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Mississippi depends on groundwater for its water resources. The state has more than 104,000 wells—84,000–85,650 are private home wells, 2,600–3,000 are community water systems, and 15,750–17,000 are irrigation/aquaculture wells.

Because of the importance of groundwater to Mississippi, protecting the underground water supplies, or aquifers, is essential. Wellhead protection, or well protection, is also important to all well owners in the state.

Like every state in the union, Mississippi has thousands of vehicular roadway bridges. These bridges help safely move traffic over waterways, or, as many engineers quip—they help safely move water from one side of the road to the other. Roadway bridge design takes into account several factors. Some of the major factors include cost, appearance, service life, anticipated loading, traffic volume, and span.

If you like variety, you should love horticulture. In horticulture, we grow some plants for beauty, such as flowers, house plants, ornamental shrubs, and trees. We also grow plants for food, such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs. We grow other plants for medicines, such as foxglove and periwinkle. Proper handling of plants requires a great deal of skill. This handbook will help you develop skills and knowledge in horticulture. The first section is for seniors only. The second section is for juniors and seniors.

Young people become involved in rifle shooting for various reasons. Most want to learn a fun sport they can enjoy for the rest of their lives. Others seek self-discipline, personal responsibility, confidence, opportunities to earn awards, and so on.

This unit is designed to help beginning archers develop good fundamental shooting skills. It is based on the principle of immediate participation and immediate success. In other words, shooters are involved in hands-on experiences that will help reinforce the basic principles of archery.

 

A buckskin-clad hunter in a skunk skin hat slips quickly along a woodland trail. Suddenly he freezes, shoulders his flintlock rifle, and fires. As the cloud of white smoke clears, he notes the bullet has hit well. No, he’s not a frontiersman of long ago; he is a member of an emerging group of modern shooters and hunters—those who prefer to use muzzleloading firearms in the pursuit of their sport.

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