of the rod body. On the surface of the part-fixing member is provided a cover member which may be opaque.

Abstract: A fish attracting lamp device includes a rod with at least one fixing portion; at least one lamp frame with a connecting portion fixed to the fixing portion of the rod; a plurality of light sources fixed in the at least one lamp frame to produce light beams to attract fish and each being provided with a coolant input pipe and a coolant output pipe; and a cooling pipe set connected to the coolant input and output pipes of the light sources. A fish attracting lamp system in accordance with the present invention includes plural such fish attracting lamp devices, each of the fish attracting lamp devices has a pipeline inlet connected to a pipeline inlet of a neighboring fish attracting lamp device, and has a pipeline outlet connected to a pipeline outlet of another neighboring fish attracting lamp device.

Abstract: One object is to provide a casting rod wherein a tip rod vibrates for a long period of time upon a fish bite. In accordance with one aspect, the casting rod of the present invention includes a tip rod formed of a fiber reinforced resin material into a tubular shape; and a distal end region of the tip rod is provided with a high specific gravity member having a specific gravity three to six times as high as a material constituting the tip rod.

Abstract: One object is to provide a reel leg fixing apparatus including a hood portion having an efficiently reduced thickness and weight while maintaining a sufficient strength. Another object of the present invention is to provide a reel leg fixing apparatus including a hood portion having a reduced thickness and weight while efficiently ensuring necessary strength at relevant portions, and a method of fabricating the reel leg fixing apparatus. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a reel leg fixing apparatus including a hood portion having an oblique end that allows weight reduction and maintains a sufficient strength.

Abstract: A grip on a fishing pole forward of the reel, which provides additional leverage and avoids interference with the reel while playing a fish. The grip device has a vertically extended portion and an angled or horizontal grab bar portion, by which with an extended arm, the angler can firmly grip the angled or horizontal portion, palm down. With the palm down, a straight line of force can be applied from the fingers of the extended arm, through the arm, to the shoulder socket. This line of force is longer, straighter, and more direct than can be achieved with other equipment and techniques where the extended arm grasps the forward portion of the handle. Furthermore, the height of the grip is closer to the elevation of the angler's shoulder, which also maximizes the force that can be applied and clears the arm and hand from interference with the reel.

Abstract: A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body and a spool. The reel body includes a spool housing portion having an inward opening. The spool includes a first flange that has a larger diameter than a bobbin trunk. The outer peripheral part of the first flange includes a first and second outer peripheral parts, and a connecting portion. The first outer peripheral part is disposed at a first prescribed distance away from an inner peripheral part of the first spool housing portion. The second outer peripheral part is disposed at a second prescribed distance away from the inner peripheral part and has a smaller diameter than the first outer peripheral part. The diameter of the connecting portion gradually increases from the second outer peripheral part toward the first outer peripheral part and couples the first outer peripheral part and the second outer peripheral part.

Abstract: One object is to mount a cover member on a reel body without looseness. In accordance with one aspect, the fishing spinning reel comprising: a reel body; a cover mounting portion provided on a rear portion of the reel body; and a cover member mounted on the cover mounting portion and covering the rear portion of the reel body, the cover member comprising: at least one first abutting portion abutting the cover mounting portion from behind: and at least one second abutting portion abutting the cover mounting portion from both left and right sides, wherein when the cover member is mounted on the cover mounting portion via the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion, groove-like gaps are formed in left and right side surfaces of the reel body between border portions of the cover mounting portion and left and right side edges of the cover member.

Abstract: A system and method for protecting a fishing reel is provided. The method may include selecting a fishing reel having a generally round spool with a hub and a flange, selecting a reel edge guard having an elongate outer circumferential surface and an elongate lateral surface attached together in an angular arrangement and formed into a generally circular shape, and attaching the reel edge guard to the fishing reel spool flange with a permanent adhesive such that the reel edge guard outer circumferential surface is disposed around an outer edge of the spool flange and such that the reel edge guard lateral surface is attached to a lateral face of the spool flange.

Abstract: A fishing pole holder assembly attaches a fishing pole to a support structure so that the fishing pole is readily accessbile. The assembly includes a clamp configured for coupling to a support structure. A holding member is provided having a first end and a second end. The second end of the holding member is attached to the clamp. The holding member is tubular. The holding member includes a plurality of upper bends proximate the first end of the holding member wherein the holding member is configured to receive and support a handle of a fishing pole.

Abstract: A real time sensing method, comprising transporting a portable sensing system on a field comprising crops; receiving at an air intake system of the portable sensing system one or more organic chemical compounds emitted from the crops in the field; detecting by the portable sensing system in real time a chemical of interest from the received one or more organic compounds; and providing by the sensing system feedback of the detection.

