Acid Soil: A soil with an acid reaction, a pH less than 7.0.
Acre: A parcel of land, containing 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
Agriculture: The utilization of biological processes on farms to produce food and other products
useful and necessary to man. Both a “way of life” and a “means of life” for the people involved in
this industry.
Agriculture Extension Service: Cooperative (Federal, State, and County) agency doing research
and education for rural and urban producer and consumer groups, located in each county with
specialist personnel for each particular area.
Agronomy: The science of crop production and soil management.
Alfalfa: A valuable leguminous crop for forage or hay used in livestock.
Animal Unit: A unit of measurement of livestock, the equivalent of one mature cow weighing
1,000 lbs. The measure is used in making comparisons of feed consumption. Five mature ewes a
also are considered an animal unit.
Annual: A plant that completes its life cycle from seed to plant, flower, and new seed in 1 year or
less.
Apiary: Colonies of bees in hives and other beekeeping equipment for the production of honey.
Artificial Insemination: The mechanical injection of male semen into the womb of the female with
a special syringe-like apparatus. The process begins with the collection of semen from the male.
This method is used extensively in dairy husbandry.
Auger: Spiral device on a shaft used to move grain through a tube.
Avian: Pertaining to poultry and/or fowl.
Balance Ration: A ration which furnishes all the necessary nutrients in the proportions and
amounts needed by the animal for normal functioning and growth.
Bloating: Abnormal swelling of the abdomen of livestock, caused by excessive gas formation
which can result in death.
Boar: A breeding male hog, any age.
Breed: A group of animals descended from common ancestry and possessing certain inherited
characteristics which distinguish it from any other group. When matings within the breed are made,
these characteristics are transmitted to the offspring in a uniform and predictable manner.
Breeds of Beef Cattle:
English Origin: Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn
European Origin: Charolais, Chianina, Gelbvieh, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Simmental
Asian Origin: Brahma.
United States Developed: Brangus, Beefmaster, Santa Gertrudis, Red Angus.
Broadcasting: Random scattering of seeds over the surface of the ground. If the seed is to be
covered, this is done as a separate operation, usually with a spike-tooth harrow.
Broiler: A chicken of either sex about 7 weeks of age.
Acre: A parcel of land, containing 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
Agriculture: The utilization of biological processes on farms to produce food and other products
useful and necessary to man. Both a “way of life” and a “means of life” for the people involved in
this industry.
Agriculture Extension Service: Cooperative (Federal, State, and County) agency doing research
and education for rural and urban producer and consumer groups, located in each county with
specialist personnel for each particular area.
Agronomy: The science of crop production and soil management.
Alfalfa: A valuable leguminous crop for forage or hay used in livestock.
Animal Unit: A unit of measurement of livestock, the equivalent of one mature cow weighing
1,000 lbs. The measure is used in making comparisons of feed consumption. Five mature ewes a
also are considered an animal unit.
Annual: A plant that completes its life cycle from seed to plant, flower, and new seed in 1 year or
less.
Apiary: Colonies of bees in hives and other beekeeping equipment for the production of honey.
Artificial Insemination: The mechanical injection of male semen into the womb of the female with
a special syringe-like apparatus. The process begins with the collection of semen from the male.
This method is used extensively in dairy husbandry.
Auger: Spiral device on a shaft used to move grain through a tube.
Avian: Pertaining to poultry and/or fowl.
Balance Ration: A ration which furnishes all the necessary nutrients in the proportions and
amounts needed by the animal for normal functioning and growth.
Bloating: Abnormal swelling of the abdomen of livestock, caused by excessive gas formation
which can result in death.
Boar: A breeding male hog, any age.
Breed: A group of animals descended from common ancestry and possessing certain inherited
characteristics which distinguish it from any other group. When matings within the breed are made,
these characteristics are transmitted to the offspring in a uniform and predictable manner.
Breeds of Beef Cattle:
English Origin: Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn
European Origin: Charolais, Chianina, Gelbvieh, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Simmental
Asian Origin: Brahma.
United States Developed: Brangus, Beefmaster, Santa Gertrudis, Red Angus.
Broadcasting: Random scattering of seeds over the surface of the ground. If the seed is to be
covered, this is done as a separate operation, usually with a spike-tooth harrow.
Broiler: A chicken of either sex about 7 weeks of age.
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