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Roundup of gardening news for Oct. 4, 2018
Catch up on local gardening news in Geauga County, Knox County, Mahoning County and Richland County in Ohio and Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Pa. hemp industry makes plans to lead US
Pennsylvania expands their hemp research program in 2018 as they plan for a processing plant and set the stage to be No. 1 in U.S. hemp production.
Ohio Cattlemen’s Association honors family farms
Four family farms and two key beef industry supporters were honored during the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting and awards banquet Jan. 20.
Farm production goals for 2017
The new year presents many farm production challenges, but you can manage them with the right steps.
Corn Belt combines have a storied past
Combined harvesters (combines to you and me) have been around as long as the reaper, with Hiram Moore building the first successful one in 1834 in Michigan.
The way it was when engines were young
One hundred years ago gas engines and tractors were still pretty new, and most people didn’t know what made them go when they ran, or what made them stop when they quit.
Building a car in Butler County, Pennsylvania
I had a real treat this past August at the Northeast Pennsylvania Steam Engine and Old Equipment Association show in Portersville, Pennsylvania. Several times in past years at the show I’ve seen a huge, shiny old touring car, painted a deep maroon and sporting acres of polished brass on the outside and under the hood,
Versatile has come a long way — in price and size
Sometime around 1941, the Moore & Townsend partnership (my father and my uncle) bought a used Farmall F-30 tractor to replace an old McCormick-Deering 10-20. That F-30, with a 3-bottom John Deere plow, was a big tractor in our part of western Beaver County, Pa. Well, I was at the Canfield Fair recently and Witmer’s
Baker’s Golden Dairy: From cow to consumer in one stop
Not only is Baker’s Golden Dairy taking an old idea and making it new again, but they are using social media to do it.
Riding shotgun should have been starting shotgun
Start a tractor by firing a shotgun shell? You’ve got to be kidding! However, the post-World War II Field Marshall tractor used just such a method of starting. Marshall, Sons & Co., Ltd., ran the Brittania Iron Works at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in northeastern England. The firm was founded in 1848 and soon began building threshing