Abstract: A method for reducing drift of sprayed droplets includes storing a fluid to be sprayed in a reservoir carried by a vehicle, and providing a metered flow of the first fluid to a spray nozzle, from where the fluid is injected into an atmosphere as sprayed droplets. A drift of the sprayed droplets is reduced by causing the sprayed droplets to absorb moisture from the atmosphere after they are sprayed from the spray nozzle, such that a mass of each of the sprayed droplets increases sufficiently to reduce a drift of the respective sprayed droplet in the wind.

Abstract: A device for setting a trap for a fur-bearing animal is described. The device provides leverage for a hunter to set and release a trap without exerting substantial force on the trap. A method for using the device to set and release traps is also disclosed.

Abstract: An animal trap has a housing (2) and a support (12) extending within the housing. The support is movable between a first, set position and a second, fired position. A trigger (6) is integrally formed with the support (12) and protrudes from the bottom of the housing in the set position. Wire loops (4), which act to kill an animal, are fixed to the bottom of the support (12) and also protrude downwardly. In the set position of the trap, shoulders (18) on the trigger (6) are engaged beneath flanges (20) formed on the bottom of the housing. These shoulders (18) and flanges (20) form interengaging means to hold the trigger (6) and the support (12) in the downwardly extending set position against the force of two torsion springs (22) which are each affixed to the bottom of the support (12) and to the housing (2). The trigger (6) can be moved by an animal due to its flexibility. This causes the interengaging means to become unengaged and the support (12) to move explosively to its upper fired position.

Abstract: Volatile material dispensers are disclosed that include a substrate having a first wall portion with a first grasping portion and a second wall portion with a second grasping portion. The first wall portion and the second wall portion are substantially coplanar in a first state. The volatile material dispensers may further include at least one hinge joining the first wall portion and the second wall portion along a central axis and an insect control active. At least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion is moveable about the central axis to form a configuration in which the first and the second wall portions are substantially not coplanar in a second state. The first grasping portion and the second grasping portion are coaxial with the central axis in the first state and the second state.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a paste feed composition comprising a food component, a viscosifier, and water, wherein the viscosity of the composition is at least 10,000 centipoise between 20° C. and 50° C. In some embodiments the viscosity of the composition varies less than about 50% between 20° C. and 50° C. Also described herein are articles including the paste feed composition and methods of making the composition. Also disclosed herein is a method of establishing a pattern of returning behavior in a wild or semi-wild ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae using the paste feed composition.

Abstract: A filter for filtering perfusate is integrated with an exterior portion of an organ container. The filter may be used in an apparatus for perfusing an organ. The perfusion apparatus may include an organ container configured to contain an organ, the filter integrated with an exterior portion of the organ container, and another filter. At least the filter integrated with an exterior portion of the organ container may be provided in a sterilized disposable kit.

Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous mixture of glyphosate salts to improve the handling of the mixture, the method comprising forming a homogeneous mixture of at least two bases comprising at least one alkali metal hydroxide, and at least one further base selected from alkali metal hydroxides and nitrogen bases and reacting the mixture of the at least two bases with glyphosate acid in an aqueous reaction medium to provide an aqueous mixture of glyphosate salts wherein the concentration of glyphosate (based on glyphosate acid equivalent) is at least 200 gae/L.

Abstract: Many active agents, such as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides are relatively insoluble in aqueous media. In order to apply them efficiently to crops it is thus necessary to formulate them in a manner that facilitates their dilution in the water based spray media used in practice, by the farmer or contract spray operator. The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions of agents such as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, in particular such dispersions in which the particles are of sub-micron diameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant composition for use in glyphosate-containing herbicide formulations, comprising from 5 to 50% by weight of one or more amphoteric surfactants, diluted in solvents derived from the process of synthesis thereof, wherein the surfactants have general formula (I) R1—(XR2)m—N+(R3)(R4)—CH2—CH(R5)—COO???(I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1-18 hydrocarbyl; each X is independently an ether, thioether, sulfoxide, ester, thioester or amide bond; each R2 is independently a C3-6 chain; m is a number from 0 to 8 such that the number of carbon atoms in R1—(XR2)m is from 8 to 24; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1-4 chains; R5 is hydrogen or methyl. The surfactant composition is used to increase the agronomic efficacy of herbicide formulations containing a high concentration of glyphosate salts. The present invention further describes herbicide formulations comprising such surfactant composition as well as the use thereof.

