Patrick Said:

Chances of getting into a top college?

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An ivy league school- no not with a 3.2 and no honors or AP classes or doing poorly in ones you do take. Don't think you could get into Wash U either. If you get into a college you can major in any thing you want to. If you want to do marine bio, then you should look into coastal schools. There are alot of great schools. Quit worrying about impressing your father and find a school that is right for you. My daughter opted to got to a school that she got a scholarship to and got into their Honors college over going to Wash U.
With a 3.2 there are plenty of schools you can get into.

Marc Said:

Ideas for a school project?

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You can make BEADS out of old magazines... they are colorful and cheap
you could make horse adornments / or beads for mains / or something to clip on thier bridle.
If you want to know how to make the beads email me and I will tell you how.

Arlene Said:

Any ideas for a School Project???? craft?

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What does bing have to do with Agriculture?

Make some corn toss bags from cotton fabric and you have two Ag items.

Make a corn toss platform and you have another Ag (wood). Dad could help with this.

How to make - http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Cornhole-…

Make sure the weight is correct for the bags as some people do competition CT, and do call it Corn Toss.

Debra Said:

what are some good dairy lessons for 7th graders?

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Did you google Dairy Council of your state?

You could contact the dietitian at one of the hospitals in your town.

I'd ask this of the reference librarian of the library of the town you live in and I'd ask the children's librarian also. These folks saved my life when I was a teacher.

Sorry, I don't know of a specific lesson. Good luck.

Lynn Said:

Is this a reasonable Freshman/Sophmore schedule?

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Organic chem is probably the toughest class you will take in college- I wouldnt suggest taking it as a freshman (hence why its a 200 level course). If you have taken chem 101 in college already as a dual enrolly, you may be taking chem 102 as a freshman (not 101- seems like youll need the second semester course).

Other then that, you seem to be right on. You will need to test into spanish 102 though- regardless of it youve had spanish in high school. But, I wouldnt worry too much about it right now- youll sign up for classes during orientation- they will have a plan for you on what to take and when- and more than likely this plan will be destroyed given classes not being open, etc.

Joe Said:

Which Texas region has the best agricultre? Lesson Plan ?

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Each area of Texas has it good and bad points. The Red River Valley while not very large will compete well in productivity with most of Texas. I spent most of my life farming the Oklahoma side just north of Vernon. I inherited ranch land south of Vernon in the Bush Lands. Other than bottom land it hard place for cattle many years. It is getting harder as we get more and more wild hogs eating eveything in site.

I worked some land north of Dallas in the black lands. I does yield well but it is the nastiest, harding pulling stuff I ever farmed. Like all clay soils it is problem when wet or dry and it requires much more careful crop rotation to keep down disease than other soils. It is common to see cotton fields that have 1/3 or more of the cotton killed by they Texas Root Rot fungus and the only long term cure is to take it out of cotton for 5 years or more.

Part of my dislike for the Black Lands was I was feeding 200 cows the winter of 72. It rained all winter and I had enough hay for almost 3 normal years and fed it all. I had to carry a lot of it on foot thought mud when the ground wasn't frozen.

My wife has an irrigated farm in Lamb County If it doesn't blow out or get hailed out it is very productive. It has some shallow windmill water so she doesn't depend 100% on fossil water from the Ogallala that is a declining resource. They have very efficient drops on the center pivot on half of it and even more effect drip on the other half. It is the surest pay we have. Although my farm in Oklahoma beat it this year because the fellow that farms contacted most of the wheat at $11.00 a bushel.

I don't know what you lesson is but one would think it would be to compare like to like. And the High Plains or Great Plains are the easiest to compare with other land like it up down the face of the Rockies well into Canada. Much of the Plains face the same problem with using more water from their aquifers then they recharge.

I am sure you can find other soils in Texas. The Brazos River bottom can also be productive as most river bottoms are.

I don't know where you would find a comparison for the black lands, Big Thicket or Coastal Plain. Red River would be difficult too because of it age and being mostly granite based. It is one of the older soils in the country and lacks any kind of subsoil it almost all sand laid down by wind and water except on the edges where it over lays the soils around it.

Best wises
Gordon