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A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 27, 2008
SALEM, Ohio — The second meeting of the year for the Country Folks and Barbwires was held at Salem United Methodist Church Feb. 25. Mike from Joe Corbi’s pizza spoke on the fundraiser that the clubs are doing. Next the officers were installed into office by the 4-H advisers: Alicia Dickerhoof, Eldon, Sherri Brugger, Marlene
Animal care standards on the horizon
Animal care guidelines are cropping up all over the place, from producer organizations to end users like Wendy’s.
Some things do get better with time: home heating
As a long, cold winter finally winds down, I was thinking about how comfortable most of us are in our homes with modem heating plants, thermo pane windows, and fully insulated walls and ceilings. Even though fuel costs have gone up, and will probably continue to climb, all we really have to do when we’re
Questions remain about environmental impact of East Palestine train derailment
It’s not clear whether dioxin was released during the vinyl chloride burn, but scientists say it’s likely. Problem is state and federal agencies aren’t testing for it.
Researchers are concerned by H5N1 bird flu’s ability to mutate, reassort
If the H5N1 bird flu reassorts in a new species, like pigs, it could eventually lead to more severe human infection. And no one knows what it will look like.
Many arms (and legs) were required at a house raising
Paul Locher details the dangerous and exciting process of raising a house on the frontier of the Ohio Country in the 1800s.
The old oak tree and the hunt for honey
Sam Moore recounts a honey-hunting passage from a book titled The Puddleford Papers, published in 1856.
Lumber industry has deep roots in Holmes County, and Ohio
Part I of a two-part series on Ohio’s timber and lumber industry, and specifically the growth in Holmes County, where it contributes more than $420 million annually in industrial output.
FFA: Preparing Agriculture’s Future Part III
The Farm and Dairy profiles four students this week in part three of a three part series celebrating FFA Week. The Farm and Dairy has also profiled two FFA chapters. In one portion, we look at a rural FFA program at Mohawk High School in New Castle, Pa. And in the second part, we look
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 18, 2010
ROGERS, Ohio — Country Friends 4-H group held its monthly meeting Feb. 1. The group decided to put a booth up in the Rogers Community Auction’s Restaurant for 4-H week, which is Feb. 7-13. Also the group had its first of several square dances Jan. 31. The next dance will be held from 7 until