Abstract: This invention is based on the use of cyclopropene to stabilize/enhance yield/seed production for corn inbred lines known to be stress-susceptible. Inbred corn lines are especially susceptible to environmental and mechanical stresses. Provided are methods and use of cyclopropene to enhance production of inbred seed from inbreds especially susceptible to stress. Also provided are methods and use of cyclopropene to enhance production of hybrid seed from inbreds susceptible to environmental stress. Also provided are methods and use of cyclopropene to enhance production of hybrid seed from inbreds susceptible to mechanical stress.

Abstract: Herbicidal mixtures comprising an auxin herbicide and an adjuvant comprising a salt having a quaternary ammonium cation and/or a phosphonium cation are described. The adjuvant reduces the volatility of the auxin herbicide and/or counteracts the negative impact on the volatility of the auxin herbicide caused by the addition of a co-herbicide. Methods of preparing the herbicidal mixtures are also described.

Abstract: A fibrous web that includes a cationic polymer that contains a cationic monomer comprising a cationic functional group having an affinity for the negatively charged cell walls of bacteria and a hydrophobic monomer comprising a hydrophobic functional group is provided. The molar ratio of the cationic monomer to the hydrophobic monomer is greater than about 1:1. The affinity of the cationic polymer for the bacteria allows the web to capture bacteria, thereby removing them from a surface or liquid, without the use of harsh chemicals, and also inhibiting their spread to other surfaces and liquids that may contact the web.

Abstract: Methods for controlling weeds in a crop, comprising applying to the weeds a herbicidally effective amount of a composition comprising a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor are presented.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to plant additives capable of alleviating phosphate starvation symptoms in plants and promoting the growth of phosphate deprived plants. These plant additives are molecules comprising the group of formula.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein Q is Q1 or Q2 P is P0, heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl substituted by one to five Z; Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are independently of each other C—H, C—R5, or nitrogen; G1 is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkoxy-, C1-C8alkylcarbonyl-, or C1-C8alkoxycarbonyl-; X4 is C1-C8haloalkyl; R4 is aryl or aryl substituted by one to five R9, or heteroaryl or heteroaryl substituted by one to five R9; n is 0, 1 or 2; and Z, R2, R5 and R9 are as defined in the claims. The invention also provides methods of controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs comprising applying to a pest, to a locus of a pest, or to a plant susceptible to attack by a pest an insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally or molluscicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The invention is in the field of the crop protection products which can be employed against harmful plants in tolerant crops of soybeans and which comprise, as herbicidally active substances, a combination of two or more herbicides.

Abstract: Provided is a method which exerts an excellent effect in controlling a pest in a field of soybean, corn or cotton.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pest controlling composition containing a compound of the formula (1) exhibits an excellent effect of controlling pests.

Abstract: The antimicrobial composition of the present invention comprises a cationic active ingredient, a foam boosting surfactant, a foam boosting copolymer, a foam stabilizer, and a chelating agent. The present antimicrobial compositions are free of the antimicrobial agent triclosan (i.e., 2,4,4?-trichloro-2?hydroxy-diphenylether), have rapid cidal activity, provide stable copious foam and exhibit enhanced tissue (e.g. skin) compatibility as defined by an in vitro whole toxicology assessment method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fungicidal composition comprising combination of fungicidally effective amount of mancozeb and a fungicidally effective amount of chlorothalonil in a predetermined ratio.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent selected from the group consisting of Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens FZB24 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 and/or a mutant of these strains having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or a metabolite produced by the respective strain that exhibits activity against insects, mites, nematodes and/or phytopathogens and at least one fungicide (I) in a synergistically effective amount, with the proviso that the biological control agent and fungicide (I) are not identical. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.

Abstract: The subject invention provides novel and advantageous materials and methods for controlling phytopathogenic and/or soil-dwelling nematodes by attaching an effective amount of Pasteuria spores to a seed and delivering the seeds to the situs of nematodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of shortening pesticidal time of the baculovirus to pest, comprising: (1) preparing a pesticide composition; (2) diluting the pesticide composition 100-3000 times; and (3) spraying the diluted pesticide composition on third or older instars in fields; wherein the pesticide composition comprises: (a) a ryanodine receptor insecticide or a diamides insecticide and (b) baculovirus, wherein the concentration of the ryanodine receptor insecticide or the diamides insecticide is 0.01-75% and the concentration of the nucleopolyhedrovirus is 107-1012 PIB/ml. The pesticide composition of the present invention can effectively reduce the lethal time to the pest compared to the baculovirus alone, and also can increase the control effect of the pest compared to the same concentration of the insecticide, when applied in field.