To combat this problem, it is important to have proper calibration of sprayers when a broadcast spray is planned.

Thistles are best controlled in the fall (October or November) or spring (March). The small rosettes are very susceptible to herbicide sprays and this avoids the problem of viable seed being developed before summer sprays occur.

That notion (of combat) hasn't permeated broadly.

I had planned to retire when I was 13, ... I had wanted to be a veterinarian.

This is a protective operation that occurs automatically when the equipment detects a problem. In this case, it de-energized the circuits to protect transformers and the larger transmission line. The cause of the fault was animal contact.

O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray / Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still.